100% Bioplastics!

Our goal is to obtain plastic materials from novel compounds (blends) where all the components derive from fresh biomass, avoiding any fossil-derived additives. Moreover, the new blends will be 100% biodegradable. 

BIO for the origin and BIO at the end of life, a bioplastic with BIO squared!

We need your support for collecting the funds necessary to obtain the first compound fulfilling the described criteria and for testing its properties. The first objective is to reach 10,000€. We already achieved this initial objective during the first week of the campaign thanks to the contribution of eighty supporters and to the special contribution of COREPLA, the Italian  consortium for the collection, recycling and recovery of plastic packaging, which donated us €5,000 to reach the first collection target of €5,000.

Once this first goal has been achieved, we will use the new material produced to create prototypes of objects characterized by a design that increases their value, and therefore their life cycle. This will also help us to increase our awareness of the need to make the best use of our Planet’s resources.

Just to give some numbers, every year more than 380 million tons of plastics are produced, and less than 10% is the fraction that is nowadays recycled, mainly related to packaging. Most of it is anyhow dispersed on land and water, causing severe environmental problems, but also social and health concerns.

Turning problems into possibile solutions: 100% bioplastic!

Prof. Paola Branduardi, Chairman of Galatea Bio Tech Srl

We are witnessing a very exciting moment, where bio-based processes are leveraging the transition from a linear to a circular economy, the so-called circular bioeconomy. Plastic sector is not an exception, and in the last decade eco-compatible, biobased, biodegradable and compostable are the new keywords for bioplastics, better if combined.

Galatea Biotech wants to be a keyplayer of this moment of transition: our core business is the design of biobased processes of production, mainly based on microbial fermentation and biocatalysis, aimed at the development of advanced and sustainable materials, mainly bioplastics and more specifically polylactic acid (PLA).

PLA has the merit to combine traits typical of traditional plastics with biodegradability and (industrial) compostability, and can be produced starting from renewable biomasses.

To participate in the Crowdfunding Reward Campaign click here: https://www.produzionidalbasso.com/project/100-bioplastica

The campaign will end on 9th November 2020.  Hurry up!

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