PLATON Solutions GmbH

The company's goal is to produce bioplastics from non-edible parts of the plant. The basic ingredient is lignocellulosic biomass, which means biomass that contains cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. In that process, the remaining parts of the plant and not their fruits are exploited. Its  exclusive technology partner GREEN SUGAR has a unique separation process for lignocellulosic biomass, which separates sugar from cellulose and hemicellulose. In a next step, bioplastics are produced.

Since a couple of years, efforts have been made to establish plastics from renewable resources in the market. In that context, mostly starch or sugar are used as basic ingredients, which are gained from maize, grain or potatoes. The input of biomass, which primarily serves as foodstuff, leads to a situation in which agricultural land suitable for food crop is used for non-food purposes. As a consequence, the production of bioplastics conflicts with the processing of food crops.

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