{"id":170403,"date":"2025-11-17T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=170403"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:58:49","slug":"triplew-launches-worlds-first-food-waste-based-pla-bioplastic-with-support-of-sulzer-chemtech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/triplew-launches-worlds-first-food-waste-based-pla-bioplastic-with-support-of-sulzer-chemtech\/","title":{"rendered":"TripleW launches world’s first food waste-based PLA bioplastic with support of Sulzer Chemtech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a9 Triple W<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

TripleW (Antwerp, Belgium), a pioneer in circular chemistry, announces the launch of the world\u2019s first commercial PLA (polylactic acid) bioplastic made entirely from food waste<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This global breakthrough marks a new era in sustainable innovation, transforming discarded food into high-value bioplastics that fully support a circular economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This milestone is the result of a collaboration between TripleW and Sulzer within the CBE JU funded CIRCLE consortium. The new PLA is produced from food industry side streams, such as bakery processing rejects and expired logistic returns, significantly reducing the sector\u2019s ecological footprint. By valorizing these underutilized waste streams, TripleW technology opens the door for massive-scale production of circular, high-demand materials.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PLA made from food waste is now used to produce fabrics, beauty tools and cosmetics packaging by the consortium partners and global companies. The CIRCLE consortium, supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), aims to establish a fully integrated value chain for the production of biochemicals from food waste. The project brings together industrial partners to develop and scale up innovative technologies that convert food residues into high-performance, drop-in bio-based materials.

PLA bioplastics are already used in a wide range of sectors: from food and beverage packaging and reusable tableware to textile fibres for fabrics, 3D printing filament, and even medical applications. Thanks to TripleW\u2019s technology, these products can now be made from PLA derived entirely from food waste reducing reliance on fossil-based feedstocks and helping to combat food waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis launch is a critical step towards increased bioplastic adoption in consumer branded products, TripleW is excited to supply the materials needed for the transition to a truly circular economy\u201d said Tal Shapira, CEO of TripleW<\/strong>. \u201cWe are proud of our collaboration with Sulzer demonstrating the growth of highly scalable circular materials together with great partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSupporting TripleW in the validation and scale-up of their lactic acid produced from food waste into PLA represents a unique milestone in PLA development history. We believe that the industry will benefit greatly from utilizing various feedstocks for biopolymers and we look forward for the implementation of this process at greater scale,\u201d says Virginie Belli\u00e8re-Baca, Global Head Technology & Innovation at Sulzer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

By using food waste as a feedstock, TripleW delivers a true first for the bioplastics industry: a fully circular raw material with the potential to drastically reduce dependence on fossil fuels. PLA\u2019s cradle-to-grave CO\u2082 emissions can be up to 75% lower than those of conventional fossil-based plastics and without compromising on excellent properties for its various applications. This innovation proves that food industry waste can be used effectively as replacement to fossil based materials. It reinforces TripleW\u2019s position as a frontrunner in circular chemistry, demonstrating that sustainability and industrial scale can go hand in hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TripleW (Antwerp, Belgium), a pioneer in circular chemistry, announces the launch of the world\u2019s first commercial PLA (polylactic acid) bioplastic made entirely from food waste. This global breakthrough marks a new era in sustainable innovation, transforming discarded food into high-value bioplastics that fully support a circular economy. This milestone is the result of a collaboration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":170462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"The new PLA is produced from food industry side streams, such as bakery processing rejects and expired logistic returns, significantly reducing the sector\u2019s ecological footprint","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5847,10416,7105,5885,20929,25998,25684],"supplier":[19472,2138,17025],"class_list":["post-170403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioplastics","tag-circulareconomy","tag-packaging","tag-pla","tag-polylacticacid","tag-sidestreams","tag-wastestreams","supplier-circular-bio-based-europe-joint-undertaking-cbe-ju","supplier-sulzer-chemtech","supplier-triplew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170403","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=170403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170403"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=170403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}