New sustainable, water dispersible, compostable packaging improves environmental footprint for Australian chocolatier. Family-owned Haigh’s Chocolates, Parkside, SA, Australia, chooses Plantic brand tray from Plantic Technologies Ltd., Altona, VIC, Australia, to hold hand-packed 200-gram White Ballotins assortment. Tray provides antistatic, odor barrier properties essential for chocolate packaging.

In addition, Plantic’s non-genetically modified cornstarch-based material consists of 85% renewable bio-content. “We are always looking for ways to improve our environmental footprint,” explains Alister Haigh, joint md, Haigh’s Chocolates, an original signatory to National Packaging Covenant, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, a government, industry, community initiative to minimize environmental effects of packaging.