What is special about Plantic?
Unlike other forms of bioplastic, Plantic is produced from organic material: corn starch derived from high amylose, non-genetically modified corn. Other bioplastics companies utilise such natural materials as corn starch, but then develop the polymers that enable this material to take on the capabilities of plastic via a complex and expensive refinery process. Plantic’s patented technology is based on the utilisation of the long amylose molecule in corn starch, a naturally occurring polymer. The entire process, from harvest through to manufacture is organic and more cost effective as a result. The unique chemical properties of the amylose molecule also give Plantic material the capacity to be customised to suit a broader range of applications than other bioplastics.
