Thursday, June 23, 2011

Greatpac & Segambut MP distribute 150 Jasa Eco biodegradable packs at TTDI market

Lim Lip Eng (left) and Douglas Tan (second from left) distributing the green goodie bags goodie bags at Taman Tun Dr Ismail market. — Picture by Chan Wai Yew
News from: http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/5jeg/Article (By R. Indumathi, 22/6/2011)
About 150 Jasa Eco gift packs containing biodegradable products were distributed to the public on "No Plastic Day".
The bags were given by Wawasan TKH Holdings Bhd's subsidiary Greatpac Sdn Bhd staff and Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng at Taman Tun Dr Ismail market.
Greatpac has created the Jasa Eco brand biodegradable containers, plates and cutlery since February this year. The company is the first to successfully produce a completely biodegradable and environment-friendly product for food packaging in Malaysia.
"We are targeting the hawkers to use our products," said Greatpac senior manager Douglas Tan. "Compared with the normal styrofoam boxes, which costs 11 sen each, a biodegradable Jasa Eco packet costs only 5 to 6 sen."
Jasa Eco products are made from corn starch, palm and sugarcane fibre.
Related news: Biodegradable foam food packaging an alternative to styrofoam
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/6/22/central/8931346&sec=central

1 comment:

Douglas Tan 陈贞源 said...

Just a correction, normal styrofoam costs 5-6sen and the biodegradable foam would be 10-11sen.

Also, our products are not made from sugarcane or palm fibre.