date:Oct 30, 2012
, hold together under the high humidity and cold temperatures in storage, and then break down reasonably quickly when thrown out with the fruit skin it was a big challenge. But weve done it.
The large-scale label trial we ran this year showed the compostable labels could be applied at speed in the packhouse and performed well through the supply chain to the retailers around the world which stock our fruit, says Mr Arrowsmith.
Manufacturer Sinclair tested the degradability of the labels to