Bioplastic Coating for Paper and Card

整个行业对化石燃料塑料可持续替代品的需求正在增长，就像消费者要求更可持续的包装一样。该项目将探索生物塑料的新应用，将产品创新应用于取代化石燃料塑料的机会，特别是在食品包装中。Kelpi是一家总部位于巴斯的高度创新的生物技术中小企业，已从海藻中开发出独特的生物聚合物。这些生物聚合物构成了这个工业研究项目的基础，以解决用涂层卡片和纸取代硬质塑料托盘和薄塑料包装的市场机会。该项目的重点是开发涂层卡片和涂层纸产品，这些产品将满足工业所需的性能特征，在某些情况下匹配或超过化石燃料塑料的性能，但从堆肥到回收利用，碳排放量要低得多，寿命结束时的结果也更有效。

Demand for sustainable alternatives to fossil-fuel plastics are growing throughout industry, just as consumers are demanding more sustainable packaging. This project will explore novel applications for bioplastics, applying product innovation to opportunities to displace fossil fuel plastics particularly in food packaging.Kelpi, a highly innovative biotech SME based in Bath, has developed unique biopolymers from seaweed. These biopolymers form the basis of this industrial research project to address the market opportunity of replacing rigid plastic trays and thin plastic packaging with coated card and paper.The project focuses on developing coated card and coated paper products which will meet the performance characteristics required by industry, in some cases matching or exceeding the performance of fossil fuel plastics, but with far lower carbon emissions and more effective end-of-life outcomes from composting to recycling.