At AUSPACK 2022, Biogone co-founder Ross Headifen and John O'Connor from Biogone spoke with PKN Packaging News about biodegradable

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People are becoming more aware of their ecological footprint and how traditional single-use plastic waste impacts the environment. We’ve seen an increase since the pandemic of online shopping, takeaway food and coffee cups, disposable masks and gloves; each taking a long time to break down and damaging the ecosystem.

Over the last few years, there's been a clear change in utilising compostable plastics as well as biodegradable plastic packaging rather than conventional plastic to reduce plastic pollution in our environment.

R&R Fabricare, which is one of the oldest and most respected names in the dry-cleaning industry in Australia, is leading the charge with plastic smart alternatives to garment wrapping - a fundamental part of the dry-cleaning business.

We love working with First Press Coffee and helping them achieve sustainability in their supply chain and reduce their packing and shipping waste.

Harmful carbon dioxide emissions add to greenhouse gas accumulating in the atmosphere, accelerating climate change. The emissions occur during each stage of the extraction of fossil fuels, through to the manufacture materials and along the supply chains.

Delizia Naturally is an Australian manufacturer of handmade soaps, baths and cosmetic products made from natural and repurposed ingredients ? To make and handle these beautiful products they use our landfill-biodegradable Nitrile gloves. Delizia the CEO and founder of Delizia Naturally states “we would be a bit hypocritical if we said that we were a non-plastic, zero waste, green company but still used plastic gloves to make our products.”

Rosnay Organic Wines connected with Australia’s leading supplier in landfill-biodegradable plastics, Biogone, in using their pallet wrap to securely ship out the product to hundreds of outlets nationwide and globally.

Ross Headifen, Founder of Biogone, talks about some simple acts which collectively make the biggest of impacts. This rings true when creating small, yet doable sustainable practices in your small business.