Grown not extracted: high performance plant-based polymer packaging

该项目旨在开发高性能的热成型纸状材料，以取代石油衍生的塑料包装。这些材料是用机械分解的废纤维素纤维制成的，然后形成带有额外阻隔层的形状。该赠款旨在控制机械处理以实现最佳性能，设计成型工艺并设计层压结构以生产包装材料，这些材料具有塑料包装的所有优势，而不存在环境缺陷。这笔赠款还旨在开发新的方法来表征这些复合材料。预期的结果是在澳大利亚建立一个制造可再生、可生物降解包装的新行业。

This project aims to develop high performance, thermoformed paper-like materials to replace petroleum-derived plastic packaging. The materials are made using mechanically broken down waste cellulose fibres, which are then formed into shapes with added barrier layers. The grant aims to control the mechanical treatment for optimum performance, engineer the shape forming process and design laminate structures to produce packaging materials, which have all the advantages of plastic packaging with none of the environmental drawbacks. The grant also aims to develop new methods to characterise these composites. The intended outcome is a new industry manufacturing renewable, biodegradable packaging in Australia.