SABIC, Lamb Weston and OPACKGROUP Develop Biobased Packaging for Frozen Potatoes

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has joined forces with Lamb Weston, a major global brand owner and producer of frozen potato products, in a closed-loop process designed to create low-weight sustainable packaging bags made with a thin coextrusion film structure. At least 60% of the packaging is made with polymers using bio-feedstock from used cooking oil (UCO).

The process starts with collection of UCO from Lamb Weston’s production, which is then converted to bio-feedstock to produce certified bio-renewable SABIC® HDPE (high-density polyethylene) and SUPEER™ mLLDPE (metallocene linear low-density polyethylene) polymers. Final packaging contains at least 60% UCO-based bio-renewable polymer material as part of SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio. Oerlemans Plastics, a member of OPACKGROUP, a specialized manufacturer of flexible films and packaging, converts these polymers to a multilayer PE film for Lamb Weston pre-fried frozen potato products.