Issue 05/2015

Materials
“We are also fortunate to have collaborated on this
technology with the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation,”
continued Bardosh. “They are one of the world’s leading
facilities for process innovation in the industrial bioprocess
arena and their support has been invaluable.”
“The project with TerraVerdae has been a great
opportunity for us to collaborate with a pioneer in the
industry,” said Pete Carney, Business Development
Manager at The Centre for Process Innovation. “CPI has
used its bioprocessing scale up expertise to take the
process from lab scale to commercialization.’’
A key advantage of the technology developed by
TerraVerdae is that it uses non-food based feedstocks,
such as green methanol, derived from municipal and
agricultural waste, and stranded biogenic methane,
produced by municipal landfills, agricultural waste and by
the oil and gas industry as feedstocks for its bioprocess. It
therefore neither impacts the food supply nor raises land
use issues, while offering significant life cycle and carbon
footprint improvements over traditional processes for
petroleum-derived materials. According to the company,
its process could reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by over 800,000 tonnes and mitigate over 450 tonnes of
carbon monoxide, 65 tonnes of non-methane volatile
organic compounds, and 135,000 tonnes of methane per
year.
TerraVerdae’s newly developed natural microspheres
are a PHA‐based biomaterial produced using a non‐GMO,
non-toxic, plant-associated process. TerraVerdae’s
microspheres are intrinsically biocompatible and meet
industry standards for biodegradation in a marine
environment. TerraVerdae can produce microspheres
in a range of sizes, in both smooth and coarse finishes,
that feature high optical clarity and the mechanical
characteristics to meet all requirements for cosmetic
formulations. In addition to microspheres, other targeted
application areas for TerraVerdae’s PHA include the
biomedical industry, films for specialty coating and active
packaging, automotive parts and electronic devices, to
name but a few. KL
www.terraverdae.com
www.innovateuk.org
www.uk-cpi.com
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