Sustainable recyclable banana bag gains popularity in Latin America
Sustainable recyclable banana bag gains popularity in Latin America Banana producers often use plastic bags to cover the banana bunches on the plants for protection. The plastic material of these bags, however, doesn’t fit in well with sustainability initiatives. That is why the company Smurfit Kappa decided to design a sustainable banana bag made of paper, called BanaBag®. “BanaBag® is made out of Machine Glazed paper, a solution unique to Smurfit Kappa,” says Juan Guillermo Castañeda, CEO for Smurfit Kappa the Americas. “The Machine Glazed paper is considered the finest paper in ...