# Will Lactips be the company to help end Micro plastics?!?

- Show: [People of Packaging](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging)
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Length: 24m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2025-11-25-will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help-end-micro-plastics
- Listen: https://encase.substack.com/p/will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help

## Summary

Clara and Benoît from Lactips, a French company founded by researcher Frédéric Prochazka, explain their bio-based material made from casein (milk protein) that serves as a plastic-free alternative for packaging. They discuss how their water-soluble pellets can be coated onto paper or extruded into films to provide grease barriers for dry, fatty products like cookies and tea bags without leaving microplastics. The conversation highlights the material's ability to dissolve during paper recycling, improving fiber recovery, and how EU regulations like the SUP Directive and PPWR are driving demand for such sustainable solutions.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2025-11-25-will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help-end-micro-plastics#t=1) Introduction and Guest Backgrounds
- [6:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2025-11-25-will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help-end-micro-plastics#t=392) Lactips Origin Story and Casein Material Science
- [8:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2025-11-25-will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help-end-micro-plastics#t=519) Applications: Coatings, Films, and the Cookie Box Problem
- [11:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2025-11-25-will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help-end-micro-plastics#t=683) Recycling Benefits and EU Regulatory Drivers
- [17:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2025-11-25-will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help-end-micro-plastics#t=1032) Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and US Expansion
- [21:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2025-11-25-will-lactips-be-the-company-to-help-end-micro-plastics#t=1289) Contacting Lactips and Future Outlook

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Packaging design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/packaging-design)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

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