Did you know that the Banana Market uses around 100kg per hectare of plastic to bag bananas? This means that Colombia alone uses more than 5,000 tons of plastic each year for just bananas. 

Smurfit Kappa, known in the biodegradable packaging sector for its "fibre product for packaging" and "cellulosic fibre pulp" applications, has developed the BanaBag®. The BanaBag®  is made from cellulose which acts as an insulator for bananas.  It is 100% paper-based, renewable, recyclable, biodegradable, and compostable!

BanaBag® is a triple threat. After using the BanaBag®, Dominique Banana, a collection of Columbian banana producers, found the quality of the bananas increased, the banana yield increased because overheating was avoided, and soil fertilization improved due to the compostable nature of the BanaBag®. 

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