PLASTIC SINGLE-USE REDUCTION ECO-SUSTAINABLE
BIOPOLYMERS ARE GRADUALLY ENTERING INTO ALL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AND EVERYDAY LIFE, WITH THE AIM OF CREATING NEW CIRCULAR ECONOMY MODELS AND REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT RELATED TO THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF PETROLEUM-DERIVED POLYMERS. A POTENTIAL SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF BIOPOLYMERS IS THAT OF PACKAGING. IN PARTICULAR, CAPSULES TO COVER THE NECK OF WINE BOTTLES THAT HAVE A VOLUME OF ABOUT 14 BILLION UNITS PER YEAR. PURE WANTS THE REPLACEMENT OF PLASTIC MATERIALS WITH MATERIALS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN AND MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, WITH THE AIM TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION GENERATED BY THE DISPERSION IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF CAPSULES AND TO REDUCE THE RISKS OF THE WORKERS WHO PRODUCE THEM FOLLOWING THE ELIMINATION OF SOLVENTS USED IN THE CURRENT PRODUCTION PROCESSES. PURE IS THEREFORE PART OF THE S3 SPECIALISATION AREA OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, AND CONCERNS THE STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF C CAPSULES