Being in the biopolymer business, one of the first and most common questions we get asked is “How does your product compare with plastic?”, and sensibly so!
Biopolymers are an eco-friendly, non-toxic alternative to plastics. And in order to replace plastic, they must compete with it on the following parameters: Performance, Scalability, Cost-effectiveness, and Appearance, all without negatively impacting the environment. Let us see how Greenomers biopolymers compare with plastic. We will be using carry bags as the benchmarking product for this exercise.
- Performance: Carry bags made from Greenomers Blow Film granules perform as well as plastic carry bags, and have similar properties. For instance, our carry bags have a high tensile strength, can undergo heavy point load, and can be manufactured in various thickness and sizes, similar to plastic.
- Scalability: Biopolymers are a highly scalable eco-friendly alternative to plastic for two main reasons:
i. Abundantly available raw material: Our film granules are made from starch and PBAT, two highly abundant raw materials.
ii. Machine compatibility: Since Greenomers biopolymer granules are completely compatible with existing Blow Film machines which manufacture plastic carry bags, no additional capital investment is required. This allows for easy substitutability, at low switching costs and efforts. - Cost effectiveness: Although cost-effectiveness is technically a by-product of scalability, even by itself it is an important parameter for comparative analysis. At Greenomers, compostable carry bags are cheaper than their plastic counterparts. This has been achieved due to a large manufacturing capacity (290MT per month).
- Appearance: Last but not the least, it is important to us that our biopolymers look and feel exactly like plastic, so that consumers do not have to put any effort into adjusting their consumption habits to a new material. When high quality biopolymers imitate plastic, their adoption is much faster, with minimal resistance to change, thus creating eco-friendly consumption habits effortlessly.
Our compostable biopolymers are most definitely a better alternative to plastic on all these parameters and more! Don’t believe us? Find out for yourself! Reach out to us at greenomers@gmail.com to know more.