Guys, my new article for Packaging Digest Magazine titled "Yesterday's Promising 'Green' Materials: Where are they now?" was published last week!
Article includes a "Where are they now?" discussion of the following non traditional resins for thermoforming:
PLA
Enhanced PLA
PHA
DPET
Foamed RPET
Algae plastic
Algae plastic
Material Profiles include descriptions of:
Environmental performance & credentials
Technical properties
Strategic market analysis
All information on materials collected through primary interviews with material suppliers.
A special thanks to Steve Davis at Natureworks, Laura Pichon at Extech Plastics, Paul Antoniadis at Solegear, Lynne Brum at Metabolix, Theresa Vanna at Transilwrap, Ryan Hunt at ALGIX, and Joe Barenberg at OCTAL.
Top image: algae plastic & PP, 2011; bottom, algae plastic & PS, 2015
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