Abstract
Combining analysis, insight and opinion - Zenith is pleased to unveil its new series of short sharp topical market reports, delivering assessments of the emerging issues that matter to consumers and the wider beverage industry:
- Adapt to change
- Be early to market
- Seize new growth opportunities
Zenith' s new topical market report on Drinks Biopackaging explores the many issues facing this next generation packaging format.
Drinks Biopackaging 2007 is only benchmark analysis available on compostable packaging for the global drinks industry. This new report sets out full market totals, pricing issues, plus a full analysis of all issues surrounding sustainable and compostable drinks packaging.
Zenith' s 2007 Drinks Biopackaging report covers:
- Drinks biopackaging volume sales in million litres, 2004-11
- Drinks biopackaging volume growth, 2005-11
- Drinks biopackaging units, 2005-11
- Drinks biopackaging market value in million Euros, 2004-11
- Drinks biopackaging price per litre in Euros, 2004-11
- Full analysis of the history of compostable bioplastics
- Regulations in Europe, the US and Japan
- Product lifecycle issues
- Types of bioplastics available
- Compostable bottles vs recycled plastics
- Drinks biopackaging SWOT analysis
- Brand profiles
Zenith' s 2007 Drinks Biopackaging report is based on detailed research into the opportunities and threats facing the underdeveloped yet emerging use of bioplastics for the beverage industry. Zenith' s outline findings are that:
- In order to implement a shift towards biodegradable packaging, the global beverage industry requires the support of government and municipal bodies at a country-by-country level.
- A reduction in sales tax on drinks biopackaging would help present economies of scale for what remains an embryonic industry.
- In addition, the beverage industry requires government-backed programmes to maximise the use of compostable plastic bottles, and ensure that the necessary infrastructure is put in place.
- Biopackaging does present a genuine opportunity for increased sustainability in drinks packaging. Yet, the beverage industry requires appropriate support and necessary systems to separate bioplastics from existing PET recycling and waste management processes.
- Separated bioplastic bottles would then need to be integrated into large scale commercial composting facilities.
- Bioplastics have made major in-roads in a range of application areas, from shopping bags through to bioplastic film. Without government incentives and support for the use of bioplastic bottles - a major new product development opportunity is at risk of being squandered.
Zenith International reports offer you the most reliable market figures and in-depth analysis of trends. This comes from a bottom up approach to the research process, and detailed discussions undertaken with industry players.
Countries covered:
West Europe, United States, Japan
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Brief definition
- Executive summary
- Falling prices and thus heightened economies of scale
- Government subsidies crucial to stabilise pricing?
- Increasing environmental benefits
- Significant growth opportunities in the drinks packaging sector
- Particular growth in the development and production of polylactic acid (PLA)
- Cost
- Consumer and retailer acceptance
- End of product life unclear
- Recycled plastics gaining favour over compostable bottles?
- Introduction
- Drinks biopackaging - market analysis
- Table 1 - Drinks biopackaging volume sales in million litres, 2004-11
- Table 2 - Drinks biopackaging volume growth, 2005-11
- Table 3 - Drinks biopackaging units, 2005-11
- Table 4 - Drinks biopackaging market value in million Euros, 2005-11
- Table 5 - Drinks biopackaging price per litre in Euros, 2005-11
- Compostable Bioplastics
- Fig. 1 - Time to degrade - an example of commonly used products
- Packaging in the 21st Century
- Environmental effects of packaging
- Plastics
- The function and benefits of packaging
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Fig. 2 - Waste Management in the EU 15
- Regulation: what has been done so far to deal with the issues?
- Sustainable packaging
- Life cycle management
- Product life cycle: cradle to grave or cradle to cradle?
- Developing sustainable packaging
- Choosing materials wisely
- Source reduction
- Using renewable energy
- End-of-life management
- Biopolymers & bioplastics
- Fig. 3 - Bioplastics cycle
- Certification
- Pricing issues
- Bioplastics usage
- European bioplastics market
- UK
- Austria
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- United States
- Japan
- Consumer and retailer acceptance
- Category drivers
- Life cycle analysis
- Agricultural issues
- Types of bioplastics available
- Biodegradable starch-based polymers
- TPS
- Biodegradable polyesters
- PHA
- PHB
- PLA
- Manufacturing process
- Fig. 4 - PLA manufacturing process
- NatureWorks PLA
- Other producers of PLA
- Hycail BV
- Galactic
- Others
- Applications
- Beverage bottles
- Initial product design & development
- Caps and labels
- Disposal
- Environmental benefits
- Cost
- Fig. 5 - Rising prices for conventional plastics in Euros per kg, 2003-05
- Fig. 6 - Pricing outlook: PE, starch based bioplastic and PLA in Euros per kg, 2003-10
- Drinks biopackaging SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
- Other bioplastics on the market
- Mater-Bi
- Natural Plastics
- NatureFlex
- Plantic
- Solanyl
- Conclusions, future outlook and development
- Bioplastics industry
- Drinks biopackaging
- BRAND PROFILES
- +1 Water
- Belu Natural Mineral Water
- BIOTA Brands of America
- Jivita
- Frutzzo Natural Juice
- Innocent Drinks
- Naturally Iowa
- Noble Juice
- True Artesian
- Vitamore
- Appendix - symbols and abbreviations
