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公司完全实现其中期目标，用真正可持续的涂料取代现有的石化屏障涂料，作为水和食物的屏障。屏障涂层应用于Pulpex可持续瓶的内部。可持续材料是食品包装的未来；消费者、公众和企业现在都需要这种产品。Pulpex已经展示了一种纸瓶的制造，它将使品牌从玻璃或塑料转向易于回收的可持续替代品。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，这种瓶子可以很容易地通过英国现有的和完善的纸张收集计划进行回收。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，总部设在奥本的欧洲海洋生物技术中心，利用专有的发酵工艺从贝类废料中生产壳聚糖。赛科普是一家位于法夫郡的老牌公司，在利用生物处理技术从废根类蔬菜中提取微纤化纤维素（MFC）方面拥有深厚的专业知识。这些都是世界级的公司，总部设在英国，正在为自己的产品寻求扩大市场。这个雄心勃勃的合作项目借鉴了来自英国各地的科学专业知识，以加速采用生物加工衍生的屏障涂层，用于Pulpex的突破性纤维瓶和其他高屏障包装应用。我们合作伙伴令人难以置信的能力证明了我们所追求的高标准。该项目在整个供应链中提供深度的工业和学术合作——将非食物垃圾（例如甲壳类动物的壳和根茎类蔬菜的废弃物）转化为高价值的高阻隔包装，并经市场验证。我们认为适当的生物处理对于开发下一代可持续产品至关重要。该项目的目标是提供和加速商业化的高阻隔产品，这些产品来自于壳聚糖和植物废物流中的MFC的生物加工/发酵，可以有效地大规模应用于Pulpex纤维瓶，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.