Loughborough University , 23 April 2009
This is the first conference in the UK to address issues associated with the use of bioplastics as they enter the mainstream of the plastics industry. This one day meeting focused on the industrial utilisation of biorenewable polymers. This allowed key business people from the plastics and packaging industry, and scientists involved in bioplastics research and applications development, to gain an overview of bioplastic processing and properties, focusing on commercially available bioplastics such as Cellulosics, Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) and Thermoplastic Starch Polymer (TSP).
10:00 |
Introduction by chair for morning session |
10:15 |
PLA structure and properties (pdf 2.8Mb) |
10:40 |
Development of a new High Performance Cellulose Based Material |
10:55 |
Mater Bi renewable and compostable polymers for new technologies |
11:45 |
Composites from renewable raw materials |
12:05 |
Effect of Processing Conditions on Biopolymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposite Micromorphology (pdf 1.6Mb) |
12:20 |
Framework for the bioplastics market in Europe, now and in the future (pdf 2.2Mb) |
14:00 |
Introduction by chair for afternoon session |
14:05 |
End of life scenarios for bioplastics (pdf 1.6Mb) |
14:30 |
Bioplastic packaging film replacing conventional plastics (pdf 3.5Mb) |
14:55 |
Furanics for Plastics - Sugar-Derived Polymers by Chemical Catalysis (pdf 1.7Mb) |
15:10 |
Sharing Experiences of Bioplastic Processing (pdf 200Kb) |
15:55 |
Biopolymer processing (pdf 1.3Mb) |
16:20 |
How masterbatches can enable processing of biopolymers (pdf 2.7Mb) |
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