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PepsiCo debuts compostable bag

USA: Just in time for Earth Day, PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division is rolling out compostable packaging bit by bit this year, with a fully compostable bag due out on Earth Day in 2010.
PepsiCo debuts compostable bag

Applied to bags of its SunChips brand, a popular line of multigrain snacks, the plant-based, biodegradable material is a structure made of NatureWorks' (www.natureworksllc.com) polylactic acid (PLA) film, said to decompose over 14 weeks when placed in a hot, active compost bin or pile—at home or at an industrial composting site.

The PLA film is made with NatureWorks Ingeo™ biopolymer resin made from plant sugar.

Frito says it's the first in the convenience-food industry to introduce such packaging. Reports Thomas Oh, director of the SunChips brand, “Consumers very much want a healthier snack, and we realized a couple of years ago that those same consumers have an interest in what's healthy for the planet.”

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