Name: Paul Foulkes-Arellano: The biological packaging paradigm
Uploaded: 2023-01-24T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 8 min 58 s
Description: In this exclusive interview with PackagingInsights, Paul Foulkes-Arellano discusses how a paradigm shift in the packaging sector could be coming in the next decades. Harmful chemicals could be replaced by benign biological solutions across the value chain, he explains, and we look at the hurdles the industry will face to achieve these advances.

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Paul Foulkes-Arellano: The biological packaging paradigm

24 Jan 2023 | Circuthon Consulting

In this exclusive interview with PackagingInsights, Paul Foulkes-Arellano discusses how a paradigm shift in the packaging sector could be coming in the next decades. Harmful chemicals could be replaced by benign biological solutions across the value chain, he explains, and we look at the hurdles the industry will face to achieve these advances.

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