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We have the best answer
to Biodegradable packaging for one BIG REASON...COST. This
is biodegradability that will actually be used because it's no more
expensive than standard resin.
Make a huge marketing
splash, GREEN up your packaging, and keep your packaging costs and
performance the same. It's a no brainer.
We are the first major
thermoformer to bring truly Biodegradable plastic containers to food
processors that:
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Are COST competitive
with non-Bio plastic
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Gives you the
marketing advantage against competitors using standard plastic or
even PLA
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Allows you to have
100% Biodegradable PET and Polypropylene containers within 45
days
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Are available in high
volume production NOW
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Have the same
performance as non-Bio plastic
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Actually Biodegrades
in landfills, seawater and when littered
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Has unlimited shelf
life during use and in storage
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Is 100% recyclable
with non Bio plastics - won't destroy the current recycle programs
in the U.S.
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Doesn't use
Genetically Engineered agricultural products
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Affected by
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Affected by Heat
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Plastic resin, Co2, Biogas
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Heavy metals, Plastic resin
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Landfill Biodegradation |
Compost Biodegradation
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The technology is an additive which, when combined in
small quantities with any of the popular plastic resins,
renders the end products biodegradable while maintaining
their other desired characteristics. It is bought as an
additive and used without having to modify our existing
methods of production. The potential uses of this
technology are limited only by the imagination.
The resulting plastic products exhibit the same desired
mechanical properties, have effectively similar
shelf-lives, and yet, when disposed of, are able to be
metabolized into inert biomass by the communities of
microorganisms commonly found almost everywhere on this
planet.
This biodegradation process can take place aerobically
and anaerobically. It can take place with or without the
presence of light. These factors allow for
biodegradation even in landfill conditions which are
normally inconducive to any degradation. The technology
differs significantly from other "degradable plastics"
emerging in the market today because it does not attempt
to replace the currently popular plastic resin
formulizations but instead enhances them by rendering
them biodegradable. The Company believes that it has the
most cost-effective biodegradable plastic technology
available today.
Recognizing the environmental
concerns related to plastics and
the market potential, the
corporate and scientific
communities have long sought to
develop degradable plastics.
However, the Company believes
that degradable plastics
introduced to date possess
several weaknesses that have
prevented wide-spread acceptance
in the marketplace.
Photo-degradable products, for
example, do not degrade in
landfills due to the lack of
sunlight (they are typically
covered with another layer of
trash before the degradation can
occur).
At the same time these
photo-degradable products
present difficult circumstances
for storage before use due to
their reactivity to light.
Similarly, plastic products
manufactured with high amounts
cornstarch and cottonseed
fillers fail to breakdown the
molecular structure of the
products' plastic components,
are very expensive to
manufacture, and often do not
achieve the requisite physical
properties.
C&L's technology is a process
which enables the microorganisms
in the environment to metabolize
the molecular structure of
plastic films into an inert
humus-like form that is harmless
to the environment. The process
utilizes several proprietary
bio-active compounds that are
combined into a masterbatch
pellet that is added to plastic
resins using existing
technology. The biodegradation
process begins with proprietary
swelling agent that, when
combined with heat and moisture,
expands the plastics' molecular
structure. After the swelling
agent creates space within the
plastic's molecular structure,
the masterbatch's combination of
bio-active compounds, discovered
after thousands of laboratory
trials, attracts a colony of
microorganisms that metabolize
and neutralize the plastic.
Several
renowned
testing
laboratories
have
been
engaged
to
independently
establish
the
biodegradability
of the
plastic
films
made
with
this
process.
The
tests
concluded
that the
films
were
biodegradable
under
short
and
long-term
aerobic
conditions
and
asserted
that
they
would
degrade
under
anaerobic
conditions
over a
longer
period
of time.
In
addition,
the
tests
concluded
that the
films
did not
produce
any
toxic
residue
harmful
to
living
organisms
in land
or
water.
C&L's process only nominally effects production costs. This is largely because the technology does not rely on changing to re-engineered plastics which have not achieved economies of scale but merely requires adding a small percentage of a masterbatch to existing resins. |
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In addition, the biodegradability of the final product does not jeopardize the products' quality. Plastic products making use of the this technology can be manufactured to be clear, as well as opaque, and in any color. C&L believes that the average consumer will be unable to differentiate between traditional plastic products and those produced with the Bio technology on the basis of appearance or performance. |
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