The project Adcellpack advances in the use of materials celulósicos for the alimentary container
28/02/2013
In the actuality, many of the materials of alimentary container are not renewable and proceed of the oil. According to Eurostat, the domestic waste of containers of plastic in Europe rise to more than 15 million tonnes, of which 40% finishes in the dump and no recovered or recycled.
With the end to increase the quantity of materials of renewable origin in the packaging of foods, the European consortium Adcellpack, funded by the VII Program Mark of the European Union, is developing an innovative material of container.
The prototype in which it works consists of a tarrina realised with a plate termoformable based in the utilisation of mixes of biodegradable polymers, on a support celulósico. While, it covers it of the container will develop employing mixes of biodegradable polymers, offering a container derived entirely of renewable sources for his use, in this case, in trays used for the sale of cheese in slices.
MAP
The new material Is designing to be able to apply the technician of the packaging by Atmosphere Modified (MAP). It treats of a very extended process for the conservation of the cool foods, since it allows to increase the useful life of the product. In this technology of packaging, the atmospheric air inside the container is substituted by a mix of concrete optimum gases to conserve the product. The common structures of container MAP base in multicapas of materials no renewable, that are difficult to recycle.
The polymers derived of renewable or biodegradable sources are a promising alternative for the industry of the packs and packaging with the end to reduce the environingingmental impact and the use of sources no renewable. The employment of materials celulósicos can be an excellent alternative in the structure of container to substitute to which use at present in the packaging MAP.
This initiative will create a totally sustainable solution, able to keep the freshness of the product and guarantee his hygiene in contact with foods. It will be able to keep and even improve the useful life of the product by means of the use of materials celulósicos and biodegradable polymers, using a method of production simplified.
In addition to the cheese used for the prototype of the project, the new material will be able to use in different alimentary products that in the actuality use the packaging MAP.
On the project
Adcellpack is a project of two years, that has a budget is of 1,4 million euros, and with the financial support of the EU (FP7-SME-2012 Investigation in profit of specific groups).
The consortium is formed by a big company as it is shopping centres Carrefour (Spain), a group of four SMEs -distributions Juan Moon, SLU (Spain), Papelera of Brandia, SA (Spain), Elastopoli Oy (Finland), and Skymark Packaging International Limited (United Kingdom) and two centres of notable investigation- Centre of Technical Investigation VTT of Finland and the Technological Institute of the Packaging, Transport and Logistical (Itene), this last like coordinator of the initiative. The consortium possesses a wide experience in the production, conversion and manipulation of paper, processed, development and characterisation of materials of container and bioplásticos, conversion and characterisation of materials of packaging, as well as packaging and characterisation of foods (in this case, of specific form, cheese).
The investigation has received financials of the Seventh Program Mark of the European Union managed by REA-Research Executive Agency with the number of subsidy 315688.
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