Sustainable packaging promoted in GCC

TO celebrate World Food Day, DuPont emphasised its focus on safer and more sustainable packaging solutions in the United Arab Emirates and across the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Kamal Niazy, Sales & Marketing manager for MENA, said DuPont has acted proactively to support such developments with research-driven products that help reduce packaging carbon footprint by up to 20 per cent.

"Sustainable packaging solutions make perfect sense from an ethical, ecological and economic point of view, whilst they are likewise very practical as they are safe to use for any packaging content," he said. The demand for safer and more sustainable packaging has increased in the GCC, driven in part by the surge in food packaging requirements as the region's food consumption is expected to achieve a CAGR of 4.6% over the period 2011-2015 and reach 51.5 million tonnes by 2015.

In the UAE, government-led initiatives such as the recently launched 'Pack It Safe, Right Step for Safe Food' campaign in Dubai underline the commitment of the government to promote safe and sustainable food packaging solutions in the country, especially for popular food items such as dates.