The potential of
bio-based polybutylene succinate or PBS in the food packaging industry is being
studied as part of a European project. SUCCIPACK is to produce PBS materials
using 100% bio-based succinic acid from the wheat sector in order to process
food packaging. USA and Asia have seen a lot of developments in green PBS
products and this is a chance for the European industry, especially the SMEs,
to catch up in matters of environmental concern. The major aim of the project
is to make sure that the least amount of investment is required in order to make
use of the recently produced material in the existing process.
Beef and ricotta
cheese have already been tested and packed in PBS and further tests are planned
for packaging of fish, vegetables and chicken. The flexibility of the material
will be tested in their own production lines by the SMEs like Ortoreale, Gimar,
Conbio and Mambelli.
The material is
made by the polycondensation of succinic acid 1.4-butanediol. Its
characteristics are common to other polymers that are bio-based such as
polylactic acid(PLA). However, PBS is three times better an oxygen barrier than
PLA and other polyolefins.
This project is
scheduled to run until the end of the year and will develop adjusted PBS
grades, formulations, structures, recycling routes and treatments.
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder