The bioplastic cycle – FAQ
Video content playlist “The bioplastic cycle – FAQ”
The video content on the topic In the videos of the video series or playlist “The Bioplastics Cycle – FAQ” we explain the most important facts to you in 9 short videos and answer the most frequently asked questions about the cycle of bioplastics that we are asked again and again.
The individual videos answer the following questions about the bioplastics cycle
- Intro – the bioplastic cycle
- Raw materials for the production of bioplastics
- The production of bioplastics
- Natural Plastic - The Plastic Cross
- Advantages of natural plastic/bioplastic
- Production with bioplastics
- Bioplastic recycling
- Decomposition of bioplastics
- Incineration of bioplastics
In principle, natural plastics or bioplastics can be produced from different renewable and plant-based raw materials. We use a starch compound made from corn for our breathable freshness bags. For example, a starch-based PLA (lactic acid) is used as a natural raw material for the NaKu organic bottles.
Bioplastics, or natural plastics, are based on renewable/plant-based raw materials that undergo appropriate technical processing to create a compound. This compound is a granulate that can then be further processed into end products. Depending on the intended use, this compound is derived either from corn starch or lactic acid.
The natural plastic (NaKu) or bioplastic combines two important requirements. Our products consist exclusively of renewable raw materials or completely degradable substances and are also biodegradable.
In order to be able to further process natural plastic/bioplastic into any desired shape, there are different options depending on the application. Each manufacturing process begins with the melting of the granules in a production machine that can more or less be compared to a "heatable meat grinder".
Our vision is to combine recycling and organic with our products made of bioplastics. Natural plastic/bioplastic primarily belongs to be recycled and is also very easily recyclable. With our products made of bioplastics, both sorting and recycling and, as a further step, the XNUMX% recovery of the molecular building blocks works very well.
Our natural plastic or bioplastic is biodegradable. This means in detail that it is compostable according to the DIN standard EN 13432 and thus also meets the requirement of becoming biogenic mass again within 90 days. Natural plastic/bioplastic is also combustible and recyclable. This means that it can be used again for the production of other products.
NaKu considers recycling and decomposition to be the most advantageous methods for utilizing natural plastics and bioplastics. In our view, incinerating any type of plastic is an outdated method of waste disposal. Of course, our NaKu bio-bottles and bio-bags are also suitable for thermal recycling. The calorific value of bioplastics and natural plastics is 20 kJ/kg. This means that bioplastics and natural plastics burn just as well as, for example, hardwood. However, our NaKu bioplastic products, thanks to the use of natural/plant-based raw materials and their natural biodegradability, produce significantly fewer pollutants when incinerated.
The natural plastic or bioplastic produced and processed by NaKu has many important advantages over conventionally known materials:
- NaKu is free of harmful substances
- NaKu has a lower CO2 Output
- NaKu protects the global oil resources
- NaKu can be recycled
- NaKu means upcycling
- NaKu decomposes in nature
- NaKu Sackerl is breathable and keeps food fresh for longer
- NaKu bags have multiple uses