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Case Studies

Plantic® is already being used by manufacturers and packagers around the world. At the same time, we are currently developing Plantic® in conjunction with leading companies. Here you will find a variety of case studies which will give you an insight into what is happening with Plantic® right now.

 
 
Haigh's Chocolates Integrate Plantic® Packaging
Haigh's Chocolates, Australia's oldest family-owned chocolate manufacturing retailer, has introduced Plantic® biodegradable packaging for their White Ballotins Chocolate Box.
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Plantic® Injection Molding Resins for Seedling & Plant Pots

Plantic® seedling and planter pots offer the opportunity to dispose the pots into domestic compost, where they will biodegrade to form compost for future plantings.

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Marks & Spencer Adopt Plantic® Packaging

Marks & Spencer have introduced a new range of Swiss chocolates with "environmentally friendly" packaging from Plantic Technologies.

Partners
Marks & Spencer

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Cadbury Schweppes and the Plantic® R1 Tray

Cadbury Schweppes was the first company in the world to adopt the Plantic® material for commercial packaging.

Partners
Cadbury Schweppes

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Barrier Closures with In-Mould Labeling

Plantic worked with Universal Closures Ltd to develop a barrier liner sandwiched between the closure liner and the closure shell for use in the areas of food and beverage and personal care product packaging.

Visit their website at: www.universalclosures.com

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Water Dispersible Labels

Labels for labelling applications that benefit from Plantic's water dispersibility post its label usage. Examples for labelling applications: tableware, dishware, glassware. Applications where product will be washed with a dishwasher before its use.

Partners
SA Labels

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Biodegradable Lethal Ovitrap

To develop an injection mouldable formulation that has appropriate mechanical properties (HDPE-like) for a bucket, appropriate surface finish, color and chemical composition to be an attractant to mosquitos laying eggs, and to be water resistant but biodegrade as a result of biological activity in the water (after the insecticide ceases to work) and in the soil beneath the bucket.

Partners
Plantic Technologies Limited, University of Queensland, Queensland Health, Swinburne University of Technology.

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Growie Plant Seed Blisters

Plantic worked with Freitec Kunststoffe GmbH to develop a customised advertising product in the form of plants seeds packaged in a compostable blister as a green marketing initiative.

Visit their website at: www.growie.com

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