BioGENIE® Technology
About BioGENIE®
BioGENIE® is a blend of ingredients used an additive to plastics that are proven to significantly increase the rate of plastic aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation in treated products. There are approximately hundred million tons of plastic waste produced each year worldwide that ends up in landfills each year. As a result, landfills are filling up faster due to plastic biodegrading at an extremely slow rate. In response to this problem, BIOGENIE® is the solution.
Why Use BioGENIE®?
While plastics continue innovation in many fields, there are a major problem for waste disposal systems. Because they are made of carbon based polymers, they do not biodegrade at same rate as other organic material. This has caused a tremendous increase in plastic pollution.
BioGENIE® solves the global problem of plastic pollution by enhancing the plastic biodegradation process.
How Does BioGENIE® Accelerate the Plastic Biodegradation Process?
Adding BioGENIE® to the manufacturing process plastic polyolefin will creates a catalyst for aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation. When exposed to UV sun light, the carbonyl groups from polymer will form free radicals along the polymer chain. These free radicals can then react with surrounding oxygen to initiate a chain scission reaction, leading to the breakdown of the polymer chain. The additive initiate the degradation in the presence of moisture and soil bacteria. It will be attacked by microorganisms which degrades the polymer chain to shorter segments of polymer chain. These chains are converted into functional group fragments biomass and form CO2 and H2O as end product for aerobic and form biomass, CO2 and Methane (CH4) as end product for anaerobic process. This additive can be used in low concentrations to enhance the biodegradability of polyolefins, making single-use plastics environmentally friendly and easier to dispose off without change into microplastics.
Benefits of BioGENIE® Plastic Additive
Significantly speeds up plastic biodegradation
BioGENIE® plastic biodegrades in 3–5 years of average in land fill, compared to hundred years of current plastic biodegradation time.
More effective than other plastic waste solutions
Unlike oxo-degradable plastics, the BioGENIE® plastic additive allows plastic to biodegrade in standard landfill environments and without produce microplastic. Oxo-degradable products will make polymer fragment into small pieces of plastic (microplastics) which is more pollutant. Bioplastic (PLA) requires components sourced from food crops, which we feel should be eaten rather than used to make plastic. This material is touted as being compostable, but only composts in commercial/industrial grade facilities, which are unavailable in most areas.
Easy to implement in manufacturing
BioGENIE® is drop in technology that requires no retooling of existing manufacturing equipment or processes. Add as masterbatch pellet form during the plastic extrusion.
Ease of Implementing BioGENIE® in the Manufacturing Process
BiOGENIE® is easily implemented way to transform plastic product manufacturing into biodegradable plastic production and packaging. Bringing these products into the marketplace is cost effective for the client ana maintains all of the advantages traditional plastic resins offer to produce durable consumer goods.
Our BioGENIE® additive is added during the plastic production process to enhance the biodegradation of plastics without affect finished product properties. Effectively accelerates degradation of polymers in the presence of UV sunlight. Biodegradation process within 3–5 years in landfill without microplastic (presence of sunlight and soil bury condition).
For long life before use, end product should not be exposed to direct sunlight. Advantages use in manufacturing process plastics:
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BioGENIE® does not affect the quality, strength, tensile, durability or other desirable properties of plastic. behaves like regular plastics during its life.
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BioGENIE® are available wide range for polyolefin plastic, PE, PP for all plastic applications
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BioGENIE® treated products do not decompose prematurely. It is only activated when exposed to direct sunlight and in the presence of landfill microorganism, not during transportation the usable life of the plastic product
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BioGENIE® use in plastic manufacturing without special equipment
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BioGENIE® safe for use in food packaging
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BioGENIE® treated plastics can be re-usable and recyclable
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BioGENIE® tested by International Standard
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BioGENIE® is cost effective with low addition rate, 1%
Types of Plastics That Can Be Treated
BioGENIE® additives enhance the biodegradation process of plastic resin type:
Polypropylene (PP)
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)
BioGENIE® always encourages to recycle and reuse plastic first, but if an item is not recyclable and not reusable like single use plastics, then BioGENIE® as solution make it biodegradable back to nature.
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