Modern Milkman launches compostable bread bag created by Treetop Biopak

Modern Milkman, the British scale up reimagining the traditional milk round, has become the first company in the UK to introduce the home compostable bread bag from Treetop Biopak, adding to its offering to provide households with sustainable solutions during the plastic waste crisis.  

The new compostable bags are fully home compostable, naturally breaking down in around 12 months and without leaving any microplastics or pollutants behind. By contrast, typical plastic bread bags can take up to 450 years to degrade. The new single layer film is waterproof, keeping the bread fresh until customers are ready to dispose of it in either their food waste bin, garden compost heap or even reusing the bag as an organic waste bin liner to collect food waste. 

The compostable bread bags are being rolled out across Modern Milkman’s freshly baked bread range, including loaves from bakery partner Bread of Life and a network of local bakeries nationwide. The new packaging will be introduced at no extra cost to customers, with a nationwide rollout underway.  

Jenny Thomason, head of commercial at Modern Milkman in the UK, said: ‘The search for a solution that protects the quality of our bakery on the doorstep in an eco friendly way has taken years – so we are really excited to launch this to our customers. We are incredibly proud of this move, bringing us one step closer to our mission of ensuring that with the products we deliver absolutely nothing goes to waste.’

Amir Goss, CEO of Treetop Biopak, commented: ‘We are delighted that the strengths of our compostable solutions have been recognised and adopted by a proactively environmentally responsible operation such as Modern Milkman. Performance strength was as fundamental as compostability in the decision to create this circular packaging approach.’

With around 11 to 12 million loaves of bread sold in the UK every day, the move represents a significant step towards reducing the vast number of single use plastic bread bags that typically end up in landfill or incinerated.