{"id":17760,"date":"2013-11-04T03:09:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T01:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=17760"},"modified":"2013-11-03T10:43:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T08:43:19","slug":"bioplastics-beyond-packaging-latest-product-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/bioplastics-beyond-packaging-latest-product-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioplastics beyond packaging \u2013 latest product innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Solar charger by PolyOne \u00a9 PolyOne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bioplastics have traditionally played an important role in the packaging segment. Over the last years, however, awareness for bioplastics\u2019 versatility and environmental benefits has also grown also in the consumer electronics, automotive, sports equipment and fibres markets. A broad range of interesting, new high-performance products has been launched \u2013 amongst the latest applications are products including a solar charger, a water-resistant outdoor jacket, the first bioplastics casing for a touch screen, a safety suit offering high level chemical protection, and a globally known sports clothing brand which uses bioplastics for one of their retro trainers models.<\/strong><\/p>\n

European Bioplastics\u2019s members are at the forefront when it comes to innovative products and have contributed their services and knowledge to creating these products.<\/p>\n

The Sunshine Solar Charger was developed by PolyOne in cooperation with Netherlands based Xindao and its design studio XD Design in Shanghai. The charger\u2019s molded plastic casing components are made from \u201cresound\u201d biopolymer developed by PolyOne, which Xindao estimates will reduce the CO2<\/sub> footprint of the product by 35 percent.<\/p>\n

German outdoor clothing provider Yeti is currently marketing another innovation: \u201cNorth\u201d is a hooded down jacket featuring a lightweight outer shell made from biobased nylon. The biobased nylon is derived from castor plants, a technology developed by the Japanese company Toray. The shell is water resistant, even in heavy rain.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNorth\u201d jacket made with biobased nylon. \u00a9 Yeti\u2122<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bioplastics have traditionally played an important role in the packaging segment. Over the last years, however, awareness for bioplastics\u2019 versatility and environmental benefits has also grown also in the consumer electronics, automotive, sports equipment and fibres markets. A broad range of interesting, new high-performance products has been launched \u2013 amongst the latest applications are products including a solar charger, a water-resistant outdoor jacket, the first bioplastics casing for a touch screen, a safety suit offering high level chemical protection, and a globally known sports clothing brand which uses bioplastics for one of their retro trainers models.<\/p>\n

European Bioplastics\u2019s members are at the forefront when it comes to innovative products and have contributed their services and knowledge to creating these products.<\/p>\n

The Sunshine Solar Charger was developed by PolyOne in cooperation with Netherlands based Xindao and its design studio XD Design in Shanghai. The charger\u2019s molded plastic casing components are made from \u201cresound\u201d biopolymer developed by PolyOne, which Xindao estimates will reduce the CO2 footprint of the product by 35 percent.<\/p>\n

German outdoor clothing provider Yeti is currently marketing another innovation: \u201cNorth\u201d is a hooded down jacket featuring a lightweight outer shell made from biobased nylon. The biobased nylon is derived from castor plants, a technology developed by the Japanese company Toray. The shell is water resistant, even in heavy rain.<\/p>\n

One of the first products in the field of safety clothing using bioplastics has recently been launched by US company Kappler\u00ae. The breathable protective suit Lantex\u2122 300 offers a high level of chemical protection, and uses NatureFlex\u2122 bioplastic from Innovia Films to reduce heat stress. In a hazardous chemical emergency situation, the suit can be worn for a longer period of time.<\/p>\n

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Lantex\u2122 300 protection suit made with NatureFlex\u2122 \u00a9 Innovia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shortly before K 2013 trade fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, the companies Kuender, SUPLA and Corbion Purac presented the world\u2019s first PLA touch screen computer. The computer\u2019s high gloss housing is made from high heat PLA.<\/p>\n

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PLA casing for touch screen computer
\u00a9 Corbion Purac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another example from the fibres and clothing market was launched this year by sports brand PUMA. A classic sneaker from PUMA\u2019s InCycle collection was designed to biodegrade using the bioplastic brand APINAT of Italian company API.<\/p>\n

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PUMA sneaker using APINAT bioplastic.
\u00a9 APINAT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This array of innovative materials shows that the large family of bioplastics can offer environmental beneficial alternatives to all market segments using plastics today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bioplastics have traditionally played an important role in the packaging segment. Over the last years, however, awareness for bioplastics\u2019 versatility and environmental benefits has also grown also in the consumer electronics, automotive, sports equipment and fibres markets. A broad range of interesting, new high-performance products has been launched \u2013 amongst the latest applications are products […]<\/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":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[5428,435,598,429,2796,709,5903],"class_list":["post-17760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-corbion-purac","supplier-european-bioplastics-ev","supplier-innovia-films","supplier-polyone-corporation","supplier-puma","supplier-toray-industries-inc","supplier-yeti-outdoor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17760","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=17760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17760"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=17760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}