A sustainable replacement for polystyrene developed here in New Zealand is going commercial.
The new technology, ZealaFoam, relies on starch derived from plants like maize, cassava and sugar cane.
It has been developed by the Biopolymer Network - a joint venture between AgResearch, Plant and Food Research and Scion.
These entities will keep a shareholding in a new company that has been set up to take the product commercial, alongside overseas investors.
The Biopolymer Network chief executive Sarah Heine spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
