{"id":15789,"date":"2012-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20120709-05n"},"modified":"2012-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T22:00:00","slug":"algix-developing-algal-based-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/algix-developing-algal-based-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Algix Developing Algal-based Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><img SRC=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-images\/20120709-05\/ALGIX.jpg\" align=\"left\" BORDER=\"0\" ALT=\"A variety of raw aquatic feedstocks, such as spirulina, periphyton, duckweed and diatoms\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size:10px;\" align=\"left\">A variety of raw aquatic feedstocks, such as spirulina, periphyton, duckweed and diatoms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Algix, LLC is a bioplastics company developing novel thermoplastic formulations and resins using feedstocks from renewable sources. The Algix Bio-resins derive up to 70% of their feedstock from aquatic biomass obtained from nitrogen and phosphorus-rich wastewater, blended with various concentrations of PE, PP, EVA, PLA, TPS, PHA etc.* for use in a wide range of end-use applications.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Algix has partnered with the University of Georgia and Kimberly-Clark to commercialize the cultivation of aquatic biomass, such as algae, as a feedstock for bioplastic conversion. The company is targeting agricultural and industrial operations, such as livestock farms and wastewater treatment facilities, as a source of low-cost nutrients for high productivity aquatic biomass cultivation. Additionally, Algix is developing customized bioplastic formulations for industrial, commercial and retail applications.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8230; Full Text: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.algaeindustrymagazine.com\/algix-developing-algal-based-plastics\/\" >www.algaeindustrymagazine.com\/algix-developing-algal-based-plastics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: waste, aquatic macrophytes, protein-rich biomass, biofuel, nutrient-rich waste water, strains, microalgae, extrusion compounding, injection molding, cast films, spun fibers, thermoforming applications<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Algix, LLC is a bioplastics company developing novel thermoplastic formulations and resins using feedstocks from renewable sources. The Algix Bio-resins derive up to 70% of<\/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":[3748,3750,3749],"class_list":["post-15789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-algix-llc","supplier-kimberly-clark-corporation","supplier-university-of-georgia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789","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=15789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15789"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=15789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}