Packaging Made From Sugarcane
Packaging Made From Sugarcane
Sustainably grown, carbon sequestering, and recyclable
Get Started on a Sugarcane Bag Project
By incorporating sugarcane packaging into your business’s strategy, you are paving the way for restorative materials to become more mainstream and widely available in the long term, helping make significant progress toward EcoEnclose’s north star of packaging circularity.
How to Dispose
These bags are thin film recyclable! Recycle it at any store drop-off location that accepts grocery bags.
Sugarcane
Why It Matters
EcoEnclose’s north star is packaging circularity—packaging is made from packaging, becomes packaging again at the end of its useful life, and raw materials used to produce packaging are net positive for the planet.
Our ideal bioplastics are derived from inputs whose production is net positive to the planet and designed for recyclability.
While there is no perfect bioplastic today, sustainably grown sugarcane holds promise:
Many LCA software solutions consider it a carbon-sequestering plastic, helping brands achieve carbon neutrality goals.
It is a drop-in polymer that can be combined with LDPE derived from any source, making it recyclable today within a recycling supply chain that only works for a few polymers - PE, PET, and PP.
Bonsucro-certified growers produce the resin in these bags. Broadly, sugarcane production poses land use conversion and deforestation risks and has the same challenges associated with all industrially produced monocrops. EcoEnclose is committed to responsibly sourcing bio alternatives with these risks to minimize the potential that its production threatens forests, soil, and waterways.
EcoEnclose makes needed investments to help brands adopt new materials.
Turning promising material innovations into mainstream packaging options requires innovators and early adopters who:
- Are comfortable with risk in the name of progress
- Have customers who are excited about sustainability innovation
- Can make minor operations changes to accommodate new materials
- Can make nuanced decisions based on the progress vs perfection tradeoff
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Bags made with sustainably produced sugarcane are just the tip of the iceberg.