London 2012: McDonald’s Chooses Bioplastic Packaging, Will Recycle 75% of Building
McDonald’s is using Novamont’s Mater-Bi bioplastic for the cups, cutlery, straws, lids and containers used at its Olympic park restaurant, in a bid to meet the sustainability goals of the 2012 Games, writes Plastic News.
Mater-Bi is a biopolymer containing vegetable starches and oils. It is produced at Novamont’s plant at Terni, Italy, from local agricultural resources. All Mater-Bi products are biodegradable through composting, according to the Novamont website.
Mater-Bi materials are certified “biodegradable and compostable” under the EN13432 and EN14995 standards for Europe and under the ASTM D-6400 standard for the United States, Novamont said.
The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paraolympic Games set standards requiring that all food packaging products, if not readily recyclable, must meet European standard EN 13432 and be biodegradable, news site Resource said.
Source: Environmental Leader