Unique green opportunities
The world has been literally and figuratively flooded with non- or partially degradable plastic for years now. This has very serious consequences for the environment, therefore also for people and animals.
The mission of HemCell® is to stop this harmful pollution, which includes, for example, “plastic soup”, litter and microplastics by using a new cold soil-compostable polymer with HemCell®.
HemCell® has the solution and can be used for many applications. HemCell® biopolymer is a fibre-rich raw material made from specially prepared agricultural palm leaf waste and therefore has no environmental impact. By mixing this organic raw material with existing (bio)plastics such as PLA, a completely new polymer matrix is created. HemCell® has a high degree of heat resistance with thermoplastic properties and is fully compostable in cold soil.
FD 26 January 2018: … “That’s why the chemical industry is hard at work looking for new plastics that have a plant-based origin, that are fully biodegradable, or that are fully reusable. And preferably all three at the same time.”
The applications are countless, think of, for example;
HemCell® highlights
- Fully cold soil-compostable.
- Leaves no microplastics behind in the environment.
- Extracts 50% less raw materials from the food chain than PLA does, e.g. maize, sugar beet and grain.
- Provides support to local farmers in India for collecting and processing the fallen palm leaves.
- Less energy consumption due to lower temperature injection moulding.
- SGS & TÜV food approved (OM3).
- Biobased biodegradable colour applications.
All claims are based on scientific research involving SEM and FITR analyses that comply with the strictest (global) AS-5810 protocols.
Detailed reports are available.