Ecovio® Biodegradable Plastic Overview
BASF has added an extraordinary new product to its plastic product line: Ecovio®, which
is one of the completely biodegradable plastics. Ecovio is made of renewable raw materials and of Ecoflex®, the familiar BASF bio-degradable plastic
on a petrochemical basis. The first item in this new product class is called Ecovio® and it contains, aside from Ecoflex®, polylactic acid (PLA).
PLA comes from corn, a renewable raw mate-rial, and it is purchased by BASF. The first area of application will be flexible films used for shopping bags,
among other things.
As a finished product or for other compoundsThe main benefit of Ecovio® is that customers can use this material as a finished product, that is to say, directly and without any additional admixtures, for extruding biodegradable films. Moreover, tailor-made blends can be produced with this new plastic. To this end, customers can mix Ecovio® L as the base component with Ecoflex® or PLA in order to obtain softer or stiffer formulations, as desired.
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Product Highlights
• Biodegradable• Renewable content • Can be used with or without admixtures • Can be processed on conventional blown film lines • High melt strength and thermal stability • Can be welded • Very puncture and tear-resistant • Can be printed in 8 colors |
Grades
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Did You Know...?
Food waste and yard trimmings make up more than ¼ of all U.S. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) that went to landfills or incineration
in 2008 - 65 million tons.
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Product Literature
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