This short video shows a little of Cereplast‘s bioplastic resin manufacturing lines. A few points to take away from the video:
- Bioplastics cost about 20% more than regular plastics
- Most are currently based on corn and tapioca
- If they take off,bioplastics may put stress on the cost of food
- Cereplast hopes to release an algae based bioplastic later this year.
Cereplast is a California based company. They currently make a compostable grade plastic for injection molding,extrusion blow molding,papper coating,extrusion foam,thermoforming and profile extrusion. They also make a hybrid resin with 50% bio-based material for injection molding
Picture source:a great article on Bioplastics Investor
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