With the demand for biodegradable plastic bags and plastic industries rose and the pursuit of sustainable development. It is predict that biopolymer production is expected to rise in 2015.
In the development trend of sustainable, plastic bags made from traditional polymers are often labeled as “dangerous for the environment” label, and biodegradable bags become popular alternatives, which promotes the biopolymers market development.
Global production of biopolymers expected to be 725,000 tons in 2010 rose to 1.71 million tons. Europe have prejudice for biodegradable polymers because of the higher costs, while in Asia, we can see more oxygen-biodegradable plastics. Due to poor profits, the current production of biopolymers in Europe device operating at only 50%.
Oxygen-degradable plastics contain additives that can improve the current common plastic manufacturing process, which was converted into oxygen-biodegradable plastic bags. Unlike biodegradable products, these oxygen-biodegradable plastic bags at the landfill, and only after a present period of time, will begin to decompose plastic additives.
2015, PET bioplastics production capacity of 50,000 tons by 2010 rose to 290,000 tons. Coca-Cola and other beverage companies demand for environmentally-friendly PET plastic bottles will promote bioplastics production capacity. Located in Singapore’s New Quantum produces two bags: Oxium and Ecoplas. Ecoplas bags made from tapioca, within a year or after a shorter time biodegradable, the length of time depends on the activity of microorganisms. Oxium is an oxygen-biodegradable plastic bags, they operates a production plant, and the currently operating rate is 100%.
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