Bio-based PE

What is bio-based PE?
Bio-based PE is made either fully or partially from renewable plant-based resources such as sugar cane or corn or other biological resources. It does not affect the food production. If offers lower carbon footprint as it comes from sugar cane. It is best to be used with a hingegard closure.

What are the benefits of bio-based PE?
·         It offers the same technical advantages as traditional PE
·         There is no visual difference with traditional PE
·         Products made from bio-based PE can still be classified as food grade
·         It is easily collected in domestic recycling and can be recycled several times with stable quality
·         It can be recycled in the same stream as fossil based PE
·         It offers a lower carbon footprint as it comes from sugar cane

Please note that bio-based is not to confuse with biodegradable. Bio-based plastics derive from non-petroleum biological resources. Biodegradable plastics degrade via exposure to naturally occurring microbes and may be bio-based or made from petroleum. Biodegradable doesn't mean it is better for the environment because when biodegrading naturally, they break down into gases such as methan and carbon dioxide. Pont offers a wide range of bio-based packaging solutions but all these are not biodegradable.