this text explain general steps to create a bioplastic through seaweed.
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New Market
New services
New opportunities
Bioplastic from seaweed
Moises Magalhaes
An aquatic plant with many benefits. It Does not need lands as
other feedstock and seaweed has good speed ofproduction.
It does not take place of food for bio plastics or bio
fuels.
in 3 years seaweed biodiesel price for gallon changed from US$
100,00 to US$ 2,00. 2007 - 2010. Price in the future will be more
viable. It may affects bioplastic costs of production.
The Irish government is investing in seaweed production + EU has
a program of investing in bio plastic areas till the year 2020.
The increase of PLA production from 2012 to 2017 is going to be
over 2/3.
PLA VS Petroleum based plastics
1 year 50 - 200 years
Compostability
Why Seaweed as Biopolymer?
Seaweed Brown Laminaria
Increase of Biopolymer production
Business especialized in PLA for Seaweed
Products
Researched Images
Research Area
Packagins 3d Printer Filments
For PLA production
Ideas generationQuestions
ViabilityProcesses
Lactic Acid ProductionAnalysis of qualities and products
Compounds separation
Carbohydrates (polysaccharides),
Lipids, Proteins.
Harvesting,
Drying & Storage
HydrolysisLactic Acid
production
Production of PLA
Product confectionLifecycle
Compostability
&
Back to nature
Fermentation VS Chemical sintesis
and simple method
very slow
24h to 1 month
5h
More complex
production
Detailed process of lactic acid production
Seaweed is dryed
Milled
There is a process of separation of polysaccharides
The monosacharide is broken
And it turns in many molecules of glucose
The glucose pass for a process of fermentation or
chemical sintesis and it turns in Lactic acid
Brand creation
Generation of design product Brand name and logo choice
Brand Explanation
Supply + Plastic
Simple, Efficient,Easy pronunciation in different languages
CleanEnvironmetalClearSerious but friendly typographyGreen
paterns linking to ECO
