Using bio-based plastics (e.g. from sugar crane) have the advantages, that the properties are exactly the same then of fossil-based virgin material, and that no fossil based oil is needed anymore, so they have a positive CO2-footprint. These are of course huge benefits and we are expecting that these are the future of plastics. Bio-based HDPE has already at least 96% renewable share. Currently, the availability is somehow limited, but the raw material suppliers are building up new production sites. We are currently preparing a Roundpacker-series producible with bio-based HDPE and LDPE Hingegard cap. Bio-based PP is currently in a development phase, but we are monitoring the development. Bio-based PET (which we don’t offer) has only a renewable share < 30%, because it’s currently not possible to produce with a higher bio-based content.
