Partners in collaborative project develop first bioplastic packaging obtained from the sugars contained in wastewater
PHBOTTLE is said to be first bioplastic package obtained from the sugars contained in wastewater.
After more than four years of research, AINIA Technology Centre, Spain, the European Fruit Juice Association (AIJN), Brussels, Belgium, and several partners from different countries created the PHBOTTLE, what is said to be first bioplastic package obtained from the sugars contained in wastewater.
Specifically, it’s a bottle made with polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a polymer produced by bioproduction (microbial fermentation), in which certain bacteria use the sugars in the wastewater to synthesize this type of bioplastic.