Capsula Biodegradabile

La capsula Tecnostampi è sinonimo di qualità e semplicità per gustare un caffè corposo e intenso.

La capsula presentata in versione Biodegradabile è frutto della nostra ricerca e dell'utilizzo della tecnologia .

 . . palle da golf realizzate con l'additivo biodegradabile EcoPure

. . con l'additivo biodegradabile EcoPure si possono anche realizzare scarpe da corsa

Tarte Cosmetics, utilizing EcoPure biodegradable additive in product packaging and encouraging customer recycling with an incentive program!

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PASADENA, CALIF.—LATHER, the Los Angeles-based personal care and hotel amenities company, has begun offering its bath and shower amenities in biodegradable plastic packaging. Drawing on a new additive called EcoPure, packaging will be able to biodegrade within a landfill and be turned into new plastic products when recycled. This new initiative earned LATHER a Star of the Industry Award for “Technology Innovator of the Year” from the California branch of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA, AH&LA). LATHER is the inaugural winner of this award for the state of California, and the first vendor to win a Star of the Industry Award.

What is EcoPure? In short, it is an FDA-approved, organic additive that can be blended in small amounts into most types of plastic. This technology exponentially accelerates the biodegradation process in a landfill (approximately one to 20 years, as opposed to hundreds of thousands of years) and the treated plastic is also recyclable. Treated plastic has an indefinite shelf life and looks and feels just like regular plastic until it reaches the landfill.

How does it work? EcoPure is added to packaging during the manufacturing process in concentrations of typically less than 1 percent; bottles and tubes are then filled with LATHER-branded or custom product. The EcoPure compound bonds to the molecular structure of plastic but does not alter the plastic’s attributes. Treated packaging behaves just like untreated packaging in storage and in guestrooms—it isn’t until the product finds its way into a landfill that it begins to biodegrade. The typical landfill provides an environment of rich microbial activity. Regular plastic, formulated for maximum shelf life, repels moisture and microbes and therefore can take hundreds to thousands of years to decompose. EcoPure-treated plastic attracts microbes, allowing the plastic to be metabolized into a non-toxic humus.

Why use biodegradable plastic?

Millions, if not billions, of amenitiy bottles end up in landfills every year in the United States alone, and only a tiny percentage are recycled. Recycling is best, but only about 24 percent of all types of plastic bottles (including water bottles, etc.)—and 7 percent of all plastic—are recycled at all. Should plastic end up in a landfill, EcoPure will accelerate biodegradation.

What kind of testing has been done? Independent, registered laboratories have extensively tested EcoPure-treated plastics following the Standard Test Methods set forth by the independent standards organization ASTM International. Based on the degradation observed in one of LATHER’s treated polyethylene bottles during a 15-day test period, complete biodegradation is expected to occur within two to five years. EcoPure has also been extensively tested by other companies that use it in their plastic products and packaging.

As part of LATHER’s environmental initiatives, many additional hospitality items, including shower caps and toothbrushes, will be made biodegradable with EcoPure. LATHER has also begun transition of its retail and spa products to biodegradable plastic.

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• Several professional cycling teams use the Tacx Shiva Bio-Bottle made with EcoPure. Read more about this biodegradable and recyclable water bottle here: http://www.bottlepromotion.nl/bidons/Bio-Bottle.dot

The Technology

There is a big concern over plastics these days, but then again, what aren’t we worried about? The main concerns with plastics are the Bisphenol (BPA) in the plastic and then the environmental pollution after we dispose of them. This second issue is where the biodegradable plastic comes into play.

The Farberware containers use a product called EcoPure. According to the company’s website – EcoPure® is a second generation additive, which once added to a resin type during the manufacturing process, renders plastics biodegradable. Various ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) testing methods have proven that EcoPure is biodegradable, including the ASTM D5511-02, which confirms that products will biodegrade when placed into an aerobic or anaerobic environment, such as a landfill.

The publicly available test results have shown that EcoPure allows microbes to break down the structure of plastics by up to 45% in as little as 15 days. EcoPure also meets the very stringent toxicity standards of the state of California.

The fact that EcoPure works via microbes makes this product different from the other biodegradable and degradable products, which are broken down by heat, moisture, UV light or mechanical stress. EcoPure only begins breaking down once it is in a landfill environment, and takes approximately 2-10 years to fully biodegrade, depending on composition and microbial enrichment in the landfill.

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