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Cereplast is going to promote their
existing range of Cereplast Compostables ® as
well as the new Compostable 001 especially
designed for extruded foam sheet(thermoforming
application like meat tray, egg carton,
plates..), and Compostable 3000 for blown film
(liner, bags). Cereplast Hybrid Resins ® family
has expanded with 2 injection molding grades
Hybrid 101 (high impact) and Hybrid 103 (higher
melt index). Cereplast materials are based on
PLA sourced from NatureWorks
Among other items, the company will show
a triple edge paint and trim guide (photo).
Cereplast recently signed a supply contract
with Warner Manufacturing Co.. Warner will
use Cereplast resins for putty knives, scrapers
and other painting accessories.
The U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and
Engineering Center (NSRDEC) has been conducting extensive research
in the area of biodegradable and bio-based polymers for several years.
The center can a unique capability to analyze the biodegradability and
toxicity of various types of materials in such medium as compost, soil,
and marine water. The NSRDEC specializes in biodegradation testing
in the marine environment as most of their support is from the U.S.
Navy’s Waste Reduction Afloat Protects the Sea Program (WRAPS). The
NSRDEC was awarded certification from the Biodegradable Products
Institute (BPI) in October of 200 to perform American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM) standard test method ASTM D91 (Standard Test
Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials in the
Marine Environment by a Defined Microbial Consortium) and ASTM D081
(Standard Specification for Non-Floating Biodegradable Plastics in the
Marine Environment).
http://nsrdec.natick.army.mil
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www.cereplast.com
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Last December, IDES – The Plastics
Web ® was shortlisted as a finalist in the
2008 Bioplastics Awards for their Prospector
plastics search engine. The newly released
Green Plastics Search in Prospector provides
fast access to datasheets on more than 200
renewable, biodegradable and high-recycled
content resins. Technical processing and
property information in Prospector highlights
green plastic materials from suppliers
including BASF, Dow Plastics, DuPont
Engineering Polymers, Eastman Chemical
Group, Ecoplast, NatureWorks LLC, SABIC
Innovative Plastics, and many more.
www.ides.com/green
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Telles, the joint venture between Metabolix and ADM that produces
Mirel, will be located at booth 119020 in the West Hall, across from
the Emerging Technology pavilion. Telles will be showcasing the
new commercial grade of high performance bioplastic, Mirel P1003
(polyhyrdoxyalkanoate PHA), the second generation of injection molding
resin, suitable for a wider range of applications. Telles will also be
represented in the Emerging Technology pavilion as part of the Society of
Plastics Industry Bioplastics Council kiosk.
During NPE representatives of Telles will give a number of presentations:
At SPE ANTEC Tom Pitzi will talk about ‘Processing Biobased /
Biodegradable PHB with conventional Thermoplastic Process Equipment‘,
Raj Krishnaswamy will present ‘Single Screw Extrusion of Biobased and
Biodegradable PHB Copolymers’ and in a second talk ‘Processing and
Structure-Property Relationships of Mirel PHB Copolymer Blow Film‘.
Bob Findlen introduces ‘Mirel – A Renewable Material Option for the
Growing Bioplastics Marketplace‘ at the SPI‘s Business of Plastics event.
Find more details about the presentations at www.bioplasticsmagazine.
com/200902/NPE1
www.mirelplastics.com
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