Plant-Based Milk Carton Debut in Finland

Tetrapak, a global packaging producer, has created a milk carton made entirely of biobased materials, even the cap. Tetrapak collaborated with Braskem, the global leader in making polyethylene from sugar cane, to create the carton, which is made from both sugar cane and wood fiber. Some people are critical of bioplastics made from food crops (like sugar cane), but we think this milk carton is a step in the right direction. It’s definitely not biodegradable (because it’s plastic after all), and you still need to recycle it along with your other plastics (if you find yourself in Finland drinking this very specific type of lactose-free skim milk), but it’s not made from fossil fuels and that’s exciting.

source: www.gizmodo.com