Terratek BD This Green Dot Bioplastics line of biodegradable materials can be used in film extrusion, thermoforming and injection molding to produce packaging and single-use products.
What’s new? The nine compostable resin grades in the line.
Benefits Faster biodegradability in ambient composting conditions. The new offerings include five starch-blend film grades that can run on traditional blown or cast film equipment without tooling or process modifications to produce items such as bags, bubble wrap and agricultural films. They biodegrade in soil as well as home composting and industrial composting processes. Three thermoforming grades are optimized for properties including clarity, higher-heat performance and greater flexibility for applications such as food-service packaging and take-out containers. Finally, Green Dot Bioplastics has developed one resin grade for injection molding. It offers higher-heat performance and shorter cycle times for products such as caps, closures and take-out containers. And using this resin, the company has also worked with a customer to develop an injection molded package with a living hinge capable of hundreds of flexural openings and closures – which the company said has not previously been achieved with typical bioplastic resins.
Green Dot Bioplastics, Emporia, Kan., 620-273-8919, www.greendotbioplastics.com
David Tillett | Associate Editor
Associate Editor David Tillett writes and edits for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. He covers new products, industry news, patents and consumer and business equipment. He has more than 20 years of experience in daily newspaper, online and magazine journalism.
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