Australian Based Cardia Bioplastics Creates New Biodegradable Bag Made From CO2 Emissions
October 28 2010 - 2:48PM
Business Wire
Australian company Cardia Bioplastics Limited
(CNN.AX) is looking for commercial partners to
develop a plastic bag made from carbon emissions and
starch.
Cardia Bioplastics’ CO2S resin is made from emissions that are
captured before being released into the atmosphere and turned into
a polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer. The PPC is then blended
with starch to produce the resin before it is made into a
biodegradable bag.
Cardia Chairman Pat Volpe said the firm has already completed a
first production run and is now in discussions with several parties
interested in the technology.
“This is the first time CO2 emissions have been transformed in
this way and the development has the potential to revolutionize
bioplastics production,” said Volpe. “We are delighted to be able
to turn a problematic waste into an environmentally-friendly
alternative product.”
The Company is now working to perfect the technology to increase
the content of the PPC so that 60% less virgin oil is used when
compared to other oil-based biodegradable products.
About Cardia Bioplastics
Cardia Bioplastics Limited develops, manufactures, and markets
packaging resins derived from renewable resources to the plastics
packaging industry. The Company’s packaging resins are used in the
production of blown film/bags, injection moldings, extrusion and
vacuum formings, and foam products. It sells its products in
Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. The Company was
formerly known as Cardia Technologies Limited and changed its name
to Cardia Bioplastics Limited on July 13, 2009. Cardia Bioplastics
was founded in 2002 and is based in Hawthorn, Australia.
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