Next-generation sustainable liquid packaging using only bio-based feedstock derived from non-food waste - Pulpex UK BioScience Initiative

“_Pulpex英国生物科学计划”将帮助Pulpex有限公司完全实现其中期目标，用真正可持续的涂层取代其现有的基于石化的屏障涂料，作为水和食品的屏障。这种阻隔涂层被应用于Pulpex可持续瓶子的内部。可持续材料是食品包装的未来；消费者、公众和企业现在都在需求这种产品。Pulpex已经展示了一种纸瓶的制造，这种纸瓶将使品牌从玻璃或塑料转向易于回收的可持续替代产品。Pulpex已经开发出一种先进的制造工艺，可以将纤维素纤维转化为瓶子，通过整个英国现有的和完善的纸张收集计划，可以很容易地回收利用。Pulpex正在与两家英国生物制造公司合作。CuanTec是一家世界领先的公司，总部设在欧班的欧洲海洋生物技术中心，他们使用专利发酵工艺从贝类废物中生产壳聚糖。CelluComp是一家总部位于法伊夫的老牌公司，在使用生物处理技术从废弃的根茎蔬菜中提取微纤维纤维素(MFC)方面拥有深厚的专业知识。这些都是总部设在英国的世界级公司，正在为他们的产品寻求不断扩大的市场。这个雄心勃勃的合作项目利用英国各地的科学专业知识，加速在Pulpex突破性的纤维瓶和其他高阻隔包装应用中采用生物加工衍生的阻隔涂料。我们合作伙伴令人难以置信的能力证明了我们渴望的高标准。该项目在整个供应链上提供了深入的行业和学术合作--将非食物垃圾(例如甲壳类动物的贝壳和根茎类蔬菜的废弃物)转化为高价值的高阻隔包装，供市场使用和验证。我们认为，适当的生物处理对下一代可持续产品的开发至关重要。该项目的目标是提供和加速商业高阻隔产品--来自生物处理/发酵的壳聚糖和从植物废料中提取的MFC--可以有效地应用于Pulpex纤维瓶的规模，并被认证为适合液体食品使用。

The '_Pulpex UK BioScience Initiative_' will help Pulpex Ltd fully achieve its medium-term ambition by replacing its existing petrochemical-based barrier coatings with truly sustainable coatings as barriers to water and foods. The barrier coatings are applied on the interior of the Pulpex sustainable bottle. Sustainable materials are the future of food packaging; consumers, general public and corporates are demanding this product now.Pulpex has already demonstrated the manufacture of a paper bottle that will enable brands to switch from glass or plastic to a sustainable alternative that is readily recycled. Pulpex has developed an advanced manufacturing process that converts cellulose fibre into a bottle that can be easily recycled through the existing and well-established paper collection schemes that are available throughout the UK.Pulpex are partnering with two UK bio-manufacturing firms. CuanTec is a world leading firm based in the European Centre for Marine Biotechnology in Oban who produce chitosan from waste material from shellfish using a proprietary fermentation process. CelluComp is an established company based in Fife with deep expertise in the extraction of micro-fibrillated cellulose (MFC) from waste root vegetables using bioprocessing techniques. These are world-class companies based here the UK and seeking expanding markets for their products.This ambitious collaborative project draws on scientific expertise from across the UK to accelerate the adoption of bioprocessing-derived barrier coatings for Pulpex's breakthrough fibre bottles and other high barrier packaging applications. The incredible calibre of our partners is testament to the high standards we aspire to. The project offers deep industry and academic collaboration across the entire supply chain -- converting non-food waste (e.g. shells from crustaceans and discards from root vegetables) into high value high barrier packaging that is market ready and validated. We see properly bioprocessing as essential to the development of the next generation of sustainable products.The project aim is to deliver and accelerate commercial high barrier products -- derived from the bioprocessing / fermentation of chitosan and MFC from vegetal waste streams -- that can be effectively applied to Pulpex fibre bottles at scale and certified as suitable for liquid food use.