Solanyl® BP and the environment

With Solanyl® BP, we contribute to a sustainable society in a number of ways.

First of all we use renewable resources as our raw material. These resources do not contribute to global warming as no additional carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere. Secondly, the energy consumption needed for the production of Solanyl is 65% lower than for bulk plastics like PE.

Therefore Solanyl® BP reduces the amount of fossil fuels needed for plastic production. All the renewable resources that are being used to make Solanyl® BP are waste streams. Therefore, an optimal use of resources is obtained, which is environment-friendly.

Being biodegradable, Solanyl® BP has an enormous potential for waste reduction.
80% of the total plastics ends up at the dumping-ground. There is a big chance that bioplastics ends up in the regular carbage and from that also ends up at the dumping-ground. If a bioplastic ends up at a dumping-ground en is being burnt; CO2 is released. That CO2 is originally from nature and that’s why the carbon life cycle is being closed. If a bioplastic ends up at a compost heap of a compost installation it is being degraded by nature and also in this case the carbon life cycle is being closed. Another word for this process is cradle to cradle or shorty cyclic CO2.