BRAC Enterprises has opened its Greenpak factory in the Tongi Industrial Area of Gazipur, marking a significant step towards advancing environment-friendly and sustainable packaging solutions in Bangladesh. 

The facility, which was inaugurated on Tuesday, has the capacity to produce 300–350 tonnes of eco-friendly, biodegradable packaging annually. Unlike conventional plastic, the biodegradable products manufactured at the factory naturally decompose within six months.

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The Greenpak factory was formally inaugurated by Tamara Hasan Abed, managing director of BRAC Enterprises.

At the event, it was shared that the Greenpak factory is currently producing between 12 and 15 tonnes of eco-friendly packaging each month. Once operating at full capacity, the facility will be able to produce 300-350 tonnes annually. 

This production capacity will replace an equivalent volume of conventional plastic packaging each year, significantly reducing the amount of plastic waste entering the environment.

The event also highlighted the growing global challenge of plastic pollution. More than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide each year, around 40 per cent of which is used for packaging.

While conventional plastic can take between 200 and 500 years to decompose, Greenpak's biodegradable products naturally break down within just six months, making them an effective and sustainable alternative to conventional plastic packaging.