Industry : Green Packaging

Biodegradable Plastic Solutions

University: University of Minnesota

Objective of study: Developing an ecofriendly alternative for conventional plastics

Process and applications:

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biodegradable, eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastic
Using pennycress oil as a potential feedstock material
Pennycress oil sourced from wildtype seeds with plants domesticated as winter cover crops
An important differentiator of PHA is that it can be produced using renewable and sustainable products such as different kinds of plant oils and sugars, in place of the fossil fuels used to produce traditional plastic
This will help in reducing the impacts of plastics waste with renewable and biodegradable alternatives

Benefits

An important differentiator of PHA is that it can be produced using renewable and sustainable products such as different kinds of plant oils and sugars, in place of the fossil fuels used to produce traditional plastic.

Green Packaging

Industry

Biodegradable Plastics

Product/Solution Category

United States

Geography

2021-05-11

Innovation Date

Sustainable Packaging

Alternative Plastics

Target User Segment

University Details

The University of Minnesota

Twin Cities is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul approximately 3 miles apart, and the St. Paul location is in neighboring Falcon Heights

Team Members

Phil Van Trump, Linkedin
Dr. M. David Marks, Linkedin

What are they looking for?

Partnership

More details

University of Minnesota

Image Gallery

Danimer Scientific

Videos

PHA Cycle Animation