Worthington, Minn.-based Bedford Industries has introduced CloseIt Bio-Clip, its new plant-based bag closure containing 100% USDA certified bio-based content that is commercially compostable.
The manufacturer had set the goal of creating a compostable clip upon introducing its line of CloseIt clips in 2018, according to a news release.
“We set out to do something that had not been done: deliver a closure that met global compostability standards and was made from biobased materials,” Bedford president Jay Milbrandt said in the release.
Bio-Clip earned BPI Commercial and OK Compost Industrial certifications after undergoing evaluation by the certifying organizations in the U.S. and Europe, respectively. These certify Bio-Clip is compostable where industrial/commercial compost services are available. Bio-Clip also exceeded USDA ASTM D6866 testing requirements to become a USDA Certified Biobased Product.
Bio-Clip is composed of materials derived from plant, marine, or agricultural resources, according to the release.
“Not only did we have to develop a proprietary biopolymer that would work in current automation equipment, but we also had to develop a printing technology that could deliver meaningful instructions to the end user on how to dispose of the closure,” Milbrandt said in the release.
