The Packaging Association of Thailand recently announced that the country's packaging and printing industry is gradually moving away from plastic materials and using more bioplastic materials in production activities to be in line with the government of the Thai Government banning the production of plastic packaging in the future.

Association president Manit Kamolsuwan said the Thai government's policy will encourage the country's companies to come up with initiatives and adopt new technologies to align with the global movement," said no plastic waste" to protect the environment.

Mr. Manit said local manufacturers use flexible packaging such as wrapping film mainly to wrap food and beverages, including other raw materials such as polypropylene wrapping film. nylon, aluminum foil and laminate wrapping film.

According to Mr. Manit, Thailand's packaging and printing industry will increase the use of paper to replace plastic in production in the context of countries concerned about the situation of plastic waste causing serious pollution in the world.

According to the latest report of the Packaging Association of Thailand, the country's paper consumption is about 70kg/person/year.

Meanwhile, Vice President of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) Kriangkrai Tiannukul said the country's packaging and printing industry will grow at a rate of 2-3% this year due to strong demand for food and beverages.

According to VNA