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ISSN 1862-5258<br />
Basics<br />
Biodegradability Certification | 48<br />
Highlights<br />
Rigid Packaging | 12<br />
Bioplastics in Agriculture | 22<br />
Mar / Apr<br />
<strong>02</strong> | <strong>2017</strong><br />
JinHui ZhaoLong is promoting<br />
biodegradable green packages<br />
in China | 10<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE Vol. 12<br />
DACH-Special<br />
Preview<br />
... is read in 92 countries
NATURE PROTECTION<br />
WITH BIOPLASTIC<br />
Young trees are very susceptible to animal nibble damage during their initial growth phase and therefore<br />
require some special protection. To preserve the sensitive trunk from wildlife, CSX has developed a tree<br />
protector using an EN 13432 certifi ed bioplastic from FKuR. This tree protector does not need to be<br />
collected after use and instead will biodegrade in soil afterwards. To make it easy to adjust the size on<br />
the young tree trunk, the tree protector is supplied on reels. Optimal ventilation is achieved by<br />
a special hole structure which also prevents insect infestation and rotting of the trunk.<br />
Major damage is not only a threat to young plants in nature but also in urban environments.<br />
In particular, a dry soil in the inner city areas and lack of water may cause growth problems for<br />
young trees. Here CSX offers a sustainable solution by using a water reservoir made from an<br />
EN 13432 certifi ed bioplastic from FKuR. This makes it possible to leave the reservoir in the<br />
ground for further biodegradation after its functional life. The reservoir is placed around<br />
the tree with one part underground and the remaining edge above ground. This ensures<br />
that the water will almost always reach the roots. In addition to effi cient irrigation,<br />
the reservoir also ensures protection against de-icing salt and mowing damage.<br />
www.csx-nijverdal.nl
Editorial<br />
dear<br />
readers<br />
It’s spring again, and before us lies a busy time. It starts with interpack, the world’s<br />
biggest packaging trade show, which takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany from<br />
May 4 -10. A comprehensive preview including a detachable Show Guide with<br />
floorplan can be found on pp.28-35. interpack will be opened this year on May 4 th<br />
by our bio!PAC conference on biobased packaging. The conference is organized<br />
by bioplastics MAGAZINE, in cooperation with Green Serendipity, in the form of a<br />
breakfast conference (the same format as the Bioplastics Business Breakfast<br />
event at K’2016). Register now to reserve your seat.<br />
And following hard on the heels of interpack is the annual Chinaplas trade fair,<br />
which this year is being held in Guangzhou. Our show preview with Show Guide<br />
and floorplan can be found on pp. 36-39.<br />
In our new series about how well the concept of bioplastics is known and<br />
understood by regular people (i.e. consumers) in the various regions and<br />
countries of the world, this time we took a look at the attitudes in Germany and<br />
Austria. Thiy survey is part of our “DACH”-Special (see below).<br />
The other highlight topics of this issue include Thermoforming / Rigid<br />
Packaging and Bioplastics in Agriculture / Horticulture. In the Basics section, we<br />
address the topic of Biodegradability/Compostability standard and certification.<br />
And finally, I’d like to draw your attention to our fall conference: at the end of September,<br />
Stuttgart, Germany will again be the place to be for all involved<br />
in automotive applications. The Call for Papers for the<br />
second edition of bio!CAR is already open (see p. 44).<br />
It’s also not too early to submit proposals for the <strong>2017</strong><br />
edition of the Global Bioplastics Award. If you have a<br />
product or service that deserves to be recognized with this<br />
award or - which, of course, is also fine - you know someone who<br />
does, please let us know.<br />
Meanwhile, I hope to see you somewhere soon. Until then, please<br />
enjoy reading this latest issue of bioplastics MAGAZINE.<br />
Sincerely yours<br />
Michael Thielen<br />
EcoComunicazione.it<br />
www.novamont.com<br />
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bioplastics MAGAZINE Vol. 12<br />
ISSN 1862-5258<br />
Basics<br />
Biodegradability Certification | 48<br />
Highlights<br />
Rigid Packaging | 12<br />
Bioplastics in Agriculture | 22<br />
JinHui ZhaoLong is promoting<br />
biodegradable green packages<br />
in China | 10<br />
Mar / Apr<br />
<strong>02</strong> | <strong>2017</strong><br />
DACH-Special<br />
Preview<br />
... is read in 92 countries<br />
DACH is an apronym that comprises the three countries where the German<br />
language is spoken (Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH = Confoederatio<br />
Helvetica). In Switzerland also Italian, French and Schwiizerdütsch<br />
(special allemannic dialects) are spoken.<br />
The DACH-countries also form the biggest part of the so-called<br />
German language area. This German language area also<br />
includes Belgium, Luxemburg and Liechtenstein as well as the<br />
north Italian province of South Tyrol. (Source: Wikipedia)<br />
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Content<br />
Imprint<br />
<strong>02</strong>|<strong>2017</strong><br />
March / April<br />
Events<br />
8 Programm bio!PAC<br />
28 Interpack Preview<br />
36 Chinaplas Preview<br />
Cover Story<br />
10 JinHui is promoting biodegradable<br />
green packages in China<br />
Thermoforming /<br />
Rigid Packaging<br />
12 White, easy to peel<br />
13 A sticky situation<br />
14 Trays fromsugar cane waste<br />
15 Ultra-high barrier films for<br />
thermoforming<br />
16 Transparent dairy and dessert packaging<br />
Materials<br />
19 Sustainable levulinic acid<br />
From Science and Research<br />
20 Biopolymers from municipal waste<br />
water treatment plants<br />
40 Give waste a chance<br />
47 Thermochromic bio-pigments<br />
Agriculture/Horticulture<br />
22 Biodegradable mulch films<br />
24 PLA branches into agriculture<br />
26 How to eliminate agricultural<br />
plastic waste<br />
Report<br />
46 Bioplastics Survey<br />
Basics<br />
48 Update on relevant standards<br />
50 Biodegradability and Compostability:<br />
Certification and Standards<br />
10 Years Ago<br />
52 “Transparent heat-sealable compostable<br />
film” (Applications 2007)<br />
3 Editorial<br />
5 News<br />
18 Material News<br />
42 Application News<br />
45 Brand Owner’s View<br />
55 Suppliers Guide<br />
57 Event Calendar<br />
58 Companies in this issue<br />
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News<br />
PepsiCo looking into<br />
compostable resins for<br />
snacks packaging<br />
An agreement between PepsiCo and Danimer Scientific will<br />
require the Georgia-based compoany to boost production of<br />
its Nodax PHA. Biodegradable film resins will be developed<br />
to meet the sustainable flexible packaging requirements of<br />
PepsiCo’s global food and beverage business.<br />
In October 2016 PepsiCo announced its 2<strong>02</strong>5 sustainability<br />
agenda, which includes the intent to reduce greenhouse<br />
gas emissions across its value chain and design 100 % of<br />
its packaging to be recoverable or recyclable. This goal is<br />
part of PepsiCo’s decade-long Performance with Purpose<br />
initiative to deliver top-tier financial performance over the<br />
long term by integrating sustainability into its business<br />
strategy. This collaboration is also expected to help expedite<br />
PepsiCo’s transition to packaging that is completely<br />
biodegradable for their snack food portfolio by incorporating<br />
Nodax PHA bioplastic into certain of its next-generation<br />
snacks packaging.<br />
“From the start PepsiCo has taken a holistic approach to our<br />
sustainability work,” said PepsiCo Vice Chairman and Chief<br />
Scientific Officer Dr. Mehmood Khan. “Our first objective<br />
is achieving long-term profitability and that requires<br />
sustainable solutions to grow our business while minimizing<br />
our environmental impact. Our plan to scale Danimer<br />
Scientifics’ technology is a step toward achieving both our<br />
greenhouse gas emission reduction and our recoverable<br />
and recyclable packaging goals.”<br />
“Danimer Scientifics’ partnership with PepsiCo marks<br />
a significant milestone as we continue to expand our<br />
biopolymer technology to provide innovative bioplastic<br />
solutions to a wider range of applications and products,”<br />
said Danimer Scientific’s CEO, Stephen Croskrey. “We’ve<br />
been developing a relationship with PepsiCo for the last<br />
seven years, and as one of the largest food and beverage<br />
companies in the world, their commitment to limiting the<br />
environmental impacts of their products can actuate real<br />
change in the way of sustainability.”<br />
Nodax PHA is a naturally occurring biopolymer produced<br />
by microbial bacteria as they ferment organically sourced<br />
oils. Traditional plastics are manufactured from chemicals<br />
obtained from mined crude oil or natural gas sources.<br />
Danimer Scientifics’ Nodax PHA received the first ever<br />
OK Marine Biodegradable certification from Vinçotte<br />
International, validating that the biopolymer safely<br />
biodegrades in salt water environments, leaving no toxins<br />
behind. Nodax PHA possesses seven Vinçotte certifications<br />
and statements of industrial and home compostability,<br />
biodegradability in anaerobic, soil, fresh water, and marine<br />
environments, and is bio-based. All of Danimer Scientifics’<br />
biopolymers, including Nodax PHA, are FDA approved for<br />
food contact. KL/MT<br />
www.danimerscientific.com<br />
www.pepsico.com<br />
Construction on new<br />
PHA production plant<br />
set to go forward<br />
Bio-on (Bologna, Italy) has announced that work will<br />
soon start on the construction of a new plant dedicated<br />
solely to production of PHA special biopolymers for<br />
niche and rapidly developing product categories, and<br />
particularly for the cosmetics sector.<br />
This new plant, based in Castel San Pietro Terme in<br />
the province of Bologna, has 3,700 covered m 2 , 6,000 m 2<br />
land for development and a total area of 30,000 m 2 . The<br />
plant will have a capacity dedicated to the research<br />
into and production of 1,000 tonnes per year rapidly<br />
expandable to 2,000 tonnes per year. The plant will be<br />
equipped with the most modern technologies and the<br />
most advanced research and development laboratories.<br />
New carbon sources from agricultural waste will be<br />
continuously tested to produce biopolymers to increase<br />
the range of technologies offered by Bio-on, which will<br />
invest 15 million Euro and will create 40 new jobs.<br />
The PHA bioplastics (polyhydroxyalkanoates)<br />
developed by Bio-on are made from renewable<br />
plant sources with no competition with food supply<br />
chains. They guarantee the same thermo-mechanical<br />
properties as comparable conventional plastics<br />
with the advantage of being 100% sustainable and<br />
biodegradable at ambient temperature.<br />
“We have received excellent support from the local<br />
authorities,” said Marco Astorri, Chairman and CEO of<br />
Bio-on, “which has allowed us to meet the schedule we<br />
set out in November 2016 when our new industrial plan<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-20 was submitted to Borsa Italiana.”<br />
“It is a challenge to work alongside a company<br />
with international ambitions that successfully team<br />
innovation and research in the bio and natural<br />
microplastics sector,” declared Fausto Tinti, Mayor of<br />
Castel San Pietro Terme (Bo). “Both employment and<br />
our territory stand to benefit from Bio-on’s investment<br />
and the Administration wants to be a significant<br />
presence in this important project.” KL/MT<br />
www.bio-on.it<br />
Design: Enrico Iascone<br />
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News<br />
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European Parliament recognises the<br />
contributions of bioplastics to a circular economy<br />
European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the bioplastics industry in Europe, welcomes the positive outcome<br />
of the European Parliament’s plenary vote ton March 14 th on the waste legislation proposal concerning the EU Circular Economy<br />
Package. The vote of the Members of Parliament recognises the contributions of bioplastics to the EU circular economy.<br />
The plenary’s vote on amendments of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive encourages Member States to support<br />
the use of biobased materials for the production of packaging and to improve market conditions for such materials and<br />
products. “This vote is an important milestone in strengthening the link between the circular economy and the bioeconomy in<br />
Europe. Biobased and recycled materials are starting to be equally recognised as a viable solution to make packaging more<br />
sustainable and reduce our dependency on finite fossil resources”, says François de Bie, Chairman of EUBP.<br />
In line with its ambitious goals to increase recycling targets and waste management efficiency, the Plenary also voted for<br />
amendments of the Waste Framework Directive that support a definition of recycling that includes organic recycling. A separate<br />
collection of bio-waste will be ensured across Europe facilitated by certified collection tools such as compostable bio-waste<br />
bags. In addition, the MEPs have voted to exclude mechanically or organically recyclable waste from landfills. “This will provide<br />
an important boost to the secondary resource market within the EU. Bio-based mechanically or organically recyclable plastics<br />
support circular thinking by lowering carbon emissions, helping to reach recycling quotas and keep valuable secondary raw<br />
materials and renewable carbon in the loop”, says de Bie.<br />
The vote sends a clear signal that re-use and recycling remain of paramount priority in the pursuit of an EU circular economy<br />
while at the same time strengthening the biobased economy in order to replace fossil resources and to drive the transition to a<br />
low-carbon, biobased economy. EUBP looks forward to continuing the dialogue on the upcoming negotiations in the European<br />
Commission and the Council of the European Union and will work closely with European institutions and relevant stakeholders<br />
to build a coherent and comprehensive framework for a circular bioeconomy in Europe. MT<br />
www.european-bioplastics.org<br />
Total Corbion PLA formally starts up operations<br />
Total Corbion PLA has announced the official launch of its operations to produce and market PLA polymers. PLA is a biobased<br />
and biodegradable polymer made from annually renewable resources.<br />
As announced by parent companies Total and Corbion last November, the new company is a 50/50 joint venture headquartered<br />
in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.<br />
Total Corbion PLA’s world-class PLA polymerization plant, with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year, is currently under<br />
construction at Corbion’s site in Thailand. The plant start-up is planned for the second half of 2018 and will produce a full<br />
range of Luminy ® PLA neat resins: from standard PLA to specialty, high heat resistant PLA.<br />
François de Bie, Total Corbion PLA’s Senior Marketing Director, noted that the start-up of operations marked an important<br />
milestone for PLA. “Our commercial and technical teams are delighted to have two strong parent companies supporting the<br />
future of bioplastics,” he said.<br />
Corbion’s existing lactide plant has been transferred into Total Corbion PLA, as well as the existing Corbion bioplastics<br />
commercial and technical teams, who will continue to market lactide and PLA resins and support current and future customers.<br />
“In the fast-growing bioplastics arena, our new company is committed to supplying a versatile and innovative material that<br />
is both biobased and biodegradable, bringing added value to customers and contributing to a more sustainable world for<br />
ourselves and future generations,” said the newly appointed CEO of Total Corbion PLA, Stéphane Dion.<br />
Biodegradable and industrially compostable, PLA is one of the first renewable polymers able to compete with comparable<br />
existing polymers, combining unique functional properties like transparency, gloss and stiffness. PLA is currently used in a<br />
broad range of markets, including food packaging, single-use tableware, textiles, oil and gas, electronics, automotive and 3D<br />
printing. The PLA market is projected to exhibit an estimated annual growth rate of 10 to 15% through 2<strong>02</strong>5. KL/MT<br />
www.total-corbion.com<br />
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News<br />
Three-way alliance commits to making<br />
100% biobased bottles happen<br />
Danone, Nestlé Waters and a start-up called Origin Materials have launched an initiative to develop 100% biobased PET<br />
bottles. Called the NaturALL Bottle Alliance, the companies hope to accelerate development by teaming up.<br />
The NaturALL Bottle Alliance, made up of the world’s two largest bottled water companies and a young California start-up<br />
specialized in the development of lignocellulosic-based bio-intermediates, was formed to develop and launch at commercial<br />
scale a PET plastic bottle made from 100% biobased material. The feedstocks to be used in the project are derived from nonfood<br />
or -feed crop related biomass, such as previously used cardboard and sawdust. The technology, which the Alliance aims<br />
to make available to the entire food and beverage industry, represents a scientific breakthrough for the sector.<br />
For decades, both Nestlé Waters and Danone have been committed to sustainable business practices, notably by continuously<br />
improving their environmental performances and promoting the development of a circular economy. A large part of these<br />
efforts has focused on developing innovative packaging solutions that are recyclable and made with renewable resources, as<br />
well as the promotion of recycling. After identifying the unique approach of Origin Materials separately, the two companies<br />
decided to team up to accelerate development of this promising technology.<br />
“Our goal is to establish a circular economy for packaging by sourcing sustainable materials and creating a second life for all<br />
plastics,” declared Frederic Jouin, head of R&D for plastic materials at Danone. “We believe it’s possible to replace traditional<br />
fossil materials with biobased packaging materials. By teaming up and bringing together our complementary expertise and<br />
resources, the Alliance can move faster in developing 100% renewable and recyclable PET plastic at commercial scale.”<br />
Danone and Nestlé Waters are providing expertise and teams, as well as financial support, to help Origin Materials make this<br />
technology available to the entire food and beverage industry in record time.<br />
This next-generation PET will be as light in weight, transparent, recyclable and protective of the product as today’s PET,<br />
while being better for the planet. The exclusive use of renewable feedstocks which do not divert resources or land from food<br />
production is the Alliance’s main focus area. The R&D will focus initially on cardboard, sawdust and wood chips but other<br />
biomass materials, such as rice hulls, straw and agricultural residue could be explored.<br />
“Current technology on the market makes it possible to have 30% bio-PET,” said John Bissell, Chief Executive Officer of<br />
Origin Materials. “Our breakthrough technology aims to reach 100% bio-based bottles at commercial scale. With the help of<br />
our Alliance partners, Origin Materials will be able to scale up a technology which has already been proven at the pilot level.”<br />
The NaturALL Bottle Alliance partners consider that everyone should benefit from this new material, so the technology will<br />
be accessible for the entire beverage industry. This unique approach demonstrates the allies’ commitment to open innovation<br />
and sustainable business.<br />
“It’s incredible to think that, in the near future, the industry will be able to use a renewably sourced packaging material,<br />
which does not compete with food production and contributes to a better planet,” commented Klaus Hartwig, Head of R&D for<br />
Nestlé Waters. “It therefore made perfect sense for us to join forces<br />
through this Alliance to develop this innovative technology in a large<br />
scale and in the shortest time period possible. This is an exciting<br />
journey and we are proud to be part of it.”<br />
Origin Materials has already produced samples of 80% biobased<br />
PET in its pilot plant in Sacramento. Construction of a pioneer plant<br />
will begin in <strong>2017</strong>, with production of the first samples of 60+% biobased<br />
PET to start in 2018. The initial volume goal for this first step<br />
is to bring 5,000 tonnes of biobased PET to the market. Thanks to<br />
their complementary skills and shared vision, the NaturALL Bottle<br />
Alliance aims to develop the process for producing at least 75% biobased<br />
PET plastic bottles at commercial scale as early as in 2<strong>02</strong>0,<br />
scaling up to 95% in 2<strong>02</strong>2. The partners will continue to conduct<br />
research to increase the level of bio-based content, with the objective<br />
of reaching 100%. KL/MT<br />
www.danone.com<br />
www.nestle-waters.com<br />
www.originmaterials.com<br />
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Events<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE presents:<br />
The second bio!PAC conference on biobased packaging in Düsseldorf,<br />
Germany, organised by bioplastics MAGAZINE together with Green Serendipity<br />
is the must-attend conference for everyone interested in packaging made<br />
from renewable resources. The conference offers high class presentations<br />
from top individuals from raw material and packaging providers as well as<br />
from brand owners already using biobased packaging. The unique event also<br />
offers excellent networking opportunities. Free access to interpack is also<br />
included. Please find below the preliminary programme. Find more details<br />
and register at the conference website. www.bio-pac.info<br />
bio PAC<br />
biobased packaging<br />
conference<br />
4-5-6 may 2015<br />
messe düsseldorf<br />
Programme<br />
Thursday, May 04, <strong>2017</strong><br />
8:00-8:05 Welcome remarks Michael Thielen, Polymedia Publisher<br />
8:05-8:25 PLA packaging applications and innovations Floris Buijzen, Corbion<br />
8:25-8:45 Flexible packaging solutions offering barrier, heat stability and material reduction Stefano Cavallo, NatureWorks<br />
8:45-9:05 BoPLA flexible film applications in food and non-food packaging Emanuela Bardi, Taghleef<br />
9:05-9:15 Q&A<br />
9:15-9:35 Coffee & Networking<br />
9:35-9:55 Biobased and biodegradable laminate structures Patrick Gerritsen, Bio4Pack<br />
9:55-10:15 Compostable food and transport packaging Martin Bussmann, BASF<br />
10:15-10:35 Formable Paper & Pulp challenge conventional packaging Hein van den Reek, Billerudkorsnas/Fiberform<br />
10:35-10:45 Q&A<br />
10:45-11:05 Coffee & Networking<br />
11:05-11:25 New Biolaminate solutions to replace conventional plastics in flexible packaging Lucy Cowton, Futamura<br />
11:25-11:45 Sustainable polyesters such as bio-PET Marco Brons, Cumapol<br />
11:45-12:05 The opportunity of sustainable materials Gert-Jan Gruter, Avantium<br />
12:05-12:25 Packaging opportunities with Green PE Brendan Hill, Braskem<br />
12:25-12:30 Q&A<br />
Friday, May 05, <strong>2017</strong><br />
8:00-8:05 Welcome remarks Michael Thielen, Polymedia Publisher<br />
8:05-8:25 Biobased and biodegradable PBS for packaging applications Ryuichiro Sugimoto, PTT/MCC<br />
8:25-8:45 Development of sustainable flexible packaging based on 2 nd generation feedstock Thijs Rodenburg, Rodenburg Biopolymers<br />
8:45-9:05 Bio back to basics Remy Jongboom, Biotec<br />
9:05-9:15 Q&A<br />
9:15-9:35 Coffee & Networking<br />
9:35-9:55 Trends in Dairy and Dessert Packaging: A bioploymer perspective Mark Vergauwen, NatureWorks<br />
9:55-10:15 Biobased, biodegradable and barrier solution for sustainable packaging Stefan Corbus, Kuraray EVAL Europe<br />
10:15-10:35 A brand-owners reflection on ‘sustainable packaging Marcel Keuenhof, Wessanen<br />
10:35-10:45 Q&A<br />
10:45-11:05 Coffee & Networking<br />
11:05-11:25 Tetra Pak's innovative bio-based carton packaging concepts Davide Braghiroli, Tetra Pak<br />
11:25-11:45 Tree in a bottle - Stop plastic waste Paul Masselink, O'Right Pure Haircare Concepts<br />
11:45-12:05 Connecting the sustainable dots Marcea van Doorn, Bunzl<br />
12:05-12:25 Sustainable Packaging – the role of bio-based plastics Taco Kingma, Friesland Campina<br />
12:25-12:30 Q&A<br />
Saturday, May 06, <strong>2017</strong><br />
8:00-8:05 Welcome remarks Michael Thielen, Polymedia Publisher<br />
8:05-8:25 Facts and Myths on biobased plastics packaging Constance Ißbrücker, European Bioplastics<br />
8:25-8:45 Biobased packaging and the bio-economy Michael Carus, nova-Institute<br />
8:45-9:05 Biobased packaging - the New Zealand perspective Saad Hussain, Scion<br />
9:05-9:15 Q&A<br />
9:15-9:35 Coffee & Networking<br />
9:35-9:55 The Holistic Approach: From Compostable towards Bio-Based Yifat Bareket, TIPA<br />
9:55-10:15 End of life options Bruno de Wilde, OWS<br />
10:15-10:35 View on the opportunities for applications of bioplastics in (new food) packaging Karin Molenveld, Wageningen UR<br />
10:35-10:45 Q&A<br />
10:45-11:05 Coffee & Networking<br />
11:05-11:25 Creation of better conditions for Compostable Packaging Erwin Vink, Holland Bioplastics<br />
11:25-11:45 HemCell "Pack to Compost" Nico Osse, HemCell<br />
11:45-12:05 PaperFoam: reduced carbon emission in the circular economy Mark Geerts, Paperfoam<br />
12:05-12:25 Futurelook on biobased packaging in a circular economy Caroli Buitenhuis, Green Serendipity<br />
12:25-12:30 Q&A<br />
(subject to changes, visit www.bio-pac.info for updates)<br />
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“The Proposal of the Central Committee of Communist Party on<br />
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Since <strong>2017</strong>, the regulations for the express industry have<br />
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As a leading biodegradable plastic producer in China,<br />
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industry and to fight against plastic pollution. Biodegradable<br />
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At present, biodegradable courier packages developed by<br />
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operates under Alibaba in China and have drawn high<br />
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and green package will<br />
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www.ecoworld.jinhuigroup.com<br />
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Thermoforming / Rigid Packaging<br />
White, easy-to-peel<br />
bio-PET lidding film<br />
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., now offers a biobased<br />
version of its new LumiLid ® XL7W, a white, easy-topeel<br />
PET lidding film for use with refrigerated and frozen<br />
dairy and dairy-replacement foods that are packaged<br />
in polypropylene (PP) containers. Toray’s LumiLid portfolio<br />
of PET lidding films includes biobased and traditional films<br />
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When XL7W is sealed to a PP container, it forms a strong,<br />
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performance of XL7W. With its thicker, high-performance<br />
sealant, the new product can often replace multi-layer<br />
laminations, which are expensive. The XL7W seal is strong<br />
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providing a quick, easy, clean peel that resists<br />
shredding and complements XL7W’s premium appearance<br />
and feel.<br />
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during production. It is available in 128, 164, and 200 gauges<br />
(32, 41 and 50 µm).<br />
“The market demand for PP containers, and compatible<br />
biobased lidding film is growing,” says Milan Moscaritolo,<br />
Senior Director, New Business Development, Toray Plastics<br />
(America). “Biobased XL7W offers the perfect solution<br />
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Toray launched its first biobased lidding films in 2015<br />
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films. Toray’s biobased films are manufactured with its<br />
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films consist of a structural bio-PET layer and a specialty<br />
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Biobased LumiLid films were created to lessen the<br />
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Thermoforming / Rigid Packaging<br />
A sticky<br />
situation<br />
Creating hot filled candy molds<br />
from bioplastics<br />
DSC results for thermoformed tray<br />
Making trays for PLA or PHA based candy and chocolate<br />
packaging has been possible for a number of<br />
years, but creating a bioplastic thin-gauge thermoformed<br />
tray that can also act as a mold for hot, sticky caramel<br />
at 130°C is a new breakthrough in biopolymer science.<br />
Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. (Vancouver, British<br />
Columbia, Canada) has developed a new thermoforming<br />
biopolymer that can do just that, allowing chocolatiers and<br />
confectioners to move away from conventional heat-resistant<br />
PP packaging and adopt bioplastic packaging across<br />
their full product range. Solegear’s latest biopolymer contains<br />
80% biobased content and is eligible to be certified<br />
compostable. Testing has shown that packaging trays made<br />
from Solegear’s latest material will consistently retain dimensional<br />
stability up to 130°C, even when being filled with<br />
hot, sticky caramels or chocolates with high fat and sugar<br />
contents – ingredients that usually spell disaster for first<br />
generation bioplastics.<br />
The thermoformed tray was manufactured using conventional<br />
extrusion and thermoforming methods. In addition to the<br />
requirement to retain a high percentage of biobased content<br />
so that the resulting trays could be certified compostable,<br />
the main challenge for development of this biopolymer was<br />
to engineer a formulation that would produce packaging that<br />
could withstand the considerable chemical and mechanical<br />
stresses introduced when hot caramel was poured into the<br />
tray, including heat resistance and dimensional stability up to<br />
130°C. Solegear’s Product Development team, deployed its<br />
expertise in manipulating high-performance biopolymers and<br />
non-hazardous, biobased additives to successfully create this<br />
new innovative formulation. The manufacturing process was<br />
also optimized to achieve a sufficient level of crystallinity of over<br />
45% (see DSC plot) and high impact resistance of more than<br />
75 kg·cm (Gardner drop weight impact resistance, ASTM D5420).<br />
These significant performance requirements posed numerous<br />
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a suitable high quality packaging was manufactured. Using its<br />
know-how and a design approach focused on the concurrent<br />
testing of multiple variables and criteria, Solegear succeeded in<br />
achieving the desired results in just under one year.<br />
These bioplastic trays not only act as molds for hot and sticky<br />
candies and chocolates at 130°C, but can also form the final<br />
packaging for the product, moving successfully from production,<br />
to transport and to fridge and freezer storage without cracking and<br />
without leaching any elements into the candies and chocolates.<br />
Solegear’s material formulation and the final thermoformed<br />
high heat resistant trays contain no “Chemicals of Concern” that<br />
may potentially be harmful to human health and the environment.<br />
This becomes especially important in the food industry where<br />
safety and security have become a priority concern for consumers<br />
and product manufacturers. Traceability of materials is proving<br />
to be challenging for fossil fuel-based plastics, and can be<br />
more precarious for recycled materials where the source and<br />
composition are rarely well documented.<br />
The first full-scale packaging made from Solegear’s new<br />
material is expected to be on retail shelves in <strong>2017</strong>. Solegear is<br />
continuing further product development to meet the needs of<br />
additional food safety and security opportunities.<br />
And for those of us who are nuts about caramels and<br />
chocolates, it can now be a bit more of a guilt-free experience<br />
knowing we’re doing something better for the planet. MT<br />
www.solegear.ca<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12 13
Thermoforming / Rigid Packaging<br />
Trays from sugar cane waste<br />
Sugar cane by-product becomes raw material for biodegradable<br />
(fruit) trays<br />
Although environmentally friendly packaging for fruit<br />
and vegetable products is growing in popularity, its<br />
share of the total market is still relatively small. The<br />
most important reason for this is the fact that its price/quality<br />
ratio is not yet competitive enough to replace the traditional<br />
packaging that dominates the market. In an effort to<br />
package more fruit and vegetable products in planet-safer<br />
packaging, Bio4Pack has recently brought onto the market<br />
a new range of trays, which are primed to compete with<br />
traditional packaging. The new trays are based on a waste<br />
by-product: the cellulose fibres remaining after sugar cane<br />
processing.<br />
Package instead of burning<br />
The processing of sugar cane produces a relatively large<br />
quantity of waste by-product (approx. 40 % of the whole<br />
plant) which, until recently, was almost exclusively used as<br />
fuel for the sugar cane processing industry. Now, however,<br />
technological developments have given it a new future as the<br />
raw material for paper and cardboard. Bio4Pack (Rheine,<br />
Germany), a pioneer in environmentally friendly packaging<br />
for fruit and vegetable produce, seized this opportunity to<br />
develop a new series of trays, which serve as an alternative<br />
to paper pulp trays and disposable plastic trays.<br />
The new trays offer a number of important benefits<br />
compared to paper pulp trays. They are relatively cheap,<br />
in comparison with other green trays. Furthermore, the<br />
lower CO 2<br />
emissions associated with their production<br />
process make them an ecologically more responsible<br />
option, compared to trays produced from paper pulp. The<br />
material properties of the sugar cane by-product make it<br />
possible to produce an end product that is not aesthetically<br />
inferior to packaging manufactured from traditional raw<br />
materials. The trays are smooth, retain their shape, ideal<br />
for presenting products and are highly resource efficient:<br />
unlike trays made from paper pulp, no trees need to be cut<br />
down to source the materials used for their production.<br />
Last but not least, the trays made from sugar cane byproduct<br />
are completely biodegradable, Home & Industrial<br />
compostable and they comply with the well-known EN<br />
13432 standard for biodegradability. After use, they can be<br />
discarded in the biological waste bin, the paper recycling<br />
bin or on the compost heap. This completes the product’s<br />
life cycle with minimal harm to the environment, because<br />
the trays produce less waste and lower CO 2<br />
emissions, in<br />
addition to providing fertiliser for new sugar cane plants.<br />
Hence, this latest compostable product from Bio4Pack is<br />
truly a circular economy-based green initiative. MT<br />
www.bio4pack.com<br />
14 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12
Thermoforming / Rigid Packaging<br />
Ultra-high barrier films<br />
for thermoforming<br />
Plantic Technologies Ltd (Altona, Victoria, Australia) has<br />
achieved a unique place in the world market for bioplastics<br />
through proprietary technology that delivers biodegradable<br />
and renewable sourced alternatives to conventional plastics<br />
based on corn and non-genetically modified cassava.<br />
Plantic’s thermoformable rigid bottom webs are providing a<br />
new class in ultra-high barrier films with added environmental<br />
benefits.<br />
Unlike other bioplastics companies who utilize organic<br />
materials but whose polymers are still developed in<br />
refineries, Plantic's polymer as well as its raw material,<br />
are grown in a field. The entire process integrates the<br />
science of organic innovation with commercial and industrial<br />
productivity in a new way. The result is both a broad range of<br />
immediate performance and cost advantages, and long-term<br />
environmental and sustainability benefits.<br />
Plantic has a stable range of products which include<br />
thermoformable rigid and semi rigid bottom webs, skin and<br />
flexible packaging materials these are currently in use by<br />
some of the world’s leading manufactures who are looking for<br />
ultra-high barrier material and to satisfy the growing trend of<br />
consumers who are aware of the impact of their actions on<br />
the environment.<br />
A further milestone for the Australian based company<br />
was achieved in 2016 when the PLANTIC R material was<br />
given approval to display the Australian Recycling Label from<br />
Planet Ark for recycling the first in the region for a multilayer<br />
structure. Plantic R uses Plantics core technology Plantic HP<br />
sandwiched between two layers of PET, the Plantic HP has<br />
a ultra-high barrier function which gives the complete pack<br />
an OTR of less than 0.05 cm 3 /m 2 /24h (@ 16°C, 1 atm - pure<br />
oxygen (50%RH)).<br />
Plantic is consistently monitoring the growing trend in bio<br />
based materials and will be releasing new products during <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Plantic staff will be available to discuss your needs at<br />
Interpack <strong>2017</strong>, be on the Kuraray booth during the entire<br />
exhibition. MT<br />
www.plantic.com.au<br />
FG Süd / IPP10<br />
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Thermoforming / Rigid Packaging<br />
Transparent<br />
dairy and<br />
dessert<br />
packaging<br />
Haze [%]<br />
elasticity modulus [MPa]<br />
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Transparent Ingeo<br />
FFS dairy & dessert<br />
packaging<br />
Figure 1. Ingeo provides clarity on par with PET and PS with SBC.<br />
HIPS<br />
SBC HIPS GPPS Ingeo<br />
PS + SBC<br />
Figure 2. Ingeo’s inherent stiffness compared to GPPS & HIPS<br />
allows for cost-saving downgauging.<br />
Transparent packaging is one of the hottest trends in retail<br />
sales today. With the drive toward wholesome foods,<br />
showcasing appealing products through crystal clear<br />
packaging is a natural next step in marketing. To meet this<br />
trend, dairy and dessert companies who use highly efficient<br />
form, fill, and seal (FFS) packaging processes are looking for<br />
cost effective ways of going – transparent.<br />
The most commonly applied material in the form-fill-seal<br />
process today is opaque or semi-transparent, high impact<br />
polystyrene (HIPS). While a modifier such as styrene block<br />
copolymer can be used to increase transparency, this adds<br />
packaging cost. And, while producers have worked to modify<br />
well known transparent materials such as PET and clarified<br />
PP to satisfy the stringent performance demands of the FFS<br />
process and package, the resulting modified resins have not<br />
so far, maintained the transparency for which these plastics<br />
are normally known.<br />
Solving the cost and performance issue for<br />
transparency<br />
Naturally advanced Ingeo biopolymer (PLA) is transparent<br />
and NatureWorks personnel felt it to be an excellent<br />
candidate because of its stiffness and transparency for dairy<br />
and dessert applications. For FFS applications, NatureWorks<br />
scientists developed a formulation that not only processed<br />
well on existing packaging lines while maintaining its clarity,<br />
but also offered performance and cost advantages in terms<br />
of utilizing less material per cup as compared to HIPS. The<br />
new Ingeo grades optimized for dairy and dessert packaging<br />
include both conventional and high impact options. Both<br />
offer a crystal-clear transparency rivaling unmodified PET.<br />
The chart in Figure 1 shows the wide gap in transparency<br />
between Ingeo and HIPS. PS modified with styrene block<br />
copolymer (SBC) additive is comparable in terms of clarity,<br />
but brings cost and performance ramifications.<br />
Cost is on everyone’s mind in packaging<br />
One of the facts that most surprise packaging specifiers<br />
considering PLA for a material substitution is that the cost<br />
of Ingeo is competitive with HIPS. The perception is that a<br />
relatively new plastic must be more expensive. With over<br />
450,000 tonnes (a billion pounds) sold and an efficient,<br />
mature sales channel in place, the economies of scale make<br />
this innovative plastic a candidate for substitution where it<br />
exceeds incumbents in terms of cost and performance. In<br />
addition, because Ingeo is renewably sourced, it is not subject<br />
to the wide price swings of the global petroleum market and<br />
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Thermoforming / Rigid Packaging<br />
By:<br />
Mark Vergauwen<br />
Global Segment Lead, Rigids<br />
NatureWorks LLC<br />
Belgium<br />
offers significantly lower price volatility than fossil derived<br />
plastics. Companies can hedge their purchases over a<br />
prolonged time period and lock in favorable pricing.<br />
France-based Synerlink (Puiseux-Pontoise), a worldwide<br />
leader in integrated packaging equipment with its Arcil<br />
brand form-fill-seal lines, has thoroughly assessed the<br />
performance of Ingeo on its equipment. Ingeo is an inherently<br />
stiff plastic, with stiffness 140 % that of HIPS. This translates<br />
directly into package light weighting and cost savings<br />
compared to HIPS, GPPS, SBC, PET (Figure 2). Calculations<br />
on this high stiffness indicate that approximately 20 to<br />
30 % less wall thickness is needed for Ingeo compared to<br />
HIPS at equivalent top load strength (Figure 3). For the<br />
consumer, the stiffness of Ingeo also inherently makes for<br />
excellent snap-apart characteristics in multipack cups.<br />
According to Clear Lam Packaging (Elk Grove Village,<br />
Illinois, USA), a developer and manufacturer of innovative<br />
flexible and rigid packaging materials used for foods, Ingeo<br />
sheet has ideal performance for form-fill-seal applications<br />
– the most cost effective packaging for single serve and<br />
multipack cups.<br />
Keeping products fresh and appealing<br />
Extensive testing of the flavor and aroma barrier properties<br />
of Ingeo showed that permeation was too low to measure<br />
for two common aroma and flavor tests in the packaging<br />
industry – the pineapple odor of ethyl butyrate and the citrus<br />
odor of d-limonene. And, as (Figure 4) indicates, Ingeo<br />
packaging has a superior oxygen barrier as compared to<br />
HIPS for longer term freshness.<br />
Carbon footprint lower than fossil carbon plastics<br />
Replacing a plastic made with fossil carbon with a biobased<br />
functional material provides another compelling reason to<br />
make the substitution in the dairy and dessert industry. Many<br />
consumers today prefer less processed and more natural<br />
products and packaging. Furthermore, the energy consumed<br />
and the greenhouse gases emitted while manufacturing<br />
Ingeo are lower than petroleum-based plastics as (Figure 5)<br />
shows.<br />
In terms of the ability to utilize packaging to improve sales,<br />
materials science in the form of a relatively new plastic,<br />
Ingeo, has come to the aid of marketers at the correct time,<br />
cost, performance, and carbon footprint.<br />
www.natureworksllc.com<br />
Figure 3. To achieve similar top load strength, Ingeo cups can be<br />
made with walls 20-30% thinner than GPPS.<br />
Top Load (critical compressive strength) [N]<br />
HIPS<br />
Ingeo<br />
Ingeo<br />
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0.62<br />
Same top load strength achieved with<br />
thinner cup wall and less material<br />
Wall Thickeness [microns]<br />
Figure 4. Ingeo’s excellent oxygen barrier can enhance longer<br />
term product freshness.<br />
Figure 5. Producing Ingeo creates half the greenhouse gases<br />
compared to GPPS and HIPS.<br />
2.25<br />
2.43<br />
3.24<br />
3.26<br />
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5<br />
Greenhouse Gas Emissions [kg CO 2<br />
eq/kg]<br />
EU Producers<br />
US Producers<br />
Ingeo<br />
GPPS<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12 17
Automotive Materials Material-News<br />
New blends for home compostable films<br />
Bioplastics producer FKuR has introduced<br />
new Bio-Flex blends which meet the stringent<br />
requirements of the French Energy Transition<br />
Law for plastic bags. Home compostable and up<br />
to 40 % biobased, the new compounds fit the bill<br />
for a wide range of applications.<br />
The new Bio-Flex blends are designed for the<br />
production of low gauge films that will biodegrade<br />
completely in garden compost at low, variable<br />
temperatures. The new grades have already<br />
been awarded OK Compost HOME certificates by<br />
Vinçotte, the Belgian accredited inspection and<br />
certification organisation. In addition, most of the<br />
new compounds meet the requirements of Article<br />
75 of the French Energy Transition Law (“Loi sur<br />
la transition énergétique”), under which since<br />
January 1, <strong>2017</strong>, plastic bags may no longer be<br />
issued by retailers for fruit and vegetables, nor<br />
for cheese, meat and fish sold at supermarket<br />
counters. However, bags made from home<br />
compostable bioplastic which contain a minimum<br />
content of renewable raw materials of 30 % (and<br />
from 2<strong>02</strong>5, 60 % renewable raw materials) are<br />
excluded from this ban.<br />
All home compostable Bio-Flex compounds<br />
are regarded as having outstanding moisture<br />
resistance. This is a great advantage when<br />
compared with many other commercially<br />
available starch-based plastics of this type. These<br />
biodegrade rapidly but should only be filled with<br />
dry contents. The range of possible applications<br />
for these new compounds of FKuR is wide and<br />
includes multi-purpose bags, as well as bags for<br />
fruit and vegetable packing, mulching films and<br />
other packaging<br />
The product range currently comprises<br />
both translucent and opaque grades. Bio-Flex<br />
FX 1803 (30 % biobased), F 1804 and F 1814<br />
(both 40 % biobased) grades are translucent.<br />
Bio-Flex F 1814 offers the additional benefit of<br />
increased tear resistance. They are suitable for<br />
packaging goods with printed QR codes as well<br />
as for visually attractive packaging for all types of<br />
printed materials.<br />
Bio-Flex FX 1821 (10 % biobased), FX 1823<br />
(30 % biobased) and FX 1824 (40 % biobased)<br />
grades are all opaque. These opaque grades<br />
show very good tear resistance and toughness.<br />
Pilot tests with customers have shown that<br />
bag thickness can easily be down gauged to 8<br />
μm with these new grades. The good processing<br />
properties using existing production facilities<br />
are similar for all Bio-Flex grades and are a<br />
characteristic of FKuR compounds. MT<br />
www.fkur.com<br />
9 / F14<br />
translucent<br />
Bio-Flex FX1803<br />
tear resistant<br />
Bio-Flex FX 1824<br />
Towards all-cellulosic packaging materials<br />
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed lightweight 100 % bio-based stand-up pouches with high<br />
technical performance. High performance in both oxygen, grease and mineral oil barrier properties has been reached by<br />
using different biobased coatings on paper substrate. The pouches exploit VTT’s patent pending high consistency enzymatic<br />
fibrillation of cellulose (HefCel) technology.<br />
“One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally. Packaging with efficient barrier properties is<br />
a crucial factor in the reduction of the food loss. Our solution offers an environmentally friendly option for the global packaging<br />
industry”, says Senior Scientist Jari Vartiainen of VTT.<br />
VTT’s HefCel technology provides a low-cost method for the production of nanocellulose resulting in a tenfold increase in the<br />
solids content of nanocellulose. Nanocellulose has been shown to be potentially very useful for a number of future technical<br />
applications. The densely packed structure of nanocellulose films and coatings enable their outstanding oxygen, grease and<br />
mineral oil barrier properties.<br />
HefCel technology exploits industrial enzymes and simple mixing technology as tools to fibrillate cellulose into nanoscale<br />
fibrils without the need for high energy consuming process steps. The resulting nanocellulose is in the consistency of 15-25 %<br />
when traditional nanocellulose production methods result in 1-3 % consistency.<br />
The stand-up pouch is the fastest growing type of packaging, growing at a rate of 6.5 % per year from 2015-2<strong>02</strong>0.<br />
Fossil-based plastic films still dominate the packaging market. However, the development of environmentally<br />
friendly new materials is of growing importance. Nanocellulose has been shown to be potentially very<br />
useful for a number of future technical applications.<br />
VTT has solid expertise in various bio-based raw materials and their application technologies<br />
for producing bio-based coatings, films and even multilayered structures both at lab-scale and<br />
pilot-scale. A versatile set of piloting facilities are available from raw material sourcing through<br />
processing to application testing and demonstration.<br />
Not exactly a bio-plastic product, this fully biobased packaging is a very interesting development. MT<br />
www.vtt.fi<br />
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Materials<br />
Sustainable levulinic acid<br />
Promising building block to be produced from<br />
sugar-industry by-products<br />
As a sustainable platform chemical, green levulinic<br />
acid is considered to hold huge potential for the sustainable<br />
chemical industry of the future. Now, Italian<br />
companies Bio-on and Sadam Group are jumping on the<br />
bandwagon.<br />
While levulinic acid may well be regarded as a key player in<br />
the greening of the chemical industry, the volumes produced<br />
today are insufficient to successfully fulfil this role. With<br />
market demand for levulinic acid forecast to explode in the<br />
coming years, the Italian biotechnology company Bio-on and<br />
agro-industrial Sadam Group have launched a joint project<br />
to develop innovative industrial processes to produce this -<br />
using by-products from the sugar industry as raw material.<br />
The coming three years will be devoted to building a demo<br />
plant and developing the necessary industrial processes to<br />
produce green levulinic acid at competitive cost.<br />
Some years ago, levulinic acid was identified by the<br />
National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the USA as an<br />
extremely promising bio-intermediate. A platform chemical,<br />
it can be used to produce other chemical substances or<br />
to replace the synthetic alternatives. The main end users<br />
of levulinic acid are the agricultural, pharmaceutical and<br />
cosmetics sectors, but this natural molecule also helps<br />
create new ecological fuels, fertilisers and antiparasitic<br />
products. It is also used in the bioplastics sector, expanding<br />
its field of application, and it is an intermediate element for<br />
making high-performance plastics, drugs and many other<br />
new-concept green products.<br />
Based on the most recent forecasts and based on various<br />
independent research, Bio-on estimates that market<br />
demand for levulinic acid will grow 150-200-fold over the<br />
next 7-8 years. To anticipate the growing demand and exploit<br />
a competitive advantage, Bio-on and Sadam Group have<br />
launched the present project, which envisages using<br />
sugar beet co-products as the raw<br />
material. Particular<br />
attention will be paid to<br />
Levulinic acid<br />
economic and ecological aspects: current global production<br />
of levulinic acid comes from highly polluting factories,<br />
with an unacceptable environmental impact for European<br />
standards and with vast production costs, resulting in high<br />
market prices.<br />
“Levulinic acid is considered one of the 12 building blocks<br />
of the green chemical industry of the future,” explained<br />
Marco Astorri, Chairman of Bio-on S.p.A. “Working on a<br />
new method of producing levulinic acid on an industrial<br />
scale over the coming months, as we announced in 2015,<br />
fills us with pride and enables us to consolidate our global<br />
leadership in the development of modern biochemistry.”<br />
First, a pilot plant will be built for research purposes.<br />
Subsequent project development would involve the<br />
construction of a demo plant with a capacity of 5,000 tonnes<br />
of levulinic acid per year at Sadam’s Tre Casali agroindustrial<br />
plant in San Quirico (Parma). An industrial plant<br />
using proprietary technology from Bio-on will also be built<br />
where PHA biopolymers will be produced from glycerol, a<br />
co-product of bio-diesel production.<br />
The final goal of the project will be to demonstrate the<br />
feasibility of creating a production process at competitive<br />
cost and with low environmental impact that can be<br />
replicated on a larger scale in a subsequent industrial and<br />
commercial phase.<br />
We are pleased with this initial development stage<br />
conducted by Bio-on, Sadam Group,” says Massimo<br />
Maccaferri, Chairman of Sadam, “because this molecule<br />
is an extraordinary tool that can kick-start the re-launch<br />
of the Italian chemical industry, safeguarding employment<br />
and guaranteeing an investment in our future.”<br />
The project, entitled “Industrial eco-sustainable<br />
production of levulinic acid from sugar industry byproducts<br />
not intended for human food - PROECOLEV”,<br />
has been approved by MISE (Italian Ministry of<br />
Economic Development) with a 2016 ministerial<br />
decree now in effect. The project<br />
has a duration of 36 months and<br />
has an estimated budget of 6<br />
million Euro backed by MISE<br />
from the Sustainable Growth<br />
fund, Sustainable industry tender<br />
2015, with a blend of subsidised<br />
and non-recoverable credit. The<br />
technology developed by the Bio-on/<br />
Sadam Group team will encourage<br />
the creation of bio-refineries in Europe<br />
capable of converting crude, natural raw<br />
materials into renewable elements with high added value,<br />
within the circular economy and green economy to be<br />
promoted in the European Union. KL<br />
www.bio-on.it<br />
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From Science and Research<br />
Biopolymers from municipal<br />
waste water treatment plants<br />
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), which are biodegradable<br />
polyesters accumulated by more than 300 different<br />
microorganisms under nutrient limited conditions are<br />
a source for bioplastic production [1, 2, 3]. Bacteria mostly<br />
use PHAs as an intracellular storage compound for energy<br />
and carbon [4]. The general chemical structure of PHA can<br />
be seen in Figure 1. Depending on the length of the side<br />
chain (R), PHAs are classified as short chain length (SCL) or<br />
medium chain length (MCL) PHAs [5]. Most material characteristics<br />
of SCL resembles polypropylene (PP) [6]. Therefore,<br />
PHAs are most likely used as a substitute for PP [7].<br />
PHA production on municipal waste water<br />
treatment plants<br />
Pittmann and Steinmetz [8, 9] were able to show the<br />
possibilities of PHA production on waste water treatment plants<br />
(WWTP) at different processing conditions. In a two-staged<br />
production process, as shown in Figure 2, firstly short chained<br />
volatile fatty acids (VFA) are produced. The PHA production itself<br />
(Stage 2b) is based on a bacteria mixed culture selection from<br />
excess sludge of a WWTP via aerobic dynamic feeding (Stage<br />
2a). The installed feast/famine regime for enrichment of PHA<br />
producing bacteria is state of the art and tested by many authors<br />
[10, 11, 12]. PHA producing bacteria in the WWTP’s excess<br />
sludge are able to use the polymers as a carbon- and energy<br />
source during the period of starvation (famine phase) and thus<br />
gain a selection advantage [13]. After a period of enrichment,<br />
the biomass contains a high proportion of PHA accumulating<br />
bacteria and is transferred to Reactor 2b for PHA production.<br />
The whole production process takes place in a bypass to the<br />
WWTP, and therefore without impacts on its cleaning capacity.<br />
However, the usage of primary sludge for VFA production and<br />
the further usage of these acids for PHA production removes<br />
up to 39 % of the primary sludge’s chemical oxygen demand<br />
(COD) [8]. Hence, the PHA production process competes with<br />
the biogas production on the WWTP.<br />
Results<br />
At first different raw materials of a municipal WWTP regarding<br />
VFA production were observed with primary sludge showing<br />
the best mas flux results [8]. Through variations of the process<br />
parameters temperature, pH, retention time (RT), withdrawal<br />
(WD) and the mode of operation (batch or semi-continuously) of<br />
the reactor, a maximum VFA mass flow of 1,913 with a VFA<br />
concentration of 1,653 could be achieved [8].<br />
Afterwards experiments regarding the PHA production<br />
were conducted. Through variations of the process<br />
parameters substrate concentration, temperature, pH and<br />
cycle time, PHA concentrations up to 28.4 % of the cell dry<br />
weight (CDW) could be achieved [9].<br />
Potential analysis<br />
On the basis of the named results and detailed data about<br />
the amounts of sewage sludge on WWTPs a potential analysis<br />
was calculated. The goal of this analysis was to determine the<br />
potential for biopolymer production on German WWTPs. The<br />
used input parameters for the calculations are shown in Table 1.<br />
After calculating the amount of the primary sludge in Germany<br />
and with respect to the fact that roughly 92 % of the people<br />
equivalents (PE) are connected to WWTPs of the classes IV and V,<br />
at which it can be assumed that these facilities produce primary<br />
sludge, the theoretical reactor size can be calculated. Now, date<br />
from the experiments can be used to calculate the possible<br />
amount of biopolymers produced at German WWTPs. The PHA<br />
production sums up to 157,000 [16]. Under consideration of<br />
By:<br />
Timo Pittmann<br />
TBF + Partner AG,<br />
Böblingen, Germany<br />
Figure 2: Scheme for<br />
production of PHA<br />
including potential<br />
calculations for<br />
German WWTPs<br />
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From Science and Research<br />
the stringent definition of biopolymers, introduced by Pittmann<br />
and Steinmetz [17] around 20 % of the world wide biopolymers<br />
could be produced on WWTPs in Germany.<br />
A rough estimation, with data provided by EU member<br />
states, leads to a theoretical possible PHA production on<br />
European WWTPs of nearly 880,000 [16]. This correlates<br />
to approximately 116 % of the worldwide PHA production,<br />
regarding the stringent definition.<br />
Conclusion<br />
Based on the results it can be concluded that it is possible<br />
to produce PHA out of material flows of a municipal waste<br />
water treatment plant.<br />
The presented calculations and results clearly indicate<br />
that it would be possible to produce high amounts of PHAs<br />
on WWTPs in the European Union. The potential analysis<br />
showed that waste water treatment plants could be used as<br />
a significant source for biopolymers and waste water can<br />
play an important role as a substituent for plant-based raw<br />
materials in the PHA production. With an upgraded operation<br />
more than twice of today’s worldwide biopolymer production<br />
could be produced on WWTPs in the EU and thus contribute to<br />
a recycling of the organic material contained in waste water.<br />
It has to be mentioned though that more research is<br />
necessary to verify experimental results at a larger scale.<br />
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and waste. Deutsche Vereinigung fuer Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und<br />
Abfall e.V. Theodor-Heuss-Allee 17, 53773 Hennef, Deutschland.<br />
[15] ATV, (2000). “ATV-DVWK-A 131 – dimensioning of single-stage activated<br />
sludge plants”; DWA German association for water, waste water and waste.<br />
[16] T. Pittmann and H. Steinmetz, (2016). “Potential for polyhydroxyalkanoate<br />
production on German or European municipal waste water treatment<br />
plants”, In: Bioresource Technology 214, 9-15.<br />
[17] T. Pittmann and H. Steinmetz, (2016). “Produktion von Bioplastik auf<br />
kommunalen Klaeranlagen”, In: Wasser und Abfall 05/13, 37-41.<br />
www.tbf.ch<br />
Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plant<br />
(generic photo, no PHA production) (photo:TBF+ Partner AG)<br />
O CH CH 2 C<br />
n<br />
Figure 1: General chemical structural formula of PHA<br />
Table1: Input data used during the potential analysis.<br />
Parameter Unit Value Literature<br />
Actual connected people equivalents (PE) on German WWTPs Mio. PE 109.0 [14]<br />
Proportion of PSP*-PEs regarding total PEs in Germany % 92 [14]<br />
Amount of primary sludge per PE L/(PE · d) 1.1 [15]<br />
Total solid concentration of primary sludge/acidified material g/L 35 [13]<br />
VFA concentration g VFA<br />
/m3 7,653 [13]<br />
Retention time and withdrawal at the first production step d und %/d 4 und 25 [13]<br />
Total solid concentration in the aerobic reactors 2a /2b g/L 5.0 [13]<br />
Loading rate for PHA production kg VFA<br />
/m3 1.2 [13]<br />
Retention time and withdrawal at reactor 2 a d und %/d 2 und 50 [13]<br />
PHA proportion based on cell dry weight Gew. % 28.4 [13]<br />
*PSP = German WWTPs with preliminary sedimentation potential (PSP = more than 10.000 PE)<br />
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Agriculture/Horticulture<br />
Biodegradable mulch films:<br />
where are we?<br />
Biodegradable mulch films have been commercially<br />
available since the beginning of the 2000s. Throughout<br />
the years, various projects (e.g. EU projects, such as<br />
Bioplastics 2001-2005 and Agrobiofilm 2011-2013) have focused<br />
on their development; they have also been the subject<br />
of many publications. Also, these films are now used by many<br />
growers (see INFO BOX 1) in order to improve the yield and<br />
quality of the crops. Biodegradable mulch films have gained a<br />
place and a role in the world of agricultural plastic (see INFO<br />
BOX 2), especially in the last decade; in fact, roughly 5 % of the<br />
mulch film sold in Europe today (80,000 tonnes/year) is biodegradable.<br />
The films are largely used in Italy, France, Germany, Benelux<br />
and Spain, mainly for vegetable crops.<br />
It has been estimated that almost half of the plastics<br />
worldwide are used for disposable applications [2]. A mulch<br />
film may be considered disposable due to its relatively brief<br />
service life (between 4 and 10 months), after which, at the<br />
end of the cultivation period, it needs to be removed from the<br />
field and disposed of, according to provisions of the European<br />
directives dealing with waste management (directives 99/31<br />
EC, 2000/76 EC, directive 2008/98/EC). In Spain and Italy, no<br />
more than 50 % of this used agricultural plastic is recovered, of<br />
which some 50 % goes to landfill [3]. Recovered mulch film is<br />
generally heavily contaminated with soil, stones and biological<br />
waste (up to 60-80 % of its initial weight), which makes<br />
mechanical recycling difficult [4]. Mulch films that are not<br />
properly be collected tend simply to be left in the environment<br />
(dumped or buried in the soil) or burned on the fields, which<br />
negatively impacts the environment [5].<br />
Biodegradability, as a property, raises interesting possibilities<br />
for an efficient solution to tackle a series of problems<br />
connected to waste management. Biodegradable mulch films<br />
do not need to be removed from the soil, as they are able to<br />
be biodegraded by soil microorganisms (mineralization). The<br />
use of biodegradable mulch films eliminates altogether the<br />
costs of collection and disposal of very dirty and non-profitable<br />
materials and it is fully in line with the EU Strategy on Waste<br />
Management (1989).<br />
Biodegradable mulch films that can be left in the soil after<br />
use must meet the biodegradability and non-ecotoxicity<br />
requirements applicable for this environment. The current<br />
available standards for biodegradable mulch films in Europe<br />
are the French NF U 52 001:2005 and the Italian UNI 11495:2013<br />
standards. The CEN TC 249/WG 7 Committee is preparing a<br />
European Standard on biodegradable mulch films. This will be<br />
a useful tool to provide a shared foundation for the definitions<br />
and requirements for these products. In general, to qualify<br />
as biodegradable according to existing norms and standards,<br />
a biodegradable mulch film should provide a minimum<br />
biodegradation threshold of 90 % (relative to a standard<br />
material) in two years and an ecotoxicology assessment in<br />
soil is required (see INFO BOX 3). The OK Biodegradable Soil<br />
program developed by the Belgium certification body Vinçotte<br />
is the main reference in the European market to clearly<br />
identify a biodegradable mulch film. Nonetheless, some oxo—<br />
degradable or photo-degradable mulch films can be found on<br />
the market, and are used by growers. These films claim to be<br />
biodegradable but do not meet requirements of the available<br />
standards. They are produced from traditional polymers<br />
formulated with specific additives which improve the physical<br />
degradation (fragmentation) of the films. The films break down<br />
into small pieces and fragments, which then persist in the<br />
environment. Appropriate communication measures are still<br />
needed in order to ensure that farmers and other stakeholders<br />
are informed of and understand these differences.<br />
Substantial evidence has been gathered over the past 15<br />
years showing that biodegradable mulches on vegetable crops<br />
behave in the same way functionally as conventional nonbiodegradable<br />
films, from an agronomic and mechanical point<br />
of view.<br />
The use of biodegradable mulches can be also introduced<br />
in crops in which, for various reasons, mulch films have<br />
tended not to be applied. The biodegradability of the materials<br />
becomes a useful agronomical feature in all cases where<br />
traditional mulch films cannot be properly collected from the<br />
field (perennial crops) or the presence of a mulch film would<br />
make specific agronomical operations difficult (processing<br />
tomatoes), or if efficient weed control is difficult to achieve with<br />
traditional strategies in low input techniques (rice).<br />
In some areas of Europe, vineyards are mulched with films<br />
in the first year of cultivation. This improves the development<br />
of the plant (successful and homogeneous growth) and offers<br />
an option for weed control on the row. In Southern France,<br />
biodegradable mulches were shown to be a good alternative<br />
to non-biodegradable ones, in terms of positive effects on<br />
plant growth and on yields (after harvesting at 18 months). On<br />
analyzing the root systems of the mulched and the unmulched<br />
vines, the biodegradable mulches were found to provide<br />
improved root system growth [6].<br />
The two most important European areas for processing<br />
tomatoes (Spain and Italy) have introduced the use of<br />
biodegradable mulches in tomato production. This technique<br />
can reduce the use of herbicides in weed control, improve root<br />
development, offer protection against low temperatures at the<br />
beginning of the crop cycle and, finally, produce higher yields<br />
[7].<br />
Rice is another crop that benefits from the use of<br />
biodegradable mulches. In the last two years, the use of<br />
biodegradable mulches in one of the main European rice<br />
cultivating areas (North West Italy) has demonstrated that<br />
biodegradable mulch films can control weeds and enhance<br />
rice growth, drastically reducing the use of herbicides [8].<br />
The use of biodegradable polymers in well-defined<br />
application areas is definitely an interesting possibility for the<br />
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Agriculture/Horticulture<br />
By:<br />
Sara Guerrini<br />
Public Affairs Agriculture Sector<br />
Novamont<br />
Novara, Italy<br />
agricultural sector. For this sector, they offer a very real<br />
opportunity to reduce the level of chemical inputs in the<br />
cultivated crops. www.novamont.com<br />
[1] APE Europe, European non packaging agriplastics market survey,<br />
2013; http://www.apeeurope.eu/statistiques.php;<br />
[2] J. Hopewell, R. Dvorak, E. Kosior, 2009, Plastics recycling: challenges<br />
and opportunities. Philos Trans R Soc London [Biol] 364:2115–2126;<br />
[3] European project LabelAgriWaste: http://cordis.europa.eu/project/<br />
rcn/75804_en.html;<br />
[4] Sorema, 2008, Recycling schemes for thin mulching agricultural<br />
film. Analysis of the process and applications examples,<br />
International Congress Plastic and Agriculture. MACPLAS 2008,<br />
Bari, Italy, 21-22 February 2008.<br />
[5] J.W. Garthe, B.G. Miller, 2006, Burning High-Grade, Clean Fuel<br />
Made;<br />
[6] F. Touchaleaume et al., 2016, Performance and environmental<br />
impact of biodegradable polymers as agricultural mulching films,<br />
Chemosphere, 144: 433-439;<br />
[7] CIO (Consorzio Interregionale Ortofrutticoli), 2016, Risultati<br />
Sperimentazione 2016;<br />
[8] Novamont’s communication, 2016.<br />
INFO BOX 1 – agronomical advantages of<br />
mulch films<br />
Mulch films are generally used for:<br />
• Increasing yield and improving quality of crops;<br />
• Controlling weeds (black or pigmented mulches);<br />
• Reducing use of irrigation water (up to 30 %, compared to<br />
bare soil) and pesticides;<br />
• Enhancing early crop production (mainly clear films);<br />
• Increasing the temperature and moisture in the soil.<br />
Biodegradable mulches have shown the same positive effect<br />
as non-biodegradable mulch films.<br />
INFO BOX 2 - some numbers of plastics for<br />
the agriculture sector<br />
The global consumption of plastic films in agriculture<br />
amounted to about 4 million tonnes in the year 2013; the<br />
biggest user was Asia (roughly 70 %), followed by Europe<br />
(16 %). Of the 510,000 tonnes of agricultural films used in<br />
Europe, some 40 % is accounted for by the countries of<br />
southern Europe, where these films are used for horticultural<br />
purposes (greenhouse covers and mulching); the annual<br />
consumption of mulch film in Europe is 80,000 tonnes; 5 % of<br />
the films used are biodegradable [1]<br />
INFO BOX 3 – BIODEGRADATION<br />
Biodegradation: degrading process caused by biological<br />
activity, especially enzyme action, which leads to a significant<br />
change in the material’s chemical structure. It is a complex<br />
process in which the carbon of a polymer is converted into<br />
carbon dioxide (mineralization) and biomass.<br />
The biodegradation test measures only one product of the<br />
reaction (in this case the carbon dioxide), the residual 10 % is<br />
considered to be assimilated in biomass.<br />
According to the scientific community, mineralization<br />
(i.e. conversion into carbon dioxide) of plastic material<br />
corresponding or exceeding 90 % means that complete<br />
biodegradation has been reached.<br />
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Agriculture/Horticulture<br />
PLA branches<br />
into agriculture<br />
New root trainers for rubber plants<br />
are biodegradable<br />
Fig. 1: Young rubbers planted in root trainers<br />
Fig. 2: Young rubbers planted in soil with root trainers<br />
Natural rubber is a key economic commodity for the<br />
countries of Southeast Asia. It is used in many different<br />
industries, ranging from auto manufacturing and<br />
sports to medical and marine applications, and consumer<br />
products. A biopolymer, natural rubber is derived from latex, a<br />
milky fluid that is tapped from the rubber tree (Hevea brasilliensis)<br />
and subsequently coagulates into rubber. In addition<br />
to natural rubber, synthetic rubbers have also been developed<br />
that are produced from petrochemicals. For the majority of<br />
applications, including tires, compounds of natural and synthetic<br />
rubbers are used.<br />
In 2016, demand for both natural and synthetic rubbers<br />
reached approximately 25 million tons. As only 12 million<br />
tonnes of natural rubber were produced, this meant that the<br />
shortfall had to be made up by synthetic rubbers. Nonetheless,<br />
demand for natural rubber continues to rise, not only because<br />
of its biobased origins, but also because of its superior quality,<br />
which makes it the material of choice in high-performance<br />
products such as aircraft tires. The natural rubber supply,<br />
however, is limited by the suitability of both land and climate<br />
for rubber production.<br />
Natural rubbers are exported mainly from the four<br />
Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia<br />
and Vietnam. Combined, these four countries produce some<br />
70 % of the world’s natural rubber supply. Thailand is the<br />
biggest producer, accounting for 40 % of global production.<br />
These four natural rubber-producing countries implement<br />
massive replanting programs on a yearly basis. Rubber trees<br />
have a service life of 25 years, after which the latex yield<br />
becomes too low and they are cut down. The farmers then<br />
replant with higher-yielding clones. Each year, the trees that<br />
have reached the end of their economic life are taken out and<br />
replaced. Replanting involves cultivating the young rubber<br />
seedlings in nurseries for about six months before outplanting<br />
in the plantations. The rubber seedlings in the nurseries are<br />
grown in plastic bags or in plastic cones called root trainers.<br />
Rubber trees grown from root trainers have service lives that<br />
are about 5 years longer than those grown in bags; in other<br />
words, the productive life of the tree is extended to 30 years.<br />
Farmers not only enjoy the benefits of 5 additional years of<br />
productivity, the costs of replanting are also reduced.<br />
In the past, root trainers were made from polypropylene,<br />
which does not biodegrade in soil. This meant that the farmers<br />
were required to extract the young trees from the root trainer<br />
in order to replant these in the plantation, resulting in damage<br />
to the root systems and, consequently, a higher rate of dead<br />
trees. This disadvantage jeopardized the benefit provided by<br />
the added years of productivity. As the country with the largest<br />
replanting program - a program in which 70-90 million new<br />
Fig. 3: Root trainers degraded after 4 months in soil<br />
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Buss Laboratory Kneader MX 30-22<br />
By:<br />
Nopadol Suanprasert<br />
President<br />
Global Biopolymers Co., Ltd.<br />
Bangkok, Thailand<br />
trees are replanted each year -Thailand has been exploring<br />
the use of new materials for root trainers that could be<br />
buried in the soil with the young trees, thus eliminating<br />
potential root damage. This material would have to be able<br />
to degrade in soil to allow roots to penetrate out to the soil.<br />
Corbion Purac, headquartered in the Netherlands,<br />
and Global Biopolymers of Thailand have now jointly<br />
developed a new root trainer made from PLA compounds.<br />
The cone-shaped product is injection molded. As a test,<br />
young rubber trees were planted in the new root trainers<br />
(Fig 1) and kept in a nursery for 6 months. While in the<br />
nursery they were stored in racks for good ventilation.<br />
No degradation of the root trainers occurred during the<br />
period in the nursery. After 6 months, the young rubber<br />
trees were outplanted in the plantation without removing<br />
them from the root trainers (Fig. 2). After 4 months in the<br />
soil, the PLA root trainers had degraded, allowing the<br />
roots to penetrate and grow in vertical direction controlled<br />
by the root trainer (Fig. 3).<br />
This test was conducted in Thailand’s government<br />
rubber plantation in Rayong province. Rayong is where<br />
Corbion’s lactic acid plant is located and the site of the<br />
new Total Corbion PLA plant, currently under construction,<br />
for the production and marketing of PLA polymers and<br />
lactide monomers. The use of root trainers made from<br />
PLA to cultivate rubber seedlings is therefore a classic<br />
case of circular economy in the local host country. The<br />
lactic acid is produced in Thailand from local agricultural<br />
raw materials. PLA made from this lactic acid is used<br />
to produce root trainers for growing rubber, another<br />
agricultural economic crop. The technical benefits are a<br />
longer service life and higher productivity, and these are<br />
accompanied by lower costs and a higher financial return.<br />
From a socio-economic point of view, both the farmers<br />
producing the lactic acid raw materials and the rubber<br />
farmers gain from better economic returns for their crops.<br />
Additionally, eliminating the use of PP root trainers helps<br />
farmers to operate more sustainably.<br />
Although the research and development of root trainers<br />
is still ongoing, other tests are planned in larger areas<br />
with different climatic conditions. The initial test results in<br />
Rayong have indicated the practicality of growing rubber<br />
in PLA root trainers. Due to a longer life of the rubber<br />
trees the projected economic benefits of PLA root trainers<br />
translate to approximately EUR 850 per tree additional<br />
income from more harvested latex for the farmer.<br />
The application of PLA root trainers is just one example<br />
of bioplastics in agriculture. The same concept could<br />
be applied to other economic crops, fruit trees, and<br />
reforestations.<br />
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Agriculture/Horticulture<br />
a) b)<br />
Figure 1.a) The film obtained by low-pressure spray<br />
technique onto a glass surface and then detached is<br />
flawless, flexible, and resistant to tearing; b) Mulching<br />
coating via the spray technique at the experimental field.<br />
How to<br />
eliminate<br />
agricultural<br />
plastic<br />
waste using<br />
bioplastics<br />
a)<br />
Figure 2: a) The setting up of the mulching coating at the<br />
beginning of the experimental field;b) Mulching coating<br />
and c) the control (un-mulched) after 90 days.<br />
b)<br />
c)<br />
By:<br />
Evelia Schettini<br />
Giuliano Vox<br />
University of Bari<br />
Bari, Italy<br />
Figure 3: Scanning electron microscopy image of a<br />
mulching film section obtained after cryogenic fracture<br />
after six month’s exposition to soil (left) and sunlight<br />
(right).<br />
Luciana Sartore<br />
University of Brescia<br />
Brescia, Italy<br />
Figure 4. The containers for seedling transplanting based<br />
on biodegradable polymeric materials.<br />
a) b)<br />
Figure 5. The biodegradable containers at the<br />
transplanting (a) and after 16 days in the substrate.<br />
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Agriculture/Horticulture<br />
Petroleum based plastics are largely used in agriculture<br />
as plastic films for crop protection and soil mulching,<br />
pipes, containers for seedlings transplanting and pots.<br />
After the cultivation period is complete, however, agricultural<br />
plastic waste is coated with soil, organic matter, and agrochemicals<br />
and must therefore undergo the correct collection,<br />
disposal, and recycling processes. One sustainable solution<br />
to the serious problem of the environmental pollution<br />
is the employment of biodegradable polymeric materials in<br />
agriculture; such materials are able to be integrated directly<br />
in the soil, at the end of their lifetime, where the bacterial<br />
flora transforms them in water, biomass, carbon dioxide or<br />
methane. Many of the possibly suitable biodegradable polymers,<br />
however, show unsuitable mechanical performance or<br />
processability and may be not cost effective if compared to<br />
petroleum based plastics. Due to increasing environmental<br />
awareness, researchers continue to seek new materials that<br />
can be used as ecologically friendly alternatives to agricultural<br />
materials based on synthetic petrochemical polymers.<br />
The research teams around the authors have developed<br />
biodegradable polymeric materials—for spray mulching<br />
coatings and plant pots—by using protein hydrolysates that<br />
are derived from waste products of the leather industry and<br />
functional poly(ethylene glycol) as a crosslinking agent [1, 2]<br />
Protein-based waste materials are especially suited for this<br />
purpose because they have an intrinsic agronomic values for<br />
soil fertilization due to their high nitrogen content.<br />
Several experimental tests were carried out to prove the<br />
feasibility to generate in situ mulching films and coatings<br />
showing good mechanical performances and environmental<br />
durability (Figure 1a and Figure 1b). Their functionality as well<br />
as their mechanical and physical behaviors was investigated in<br />
standard and controlled experimental conditions [1, 2].<br />
To assess whether or not water suspensions would be<br />
capable of achieving a consistent coating when sprayed directly<br />
onto soil, poly(ethylene glycol) diglycidyl ether (PEGDGE) and<br />
protein hydrolysates were chosen as starting materials. The<br />
scientists prepared the novel derivatives in water solutions<br />
following a synthetic procedure based on the reaction between<br />
protein hydrolysate amino groups and functional end groups<br />
of PEGDGE. They also added wood-cellulose microfibers (up<br />
to a final 18wt %) to enhance the mechanical properties of the<br />
composite, and carbon black to obtain black films (and thus<br />
prevent photo-oxidation and weed photosynthesis).<br />
The bioplastic solutions were then distributed with an<br />
airbrush using a spray machine. In this way, it was possible<br />
to completely cover the growing substrate around the plants<br />
with a thick mulching coating that dried to a hard consistency<br />
(Figure 2a). The biodegradable coatings maintained their<br />
mulching effect for a period ranging from one to nine months<br />
achieving weed suppression (Figure 2b and Figure 2c).<br />
The lifespan of the coating depends on its thickness as well<br />
as the temperature and moisture content of the soil, but is<br />
mainly dependant on the structure and morphology of the<br />
material. Morphological analysis performed on a sample<br />
that was directly sprayed onto the soil and exposed for six<br />
months—see Figure 3—shows a different pattern depending<br />
on its exposure. The side exposed to solar radiation does<br />
not differ significantly from the original film, and there is<br />
no indication of degradation. The surface facing the soil,<br />
however—see Figure 3—consists almost exclusively of fibers,<br />
thus indicating that degradation begins in the polymeric<br />
component of the material. These results show that the<br />
biodegradation process occurs more rapidly where there is<br />
direct contact between the film and micro-organism and the<br />
remaining fibers act as a barrier, modulating the environmental<br />
duration of the blend thus promoting slow release of fertilizers.<br />
More recently tests were carried out using novel biodegradable<br />
containers for seedlings. The objectives of this research are to<br />
develop new biodegradable materials starting from renewable<br />
biobased raw products, and to engineer the properties of these<br />
materials so that they can be used to produce biodegradable<br />
plant pots that guarantee no damage to roots, no transplant<br />
shock, an enhancement to plant growth, and the slow release<br />
of fertilizing protein-based compounds during their degradation.<br />
The preparation of these novel biodegradable polymeric<br />
materials began from an aqueous solution of protein hydrolysate<br />
(derived from waste products of the leather industry), PEGDGE,<br />
and natural fillers (i.e., sawdust or wood flour). Compounding<br />
was then performed in a Brabender mixer at 60°C and<br />
subsequently the pots were prepared by compression molding<br />
the biocomposites (which were the consistency of a paste)<br />
and drying them at 70°C: see Figure 4. It was found that the<br />
biodegradable containers for seedlings showed good resistance<br />
during the first stage of use (i.e., when the seedlings were grown<br />
from seed, before transplanting): see Figure 5(a). After the<br />
transplant, the containers (which were buried in soil) degraded<br />
in roughly two weeks, allowing the roots to pass through<br />
the container walls and thus enabling the overall growth of<br />
the plants: see Figure 5(b). As a result of the slow release of<br />
proteinaceous material, the containers showed a soil-positive<br />
fertilizing effect.<br />
To test the efficacy of this approach, the researchers<br />
implemented them in the cultivation of pepper plants. At<br />
harvest, the mean height of the pepper plants grown inside the<br />
biodegradable pots was 0.94m. In contrast, the control plants<br />
(grown in non-biodegradable containers) were characterized<br />
by a mean height of 0.67m [3].<br />
In summary, the newly developed biodegradable sprayable<br />
mulches and plant pots (for transplanting seedlings) could<br />
promote valid ecologically sustainable cultivations, enhance the<br />
protection of the landscape against pollution in rural areas, and<br />
increase the use of renewable non-oil raw materials.<br />
The teams are currently experimenting with these<br />
approaches by applying them to different cultivations. They<br />
hope to prove the feasibility of their novel biodegradable<br />
materials by investigating their functionality as well as their<br />
physicochemical and mechanical behavior in standard and<br />
controlled experimental field conditions, and by following their<br />
biodegradation process during plant cultivation.<br />
References<br />
[1] L. Sartore, G. Vox, E. Schettini, 2013. Preparation and Performance of<br />
Novel Biodegradable Polymeric Materials Based on Hydrolyzed Proteins for<br />
Agricultural Application J. Polym. Environ. 21 (3), pp718-725. doi: 10.1007/<br />
s10924-013-0574-2<br />
[2] E. Schettini, L. Sartore, M. Barbaglio and G. Vox, Hydrolyzed protein based<br />
materials for biodegradable spray mulching coatings. Acta Horticulturae<br />
(ISHS) 952, pp.359-366, 2012.<br />
[3] L. Sartore, E. Schettini, F. Bignotti, S. Pandini, and G. Vox, Biodegradable<br />
plant nursery containers from leather industry wastes, Polym. Composite.<br />
2016. doi:10.10<strong>02</strong>/pc.24265.<br />
www.uniba.it | www.brescia.edu<br />
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Interpack Preview<br />
From May 04 to 10 the World’s biggest packaging<br />
trade fair will again invite visitors to Düsseldorf,<br />
Germany. interpack <strong>2017</strong> is recording the highest<br />
demand among exhibitors in its history of over 55<br />
years. By the official closing date of this outstanding<br />
international event for the packaging industry and<br />
related processing industries, exhibitors had booked<br />
about 20 per cent more space than was available at<br />
the exhibition centre with its 262,400 square metres<br />
in 19 halls. Around 2,700 exhibitors can therefore be<br />
expected again from 4 to 10 May <strong>2017</strong>, coming from<br />
about 60 different countries.<br />
And for the fifth time in a row (after 2005, 2008,<br />
2011 and 2014) bioplastics will again play an<br />
important role at this unique trade fair. The very<br />
high interest of public and media during the last<br />
four interpacks give evidence of the importance<br />
of sustainable technologies for bio-based and<br />
compostable packaging.<br />
On the following pages bioplastics MAGAZINE<br />
gives a first glimpse on what visitors can expect in<br />
Düsseldorf in terms of ‘Bioplastics in Packaging’.<br />
Most of the companies offering bioplastics<br />
packaging are again located in hall 9. In addition<br />
to the short notes you will find a Show-Guide with<br />
floorplan of hall 9 on pages 30-31.<br />
BIO-FED<br />
BIO-FED is exhibiting at Interpack for the<br />
first time this year. The Cologne-based branch<br />
of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH is specifically<br />
targeting its offer to the new statutory<br />
legislative framework on the French market.<br />
One consequence of the new energy<br />
turnaround law in France on 1.1.<strong>2017</strong> was a<br />
ban on conventional plastic bags for fruit and<br />
vegetables as well as foil packaging for postal<br />
items. In future, these have to be biobased and<br />
biodegradable in domestic compost.<br />
“We have expanded our portfolio for the<br />
French market to include several new and<br />
highly innovative products in line with current<br />
statutory provisions and specifically designed<br />
for the French film industry, and we will<br />
be presenting them at Interpack,” says Dr.<br />
Stanislaw Haftka, BIO-FED Sales Director.<br />
These new products include the extrusion<br />
M·VERA ® B5<strong>02</strong>4 and B5<strong>02</strong>5 which have a high<br />
proportion of biobased raw material. Both<br />
products can be composted at home and are<br />
highly transparent, making them ideal for fruit<br />
and vegetable bags.<br />
The Cologne-based company will also be<br />
presenting its new biodegradable injection<br />
moulding products at interpack.<br />
Grabio Greentech Corporation<br />
With the EU plastic ban movement progressing, countries like<br />
Italy, France, and Spain are taking affirmative actions towards<br />
cutting down plastic bag consumption. In the U.S., the result<br />
of California state’ referendum was supported by people’s<br />
determination to terminate the use of plastic shopping bag from<br />
retail stores. These events are igniting the fuse of bioplastic<br />
market booming.<br />
For over 17 years Grabio Greentech Corporation continues its<br />
pursuance for higher valued environmental products. Their new<br />
HOME Compostable product GBL306 representing the latest<br />
achievement in combining home compostable characteristic with<br />
high biobased content (38 %). The new GBL306 fulfills the latest<br />
French plastic bag regulation standard and is a cornerstone of<br />
Gabio’s future development.<br />
At this year’s Interpack, Grabio will be exhibiting its latest blown<br />
film grade material and finished products which all conform to<br />
major plastic bag regulations happening worldwide. Also in display<br />
are Grabio’s agriculture application products. Grabio uses market<br />
leading technology to create agricultural products that are perfect<br />
for use in exquisite agriculture.<br />
www.grabio.com.tw 9 / E07 11<br />
www.bio-fed.com 9 / G05 1<br />
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Interpack Preview<br />
interpack<br />
CGP Coating Innovation<br />
During interpack <strong>2017</strong>, CGP Coating Innovation (Cébazat,<br />
France), specialist in packaging, protection, stabilization<br />
and transport of palletized loads, presents its FLEXIBLE<br />
range of technical films, including bio-sourced and<br />
biodegradable films.<br />
Composed of extruded materials, partly made from<br />
renewable plants, and transformed directly by CGP<br />
Coating Innovation, these films comply with the standards<br />
of industrial compostability (EN13432), as well as new<br />
provisions for home composting (NF T51 -800) linked with<br />
the Energy Transition Law for Green Growth.<br />
Note that like all other CGP Coating Innovation ranges,<br />
FLEXIBLE benefits from the Group’s expertise in technical<br />
coating and high quality printing.<br />
Discover the FLEXIBLE range as well as all the products<br />
and services of CGP Coating Innovation (sensory marketing,<br />
anti-slip, VCI ...) on its booth.<br />
www.cgp-coating.com<br />
11 / A30<br />
<strong>2017</strong><br />
NaturePlast / Biopolynov<br />
The valuing of waste and by-products is and will be in<br />
upcoming years an important issue in economics and<br />
environment, for manufacturers.<br />
NaturePlast (Ifs, France), expert in the field of biobased<br />
plastics since 2006, and principally since the creation<br />
of the R&D center Biopolynov, works to accompany<br />
manufacturers in the development of new ways of valuing<br />
their by-products in the field of plastics.<br />
It is possible, in most cases, to recuperate the industrial<br />
waste (mostly from agricultural or agro-food industries,<br />
such fruits and vegetables, seeds, seashells, algae,<br />
etc., but also textile industries (fibers and leather goods,<br />
construction, etc.) in order to incorporate them into plastic/<br />
bioplastic materials, so creating new materials.<br />
Natureplast-Biopolynov possesses all required<br />
equipments to develop these new materials:<br />
By-products treatment: drying, grinding and sieving, and<br />
valorisation in the field of plastics: compounding, injection<br />
or extrusion equipment’s, and characterizations laboratory.<br />
www.natureplast.eu | www.biopolynov.com<br />
9 / F22-1 2 16<br />
Please visit<br />
www.bioplasticsmagazine.com<br />
for updated information<br />
about interpack <strong>2017</strong>
Visit us: hall 9, G03<br />
6<br />
Luminy®<br />
PLA bioplastics for a brighter future<br />
Biobased • Compostable • Innovative<br />
www.total-corbion.com<br />
bio PAC<br />
conference @ interpack 4-5-6 may<br />
www.bio-pac.info<br />
Register now, or come last minute to<br />
Room 16/17 Pavillion/ CCD SÜD and bring your credit card<br />
Booth Company<br />
7.1 / B18 A.J. Plast<br />
7.2 / A06-4 Anhui Junei Biotechnology<br />
10 / B43 BASF SE<br />
Location<br />
in hall 9<br />
Hall 9<br />
9 / G05 Bio-Fed Branch of Akro-Plastic 1<br />
9 / F22-1 Biopolynov 2<br />
9 / F16-1 Biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen 3<br />
9 / B03 B-Pack 4<br />
9 / G15 Braskem 5<br />
Entrance<br />
North<br />
A<br />
A09<br />
A21<br />
A17<br />
A19<br />
A23<br />
A25<br />
A29<br />
Hall inspector<br />
A<br />
11 / A12 BYK-Chemie GmbH<br />
11 / A30 CGP Industries SAS, CGP Coating Innovation<br />
10 / E44 Coexpan<br />
9 / G03 Corbion Group Netherlands 6<br />
9 / E04 DIN Certco Gesellschaft für Konformitätsbewertung 7<br />
9 / F07 European Bioplastics 8<br />
9 / F14 FKuR Kunststoff 9<br />
9 / F05 Futamura 10<br />
A<strong>02</strong><br />
C01<br />
B<br />
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B03<br />
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A04<br />
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B17<br />
B20<br />
B21<br />
B24-1<br />
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B24-7<br />
A24<br />
B24-3<br />
B24-9<br />
B24-13 B24-5<br />
B28<br />
B30<br />
A32<br />
B31<br />
B32<br />
B<br />
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A36<br />
B35<br />
C35<br />
9 / E07 Grabio Greentech Corporation 11<br />
7.1 / C37 ICEE Containers<br />
9 / D08 ITENE Packaging, Transport & Logistics Research Center 12<br />
8b / D20-45 Jiangsu Torise Biomaterials<br />
9 / E06 JinHui ZhaoLong High Technology 13<br />
9 / G28-2 Leygatech 14<br />
9 / F11 Minima Technology 15<br />
9 / F22-1 Natureplast 16<br />
9 / G11 NatureWorks 17<br />
7.2 / A36-8 Ningbo Linhua Plastic<br />
7.1 / C23 Nowofol Kunststoffprodukte<br />
9 / H16 Oerlemans Packaging 18<br />
9 / F10 Pacovis 19<br />
9 / B24-1 Plastiroll 20<br />
9 / E09 PTT MCC Biochem 21<br />
11 / A07 See Box Corporation<br />
7.2 / A36-5 Shandong Henglian New Materials<br />
10 / B19-7 Sidaplax<br />
10 / A68 SIT Group<br />
C<strong>02</strong><br />
E01<br />
E<strong>02</strong><br />
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C24 C30<br />
C34<br />
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D22<br />
D08<br />
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E03 E07 E09<br />
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E24<br />
E28<br />
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F10<br />
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G03 G05 G11<br />
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D12 D14<br />
D28<br />
D18<br />
D20<br />
D24<br />
E31<br />
E15<br />
E17<br />
E27<br />
G16<br />
G18<br />
G04<br />
H11 H17<br />
H19<br />
F16-1 F22-1<br />
3 2 16<br />
F16-2<br />
F16-3<br />
F16-5 F16-4<br />
F22-2<br />
F22-3<br />
G20<br />
G32-1<br />
H12A<br />
H21<br />
F26<br />
G28-1 F32<br />
H16<br />
H10<br />
H18<br />
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H24 H26<br />
H30 H32<br />
F22-4<br />
F22-5<br />
G32-3<br />
G28-2<br />
C32-12<br />
14<br />
G32-5<br />
G28-3<br />
G32-7<br />
G32-15<br />
G32-9<br />
G32-11 G32-13 G32-17<br />
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C36<br />
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D30<br />
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G35<br />
G36<br />
H34<br />
H36<br />
9 / E03 Synprodo 22<br />
9 / A21 Taghleef Industries 23<br />
7.2 / A29 Xiamen Greenday Import & Export Co., Ltd.<br />
J01<br />
Entrance<br />
J<br />
H04<br />
J11<br />
J15<br />
J17<br />
J21<br />
J19<br />
J23<br />
J25<br />
J27<br />
J31<br />
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7.2 / A13-12 Xiamen Lingmu Electronic Material Plastic Co., Ltd.<br />
J<strong>02</strong><br />
J04<br />
J13<br />
J20<br />
J24<br />
J30<br />
J32<br />
J36<br />
At interpack <strong>2017</strong> most of the exhibitors offering bioplastics<br />
related products and services are located in hall 9. However,<br />
some more exhibitors can be found in other halls. These are<br />
listed here as well. For your convenience you can detach these<br />
2 pages and use them as your personal Show-Guide.<br />
30 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12
5 th PLA World Congress<br />
08-09* MAY 2018 MUNICH › GERMANY<br />
the association representing the bioplastics industry in Europe<br />
www.pla-world-congress.com<br />
* subject to changes<br />
All you need to know about<br />
bioplastics in packaging<br />
Driving the<br />
evolution of plastics<br />
Visit our booth 9F07<br />
www.european-biopolastics.org<br />
On-site seminars at interpack <strong>2017</strong><br />
8<br />
‚An Introduction to Bioplastics‘<br />
4 May 14:30 - 17:30<br />
‚A Guide to Communication on<br />
Bioplastics‘<br />
8 May 10:30 - 13:30<br />
Bioplastics.pdf 1 23/03/17 18:56:42<br />
1<br />
C<br />
A www.european-bioplastics.org<br />
new generation of biobased<br />
films for<br />
CCD Süd<br />
South<br />
Room 16/17 in the Pavillion<br />
M<br />
Y<br />
CM<br />
MY<br />
CY<br />
CMY<br />
packaging<br />
labeling<br />
lidding<br />
K<br />
www.ti-films.com<br />
www.nativia.com<br />
Synprodo<br />
23<br />
22<br />
BioFoam ®<br />
bio-based<br />
&<br />
compostable
Sidaplax /<br />
Plastic Suppliers<br />
“Light in weight, light on<br />
your pocket” is the slogan under which<br />
Sidaplax, Ghent Belgium, and its parent company<br />
Plastic Suppliers Inc., Columbus OH USA, are<br />
launching EARTHFIRST ® UL, the newest member of<br />
the EarthFirst PLA film-family.<br />
The EarthFirst UL is a much thinner version of the<br />
existing PLA-film range. It can be used as a sealant<br />
layer in laminates, replacing significantly thicker (L)<br />
LDPE films. The stiffness of PLA allows extreme downgauging<br />
without compromising on machine-ability. On<br />
the contrary, the high modulus guarantees smooth<br />
unwinding, perfect web flatness and non-curling<br />
laminates. The high yield (up to 89 m²/kg) has a positive<br />
effect on material cost, and makes EarthFirst UL<br />
competitive vs. traditional thicker PE-films. Additional<br />
advantages include higher productivity and reduced<br />
number of roll changes, less need for warehousing<br />
space and lower transportation cost.<br />
First applications prove good results as a sealant<br />
layer in laminates for stand-up pouches, sachets,<br />
paper/cardboard laminates, and other flexible<br />
packaging structures.<br />
The EarthFirst UL film is available in 9, 12 and 15 µm.<br />
EarthFirst UL is part of the PLA-film family of cost<br />
effective, bio-based, compostable, high performance,<br />
packaging-, sealing-, windowing- and shrink-sleeve<br />
films.<br />
www.plasticsuppliers.com 10 / B19-7<br />
PTTMCC Biochem<br />
PTTMCC Biochem Company Limited is a joint venture company<br />
between PTT Public Company Limited and Mitsubishi Chemical<br />
Corporation, the two frontrunners in the energy and petrochemical.<br />
It was purposely established to provide environmentally friendly<br />
bioplastic BioPBS to inject green attributes and performance<br />
into a variety of applications. PTTMCC is the world’s first producer<br />
of bio-based PBS and PBSA from natural resources. Their plant is<br />
located in Thailand with annual capacity of 20,000 tonnes.<br />
BioPBS offers revolutionary properties. It is both biobased and<br />
biodegradable to yield a polymer that is able to degrade naturally at<br />
room temperature, and has no adverse effects on the environment.<br />
Why use BioPBS?<br />
• High service temperature: Applications made from BioPBS<br />
can be used in hot condition of up to 100°C.<br />
• High heat sealability: BioPBS offers the best sealing<br />
properties among all bioplastics, and can compete<br />
effectively with well-known conventional petro-based<br />
plastics solutions (LLDPE, mPE…).<br />
• Easy to mix with other Bioplastics: BioPBS is easily<br />
compoundable with other types of biopolymers and extends<br />
field of applications of bioplastics.<br />
• Home compostability and/or ambient biodegradation with<br />
no requirement for an industrial composting facility.<br />
BioPBS have several key certificates, for example biobased<br />
(DIN Certco, USDA), Compostable (BPI, OK Compost, OK<br />
Biodegradable in soil, OK Compost HOME) and Food safety<br />
(Complies with EU directives 10/2011).<br />
www.pttmcc.com 9 / E09 21<br />
DIN CERTCO<br />
Under the motto “Our hearts beat for sustainability -<br />
show the difference!”, DIN CERTCO will present at<br />
interpack <strong>2017</strong> its extensive range of services around<br />
packaging and the recycling and disposal of packaging. In<br />
addition, DIN CERTCO will present their comprehensive<br />
certification options in the environmental sector.<br />
DIN CERTCO extended its certification services in the<br />
last couple of years to provide applicants with long-time<br />
internationally accepted conformity marks. With more<br />
than 40 years of experience in certification services they<br />
offer the highest quality possible in conformity assessment<br />
Founded in 1972 by German Institute for<br />
Standardization, DIN e. V., DIN CERTCO continuously<br />
improved its reputation in certification services around the<br />
globe. Separating testing, assessment and certification<br />
within the ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation our quality marks<br />
ensure competence, independence and impartiality.<br />
At their booth DIN CERTCO invites visitors to a green<br />
cocktail and to discuss with them their individual questions<br />
regarding the certification of your sustainable products.<br />
Make use of the special offer for certifications in<br />
the environmental field and for packaging for your<br />
order during the trade fair.<br />
www.dincertco.de 9 / E04 7<br />
Biotec<br />
At interpack <strong>2017</strong>, BIOTEC will present its range of<br />
BIOPLAST products, which offer a wide choice of bio based<br />
packaging solutions to converters.<br />
BIOTEC is one of the global leading companies in producing<br />
starch based compounds. It was established in 1992 and is<br />
located in Emmerich am Rhein (Germany). With specialized<br />
knowledge, BIOTEC develops and produces biodegradable<br />
and compostable materials, using potato starch as the main<br />
renewable resource.<br />
All BIOPLAST products are certified with OK compost<br />
by Vinçotte, whereas last year’s launched BIOPLAST 300,<br />
400 and 500 are also fulfilling the OK compost HOME<br />
requirements by Vinçotte. The bio-based carbon shares<br />
are 30 %, 40 % and 50 % respectively (confirmed by Beta<br />
Analytics). Additionally, BIOPLAST products are 100 %<br />
biodegradable and compostable according to the EN 13432<br />
standard.<br />
BIOPLAST is interesting especially to<br />
bag producers, as it fulfills the highest<br />
requirements (e. g. the German bio-waste<br />
directive for refuse bags and the French<br />
legislation for fruit and vegetable bags).<br />
www.biotec.de<br />
9 / F16-1 6<br />
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Interpack Preview<br />
Braskem<br />
Braskem is the largest producer of thermoplastic resins<br />
in the Americas and the leading producer of biopolymers<br />
in the world, creating more environmental-friendly,<br />
intelligent and sustainable solutions through chemicals<br />
and plastics. Known for innovative solutions such as its<br />
CO 2<br />
reducing, fully recyclable I’m green Polyethylene<br />
made from renewable sugarcane, Braskem’s products and<br />
technologies enable the packaging industries to produce<br />
goods that enhance quality of life for people around the<br />
world.<br />
Braskem is present in more than 70 countries, has<br />
around 8,000 Team Members and operates 40 industrial<br />
units in Brazil, the United States, Germany and Mexico, the<br />
latter in partnership with Mexican company Idesa.<br />
Reinforcing its commitment to sustainable development,<br />
Braskem has updated its LCA study and also improved the<br />
Responsible Ethanol Sourcing Framework, in partnership<br />
with its suppliers, customers and associations. Allowing<br />
the customer to understand the potential environmental<br />
impacts throughout all stages of the product’s life cycle.<br />
Applying I’m green polyethylene as an alternative raw<br />
material is an opportunity to enhance product and brand<br />
value by delivering an innovative and sustainable packaging<br />
solution to the market.<br />
www.braskem.com 9 / G15 5<br />
Anhui Jumei Biological Technology<br />
Anhui Jumei Biological Technology Co.,Ltd, is a<br />
manufacturer of 100 % biodegradable and compostable<br />
plastic raw materials, engaging in research and<br />
manufacture of full-biodegradable materials and<br />
related applications. The company is committed to be<br />
the leader of biodegradable plastic industry. providing<br />
plastic manufacturers and consumers with top grade<br />
full biodegradable TPS/PBAT, PLA resins and related<br />
finished products, such as all kinds of packing bags,<br />
disposable tableware, durable tableware, and so on.<br />
The products were certificated by according to<br />
EN13432 and ASTM D6400. For example in the USA they<br />
are BPI approved. The products were also examined<br />
regarding their biobased content by the US-american<br />
BETA laboratory.<br />
In addition, the products were examined according<br />
to American SGS mechanism of FDA food contact<br />
safe inspection and (EU) No.10/2011 EC Test for foodcontact<br />
safe.<br />
Anhui Jumei Biological Technology would like to<br />
provide their customers the key terminal solutions<br />
according to their different requirement and<br />
applications.<br />
www.ecopoly.cn 7.2 / A06-4<br />
European Bioplastics<br />
European Bioplastics (EUBP) is the association<br />
representing the interests of the bioplastics industry<br />
in Europe and has been witness to and mouthpiece for<br />
the achievements and outstanding developments of the<br />
bioplastics industry over the past two decades to become<br />
one of the most innovative and exciting sectors of the<br />
European bioeconomy. At this year’s interpack, EUBP will<br />
highlight the latest innovations and advancements of the<br />
industry and inform visitors about the many benefits of<br />
bio-based and biodegradable plastic materials. The booth<br />
9F07 in hall 9 will be a hub for all visitors interested in<br />
bioplastics and assist to find the right company amongst<br />
the over 30 bioplastics representatives at the trade show.<br />
EUBP will also offer<br />
two onsite seminars:<br />
‘Bioplastics – An<br />
Introduction’ on 4 May,<br />
2-5:30pm and ‘The<br />
Guide To – Bioplastics<br />
Communication’ on 8<br />
May, 10:30am-1:30pm.<br />
More information<br />
can be found on the<br />
website.<br />
www.european-bioplastics.org/events/seminars/<br />
9 / F07 8<br />
FKUR Kunststoff<br />
At this year’s Interpack FKuR presents a full range of<br />
innovative and sustainable solutions for the packaging<br />
industry. The Bioplastic Specialist offers support to brand<br />
owners and plastic converters who want to implement<br />
new products or packaging solutions made from<br />
bioplastics. Customers are in a position to choose from a<br />
huge variety of compostable, ready-to-use compounds as<br />
well as a comprehensive distribution portfolio of biobased<br />
resins, which includes I’m Green Polyethylene (Bio-<br />
PE), Eastlon (Bio-PET) and VESTAMID ® Terra (Bio-PA).<br />
One of the highlights on display will be the new Bio-<br />
Flex ® home compost grades for the production of low<br />
gauge and tear resistant films. The product range<br />
currently comprises of translucent and opaque grades<br />
with varying biobased carbon content of up to 50 %.<br />
Other innovations include the recently launched<br />
partially bio-based PP compounds Terralene ® PP as<br />
well as the fully or partially bio-based TPE compounds<br />
Terraprene ® . Those compounds<br />
open up new possibilities as the<br />
commodity plastic polypropylenes<br />
(PP) as well as the large group of<br />
thermoplastic elastomers (TPE)<br />
belong to the group of plastics,<br />
where bio-based alternatives<br />
are limited or previously not even<br />
represented.<br />
www.fkur.com<br />
9 / F14 9<br />
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Interpack Preview<br />
Synprodo<br />
BioFoam ® is a patented foam produced by Synbra<br />
(The Netherlands) made from organic raw materials.<br />
It has a similar structure and properties to Airpop ®<br />
(expanded polystyrene).<br />
Synbra Group companies such as Isobouw, Synprodo<br />
and Styropack are using this material in series<br />
production for the white goods sector, ice cream<br />
packaging and pharmaceutical sector, amongs others.<br />
It is a durable material that can be used long-term in<br />
nearly all technical and packaging applications.<br />
Bases on renewable resources, BioFoam is extremely<br />
environmentally friendly.<br />
After use BioFoam can be either reformed into a new<br />
foam product or recycled into solid PLA. Besides that it<br />
is got the unique possibility to be fully composted.<br />
Since 2009 BioFoam is a C2CCM (Silver) certified<br />
foam – the first foam to obtain this certification. It is<br />
already used in many applications and has become a<br />
driver for production innovation within many industries.<br />
During the past years there has been a widespread<br />
recognition for BioFoam.<br />
www.synprodo.com 9 / E03 22<br />
NatureWorks<br />
The increasing popularity of single serve beverage<br />
systems for coffee, tea, and now soft drinks raises<br />
the question of how best to prevent spent capsules<br />
ending up in landfills. For several years, NatureWorks,<br />
compounders, converters, and coffee companies<br />
have engaged in Europe and North America on a<br />
comprehensive research and development effort,<br />
using Ingeo to solve the many technical challenges<br />
presented in making a capsule the meets the<br />
temperature requirements for both the drip and high<br />
pressure platforms while maintaining compostability.<br />
NatureWorks shows at Interpack a range of successful<br />
Ingeo implementations of compostable pods. The<br />
technical achievements in films, rigid capsule bodies,<br />
and nonwovens, used for filtration, has opened new<br />
pathways to achieve success in both coffee platforms.<br />
The company features additional new solutions. On<br />
display, will be transparent form, fill, and seal (FFS)<br />
cups for dairy and dessert packaging. These cups<br />
feature transparency that showcases the natural<br />
products inside, stiffness for break apart applications,<br />
material reduction, and processing on existing FFS<br />
machines make this Ingeo solution a winner and must<br />
see at Interpack. NatureWorks also showcases new<br />
high barrier property films and other recent packaging<br />
developments.<br />
www.natureworksllc.com 9 / G11 17<br />
Futamura<br />
Futamura will be showcasing<br />
its full range of biodegradable<br />
and compostable NatureFlex<br />
films for flexible packaging<br />
applications.<br />
NatureFlex films are produced<br />
from sustainable wood pulp<br />
harvested from managed plantations and are certified<br />
to both EU (EN13432) and US (ASTM D6400) composting<br />
standards. In addition to industrial composting, the product<br />
has reached the standard required for home composting.<br />
Futamura’s unique base film and coating technologies<br />
have been harnessed to provide unparalleled gas and<br />
moisture barrier properties without compromising either<br />
the levels of renewable raw materials employed, or the final<br />
compostability of the packaging material. This excellent<br />
barrier is also highly effectively against the migration of<br />
mineral oil from paper-board packaging.<br />
NatureFlex films are suitable for many different types of<br />
flexible packaging solutions such as pouches, flow wrap and<br />
labels, within a variety of markets including bakery, coffee<br />
and tea, snacks and confectionery, to industrial applications.<br />
BioPBS have several key certificates, for example biobased<br />
(DIN Certco, USDA), Compostable (BPI, OK Compost, OK<br />
Biodegradable in soil, OK Compost HOME) and Food safety<br />
(Complies with EU directives 10/2011).<br />
www.futamuracellulose.com 9 / F05 10<br />
JinHui ZhaoLong<br />
Being the largest producer of biodegradable polymer in<br />
China, JinHui ZhaoLong High Technology Co.,Ltd (herein<br />
after referred to as JinHui ZhaoLong)is established in<br />
2012 and located in Shanxi Xiaoyi Economic Development<br />
Zone, the production capacity for biodegradable plastics is<br />
20,000mts/yr.<br />
JinHui ZhaoLong has successively launched both Ecoworld<br />
biodegradable polymer brand and Ecowill biodegradable<br />
polymer compound brand and received a number of<br />
authoritive certifications in the biodegradable industry<br />
both in China and abroad. It corresponds with American<br />
and European food contact safety standards, EN13432 and<br />
ASTM6400D standards. Its shelf life is 12 months under<br />
the condition of being stored in sealed packages. It can<br />
ensure a storage life of 12 months after being processed<br />
into finished products. Ecoword biodegradable plastic can<br />
be broken down by microorganism into CO 2<br />
, H 2<br />
O and high<br />
quality organic fertilizers within 180 days under composting<br />
conditions without generating any poisonous gas. It is the<br />
main raw material for biodegradable plastic films which can<br />
help reducing white pollution.<br />
In contrast to conventional plastics, Ecowill allows its final<br />
plastic products to possess both biological (biodegradable<br />
and compostable) and physical (printable and weldable)<br />
advantages at the same time. Ecowill had been widely<br />
applied to industrial and agricultural sectors, such as<br />
shopping bags, garbage bags, food packages and mulch<br />
films etc.<br />
www.ecoworld.jinhuigroup.com 9 / E06 13<br />
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Venue & Accomodation<br />
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Contact<br />
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Conference Manager<br />
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE<br />
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• Policy and Markets<br />
• Standardisation, Labelling and Certifications<br />
• Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year <strong>2017</strong>”<br />
• Bio-based Building Blocks and Platform Chemicals<br />
• Oleochemicals and Bio-based Polymers<br />
• Start-Ups<br />
The 10 th International Conference on Bio-based Materials is aimed at<br />
providing international major players from the bio-based building blocks,<br />
polymers and industrial biotechnology industries with an opportunity<br />
to present and discuss their latest developments and strategies. The<br />
conference builds on successful previous conferences: 250 participants<br />
and 30 exhibitors mainly from industry are expected.<br />
Find more information at:<br />
www.bio-based-conference.com<br />
Taghleef Industries<br />
Taghleef Industries, a leading international manufacturer<br />
of specialized packaging films, will be showcasing its<br />
NATIVIA ® range of bio-based and compostable films.<br />
NATIVIA films come in a variety of aesthetic appearances<br />
(transparent, solid white and white voided) and have<br />
technical characteristics such as mineral oil barrier and<br />
excellent dead fold. They are manufactured from Ingeo<br />
Polylactic Acid (PLA), a bioplastic derived from plant-based<br />
sugars such as corn starch or sugarcane, meaning it is<br />
made from 100 % renewable raw materials.<br />
NATIVIA NESS is the<br />
newly developed white<br />
voided film containing<br />
second generation starch<br />
derived from derived from<br />
waste water of the potato processing industry. This film<br />
recently helped Taghleef, along with Mars, Rodenburg<br />
and Mondi, win the 11 th Global Bioplastics Award 2016 for<br />
a chocolate bar wrapper developed for Mars and Snickers<br />
bars packaging. With thicknesses of 40 and 50 µm, NATIVIA<br />
NESS has a white pearlescent appearance, good opacity,<br />
high yield, is heat sealable (MST= 85°C) and cold seal<br />
receptive.<br />
www.ti-films.com 9 / A21 23<br />
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CHINAPLAS <strong>2017</strong> Preview<br />
CHINAPLAS <strong>2017</strong>, Asia’s No. 1 plastics and rubber<br />
trade fair, is an end-user-oriented trade fair<br />
focusing on “Intelligent Manufacturing, High-tech<br />
Materials and Green Solutions”. This certainly includes<br />
bioplastics. Since its debut in 1983, CHINAPLAS has<br />
been dedicated to satisfying the demands of customers<br />
in the key end markets, including automotive, building<br />
and construction, packaging, electrical and electronics,<br />
information technology, telecommunications and<br />
medical. The last edition of CHINAPLAS successfully<br />
welcomed 148,575 visitors, among which 39,454 were<br />
overseas visitors from over 160 countries and regions.<br />
As an influential event, CHINAPLAS always strives to<br />
present state-of-the-art technology and products that<br />
can be used to help companies in those industries to<br />
innovate and operate more efficiently, sustainably and<br />
competitively.<br />
Environmentally friendly packaging is a global hot<br />
topic when talking about sustainable development.<br />
The packaging industry tends to adopt lightweight,<br />
thin films, biobased and biodegradable materials, and<br />
package constructions that resist water, oxygen, air and<br />
ultraviolet rays. Exhibitors at the show will be displaying<br />
examples of all such materials for the packaging<br />
industry. In addition, packaging related machinery and<br />
automation equipment will be centre stage, to include<br />
injection moulding and extrusion technologies that<br />
deliver high-barrier end products, automatic detection<br />
equipment, and multilayer film technology.<br />
A specially dedicated Bioplastics Zone will be located<br />
in Hall 12.2. On the following pages bioplastics MAGAZINE<br />
presents some of the highlights including a floorplan<br />
By:<br />
that shall help visitors find the related bioplastics<br />
Jacek exhibitors Leciński, quick Andrea and Siebert-Raths easy.<br />
Daniela Jahn and Jessica Rutz<br />
Institute CHINAPLAS for Bioplastics <strong>2017</strong> and will take place from 16-19 May <strong>2017</strong><br />
Biocomposites at the China Import and Export Fair Complex, Pazhou,<br />
University Guangzhou, of Applied PR Sciences China.<br />
and Arts, Hannover, Germany<br />
Sogreen Technology Co., Ltd.<br />
After years of accumulated research and development,<br />
Sogreen Technology Company (Beijing, PR China)<br />
has developed a group of biopolymer products with<br />
independent intellectual property rights. Compared with<br />
conventional plastics, PHA has its unique advantages:<br />
Firstly, it has good biocompatibility and biodegradability.<br />
Secondly, it offers good barrier properties which can be<br />
used in the fresh-keeping bags; The third advantage is<br />
its good UV stability; Finally, PHA can be produced with<br />
low energy consumption and low emissions. For these<br />
excellent properties, PHA material has many applications<br />
With implementation of the green manufacturing, green<br />
development policy, MIIT (The Chinese Ministry of Industry<br />
and Information Technology), organizes the China National<br />
Institute of Standardization and industry associations to<br />
carry out the evaluation work for green design product.<br />
Through the release of a green design product list,<br />
enterprises are guided to strengthen the whole life cycle<br />
green management, develop green production, promote<br />
green consumption and promote the transformation and<br />
upgrading of manufacturing. As a biobased biodegradable<br />
material, since November 2016, PHA has entered the<br />
second batch of the green design products raw materials<br />
list. This means that the product containing PHA raw<br />
materials, raw materials in the process of evaluation of<br />
PHA parts can directly pass the evaluation. The products<br />
can be marketed using the green product design logo.<br />
During the CHINAPLAS <strong>2017</strong>, Sogreen Technology<br />
company will showcase a range of biobased products<br />
based on PHA materials. They will show solutions of<br />
certified compostable and biobased polymers for mulch<br />
film, shopping bags, organic waste bags and packaging in<br />
the Bioplastics Zone of Hall No 12.2.<br />
www.sogreen.cn 12.2P31 20<br />
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NatureWorks<br />
The increasing popularity of single serve beverage systems<br />
for coffee, tea, and now soft drinks raises the question of<br />
how best to prevent spent capsules ending up in landfills.<br />
For several years, NatureWorks, compounders, converters,<br />
and coffee companies have engaged in a comprehensive<br />
research and development effort, using Ingeo to solve the<br />
many technical challenges presented in making a capsule the<br />
meets the temperature requirements for both the drip and<br />
high pressure platforms while maintaining compostability.<br />
NatureWorks shows at Chinaplas a range of successful<br />
Ingeo implementations of compostable pods. The technical<br />
achievements in films, rigid capsule bodies, and nonwovens,<br />
used for filtration, has opened new pathways to achieve<br />
success in both coffee platforms.<br />
The company features new solutions in transparent form,<br />
fill, and seal (FFS) cups for dairy and dessert packaging.<br />
These cups feature transparency that showcases the natural<br />
products inside, stiffness for break apart applications,<br />
material reduction, and they can be processed on existing<br />
machines, making this a cost-effective performance solution.<br />
Newly developed Ingeo 3D870 grade for industrial 3D filament<br />
that rivals ABS heat and impact resistance will be on display<br />
for the first time. NatureWorks also showcases new injection<br />
molded food service ware, new fibers, new high barrier<br />
property films, and more.<br />
www.natureworksllc.com 12.2M35 14<br />
JinHui ZhaoLong<br />
Being the largest producer of biodegradable<br />
polymer in China, JinHui ZhaoLong High Technology<br />
Co.,Ltd (herein after referred to as JinHui ZhaoLong)<br />
is established in 2012 and located in Shanxi Xiaoyi<br />
Economic Development Zone, the production capacity<br />
for biodegradable plastics is 20,000 tonnes/a.<br />
JinHui ZhaoLong has successively launched<br />
both Ecoworld biodegradable polymer brand and<br />
Ecowill biodegradable polymer compound brand<br />
and received a number of authoritive certifications<br />
in the biodegradable industry both in China and<br />
abroad. It corresponds with American and European<br />
food contact safety standards, EN13432 and<br />
ASTM6400D standards. Its shelf life is 12 months<br />
under the condition of being stored in sealed<br />
packages. It can ensure a storage life of 12 months<br />
after being processed into finished products.<br />
Ecoword biodegradable plastic can be broken down<br />
by microorganism into CO 2<br />
, H 2<br />
O and high quality<br />
organic fertilizers within 180 days under composting<br />
conditions without generating any poisonous gas. It<br />
is the main raw material for biodegradable plastic<br />
films which can help reducing white pollution.<br />
In contrast to conventional plastics, Ecowill allows<br />
its final plastic products to possess both biological<br />
(biodegradable and compostable) and physical<br />
(printable and weldable) advantages at the same<br />
time. Ecowill had been widely applied to industrial<br />
and agricultural sectors, such as shopping bags,<br />
garbage bags, food packages and mulch films etc.<br />
www.ecoworld.jinhuigroup.com 12.2R35<br />
12<br />
Doill Ecotec<br />
As a leading WPC and Master Batch manufacturer<br />
in South Korea, Doill Ecotec Co., Ltd. will be<br />
participating in Chinaplas <strong>2017</strong>. The company will be<br />
presenting WPC Compound as its main exhibit.<br />
Doill Ecotec’s WPC Compound is tailored to use<br />
for three different moldings, extrusion injection<br />
and blow-molding. It is 100% recyclable and ecofriendly<br />
as it reduces the total amount of rubbish<br />
by using wood flour, which usually is thrown away.<br />
With moisture content as low as 0.3%, WPC provide<br />
different texture and appearance compared to<br />
conventional plastics. Doill is the world’s first in<br />
developing WPC Compound for Blow-molding. Doill’s<br />
WPC is not only used for extrusion in producing<br />
decking board and walls, Doill’s WPC Compound<br />
for injection is used in different products including<br />
cosmetic containers and brush handles.<br />
In while so, Doill also provides Wood Pattern<br />
Master Batch and ASA Compound for various<br />
applications.<br />
http://eng.doillcolor.com 12.2L21 3<br />
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Booth Company Location (12.2)<br />
11.3A51 ALOK MASTERBATCHES PVT LTD<br />
11.3P35 AMOY COACE PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.<br />
9.3B61 ANHUI TIANYI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH. CO.,LTD<br />
12.2P15 AU CO., LTD. 1<br />
12.2S41 bioplastics MAGAZINE bM<br />
11.2A05 CHANGZHOU HONGMEI PLASTIC MASTERBATCH CO., LTD.<br />
13.2M53 CHIAO FU MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD<br />
12.2J71 COATING P. MATERIALS CO., LTD<br />
12.2M01 CUSTOM POLYMERS HONG KONG LIMITED 2<br />
12.2L21 DOILL ECOTEC CO., LTD. 3<br />
12.2R32 DONGGUAN XINHAI ENV. PROTECTION MATERIAL CO., LTD. 4<br />
11.2A31 DUPONT CHINA HOLDING CO., LTD.<br />
10.2C01 EMERY OLEOCHEMICALS HK LTD<br />
12.2P21 ENERPLASTICS L.L.C. 5<br />
12.2P11 EPC NATURAL PRODUCTS CO., LTD 6<br />
9.3K51 FINE ORGANICS<br />
11.3J73 FOSHAN STL PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD<br />
13.2M05 GALATA CHEMICALS (HONG KONG) LTD<br />
11.3D41 GUANGDONG CAIHONG MASTERBATCH LIMITED COMPANY<br />
9.3S59 GUANGDONG GLOBOR NEW MATERIALS CO.,LTD.<br />
10.2E61 HAIRMA CHEMICALS (GZ) LTD.<br />
12.2M31 HANGZHOU XINFU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 7<br />
10.3B39 HEFEI YUANRONG NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.<br />
12.2S45 HUAINAN AN XIN TAI SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD 8<br />
13.2B75 JETWELL TRADING LIMITED<br />
12.2R31 JIANGSU TORISE BIOMATERIALS CO., LTD 9<br />
12.2L31 JILIN BODA ORIENTAL NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD. 10<br />
12.2P01 JILIN PROVINCE KANGRUNJIE ENV. PROTECTION TECH. CO.,LTD. 11<br />
12.2R35 JINHUI ZHAOLONG HIGH-TECH CO.,LTD 12<br />
10.3J39 JINYOUNG (XIAMEN) ADVANCED MATERIALS TECH. CO., LTD.<br />
10.3E01 JUMP TECHNOLOGY INC.<br />
9.3D79 KINGYORKER ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.<br />
9.3B25 LIFELINE TECHNOLOGIES<br />
10.2A41 LOTTE ADVANCED MATERIALS, LOTTE FINE CHEMICAL<br />
12.2S47 MAGNECHEM SDN. BHD. 13<br />
11.2D41 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION<br />
10.3J01 NANJING LIHAN CHEMICAL CO.,LTD<br />
12.2M35 NATUREWORKS, LLC. 14<br />
11.2C31 NEXEO PLASCHEM (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.<br />
12.2R25 PROVIRON FUNCTIONAL CHEMICALS N.V. 15<br />
11.3A79 RAJIV PLASTIC INDUSTRIES<br />
12.2M21 REVERDIA 16<br />
11.2K61 RIKEVITA FINE CHEMICAL & FOOD IND. (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD<br />
12.2L35 ROQUETTE 17<br />
10.2C31 SAMYANG CORPORATION<br />
12.2J21 SHANDONG JIQING CHEMCAL CO., LTD.<br />
10.3M01 SHANGHAI INGOO CHEMICAL CO.,LTD.<br />
10.3M05 SHANGHAI XINER LOW-CARBON ENV. TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.<br />
12.2R21 SHENZHEN ESUN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 18<br />
12.2S43 SHENZHEN POLYMER ASSOCIATION 19<br />
10.3K41 SHINKONG SYNTHETIC FIBERS CORPORATION<br />
12.2P31 SOGREEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 20<br />
12.2L25 SUZHOU HANFENG NEW MATERIAL CO.,LTD. 21<br />
12.2M11 TAIZHOU SUDARSHAN NEW MATERIAL CO.,LTD 22<br />
11.2K41 TEIJIN LIMITED<br />
9.3A65 WEIFANG GRACELAND CHEMICALS CO., LTD<br />
12.2L01 WEIHAI LIANQIAO INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION GROUP 23<br />
13.2B71 XINJIANG BLUE RIDGE TUNHE<br />
9.3P67 YANGZHOU ROLAND NEW MATERIALS CO.,LTD<br />
12.2M25 YAT SHUN HONG COMPANY LTD 24<br />
12.2R11 ZHEJIANG HISUN BIOMATERIALS CO.,LTD. 25<br />
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In this Show Guide you find the majority of compa<br />
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The conference will comprise high class presentations on<br />
nies offering bioplastic products, such as resins,<br />
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• Applications (packaging<br />
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• Recycling and other endof-life<br />
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www.pla-world-congress.com
From Science and Research<br />
Give waste<br />
a chance<br />
Shrink film and packaging nets<br />
for agricultural products from<br />
vegetable waste<br />
By:<br />
Chelo Escrig Rondán<br />
Head of Extrusion Department<br />
AIMPLAS (Plastics Technology Centre)<br />
Paterna, Spain<br />
The autonomous Spanish region of Andalusia currently<br />
boasts an annual production of some 7.5 million<br />
tonnes of vegetables and 2 million tonnes of fruit,<br />
making it Spain’s most important region for the export of<br />
tomatoes, peppers, strawberries and, in particular, cucumbers.<br />
A recent study from Andalusia’s department of Agriculture,<br />
Fishing and Environment conducted by IFAPA (Institute<br />
for Research and Training in Agriculture and Fisheries)<br />
revealed that overall marketing losses of between 2-10 %<br />
occur during handling of the produce, which translates into<br />
approximately 500,000 tonnes of horticultural by-products,<br />
which often simply end up in landfill.<br />
To address this issue, the BIOVEGE project was<br />
established. Its aim was to valorize the vegetable waste<br />
generated during the handling, transport and delivery of<br />
fruit and vegetables, with as goal to develop sub-products<br />
suitable for food and packaging applications such as:<br />
• Plasticizers for modifying PLA, to enable the<br />
development of extruded shrink film and packaging nets;<br />
• Natural preservatives suitable for use in a broad range<br />
of foodstuffs;<br />
• Bioactive, hydrophilic and lipophilic ingredients that can<br />
be extracted and emulsions to incorporate these in food<br />
matrices of all types, regardless of their nature.<br />
The production of biomaterials and food ingredients from<br />
these waste products will provide them with real added<br />
value. The following diagram shows the two work lines<br />
proposed for the BIOVEGE project:<br />
vegetable<br />
waste<br />
extraction of<br />
ingredients<br />
food<br />
preservatives<br />
final use<br />
food preservatives in food models<br />
bioactive ingredients for olive oil<br />
of bioactive<br />
compounds<br />
bioactive<br />
ingredients<br />
packaging<br />
bionet<br />
hydrolization<br />
from vegetable<br />
waste fiber to<br />
obtain hydrocarbons<br />
alcohol<br />
production<br />
polymer<br />
modification<br />
reactive<br />
extrusion<br />
process<br />
Project development<br />
shrink<br />
film<br />
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From Science and Research<br />
This article is focused on the development of<br />
new packaging for vegetables based on the<br />
following steps:<br />
• Extraction of fatty alcohols from fermentable sugars that<br />
can be found in vegetable waste (fruits, such as melon<br />
and watermelon, and vegetables, such as cucumbers,<br />
peppers and courgettes).<br />
• Chemical modification of commercial biopolyesters by<br />
grafting fatty alcohols onto their polymer chain by means<br />
of reactive extrusion in order to improve their elastic<br />
properties.<br />
• Obtaining new biopolyesters suitable for the extrusion of<br />
nets and shrink film.<br />
• Currently, the project has exceeded its one third<br />
development baseline schedule; during this first period,<br />
the researchers have achieved the following:<br />
• Formulation of the definition of the material<br />
requirements and characteristics to be met by both<br />
packaging types.<br />
• Chemical modifications have been carried out in PLA<br />
at laboratory level using commercial fatty alcohols with<br />
different purities.<br />
In this step, PLA was modified by using commercial oleic<br />
alcohol with two different purities; high purity (80 – 85 %)<br />
and low purity (60 %). Both alcohols were grafted onto the<br />
PLA polymer using direct grafting radical reactions.<br />
A test was performed in which the radical agent was<br />
optimized, on the basis of the percentage used in the<br />
reaction, the percentage of oleic alcohol employed, as well<br />
as the temperature and the reaction time. Once the reaction<br />
conditions had been optimized with the commercial<br />
alcohol, the same reaction was performed using oleic<br />
alcohol obtained through the fermentation of sugars from<br />
vegetable waste. A summary of the results is shown in the<br />
following table:<br />
c) Chemical modifications at laboratory level<br />
Purity of the oleic<br />
alcohol<br />
Commercial<br />
60 %<br />
Commercial<br />
80 – 85 %<br />
Oleic alcohol percentage<br />
employed in the<br />
reaction (%)<br />
Grafting<br />
reaction<br />
efficiency (%)<br />
1 82,5<br />
2 99<br />
3 95<br />
1 71<br />
2 91<br />
3 70<br />
a) Shrink Film Requirements<br />
b) Packaging Nets Requirements<br />
Shrink film for cucumber<br />
Processable material produced<br />
through<br />
Blown Film Extrusion<br />
Film with good transparency.<br />
Packaging nets for green beans and garlics<br />
Processable material produced using<br />
Extrusion Melt Spinning technology<br />
• Garlic: Oriented nets<br />
• Green Beans: not oriented nets<br />
In this step, the researchers developed a route to graft<br />
oleic alcohol onto the PLA polymer. Using this methodology,<br />
the efficiency of the grafting reaction using 2 % of fatty<br />
alcohol was higher than 90 % in both cases. Additional trials<br />
using the oleic alcohol derived from fermented vegetable<br />
waste, are under development.<br />
Future steps:<br />
In the second part of the project, this chemical<br />
modification process will be scaled up from laboratory to<br />
pilot plant level. Both products (shrink film and packaging<br />
nets) will be manufactured. The packaging characterization<br />
will continue and the validation of both types will start,<br />
bearing in mind their functionality. At the end of the project,<br />
the scaling up of new bio-compounds and the production of<br />
final products will be also carried out.<br />
Partners<br />
This Spanish project, coordinated by La Union, is being<br />
carried out by a consortiumof six companies: La Unión,<br />
Neol, DOMCA, Torres Morente, Ecoplas and Morera y<br />
Vallejo.<br />
These companies have subcontracted four research and<br />
development centers to perform a number of tasks: CIDAF,<br />
Las Palmerillas, Tecnalia and AIMPLAS, who is also in<br />
charge of the technical coordination of the project.<br />
Acknowledgement<br />
This project has received funding from INNTERCONECA<br />
(ITC-20151281) a programme funded by CDTI (Spanish<br />
Government).<br />
www.aimplas.es<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12 41
Application News<br />
Environment-friendly toy blocks<br />
The Chinese toy company BanBao is committed to build<br />
a better tomorrow, and for this reason will start producing<br />
sustainable and environment-friendly building blocks made<br />
of new biobased materials. The educational toy brand with<br />
its headquarters in Shantou (Province Guangdong), China will<br />
start its production near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The<br />
new eco-friendly toy line will be called BioBuddi.<br />
Regulators increasingly warn of unsafe toys that fail to<br />
meet safety requirements. The controls have been tightened<br />
with more recalls as a result. The desire for environmentfriendly<br />
and safer toys is greater among parents, according<br />
to research.<br />
Steven van Bommel (CEO BanBao Europe, Venlo, The<br />
Netherlands) explains: “Almost any regular plastic building<br />
block toy used until now, even ours is made from petrochemicals<br />
(ABS or PP). Conventional plastic toys rely on increasingly<br />
scarce resources and in the process of being manufactured<br />
they cause between 2 - 7 times their own weight in greenhouse<br />
gases to be emitted into<br />
our atmosphere.<br />
“Our new ‘green’ biobased<br />
building blocks<br />
contain 0 % oil-based chemicals,<br />
because our raw<br />
materials are derived<br />
from plants.” The BanBao<br />
toy blocks will be made from 100 % biobased PE (Green PE<br />
from sugar cane), as Steven told bioplastics MAGAZINE.<br />
“We also do not add any oil-based chemicals during the<br />
manufacturing process to ‘enhance’ the performance or<br />
colour of our product. The packaging (FSC Certified paper),<br />
stickers (Green PE), instructions and glue will also be 100 %<br />
biobased. The quality of the building blocks has amazed us,<br />
the blocks perfectly fits to our non-biobased building blocks<br />
and those of the competition. Even the price can compete<br />
against the competition, mainly using ABS and PP plastics as<br />
its basic raw material. It is an exciting project that can have a<br />
positive impact on the planet and can change the toy industry,”<br />
says Steven van Bommel.<br />
The new product line is developed in collaboration with<br />
Biopromotions, a dutch company which specializes in<br />
products made of biodegradable and biobased plastics. Robert<br />
de Waal (CEO Biopromotions) is very pleased about the new<br />
partnership; “BanBao was looking for an alternative ‘green’<br />
raw material for making their toy bricks. Soon they came into<br />
contact with us. Our knowledge has grown enormously over<br />
the years and we accepted the challenge.”<br />
The sustainable and environmental friendly product line will<br />
consist of over 13 toy boxes suitable for children in the age<br />
of 1,5 to 6 years old. The new BioBuddi product line will be<br />
available in stores in the autumn of <strong>2017</strong>. MT<br />
www.banbao.com<br />
Organic 3.0 natural cosmetics in bio-PE bottles<br />
The German company SPEICK natural cosmetics<br />
(Leinfeldern-Echterdingen, Germany) has recently been<br />
awarded the Best New Product Award at VIVANESS <strong>2017</strong><br />
(International Trade Fair for Natural and Organic Personal<br />
Care, February <strong>2017</strong> Nuremberg,Germany) in the Body Care<br />
category for their brand new Organic 3.0 body lotion.<br />
The palm oil free formula that is easily biodegradable and<br />
has a recyclable structure won over the trade professionals<br />
completely at the world’s leading trade fair for natural<br />
cosmetics. And - it is packaged in bottles made of renewable<br />
materials.<br />
The lotion is COSMOS certified and features an<br />
extremely soft, velvety texture, a subtle, pleasant scent and<br />
environmental values. Energised water and organic rye flour<br />
ferment complete the detox formula.<br />
VIVANESS bestows the Best New Product Award every<br />
year at the international trade fair for natural and organic<br />
cosmetics in Nuremberg, Germany.<br />
“Organic 3.0 stands for concepts that promote sustainability,<br />
foster growth without sacrificing quality and enhance our<br />
credibility among our customer base. An additional objective<br />
is to create a firmer footing for ecological farming and its<br />
principles as a model for the development of a sustainable<br />
agricultural and food sector;” Says Anke Boy; Marketing and<br />
Product Management at Speick.<br />
The bottle material for the Organic 3.0 body lotion as well<br />
as the shower gel is made fom Green PE, a 100 % biobased<br />
polyethylene made from sugar cane. The sugar cane is grown<br />
in Brazil in the context of sustainable resource- and socialmanagement<br />
ProForest.<br />
Speick is a family business with a history of more than 85<br />
years. They are proud to source their raw ingredients and<br />
packaging primarily from the own country. Now in the third<br />
generation, the company develops and produces exclusively<br />
at their German premises. MT<br />
www.speick.de<br />
42 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12
Application Automotive News<br />
Recycling Containers<br />
Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. and Braskem recently announced a 3-year<br />
partnership in which Solegear will utilize Braskem’s Green PE (bio-Polyethylene)<br />
to produce and distribute a series of household recycling containers under its good<br />
natured brand. The first products resulting from this partnership has been on display<br />
since mid March (starting at the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California USA).<br />
“Solegear continues its strong partnership development, building momentum to drive<br />
adoption of bioplastics in the marketplace,” shared Paul Antoniadis, CEO of Solegear.<br />
“This latest partnership illustrates our team’s commitment to seek out the best biobased<br />
ingredients for each application and then create finished bioplastic products and<br />
packaging that are being demanded by today’s environmentally conscious consumers.”<br />
“This partnership has strategic value for Braskem. It will provide us access to new<br />
markets and strengthen the company’s growth in North America,” said Gustavo Sergi,<br />
responsible for Braskem’s Renewable Chemicals team. MT<br />
www.solegear.ca | www.braskem.com<br />
Environmentally friendly stand-up paddleboard fin<br />
Surf equipment manufacturer, Futures Fins (Huntington<br />
Beach, California, USA), introduced a new fin for stand-up<br />
paddleboards (SUP) created from biocomposites. The RWC<br />
(reclaimed wood composite) Keel is an environmentally<br />
friendly biocomposite-based fin that meets, and in some<br />
aspects exceeds, traditional performance demands.<br />
The new fin is made from a wood-plastic composite<br />
manufactured by Green Dot Bioplastics (Cottonwood<br />
Falls, Kansas, USA). Futures Fins came to Green Dot<br />
looking for an environmentally friendly material with the<br />
natural aesthetics of wood, that also met the performance<br />
requirements of the engineering-grade plastics normally<br />
used for this application. One of Green Dot’s Terratek woodplastic<br />
composites, a blend of reclaimed wood fibers with<br />
recycled plastic, was the right solution.<br />
Futures Fins’ prerogative has been to market products<br />
as the ultimate, premium performance. They use materials<br />
such as carbon fiber and Kevlar to produce high-quality,<br />
performance-driven, dramatic-looking fins. The new<br />
biocomposite fin disrupts this traditional marketing model.<br />
Visually, The RWC Keel tells a different story than the<br />
other products. It’s a fin that looks and feels different than<br />
anything else Futures Fins manufactures, but performs at<br />
the same level, or better than many of the other fins for<br />
stand-up paddleboards.<br />
Each SUP fin receives a rating on the Speed vs Stability<br />
scale based on flex, rake and foil tests to assist customers<br />
in determining the specifics they need according to their<br />
skill level and desires.<br />
Futures Fins makes thousands of plastic products every<br />
year. As surfers who manufacture equipment in Huntington<br />
Beach for other surfers, they are deeply connected to the<br />
beach and ocean. Seeing trash and plastic waste wash up<br />
on the beach was more than bothersome. The owners felt<br />
a responsibility to protect the environment, and aimed to<br />
create a product that would reduce landfill waste and be as<br />
friendly to the earth as possible.<br />
Collaborating with Green Dot Bioplastics and using the woodplastic<br />
composite wasn’t Futures Fins’ first attempt at creating<br />
an environmentally friendly fin. Previous materials were also<br />
experimented with: mushroom foam, hemp, flax, soy-based<br />
items and more. Ultimately, these materials were difficult to<br />
work with, and did not meet the performance level required.<br />
The composite used ended up being a plug-and-play solution.<br />
It’s easy to mold, and creates a product that’s about 35 % lighter<br />
than the standard products Futures Fins manufactures. Green<br />
Dot’s wood-plastic composite can achieve a wide range of<br />
characteristics by adjusting the species, size and concentration<br />
of wood particles in the formulation. While the formulation<br />
can change to produce dramatic differences, the common<br />
characteristic among all iterations is sustainability.<br />
Futures Fins is living up to their name as they plan to<br />
continue collaborating with Green Dot Bioplastics to introduce<br />
more products utilizing biocomposites and bioplastics. The<br />
key will be increasing the stiffness while keeping the product<br />
light, a task Green Dot is prepared to help Futures Fins achieve.<br />
This will enable fins to be made for long board and twin fin<br />
surfboards as well. The holy grail will be the development of a<br />
biocomposite or bioplastic for short boards, but the aggressive<br />
riding style demands more out of the fin. MT<br />
www.greendotbioplastics.com | www.futuresfins.com<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12 43
mark your calendar<br />
bio CAR<br />
organized by bioplastics MAGAZINE<br />
biobased materials for automotive applications<br />
september <strong>2017</strong> stuttgart<br />
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bio!car: Conference by bioplastics MAGAZINE<br />
» The amount of plastics in modern cars is constantly increasing.<br />
» Plastics and composites help in achieving light-weighting targets.<br />
» Plastics offer enormous design opportunities.<br />
» Plastics are important for the touch-and-feel and the safety of cars.<br />
BUT:<br />
consumers, suppliers to the automotive industry and OEMs are more and more looking<br />
for biobased alternatives to petroleum based materials. That‘s why bioplastics MAGAZINE is<br />
organizing together with nova-Insitute<br />
bio!CAR:<br />
Focussed mainly on biobased materials in automotive engineering, the 2 nd edition of this<br />
international meeting is scheduled for 20-21 September parallel to COMPOSITES EUROPE<br />
<strong>2017</strong>. The conference will be organised jointly by bioplastics MAGAZINE and the nova-Institute.<br />
The event is further supported by the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR).<br />
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Call for papers<br />
now open
Brand Owner<br />
Brand-Owner’s perspective<br />
on bioplastics and how to<br />
unleash its full potential<br />
“At Nestlé we are committed to continuously improving the<br />
environmental performance of our packaging. “Lead the development<br />
and use of materials from sustainably managed renewable resources”<br />
is one of five focus areas of our packaging environmental sustainability<br />
roadmap. We joined the WWF Bioplastics Feedstock Alliance to help build<br />
a more sustainable future for the bioplastics industry whilst addressing<br />
issues such as land use, food security and biodiversity.<br />
We see bioplastics as an opportunity to further improve the<br />
environmental performance of our packaging where their performance<br />
meets the requirements of our products and where it is proven that they<br />
are not contributing to food insecurity. We defined three generations of<br />
bioplastics. Generation one are materials such as PLA or PHAs which<br />
are moisture sensitive, and are therefore not suitable for a widespread use in our<br />
packaging. There are applications where these materials make sense: e.g. PLA has<br />
a very good twist retention and can be good for twist wrap applications. Generation<br />
two are the drop-in materials (Bio-based Polyethylene, PET, and Polypropylene),<br />
with exactly the same properties as what we are using today, but from renewable<br />
resources. The third generation is really what we are aiming at; material that has<br />
enhanced technical and environmental performance which can allow us to achieve<br />
further optimisation of our packaging. Moisture barrier is key for most of our product<br />
and the bioplastics industry needs to put more focus on developing solutions in this<br />
direction!” www.nestle.com<br />
Sokhna Gueye<br />
Packaging Environmental Sustainability Specialist<br />
Nestlé Research Center<br />
®<br />
NESTLE and Logo are registered trademarks of Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland<br />
By:<br />
Jacek Leciński, Andrea Siebert-Raths<br />
Daniela Jahn and Jessica Rutz<br />
Institute for Bioplastics and<br />
Biocomposites<br />
University of Applied Sciences<br />
and Arts, Hannover, Germany
Report<br />
By:<br />
Michael Thielen<br />
Bioplastics Survey<br />
In our previous issue, we started a new series “special focus<br />
on certain geographical areas”. Our idea is to conduct<br />
simple surveys in various countries and regions around<br />
the world, in order to gain an idea about the general perception<br />
of bioplastics in these countries.<br />
In this second edition of this new series, we again<br />
visited shopping centers in a number of towns, this time in<br />
Germany and Austria, where we interviewed at random a<br />
(non-representative) number of regular people – average<br />
citizens who were not expected to have any special<br />
knowledge of or connection with bioplastics.<br />
Of course, while Germany and Austria are close<br />
neighbors, they are two completely different countries,<br />
each with its own array of cultural peculiarities. The people<br />
in both countries speak German, albeit with slightly (?)<br />
different accents or dialects. The results of the surveys,<br />
however, were so similar in both countries, that we could<br />
easily include all the results in a single set of graphs.<br />
Of those we interviewed, 46 % were male and 54 % were<br />
female. About 80 % were aged between 20 and 40, while<br />
20 % were between the ages of 40 and 60. This represents<br />
the average distribution of people browsing these particular<br />
shopping centers.<br />
When asked whether they knew what bioplastics were,<br />
a markedly small percentage (18%) responded with yes<br />
(and went on to back this up by correctly defining these<br />
as materials of biobased origin and/or with biodegradable<br />
features). We did find that the people in the city of Cologne,<br />
with its one million inhabitants, were slightly better informed<br />
than those in Mönchengladbach (Germany, population<br />
260,000) and Salzburg (Austria, population 150,000). Overall,<br />
the other 82 % all indicated that they were interested in<br />
hearing more about what bioplastics were.<br />
We briefly explained that conventional plastics were made<br />
from oil, a scarce and non-renewable resource, and that<br />
burning petroleum-based products contributed to the rising<br />
levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. We talked about how<br />
biobased plastics can be made from renewable resources<br />
or waste streams, such as corn, sugar beet, sugar cane<br />
or, e.g., waste starch from the potato industry and pointed<br />
out that biodegradable/compostable plastics (whether<br />
biobased or otherwise) also had significant benefits to offer,<br />
depending on the application.<br />
The majority of our interviewees responded positively to<br />
our explanation, expressing the opinion that bioplastics<br />
were better for the environment, with fewer harmful effects<br />
on the climate. A few saw bioplastics a way for them<br />
personally to actually do something about climate change.<br />
Asked whether they would buy products made of<br />
bioplastics, if they should happen to see them on display<br />
at the store, all confirmed that they would. Yet, echoing the<br />
interviewed Dutch shoppers in the previous edition, here<br />
again “only” 90 % reported that they would be willing to<br />
pay more for such products, with most responding: “a little<br />
more, yes”, or “but not twice as much”…<br />
In sum, consumers who know about or are aware of<br />
bioplastics and their potential are still a minority. Yet,<br />
once informed, and given the opportunity, consumers – at<br />
least those we interviewed- indicate that they would opt for<br />
products using bioplastics and even be willing to pay a small<br />
premium. This indicates an obvious need for comprehensive<br />
end consumer education. Consumer behavior can make<br />
a significant impact on the ways products affect the<br />
environment. Educating consumers about bioplastics offers<br />
a huge opportunity to promote these materials and to effect<br />
positive changes in the shopping choices people make.<br />
female<br />
20-40<br />
years<br />
40-60<br />
years<br />
Do you know what<br />
bioplastics are?<br />
Would you buy?<br />
Would you pay more?<br />
male<br />
YES<br />
18%<br />
NO<br />
86%<br />
YES<br />
100%<br />
NO<br />
0%<br />
YES<br />
90%<br />
NO<br />
10%<br />
54%<br />
57%<br />
53,3%<br />
57%<br />
43%<br />
46%<br />
43%<br />
46,7%<br />
100% 78% 22% 80% 20% 80% 20% 100%<br />
50%<br />
50%<br />
46 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12
From Science and Research<br />
Thermochromic bio-pigments<br />
Chromogenic materials change colour or transparency<br />
depending on temperature, electrical voltage, pressure<br />
or exposure to light. In thermochromic materials,<br />
a pre-determined temperature change triggers this<br />
change in colour. For example, in the food industry, thermochromic<br />
packaging can reveal whether the refrigeration<br />
chain has been interrupted. The temperature-sensitive additives<br />
used in this application are currently only available<br />
on the market as oil-based pigments.<br />
“In particular bioplastics – which will play a major role<br />
in day-to-day life in the future – lose their biobased status<br />
when commercially available thermochromic dyes are<br />
added. Our department has already demonstrated that the<br />
idea of thermochromic bioplastics can work. This is why we<br />
would like to use renewable raw materials when developing<br />
these materials for various applications,” explains<br />
Department head Christian Rabe. The move to Potsdam-<br />
Golm (Germany) enables the eight-person team to profit<br />
from the 25 years of expertise at the Fraunhofer Institute for<br />
Applied Polymer Research (IAP) in the area of biopolymer<br />
research, and to take advantage of synergies. These relate<br />
to the access to technologies and characterization methods,<br />
as well as a more intensive exchange of knowledge with<br />
members of the Biopolymers research division.<br />
In addition to integrating thermochromic effects into<br />
biopolymers, the department Chromogenic Polymers, at<br />
its new location in the Science Park in Golm, is currently<br />
focusing on the development of particularly stable<br />
electrochromic windows for architectural applications or<br />
boat-building, and irreversible thermochromic packaging<br />
films. MT<br />
www.iap.fraunhofer.de<br />
Christian Rabe’s bio-based thermochromic dyes will enable<br />
purely biobased materials to change color in the future (Photo Till<br />
Budde, Fraunhofer IAP)<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12 47
Basics<br />
Update on relevant standards<br />
for the bioplastics industry<br />
in Europe<br />
Standardisation is an effort by industrial stakeholders<br />
to define generally accepted criteria and guidelines for<br />
the description of products, services, and processes.<br />
The aim is to ease competition and commercial growth by<br />
overcoming barriers that result from unclear or inconsistent<br />
specifications and communication, to introduce benchmarks<br />
for desirable quality requirements, and to prevent<br />
fraudulent market behaviour.<br />
While there is no comprehensive EU legislation<br />
specifically harmonising standards for environmental and<br />
product marketing claims, the European Commission as<br />
well as national governments, ministries, and independent<br />
standardisation institutes have issued a multitude of<br />
standards that can serve as a basis for evaluating claims for<br />
bioplastics and other bio-based and biodegradable products.<br />
The harmonisation of standards on EU-level through CEN<br />
certainly has added value insofar as standards should apply<br />
equally across participants in the same market.<br />
Relevant standards for bio-based plastics:<br />
Several standards are in place describing methods on how<br />
to determine the bio-based content of a material or product.<br />
EN 16640 “Bio-based products – Determination of the biobased<br />
carbon content of products using the radiocarbon<br />
method“, for example, describes how to measure the<br />
carbon isotope 14 C (radiocarbon method). The standard<br />
EN 16785-1 “Bio-based products – Bio-based content –<br />
Part 1: Determination of the bio-based content using the<br />
radiocarbon analysis and elemental analysis“ has been<br />
developed to also account for other bio-based elements in<br />
a polymer through elemental analysis of renewable content<br />
of a bio-based product.<br />
Additionally, there are standards on how to describe the<br />
principles of life cycle assessment for bio-based products.<br />
The standard EN 16760 “Bio-based products - Life Cycle<br />
Assessment” provides specific LCA requirements and<br />
guidance for bio-based products based on the ISO 14040<br />
series of standards. Furthermore, standard EN 16751<br />
attempts to standardise sustainability criteria of bio-based<br />
products. However, it does not include any thresholds or<br />
limits and is not suitable for making authoritative claims<br />
regarding the sustainability of products or operations. There<br />
are numerous certification schemes for the sustainability<br />
of biomass, for example ISCC PLUS, RSB (Roundtable on<br />
Sustainable Biomaterials), or REDcert.<br />
Relevant standards for biodegradable plastics:<br />
The harmonised standard EN 13432 “Requirements<br />
for packaging recoverable through composting and<br />
biodegradation” requires at least 90% disintegration after<br />
twelve weeks and at least 90% biodegradation (i.e. CO 2<br />
evolvement) within six months, and it includes tests on<br />
ecotoxicity and heavy metal content. It is the standard<br />
for biodegradable packaging designed for treatment in<br />
industrial composting facilities and anaerobic digestion.<br />
The standard EN 14995 describes the same requirements<br />
and tests, however it applies not only to packaging, but to<br />
plastics in general.<br />
With regard to biodegradability in other environments<br />
than industrial composting, first national standards and<br />
test methods have been developed. The French standard<br />
NF T 51-800 “Plastics — Specifications for plastics suitable<br />
for home composting” published in 2015 requires at least<br />
90 % biodegradation in 12 months at ambient temperature.<br />
A EU standard for home compostable plastic carrier<br />
bags is expected to be developed in the near future. The<br />
standard prEN 17033 “Biodegradable mulch films for use<br />
in agriculture and horticulture – Requirements and test<br />
methods” (publication expected in <strong>2017</strong>) will specify the<br />
requirements for biodegradable mulch films.<br />
Examples for different compostability lables: The Seedling, the<br />
OK Compost label, the US/Canada composting label and the<br />
Japanese GreenPLA compostable label<br />
48 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12
Basics<br />
Stand G05 · Hall 9<br />
By:<br />
Constance Ißbrücker<br />
Head of Environmental Affairs<br />
European Bioplastics e.V.<br />
Berlin, Germany<br />
There is no standard providing clear pass/fail criteria for<br />
the biodegradation of plastics in seawater. The US standard<br />
ASTM D7081 “Standard Specification for Non-Floating<br />
Biodegradable Plastics in the Marine Environment” has<br />
been withdrawn without replacement. However, the test<br />
methods that were referred to are still in place, but do not<br />
offer any pass/fail criteria.<br />
Environmental communication guidelines:<br />
There are already numerous standards and test methods<br />
available that provide a normative framework for explaining<br />
the properties biobased’ and biodegradable in connection<br />
with plastic materials and products. Claims about bio-based<br />
plastics and products can be substantiated in accordance<br />
with the requirements that the standards described above<br />
specify. The upcoming standard EN 16935 “Bio-based<br />
products - Requirements for Business-to-Consumer<br />
communication and claims” will set out clear requirements<br />
for communicating the benefits and properties of bio-based<br />
plastics. These standards offer a first basis for assessing<br />
bioplastics and provide recommendations for sound<br />
communication on corresponding claims - a prerequisite<br />
for successful market performance.<br />
You can find a more comprehensive overview of all<br />
relevant standards in the fact sheet ‘Relevant standards and<br />
labels for bioplastics’ (http://docs.european-bioplastics.<br />
org/publications/fs/EUBP_FS_Standards.pdf) or on the<br />
European Bioplastics website www.european-bioplastics.<br />
org.<br />
During interpack <strong>2017</strong>, European Bioplastics will offer<br />
two workshops designed to provide a thorough overview<br />
over bioplastics in general as well as the environmental<br />
communication of bioplastics based on relevant standards.<br />
Fore more information on these workshops, please contact<br />
seminars@european-bioplastics.org or visit our homepage.<br />
www.european-bioplastics.org<br />
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bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12 49
Basics<br />
Biodegradability and Compostability:<br />
Certification<br />
and Standards<br />
Berit Topolinski<br />
Product Manager<br />
DIN CERTCO<br />
Berlin Germany<br />
AA lot has changed in recent years. Nowadays, shoppers<br />
in countries, such as for example Germany, stow<br />
their groceries in backpacks; they use paper bags and<br />
reusable bags. Yet not all has changed. Fruit and meat are<br />
still packed in plastic. Packaging is an effective way of keeping<br />
products fresh and hygienic, and providing added value<br />
to the product it contains. In the light of this important role, it<br />
is therefore hardly surprising that in terms of the materials<br />
used, plastic packaging, too, continues to evolve.<br />
While PE (polyethylene), PET and others have long been<br />
the materials of choice, the past several years have seen a<br />
rapid increase in the use of biodegradable or compostable<br />
materials, such as PLA, PBAT and the like –offering the<br />
same benefits as conventional durable plastics. And it is not<br />
just Germany. France has new regulations; developments<br />
are ongoing in European countries such as The Netherlands,<br />
Italy and Switzerland, as well as in China and other parts of<br />
the world. Packaging, packaging materials and end-of-life<br />
options are widely discussed topics of focus in the media.<br />
There are vivid discussions on, first of all, how to raise<br />
consumer awareness, as well as on how to increase awareness<br />
and to ensure end consumers are provided with clear, accurate<br />
and understandable information. How to make the difference<br />
clear to consumers between mechanically recyclable and<br />
organically recyclable plastic? And how to make sure that<br />
packaging can really be biodegraded by microorganisms and<br />
will end up as beneficial biomass and CO 2<br />
within a reasonable<br />
period of time in a defined environment?<br />
There were complaints that biodegradable and<br />
compostable bags did not disintegrate fast enough, that they<br />
failed to decompose in the garden compost pile, or when put<br />
in or left on soil [1]. Obviously, the communication to end<br />
consumers about such products needed to be improved.<br />
Standards have been developed in which accurate testing<br />
methods have been laid down to determine the appropriate<br />
end-of-life option for such products. These standards<br />
are based on common sense and have been agreed on in<br />
standardization committees worldwide.<br />
Standards are indispensable instruments in ensuring<br />
safety technology, in protecting health, the environment,<br />
and customer interests, generally. They play a vital part in<br />
the national economy and lay the foundations for the free<br />
exchange of goods and services.<br />
In Europe, EN 13432 [2] lays down the requirements for<br />
compostable packaging. It contains distinct pass/fail criteria<br />
regarding the industrial compostability of packaging and is also<br />
one means of obtaining marketing approval for such products<br />
in Europe. For the United States, the key standards are ASTM D<br />
6400 [3] and ASTM D 6868 [4]. Australia and New Zealand refer to<br />
the AS 4736 [5] standard. As can be seen, different standards are<br />
applicable for different countries. The good news is that there are<br />
many similarities in the tests and pass/fail requirements; the bad<br />
news is there are also some differences.<br />
Next to packaging that is solely suitable for industrial<br />
composting, there are also products that can be organically<br />
recycled in the compost pile at home. Standards for home<br />
compostable packaging and plastics have therefore also been<br />
developed. France recently introduced the NF T 51-800 [6]<br />
standard and Australia brought out its AS 5810 standard [7]. The<br />
main differences to EN 13432 are the lower temperatures at which<br />
biodegradation and disintegration are tested and, in connection<br />
with this, the longer time spans allowed for these processes.<br />
Plastic packaging materials that are biodegrade in or on<br />
soil are also available, although relevant standards are still<br />
under development. There is, however, a technical report<br />
suggesting the criteria<br />
The ASTM D 6691 [8] standard offers a test method to<br />
assess biodegradation in water, while another standard,<br />
ASTM D 7081 [9] which related to non-floating biodegradable<br />
plastics in the marine environment, was withdrawn in 2014.<br />
To date, tests for biodegradability in water or the marine<br />
environment have been unable to be carried out in conditions<br />
reflecting the actual environmental conditions, regarding<br />
such factors as temperature, depth, etc..<br />
More importantly, the ocean should never be considered<br />
a suitable place for the disposal of waste. Certification for<br />
biodegradability in the ocean/freshwater is a delicate topic, as it<br />
could imply that littering the ocean with bioplastics could be an<br />
end-of-life option. In our decided opinion – and not ours alone<br />
–waste should be treated before it ever has the opportunity to<br />
enter the sea, managed by the circular economy.<br />
Summarizing: Different standards relate to different composting /<br />
biodegradation options and standards also differ locally.<br />
Confusing? The good news is that there is no need to worry<br />
about knowing all the details of all these standards when and<br />
if you plan to seek certification. Simply contact a certification<br />
body (such as e.g. DIN CERTCO) about your market needs,<br />
and You will get the full support and guidance you require<br />
throughout the process.<br />
DIN CERTCO has extended its certification services over<br />
the past couple of years to provide applicants with enduring,<br />
internationally accepted conformity marks. With more than<br />
40 years of experience in certification services, they offer the<br />
highest quality possible in conformity assessment.<br />
Founded in 1972 by the German Institute for Standardization,<br />
DIN e. V., DIN CERTCO has continuously worked to maintain its<br />
reputation in certification services around the globe. Thanks to<br />
the separation between DIN CERTCO’s testing and assessment<br />
functions, and their accreditation to ISO/IEC 17065, their quality<br />
marks ensure competence, independence and impartiality.<br />
50 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12
Basics<br />
The certification services offered by DIN CERTCO<br />
include the following:<br />
Industrially Compostable Products<br />
Based on the DIN V 54900 standard series, which preceded<br />
EN 13432, DIN CERTCO supported the development of the<br />
certification scheme for the Seedling compostability logo<br />
of European Bioplastics. Since 1997, certificate holders<br />
around the world have labeled their products with this logo<br />
as a way to differentiate themselves from their competition.<br />
When the EN 13432 standard was released in 2000, it<br />
became mandatory for countries in the European Union<br />
and was consequently implemented. In the meantime, other<br />
standards, e.g. ASTM D 6400, ISO 17088 [10], ISO 18606 [11]<br />
and EN 14995 [12], were added to the certification scheme to<br />
cover market needs.<br />
DIN CERTCO has also implemented the AS 4736 standard,<br />
with ASTM D 6868 currently under preparation, which<br />
allows certificate holders to use the DIN-Geprüft industrial<br />
compostable conformity mark.<br />
Compostability linked with biodegradability represents an<br />
important element of the organic recycling management<br />
system.<br />
Identification and, thus, the return of products into the<br />
materials cycle is made possible by certification and by a<br />
system of unique labelling.<br />
Home Compostable Products<br />
DIN CERTCO offers certification for products made from<br />
compostable materials that are compatible with home and<br />
garden composting, granting these products the right to<br />
bear the DIN-Geprüft home compostable conformity mark.<br />
The mark serves an informative and a commercial purpose,<br />
both for consumers and in B2B marketing. In Australia,<br />
certification for garden compostability can be obtained<br />
in accordance with Australian standard AS 5810. With<br />
this frequently revised norm as the basis for assessment,<br />
certification indicates conformity with the requirements of<br />
this standard.<br />
DIN CERTCO also provides certification according to NF<br />
T 51-800 since 2016, enabling you to show your compliance<br />
with the new French requirements.<br />
Products, biodegradable in or on soil<br />
This certification was designed for products that are<br />
intended to be used in or on soil, such as mulch films and<br />
similar products used in agriculture or gardening. DIN SPEC<br />
1165 (CEN/TR 15822) is a technical report which suggests<br />
how to test such products in order to prove their suitability<br />
for biodegradation in soil.<br />
www.dincertco.de<br />
9 / E04<br />
[1] Die große Lüge von der kompostierbarten Tüte, Georg Ismar, WELT,<br />
2015. Mogelpackung Biotüte, Jacqueline Brzinzky, GEO, 2011.<br />
[2] EN 13432:2000-12 Packaging - Requirements for packaging recoverable<br />
through composting and biodegradation - Test scheme and evaluation<br />
criteria for the final acceptance of packaging; German version EN<br />
13432:2000<br />
[3] ASTM D6400-12 Standard Specification for Labeling of Plastics Designed<br />
to be Aerobically Composted in Municipal or Industrial Facilities<br />
[4] ASTM D6868-11 Standard Specification for Labeling of End Items<br />
that Incorporate Plastics and Polymers as Coatings or Additives with<br />
Paper and Other Substrates Designed to be Aerobically Composted in<br />
Municipal or Industrial Facilities<br />
[5] AS 4736-2006, Biodegradable plastics—Biodegradable plastics suitable<br />
for composting and other microbial treatment<br />
[6] NF T 51-800 (2015-11) Plastics - Specifications For Plastics Suitable For<br />
Home Composting<br />
[7] AS 5810-2010, Biodegradable plastics—Biodegradable plastics suitable<br />
for home composting<br />
[8] ASTM D 6691-09, Standard Test Method for Determining Aerobic<br />
Biodegradation of Plastic Materials in the Marine Environment by a<br />
Defined Microbial Consortium or Natural Sea Water Inoculum<br />
[9] ASTM D7081 - 05 Standard Specification for Non-Floating Biodegradable<br />
Plastics in the Marine Environment (Withdrawn 2014)<br />
[10] ISO 17088:2012 - Specifications for compostable plastics<br />
[11] ISO 18606:2013 - Packaging and the environment -- Organic recycling<br />
[12] EN 14995:2007, Plastics – Evaluation of compostability – Test scheme<br />
and specification; German version EN 14995:2006<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12 51
Automotive<br />
10<br />
Years ago<br />
Published in<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE<br />
In March <strong>2017</strong>, Andy Sweetman (Futamura 1 )<br />
says:<br />
“Its fascinating to reread an article from<br />
10 years ago. The original image shows a<br />
minimally printed NatureFlex NVS film with<br />
an additional label.<br />
http://tinyurl.com/lidding2007<br />
Applications<br />
photos: Innovia<br />
Transparent<br />
heat-sealable<br />
compostable<br />
film<br />
New biodegradable and<br />
compostable film for food<br />
applications under chill conditions<br />
30 bioplastics MAGAZINE [01/07] Vol. 2<br />
www.innoviafilms.com<br />
A new grade of Innovia Films‘ NatureFlex TM biodegradable<br />
was launched by the company in last October. NatureFlex<br />
NVS film has been specifically formulated to offer<br />
improved stiffness under chill cabinet conditions and<br />
features a heat-sealable conversion-friendly coating on<br />
both sides. While the film is semi permeable to moisture,<br />
providing good anti-mist properties, on the other<br />
had it offers a good barrier to gases and aromas. Target<br />
applications include the flow packing of fresh produce,<br />
window bags and bakery.<br />
The high gloss film with enhanced transparency has<br />
inherent anti-static properties, good dead-fold properties<br />
and is resistant against oil and greases. Enhanced<br />
printability and controlled slip properties ensure easier<br />
conversion. NatureFlex NVS is currently available in 23<br />
and 30 micron thicknesses.<br />
The cellulose based NatureFlex films are derived from<br />
renewable wood pulp which is sourced from managed<br />
plantations operating good forestry principals (FSC or<br />
equivalent). In addition to meeting EN13432, ASTM D6400<br />
and Australian AS4736 standards for compostable packaging,<br />
NatureFlex is also suitable for home composting.<br />
One of the first supermarkets to adopt the new film<br />
is Sainsbury‘s in the UK. In September Sainsbury‘s announced<br />
that they would change over 500 product lines<br />
to biopackaging. The objective is to save 4,000 tons of<br />
fossil-based plastics annually. For Sainsbury‘s, Innovia<br />
Films deliver the film to Natura A.S.P. Ltd for conversion<br />
to the packers requirements. The film is printed first with<br />
the compostable logo and reference numbers before being<br />
micro-perforated at A.S.P.‘s plant in Watford, in order<br />
to tailor gas permeability to the products‘ requirements.<br />
The film is then used by Sainsbury‘s to flow-wrap a wide<br />
range of own brand organic fruit and vegetables.<br />
Andy Sweetman, Innovia Films‘ Market Development<br />
Manager, Sustainable Technologies says „Innovia Films<br />
have been supplying Sainsbury‘s packers with NatureFlex<br />
through A.S.P. for use on organic produce for nearly five<br />
years. Their recent declaration to considerably increase<br />
the use of biodegradable and compostable packaging is<br />
a strong indication that environmental issues are seriously<br />
being considered by the major retail chains. Our<br />
new NatureFlex NVS grade significantly improves packaging<br />
performance in such applications.“<br />
Whilst such ‘simple’ applications still<br />
continue, and NVS is a very successful product<br />
for Futamura, more and more NatureFlex films<br />
are used in much more complex biolaminate<br />
constructions:<br />
They provide the critical high barrier and<br />
printability webs; transparent NatureFlex NK<br />
films for heat-resistance and optimum printability;<br />
metallised films for high moisture and gas barrier<br />
performance.<br />
Laminate NatureFlex films to other bioplastic<br />
films which provide strong and integral seals, and<br />
you have the perfect solution for dry food pouches,<br />
capsule-lids and sachets…<br />
Typical applications today include coffee,<br />
tea, biscuits, health bars, bakery bags, sugarconfectionery,<br />
chocolate, labels and dry foods such<br />
as pasta, rices and beans.”<br />
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Week 1<br />
Week 2<br />
Week 3<br />
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info@CortecVCI.com<br />
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St. Paul, MN 55110 USA<br />
© Cortec Corporation 2006<br />
70<br />
EcoWorks<br />
Biodegradable<br />
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on renewable, bio-based polyester from corn. 100%<br />
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EcoWorks BioPlastic.indd 1 8/2/06 8:44:40 AM<br />
®<br />
A recent<br />
pack using<br />
NatureFlex,<br />
showing the<br />
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Futamura’s<br />
compostable<br />
packaging<br />
films.<br />
1: in 2016 Futamura acquired the NatureFlex TM<br />
activities from Innovia Films<br />
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Suppliers Guide<br />
1. Raw Materials<br />
AGRANA Starch<br />
Bioplastics<br />
Conrathstraße 7<br />
A-3950 Gmuend, Austria<br />
technical.starch@agrana.com<br />
www.agrana.com<br />
Jincheng, Lin‘an, Hangzhou,<br />
Zhejiang 311300, P.R. China<br />
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mobile: 0032 478 991619<br />
zxh0612@hotmail.com<br />
www.xinfupharm.com<br />
1.1 bio based monomers<br />
Kingfa Sci. & Tech. Co., Ltd.<br />
No.33 Kefeng Rd, Sc. City, Guangzhou<br />
Hi-Tech Ind. Development Zone,<br />
Guangdong, P.R. China. 510663<br />
Tel: +86 (0)20 6622 1696<br />
info@ecopond.com.cn<br />
www.ecopond.com.cn<br />
FLEX-162 Biodeg. Blown Film Resin!<br />
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www.ecovio.com<br />
PTT MCC Biochem Co., Ltd.<br />
info@pttmcc.com / www.pttmcc.com<br />
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MCPP Germany GmbH<br />
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MCPP France SAS<br />
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bioplastics@corbion.com<br />
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www.roquette-performance-plastics.com<br />
1.2 compounds<br />
FKuR Kunststoff GmbH<br />
Siemensring 79<br />
D - 47 877 Willich<br />
Tel. +49 2154 9251-0<br />
Tel.: +49 2154 9251-51<br />
sales@fkur.com<br />
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GRAFE-Group<br />
Waldecker Straße 21,<br />
99444 Blankenhain, Germany<br />
Tel. +49 36459 45 0<br />
www.grafe.com<br />
39 mm<br />
Polymedia Publisher GmbH<br />
Dammer Str. 112<br />
41066 Mönchengladbach<br />
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2 chemin du Pavillon<br />
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www.apiplastic.com<br />
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BIO-FED<br />
Branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH<br />
BioCampus Cologne<br />
Nattermannallee 1<br />
50829 Cologne, Germany<br />
Tel.: +49 221 88 88 94-00<br />
info@bio-fed.com<br />
www.bio-fed.com<br />
Green Dot Bioplastics<br />
226 Broadway | PO Box #142<br />
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845, USA<br />
Tel.: +1 620-273-8919<br />
info@greendotholdings.com<br />
www.greendotpure.com<br />
NUREL Engineering Polymers<br />
Ctra. Barcelona, km 329<br />
50016 Zaragoza, Spain<br />
Tel: +34 976 465 579<br />
inzea@samca.com<br />
www.inzea-biopolymers.com<br />
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Xinjiang Blue Ridge Tunhe<br />
Polyester Co., Ltd.<br />
No. 316, South Beijing Rd. Changji,<br />
Xinjiang, 831100, P.R.China<br />
Tel.: +86 994 2713175<br />
Mob: +86 13905253382<br />
lilong_tunhe@163.com<br />
www.lanshantunhe.com<br />
PBAT & PBS resin supplier<br />
Global Biopolymers Co.,Ltd.<br />
Bioplastics compounds<br />
(PLA+starch;PLA+rubber)<br />
194 Lardproa80 yak 14<br />
Wangthonglang, Bangkok<br />
Thailand 10310<br />
info@globalbiopolymers.com<br />
www.globalbiopolymers.com<br />
Tel +66 81 9150446<br />
Sukano AG<br />
Chaltenbodenstraße 23<br />
CH-8834 Schindellegi<br />
Tel. +41 44 787 57 77<br />
Fax +41 44 787 57 78<br />
www.sukano.com<br />
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Suppliers Guide<br />
1.6 masterbatches<br />
6.2 Laboratory Equipment<br />
TECNARO GmbH<br />
Bustadt 40<br />
D-74360 Ilsfeld. Germany<br />
Tel: +49 (0)7062/97687-0<br />
www.tecnaro.de<br />
1.3 PLA<br />
JIANGSU SUPLA BIOPLASTICS CO., LTD.<br />
Tel: +86 527 88278888<br />
WeChat: supla-168<br />
supla@supla-bioplastics.cn<br />
www.supla-bioplastics.cn<br />
Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials Co.,Ltd.<br />
No.97 Waisha Rd, Jiaojiang District,<br />
Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, China<br />
Tel: +86-576-88827723<br />
pla@hisunpharm.com<br />
www.hisunplas.com<br />
GRAFE-Group<br />
Waldecker Straße 21,<br />
99444 Blankenhain, Germany<br />
Tel. +49 36459 45 0<br />
www.grafe.com<br />
2. Additives/Secondary raw materials<br />
GRAFE-Group<br />
Waldecker Straße 21,<br />
99444 Blankenhain, Germany<br />
Tel. +49 36459 45 0<br />
www.grafe.com<br />
3. Semi finished products<br />
3.1 films<br />
Minima Technology Co., Ltd.<br />
Esmy Huang, COO<br />
No.33. Yichang E. Rd., Taipin City,<br />
Taichung County<br />
411, Taiwan (R.O.C.)<br />
Tel. +886(4)2277 6888<br />
Fax +883(4)2277 6989<br />
Mobil +886(0)982-829988<br />
esmy@minima-tech.com<br />
Skype esmy325<br />
www.minima.com<br />
Natur-Tec ® - Northern Technologies<br />
4201 Woodland Road<br />
Circle Pines, MN 55014 USA<br />
Tel. +1 763.404.8700<br />
Fax +1 763.225.6645<br />
info@natur-tec.com<br />
www.natur-tec.com<br />
MODA: Biodegradability Analyzer<br />
SAIDA FDS INC.<br />
143-10 Isshiki, Yaizu,<br />
Shizuoka,Japan<br />
Tel:+81-54-624-6260<br />
Info2@moda.vg<br />
www.saidagroup.jp<br />
7. Plant engineering<br />
EREMA Engineering Recycling<br />
Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH<br />
Unterfeldstrasse 3<br />
4052 Ansfelden, AUSTRIA<br />
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Zweibrückenstraße 15-25<br />
91301 Forchheim<br />
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Bio4Pack GmbH<br />
D-48419 Rheine, Germany<br />
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Agrana 54<br />
Aimplas 40<br />
ALOK MASTERBATCHES 38<br />
AMOY COACE PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY 38<br />
Anhui Junei Biotechnology 30, 32<br />
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BASF 8 9, 54<br />
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Beoplast 55<br />
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Bio-Fed Branch of Akro-Plastic 28, 30 49, 54<br />
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DuPont Performance Materials 54<br />
Ecoplas 41<br />
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Erema 55<br />
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Fraunhofer UMSICHT 55<br />
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Green Serendipity 8 9, 56<br />
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JILIN PROVINCE KANGRUNJIE 38<br />
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Sadam Group 19<br />
Saida 55<br />
SAMYANG CORPORATION 38<br />
Scion 8<br />
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Shandong Henglian New Materials 30<br />
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SHANGHAI INGOO CHEMICAL 38<br />
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SHINKONG SYNTHETIC FIBERS 38<br />
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Solegear 13, 43<br />
Speick Natural Cosmetics 42<br />
Sukano 47, 54<br />
Supla 55<br />
Sustainability Consult 9<br />
Sustainable Packaging Coalition 9, 15<br />
SUZHOU HANFENG 38<br />
Synerlink 17<br />
Synprodo 30, 34<br />
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TBF+Partner 20<br />
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Tecnaro 55<br />
Tetra Pak 8<br />
TianAn Biopolymer 55<br />
TIPA 8<br />
Toray Plastics (America) 12<br />
Torres Morente 41<br />
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Univ. Brescia 26<br />
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VTT Technical Research Center 18<br />
Wageningen UR 8<br />
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Xiamen Lingmu El. Mat. Plastic 30<br />
Xiamen Greenday Import & Export 30<br />
Xinjiang Blue Ridge Tunhe 54<br />
Zhejiang Hangzhou Xinfu 54<br />
Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials 44, 55<br />
58 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>02</strong>/17] Vol. 12
PRESENTS<br />
The Bioplastics Award will be presented<br />
during the 12th European Bioplastics Conference<br />
November 28-29, <strong>2017</strong>, Berlin, Germany<br />
<strong>2017</strong><br />
THE TWELFTH ANNUAL GLOBAL AWARD FOR<br />
DEVELOPERS, MANUFACTURERS AND USERS OF<br />
BIOBASED AND/OR BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS.<br />
Call for proposals<br />
Enter your own product, service or development,<br />
or nominate your favourite example from<br />
another organisation<br />
Please let us know until July 31 st<br />
1. What the product, service or development is and does<br />
2. Why you think this product, service or development should win an award<br />
3. What your (or the proposed) company or organisation does<br />
Your entry should not exceed 500 words (approx. 1 page) and may also be<br />
supported with photographs, samples, marketing brochures and/or technical<br />
documentation (cannot be sent back). The 5 nominees must be prepared to<br />
provide a 30 second videoclip and come to Berlin on Nov. 28.<br />
More details and an entry form can be downloaded from<br />
www.bioplasticsmagazine.de/award<br />
supported by
www.novamont.com<br />
BIODEGRADABLE AND COMPOSTABLE BIOPLASTIC<br />
CONTROLLED, innovative, GUARANTEED<br />
EcoComunicazione.it<br />
QUALITY OUR TOP PRIORITY<br />
Using the MATER-BI trademark licence<br />
means that NOVAMONT’s partners agree<br />
to comply with strict quality parameters and<br />
testing of random samples from the market.<br />
These are designed to ensure that films<br />
are converted under ideal conditions<br />
and that articles produced in MATER-BI<br />
meet all essential requirements. To date<br />
over 1000 products have been tested.<br />
THE GUARANTEE<br />
OF AN ITALIAN BRAND<br />
MATER-BI is part of a virtuous<br />
production system, undertaken<br />
entirely on Italian territory.<br />
It enters into a production chain<br />
that involves everyone,<br />
from the farmer to the composter,<br />
from the converter via the retailer<br />
to the consumer.<br />
USED FOR ALL TYPES<br />
OF WASTE DISPOSAL<br />
MATER-BI has unique,<br />
environmentally-friendly properties.<br />
It is biodegradable and compostable<br />
and contains renewable raw materials.<br />
It is the ideal solution for organic<br />
waste collection bags and is<br />
organically recycled into fertile<br />
compost.<br />
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