AIMPLAS Produces Plastic Film from Coffee Waste

News-Converting biological waste into resources is one of the keys of the circular economy, and the main objective of the European WaysTUP Project, is working on different lines of research to establish new value chains for the use of urban biowaste. Within the framework of this project, AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, has produced a plastic film from used coffee grounds, thus transforming waste into a source of high-value products.

In the words of Nuria López, the project’s principal investigator at AIMPLAS, the project is a clear example of how biowaste can play an important role in the transition towards a circular economy by avoiding biowaste generation and harnessing its potential as a source of high-value secondary resources.

The biobased plastic film produced by AIMPLAS was obtained from PHA from restaurant coffee grounds. AIMPLAS first formulated the PHA so it could be processed by extrusion and then manufactured the film, which can be used in different types of flexible packaging.

3.1.2023

Ref: www.spnews.com

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