CHARACTERISTICS

Mater-Bi® comes from renewable raw materials such as non-genetically modified starch. Novamont manufactures and sells various lines of biopolymers for a variety of manufacturing processes, all with the Mater-Bi® trademark. The material is available in granular form with different formulations and/or grades.

All of the Mater-Bi® grades:

• are completely biodegradable in different environments, for example, in composting and in the soil (in accordance with the European norm EN 13432, and with certification programs issued by some of the leading international bodies);
• can be worked using the same processes as for traditional plastics and with similar output;
• can be printed on using normal inks and printing techniques without the need for crown treatment;
• can be coloured in bulk using biodegradable Master-batches;
• are intrinsically anti-static;
• can be sterilised using gamma rays.

No 'phthalates' (i.e. ortho-phthalic acid esters) are used, as either additives or ingredients, in the manufacture of any grade of Mater-Bi®.