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>>We are looking to make the above bags in Bangladesh >as the Government has banned the use of all polythene >bags. There is a shortfall of 500000 bags per day. We >can also use biodegradable utensils as the fast food >market is enormous. > Sandru Salam >Managing Director >S.T.F.Trade International Ltd >DarusSalam Arcade,6th Floor >14 Purna paltan >Dhaka,Bangladesh > > > > > Wheat starch >compostible shopping <B >style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">bags</B> >> >>Summarised from a press release on the web monitored >>for the Global Ideas Bank by Valerie Yule. >>Australian scientists have developed revolutionary >>packaging <B >style="color:black;background-color:#99ff99">materials< >/B> that are fully <B >style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">biodegrada >ble</B>. >> >> >>'Shopping <B >style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">bags</B> >of wheat starch will compost down fully >>in around 30 to 60 days' >>Based on wheat starch, the new <B >style="color:black;background-color:#99ff99">materials< >/B> could be used >>for shopping <B >style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">bags</B>, >to pack vegetables, in place of >>polystyrene trays for baked goods, and other purposes >>such as mulch film for farming and gardening. >> >>"The <B >style="color:black;background-color:#99ff99">materials< >/B> consist of wheat starch and are blended >>with other <B >style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">biodegrada >ble </B><B >style="color:black;background-color:#99ff99">materials< >/B> so they will >>compost down fully in around 30 to 60 days. >> >>"We estimate our <B >style="color:black;background-color:#99ff99">materials< >/B> could replace around 60,000 >>tonnes of plastic packaging that ends up in landfills >>each year," says Dr Roger Edwards, Executive Director >>of the CRC for International Food Manufacture and >>Packaging Science (Food and Packaging CRC). >> >>"This will have huge benefits for the environment." >> >>The packaging technology was developed jointly by the >>Food and Packaging CRC, Swinburne University, CSIRO, >>and the University of Queensland. It is now being >>commercialised and Dr Edwards says that he hopes that >>it will start being available to consumers during >>2001. >> >>For further information contact Michael Vovos (e-mail: >>mvovos@foodpack.crc.org.au) or see the website (at: >>http://www.csiro.au/page.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=Biod >e >>gradable).
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