And with the majority of deliverable goods being long-life products, you can bet your life that these, too, will involve some degree of plastic packaging. It has helped to solve food shortage at a global level, protected our products and kept our food fresh. But the fact that 98 per cent of these plastics are oil-based is now forcing us to look at packaging materials in a completely new way. Or Woodly, which has created plastic products entirely from softwood cellulose, without fossil-based ingredients. The next step can be supporting public health with fossil-free packaging materials.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2021 15:45 UTC