Reduce plastic pollution, research and develop bagasse to produce food packaging boxes

There are new ways to reduce plastic environmental pollution

R&D to use bagasse to produce food packaging boxes

Developed natural environmentally friendly materials using bagasse as raw materials to replace crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (C-PET) plastic to produce ready-to-eat food packaging boxes, greatly reducing environmental pollution.

Plastic products are ubiquitous in human society, and they are widely used in the manufacture of polyester clothing, outdoor furniture and food containers. Data show that in 2018 alone, the global production of plastics was about 360 million tons, and consumption is still growing rapidly. At the same time, more than 90% of plastic products end up in garbage dumps or the natural environment. It takes more than 400 years to decompose in the ocean and 1,000 years in landfills.

Research and develop new packaging solutions to solve the problem of using C-PET plastic in the huge ready-to-eat food packaging industry.

In the process of searching for environmentally friendly materials, they focused their attention on the bagasse after the sugar was taken out in the cane sugar industry. After 4 years of research and development, the environmentally friendly materials they obtained based on bagasse can withstand the environment of -40°C to 250°C. More importantly, it has the liquid repellency necessary for food packaging materials (no oil or water), and the packaging boxes produced with it can be discarded as organic waste after use, or can be recycled together with paper.

The patented SupraPulp product developed is made of 100% natural materials and does not emit any toxins or contain heavy metals. He emphasized that new packaging materials based on sucrose production by-products have more advantages than existing green packaging materials, because biodegradable materials based on corn starch require raw material production, while other cellulose-based packaging materials usually require one layer. Plastic film to prevent absorption of moisture.