EDMONTON – TerraVerdae Bioworks has introduced new PHA-based resins for evaluation by customers in the personal care, agri-food, packaging, forestry, coatings, adhesives and associated markets.
The new resin formulations are available in three versions – for blown/cast films, injection moulding and thermoforming.
The launch of these products is a milestone in TerraVerdae’s extensive drive to produce plastic resins that are not just biobased and biodegradable, but also have the requisite performance properties allowing customers to meet evolving material needs and sustainability goals.
“TerraVerdae is garnering global interest in its PHA biopolymer technology as jurisdictions and industries around the world actively work to reduce the impact of plastic waste,” said William Bardosh, president and CEO of TerraVerdae Bioworks. “From oceans of plastics to unrecycled heaps of plastic waste and overflowing landfills, TerraVerdae’s technology offers a sustainable path for product manufacturers to develop high-performing yet compostable bioplastic material that will reduce the build-up of petroleum-based plastic trash in the environment.”
PHA polymers are biobased, biodegradable, biocompatible and can be processed as thermoplastics into a wide range of end products.
Established in 2009, TerraVerdae operates product development and pilot-scale production facilities in Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, and Charlottetown, Prine Edward Island.
