Drinks Biopackaging 2007

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Brief definition
• Executive summary
  • Falling prices and thus heightened economies of scale
  • Government subsidies crucial to stabilise pricing?
  • Increasing environmental benefits
  • Significant growth opportunities in the drinks packaging sector
  • Particular growth in the development and production of polylactic acid (PLA)
  • Cost
  • Consumer and retailer acceptance
  • End of product life unclear
  • Recycled plastics gaining favour over compostable bottles?
• Introduction
• Drinks biopackaging - market analysis
  • Table 1 - Drinks biopackaging volume sales in million litres, 2004-11
  • Table 2 - Drinks biopackaging volume growth, 2005-11
  • Table 3 - Drinks biopackaging units, 2005-11
  • Table 4 - Drinks biopackaging market value in million Euros, 2005-11
  • Table 5 - Drinks biopackaging price per litre in Euros, 2005-11
• Compostable Bioplastics
  • Fig. 1 - Time to degrade - an example of commonly used products
• Packaging in the 21st Century
• Environmental effects of packaging
• Plastics
• The function and benefits of packaging
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  • Fig. 2 - Waste Management in the EU 15
• Regulation: what has been done so far to deal with the issues?
• Sustainable packaging
• Life cycle management
• Product life cycle: cradle to grave or cradle to cradle?
• Developing sustainable packaging
  • Choosing materials wisely
  • Source reduction
  • Using renewable energy
  • End-of-life management
• Biopolymers & bioplastics
  • Fig. 3 - Bioplastics cycle
• Certification
• Pricing issues
• Bioplastics usage
  • European bioplastics market
  • UK
  • Austria
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United States
  • Japan
• Consumer and retailer acceptance
• Category drivers
• Life cycle analysis
• Agricultural issues
• Types of bioplastics available
• Biodegradable starch-based polymers
  • TPS
• Biodegradable polyesters
  • PHA
  • PHB
  • PLA
• Manufacturing process
  • Fig. 4 - PLA manufacturing process
• NatureWorks PLA
• Other producers of PLA
  • Hycail BV
  • Galactic
  • Others
• Applications
• Beverage bottles
• Initial product design & development
• Caps and labels
• Disposal
• Environmental benefits
• Cost
  • Fig. 5 - Rising prices for conventional plastics in Euros per kg, 2003-05
  • Fig. 6 - Pricing outlook: PE, starch based bioplastic and PLA in Euros per kg, 2003-10
• Drinks biopackaging SWOT analysis
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
• Other bioplastics on the market
• Mater-Bi
• Natural Plastics
• NatureFlex
• Plantic
• Solanyl
• Conclusions, future outlook and development
  • Bioplastics industry
  • Drinks biopackaging
• BRAND PROFILES
• +1 Water
• Belu Natural Mineral Water
• BIOTA Brands of America
• Jivita
• Frutzzo Natural Juice
• Innocent Drinks
• Naturally Iowa
• Noble Juice
• True Artesian
• Vitamore
• Appendix - symbols and abbreviations