Manufacturing Magazine January 2020 | Page 22

HUHTAMAKI HONG KONG
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“ We ran trials , product samples and negotiated the commercial terms ”

— Chi Lu , Head Of Sourcing , Food Services Asia and Oceania , Huhtamaki may be listed as biodegradable but require certain conditions to act as a catalyst in order to achieve that degradation , such as PLA . “ PLA is made from starch and other compound which may be able to decompose into a carbon in a controlled environment ; that is industrial composting facilities ,” says Chi . “ However , there are places that don ’ t have the industrial composting facilities needed to start this decomposition . Putting it into a landfill is not enough .”
JANUARY 2020