We stock containers suitable for serving or selling a variety of cold foodstuffs. They may suit people serving or selling: fruit salads, salads, products like honey, jam, nut butters or tahini. PLA products look like normal plastic but they offer a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. The production of PLA uses 60% less greenhouse gas than the production of conventional plastic, and the end product is 100% biodegradable and compostable.
PLA (Polylactic acid) is particularly attractive as a sustainable alternative to petrochemical-derived products, since the lactate from which it is produced can be derived from the fermentation of agricultural by-products such as corn starch or other starch-rich substances like maize, sugar or wheat. Being biodegradable, PLA can also be employed in the preparation of bioplastic, useful for producing loose-fill packaging, compost bags, food packaging and disposable tableware. PLA is also currently used in a number of biomedical applications, such as sutures, dialysis media and drug delivery devices. PLA is more expensive than many petroleum-derived commodity plastics, but its price has been falling as more production comes online.
One of the little known facts about PLA is that it is quite an old material, discovered in the 1890s, but it has only now found a universal route to market in the form of bio-degradable packaging.
Packaging made from PLA is bio-degradable and reverts in less than 60 days in ideal conditions, namely in a commercial composting facility. Even if commercial composting is unavailable you will know that you are still reducing your carbon footprint just by using PLA.
- Please note: PLA is not suitable to use for hot food or drinks, but can be frozen
- PLA must not be exposed to direct sunlight or heat above 50 degrees or it may begin to melt
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