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Biodegradable, plant-based, biopolymeric composite that can withstand temperatures up to 100oC, pressures up to 19 bar, increased strength, has a high O2 barrier and is food safe.
About
Moving Beans is a sustainable driven company with the vision of drastically reduce petrol-based plastic and aluminium landfill waste by developing new home-compostable materials with advanced functionalities. First, we aimed at revolutionizing the single-used coffee pod industry because this poses an imminent problem. 60 billion plastic and aluminium coffee pods end up in landfills worldwide every year and they take more than 500 years to decompose. We have now developed a novel home-compostable, plant-based, biopolymeric composite that can withstand temperatures up to 100oC, pressures up to 19 bar, increased strength, has a high O2 barrier and is food safe by European standards. This plant-based material allows for full compostability leaving no toxic traces when biodegraded. Its diverse characteristics confer the material interesting properties which can also be applied to other industries.
Key Benefits
* It is home and industrially compostable. It leaves no toxic traces when biodegraded. What is taken from earth, comes back to earth. * It is rigid when in its final product form. * It can be manufactured in different complex forms and shapes. It can be applied to different industries. * It withstands up to 100oC and 19 bar of pressure. * It is Food Safe by European Standards. * Being this a biopolimeric material, it has a remarkable high barrier to O2.
Applications
* Single-use coffee pods. * Bottles and bottle taps. * Food containers. * Cosmetic containers. * Disposable medical equipment. * Electronic device complements. * Other