14 Feb 2006
NatureWorks Press Kit IpackIma Tradeshow, Milano 14-18 February 2006
Press Releases
NatureWorks LLC offers customer choice with source options program
NatureWorks LLC announced today a new source options program for customers who view field maize source as an important market issue. The source options program is available to customers purchasing NatureWorks® PLA, the world’s first greenhouse-gas-neutral polymer derived from 100-percent annually renewable resources, such as corn.
NatureWorks LLC announces north american 'Buy Back' program for post-consumer bottles made from NatureWorks® PLA
NatureWorks LLC announced plans today at the National Recycling Convention in Minneapolis, Minn., to institute a large-volume "buy-back" program in North America for post-consumer PLA bottles in mixed plastic waste recycling streams. The program provides an additional landfill waste diversion option for corn-based NatureWorks® PLA, a material that already offers the most waste diversion choices of any other plastic.
NatureWorks LLC announces world’s first greenhouse-gas-neutral polymer
NatureWorks LLC announced today that it will achieve a greenhouse-gas-neutral position for NatureWorks® PLA, making it the first, and only, commercially available greenhouse-gas-neutral polymer in the industry. The company made the announcement today at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2005, billed as the largest packaging show in the Western Hemisphere.
NATUREWORKS® PLA HELPS DELHAIZE EXTEND ENVIRONMENTALLY – FRIENDLY PACKAGING TO BELGIAN CUSTOMERS
Environmentally-aware consumers in Belgium can shop with good conscience at Delhaize supermarkets thanks to the introduction of fully compostable packaging for selected fresh produce.
NatureWorks® PLA Helps Unique New Bottled Water Brand Strengthen its All-Natural Appeal
Water unlike any other is on the market with the launch of a new concept of flavored drinking water, called Jivita™. Unlike traditional flavored waters, Jivita is infused with a unique combination of Hydrosols – extracts from flowers, resins and bark – making it the first aromatheraputic water to hit the marketplace. In line with the company’s natural vision, Jivita water is bottled in nature-based NatureWorks® PLA.
Coop Italia Sets A Natural Table - Coop to Offer Disposable Food Service Products Made from NatureWorks™ PLA
Leading Italian grocery chain Coop Italia is introducing a selection of disposable tableware made from corn-based plastic, NatureWorks™ PLA, to its eco-logici branded product line.
Backgrounders
NatureWorks® PLA: brand overview
Fresh food packaging from nature – it’s just that simple. NatureWorks® PLA is a clear, nature-based food packaging resin made 100 percent from field maize. Packaging from NatureWorks PLA is a natural fit for fresh, wholesome foods and beverages. And, because NatureWorks PLA is made from maize, it can be composted*.
NatureWorks® PLA: technical overview
The technology to produce NatureWorks® PLA allows abundant, annually renewable resources like ordinary field maize to replace finite ones (petroleum) in everyday products, such as food packaging, bottles, disposable serviceware, labels and sheet.
Reader enquiries
NatureWorks
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1411 DD Naarden
Netherlands
Notes for editors
About NatureWorks LLC
NatureWorks LLC is a stand-alone company wholly owned by Cargill. Dedicated to meeting the world’s needs today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow, NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available polymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with petroleum-based packaging materials and fibers. The company applies its unique technology to the processing of natural plant sugars to create a proprietary polylactide polymer, which is marketed under the NatureWorks® PLA and Ingeo® fibers brand names.
For more information about NatureWorks and its brands, please visit www.natureworksllc.com.
Editorial enquiries
Mary Rosenthal
NatureWorks
Mary_Rosenthal@natureworksllc.com
Nancy van Heesewijk
EMG