In recent years, the legislation regulating waste management has focused on reducing packaging and reducing the environmental impact of waste, and has set specific regulations to promote the use of biodegradable bags. For example, France has introduced the “Energy Transformation Act,” and related bills will start in 2020. Effectiveness. The Act stipulates that at least 50% of the disposable tableware must come from compostable biological fermentation raw materials. In Spain, the Royal Decree plans to promote the concept of compostable biodegradable materials.
Given this legislative background and the market's high demand for such materials, as a substitute for traditional plastic materials, the BIO project will develop customized materials for these needs.
The main objective of the project is to develop compostable and degradable materials suitable for the mass market disposable products, comply with the current regulations, and have the same functional requirements as the products using traditional plastic materials, and the cost is competitive. To this end, the BIO project is Various tasks are carried out to understand the biodegradability of different products, and their useful life is known. Therefore, for disposable packaging and disposable tableware contaminated with food residues, degradation under 'household degradation' conditions is required. Properly disposed disposable plastic bags may eventually stay in the ocean, and the biodegradability in the marine environment is also important.
Valencia's PICDA company specializes in the production of plastic bags of various shapes. Granzplast is mainly engaged in the production of plastic and composite materials for injection molding and extrusion technology. The two companies came to dominate the project.
NUPIK Corporation is a company specializing in the production of disposable household products. PerezCerdáPlastics Corporation is mainly engaged in plastic injection molding. In order to solve the development of disposable household products, the two companies jointly applied the technology to injection molding disposable household products. The alliance also includes several other companies that are trying to solve the development of disposable packaging, such as Indesla (a manufacturer of packaging for fruit and vegetable and food industries) and Thermomolpic (a company that injects thermoplastics). These companies will develop green catering packaging. project.
In addition, the alliance is supported by four technical centers, including AIMPLAS, AITIIP and CETIM, and the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). The four centers will provide scientific and technical support to companies involved in research and development.