{"id":14916,"date":"2010-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20101026-02n"},"modified":"2010-10-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T22:00:00","slug":"cardia-bioplastics-biodegradable-bag-made-from-cosub2sub-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/cardia-bioplastics-biodegradable-bag-made-from-cosub2sub-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardia Bioplastics biodegradable bag made from CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;\/sub&gt; emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Melbourne packaging technology company Cardia Bioplastics Limited (ASX: CNN) has developed a world first biodegradable plastic bag created from a blend of CO<sub>2<\/sub> (carbon dioxide) emissions and starch.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chairman Pat Volpe said the company has successfully completed a first production run of the revolutionary carrier bags, known as CO<sub>2<\/sub>S<sup>TM<\/sup> &#8211; or, carbon dioxide plus a starch based renewable resource.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first time CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions have been transformed in this way, and the development has the potential to revolutionise the production of bioplastics around the globe,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pollutant CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions are captured prior to being released into the atmosphere.<br \/>This pollutant is then transformed into a polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer and blended with a renewable resource (starch), using the company&#8217;s new technology, to produce the Cardia Bioplastics CO<sub>2<\/sub>S<sup>TM<\/sup> resin. This product is then used to produce a completely biodegradable carrier bag.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Volpe said this revolutionary development promises to offer packaging alternatives globally, with the company now in discussion with several parties interested in the technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our new patent pending blending technology used to manufacture CO<sub>2<\/sub>S<sup>TM<\/sup> compostable product will complement the existing Cardia Bioplastics portfolio.&#8221; Pat Volpe said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted to be at the cutting edge of green technology by developing a new generation of bioplastics films for carrier bags and other products that is able to transform a problematic waste pollutant into an environmentally friendly alternative product,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cardia Bioplastics now plans to perfect the new CO<sub>2<\/sub>S<sup>TM<\/sup> technology by increasing the PPC content and the renewable resource component so that up to 60% less virgin oil will be used, when compared to currently marketed biodegradable oil based products.<\/p>\n<p>Cardia Bioplastics will also aim to achieve international compostability accreditation standards for CO<sub>2<\/sub>S<sup>TM<\/sup>. Pat Volpe said manufacturing can easily be scaled up to meet commercial volumes with the aim to provide CO<sub>2<\/sub>S<sup>TM<\/sup> bags at prices below current compostable carrier bags.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are now ready to commercialise this innovative technology and are searching for a suitable international partner with oil or gas wells, or refineries producing CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions. We are getting close in our negotiations and the market will be informed when current discussions materialise into a support agreement,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Melbourne packaging technology company Cardia Bioplastics Limited (ASX: CNN) has developed a world first biodegradable plastic bag created from a blend of CO<sub>2<\/sub> (carbon dioxide)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[2086],"class_list":["post-14916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-cardia-bioplastics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14916"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=14916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}