Biome Bioplastics receives order for compostable bioplastic for coffee pods
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Biome Technologies has announced that its bioplastics division (Biome Bioplastics) has received an order worth 550 k$ from an existing major client operating in the United States packaging market.
Press release: “Biome Technologies plc’s bioplastics division receives order for compostable bioplastic for coffee pods”, 19/8/2020.
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Figure 1. Biome Bioplastics receives order for compostable bioplastic for coffee pods (taken from the press release)
This is the largest single order to date for Biome’s heat-stable and compostable bioplastic for coffee pod applications, which was first commercialised in 2019. Deliveries under this order are due to be completed in the next two months.
This new material takes less than three months to compost in industrial composting environments and is designed to provide the structure for coffee pods, whilst preventing deformation when exposed to hot water brewing conditions. It was developed in the division’s R&D facility in Southampton (UK) and is now being manufactured in the United States on a regular production basis in commercial quantities.