{"id":112777,"date":"2022-07-18T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=112777"},"modified":"2022-07-13T14:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:08:13","slug":"grafe-develops-masterbatches-for-home-compostable-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/grafe-develops-masterbatches-for-home-compostable-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"GRA\u00adFE de\u00adve\u00adlops mas\u00adter\u00adbat\u00adches for home com\u00adpos\u00adtable ma\u00adte\u00adri\u00adals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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One-way-cutlery made from home compostable bioplastics. The used pigments may only used in limited concentrations for the masterbatches and may contain just certain ingredients after EN 13432 for composting. Foto: Grafe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sustainability is on everyone\u2019s lips, and the Thuringian company GRAFE from Blankenhain is also involved in the development of specific masterbatches for corresponding applications. \u201cWe have been working on the coloring of bio-based and home-compostable materials for some time now,\u201d reports Lars Schulze, Head of Color Development and Material Sciences. \u201cWe were able to successfully establish the first projects on the market and commercialise them. We have gained extensive experience and done a lot of development work. We will continue to push forward the projects with a sustainable character.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home compostable coffee capsules in brilliant colors <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Home compostable products meet the highest standards of environmental protection, according to the company. For example, the company has successfully colored coffee capsules in a very elaborate development project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven the strict guidelines according to which the masterbatches may only contain certain ingredients and the pigments can only be used in limited concentrations, this is quite a demanding task. Nevertheless, we succeeded in over-coloring the dark base material, explains Schulze<\/strong>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the end, the colors maroon, light grey, brilliant blue, blue-grey, petrol brilliant, olive brilliant, violet brilliant as well as beige and berry were used from GRAFE\u2019s Modalen range. The certification came into effect on 14 August 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable developments continue <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are currently working on PHBV projects,\u201d Schulze reports. This is a home compostable, non-toxic, biocompatible plastic that is produced naturally by bacteria and offers a good alternative for many non-biodegradable, synthetic polymers. \u201cBesides the difficulties of the biopolymers currently on offer, in terms of processing, inherent color and temperature resistance, another major challenge is their coloring or over-coloring. Both the plastic base material and the additives should have as little impact on the environment as possible and be biodegradable in order to achieve the certification goals,\u201d explains the expert<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The specialists at GRAFE are guided by EN 13432 for this purpose, which severely limits the pigment selection and dosage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is why very brilliant colors are the current challenge for our development team. But we also want to solve these in the future,\u201d announces the Head of Color Development and Material Sciences and lists numerous applications \u2013 such as disposable articles and everyday product packaging. We look forward to new project requests to continue contributing to more green on the blue planet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sustainability is on everyone\u2019s lips, and the Thuringian company GRAFE from Blankenhain is also involved in the development of specific masterbatches for corresponding applications. \u201cWe have been working on the coloring of bio-based and home-compostable materials for some time now,\u201d reports Lars Schulze, Head of Color Development and Material Sciences. \u201cWe were able to successfully […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Bright co\u00adlors for more green on the blue pla\u00adnet","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,5847,12782,15451,14173],"supplier":[1528],"class_list":["post-112777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-bioplastics","tag-colors","tag-masterbatches","tag-pigments","supplier-grafe-advanced-polymers-gmbh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112777"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=112777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}