BioPak-NZ-Catalogue-Sept2024 - Flipbook - Page 7
BIOPAK ALTERNATIVES
TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BANS
Updated 28.02.23
New Zealand’s ban on single-use plastic will speed up the
transition toward a circular economy. The goal of this ban
on food packaging is to reduce plastic pollution on land
and in the oceans and reduce the unsustainable use of
fossil fuels to make packaging.
The single use packaging ban will be implemented in
stages. Learn more on our website: biopak.com/nz/
single-use-plastic-bans
Single-Use Bag Ban: 1 November 2019
Banned Plasic Items
Single-Use Light Weight Shopping Bags
(less than 70 microns thick)
BioPak Affected Items
Bioplastic Checkout Bags
Alternative BioPak Item
BioPak Paper Bags, Compostable
bags are accepted if not used to
carry goods (bin liners, Etc.)
Stage 1 Ban: 1 October 2022
Banned Plasic Items
BioPak Affected Items
Alternative BioPak Item
PLA Drink Stirrers
FSC™ Wooden BioCutlery
Oxo-and Photo-Degradable
Plastic Products
N/A
All our Takeaways
Polystyrene Takeaway Food and Beverage
Packaging, e.g. some Sushi Trays and
Takeaway Containers.
N/A
All our Takeaways
Expanded Polystyrene Food and Beverage
Packaging, e.g. Foamed Cups, Bowls,
Plates, and some Grocery Products.
N/A
All our Takeaways
Plastic Drink Stirrers
Stage 2: July 2023
Banned Plasic Items
BioPak Affected Items
Alternative BioPak Item
Plastic Bowls
PLA Clear Bowls without a lid
PLA Clear Bowls with a lid
Paper Bowls
BioCane Bowls
Plastic Plates
N/A
BioCane Plates
Plastic Cutlery
PLA Cutlery
Wood Cutlery
Sugarcane Cutlery
Plastic Straws
N/A
Paper Straws
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