Consumers are demanding brand owners to provide more sustainable and recyclable packaging solutions that can quickly adapt to regulatory changes and demand fluctuations. The bio-base message has now been welcomed by some of these brand owners, recognizing the difficulties for multilayer polymers to be recycled in some cases. The challenge of these alternative materials, such as biopolymers and paper based flexible structures, is to match the performance and features of those plastics that are becoming problematic and present an opportunity for better sustainability claims. The aroma, gas and oil, and grease barrier properties of Plantic bio-based new extrusion coating resin are unique when considering its high flex-crack resistance, which has been well documented and recently certified compostable (by Vincotte), as well as certified recyclable in the USA within a paper based structure, by submission made to the Western Michigan University SBS equivalency testing protocol. The material design was based on the need for the industry to avoid big changes in equipment to run such materials, reducing the capital cost of associated equipment modifications and allowing an easy entry to potential converters. Speaker: David Chacon, MS