Scaling up biodegradable plant-based resin production for high-volume food-contact packaging, starting with functional and barrier coatings for paperboard applications

从纸板应用的功能性和阻隔涂层开始，扩大用于大批量食品接触包装的可生物降解植物基树脂的生产

• 批准号: 10083074
• 金额: $ 77.04万
• 依托单位: XAMPLA LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10083074
• 关键词: Scaling; up; biodegradable; plant; based

Brand owners are increasingly under pressure to transition from plastic to paperboard packaging in response to consumer, industry, and regulatory pressures; however, in many paperboard packaging applications (for example, single-use takeaway containers), functional and barrier coatings are required to deliver performance in use.Yet, traditional petroleum-based coatings (typically, polyethylene) consume non-renewable fossil fuel resources, are non-biodegradable (breaking down in the environment to release persistent microplastics), and hard-to-recycle (being both highly contaminated with food waste and grease, as well as difficult to separate from the paperboard), contaminating paperboard recycling streams. Consequently, single-use plastic-coated paperboard takeaway containers are destined for incineration, landfill, or environmental release.Xampla's mission is to replace the world's most polluting plastics for good. Originally spun out from the University of Cambridge in 2018 and now with a team of 35 people based in the Cambridge Science Park Bioinnovation Centre, our patented and game-changing technology harnesses the natural ability of plant proteins to self-assemble. We have created a new class of structured protein materials that deliver performance in use, are bio-/plant-based, biodegradable, manufacturable, and can be solubilised and removed within conventional recycling process steps. We have leveraged private and public funding to deliver swift, successful commercialisation, resulting in innovative product launches in multiple high-value, low-volume applications.Innovate UK Smart funding will formalise a development partnership between Xampla and 2M, global leader in manufacture and distribution of specialty chemicals (Queen's Award for International Trade). Together, we will scale up production of Xampla's biodegradable plant-based resin for high-volume packaging applications. We will start with functional and barrier coatings for paperboard packaging, a market valued by Smithers at USD7.84 billion in 2021 and responsible for the annual production of 3.19 megatonnes of hard-to-recycle, non-biodegradable, petroleum-based coatings.Successful Smart project outcomes will position Xampla, 2M, and UK as world leaders in sustainable packaging.

响应消费者，行业和监管压力，品牌所有者越来越承受着从塑料到纸板包装过渡的压力。 however, in many paperboard packaging applications (for example, single-use takeaway containers), functional and barrier coatings are required to deliver performance in use.Yet, traditional petroleum-based coatings (typically, polyethylene) consume non-renewable fossil fuel resources, are non-biodegradable (breaking down in the environment to release persistent microplastics), and hard-to-recycle (being both highly contaminated with food waste and油脂，并且很难与纸板分开），污染了纸板回收流。因此，一次性塑料涂层的纸板外卖容器注定要进行焚化，垃圾填埋场或环境释放。Xampla的任务是永久取代世界上最污染的塑料。最初于2018年从剑桥大学脱颖而出，现在由35人组成的团队位于剑桥科学公园生物启动中心，我们的专利和改变游戏的技术利用了植物蛋白自然成熟的自然能力。我们创建了一类新的结构化蛋白质材料，这些蛋白质材料具有生物/植物性，可生物降解，可生产，并且可以在传统的回收过程步骤中溶解和去除。我们利用私人和公共资金来提供迅速，成功的商业化，从而在多个高价值的低量应用程序中推出了创新的产品。英国智能资金将正式化Xampla和2M之间的开发合作伙伴关系，全球制造和分销专业化学品（女王国际贸易奖）的全球领导者。一起，我们将扩展Xampla的可生物降解基于植物的树脂的生产，用于大量包装应用。 We will start with functional and barrier coatings for paperboard packaging, a market valued by Smithers at USD7.84 billion in 2021 and responsible for the annual production of 3.19 megatonnes of hard-to-recycle, non-biodegradable, petroleum-based coatings.Successful Smart project outcomes will position Xampla, 2M, and UK as world leaders in sustainable packaging.