PLASTICS DEMAND OUTPACES PAPER 10:1.(plastic packaging in demand)

Edited by Chief Editor Mark Spaulding

Competitive markets for plastic, paper packaging to top 25 billion lbs in 2010: Freedonia study

The ubiquitous grocery bagger's question, "Paper or plastic?" is being answered more and more with a resounding "Plastic" when it comes to consumer packaged-goods makers and their choice of converted materials and containers.

In 18 markets where plastic and paper compete directly as packaging materials, plastic is expected to increase its share of the market (in pounds) to 53 percent in 2010, according to a new stud