I've been working directly with companies, whether manufacturers, retailers or producers, for a good year now, ever since the extended producer responsibility program imposed fairly high recycling rates. We've started working on eco-design, new materials and single-material products.
We have explored the degradable side of materials a lot, because it must be said that there is no such thing as biodegradability. Materials made from bamboo, palm fronds and other similar materials are not at all up to par. From a food preservation perspective, we don't yet have evidence that these materials can actually be effective. We're talking about products that consumers will eat. These materials need to be able to preserve them. We're not there yet. I've done a lot of testing through composting, recycling and other methods, and so far the new materials, as they're called, have been utterly inconclusive.