May 29 2010
Tamarisk Technologies has developed a new plastic that is biodegradable in about 60 days. Tests conducted by both Tamarisk Technologies and Intertek Labs, an independent third party laboratory, have shown that this plastic technology may be the answer to the world's need for a biodegradable and compostable plastic.
"This is a truly revolutionary breakthrough; it looks and feels like the plastic I have seen all my life, but the difference is that our plastic does not harm the environment and costs far less to produce," said Dean Crowell, President and Chief Operation Officer of Tamarisk Technologies, LLC.
The biodegradable plastic is created from renewable sources of raw materials and uses much less energy to produce than current technologies. This new future-friendly technology will also allow plastic producers to shortcut the current manufacturing processes, therefore creating a plastic that will cost significantly less to produce.
Some of the properties of the new rapidly biodegradable plastic from Tamarisk Technologies, LLC include:
- High PSI strengths
- Water proof matrix
- Biodegradable in 60 days
- Compostable; leaves only nitrogen and carbon dioxide in the soil when completely biodegraded
- The backbone structure of the plastic can be altered for any plastic application
This plastic technology is another ground-breaking technology developed by Tamarisk Technologies, LLC. Additional technology provided by Tamarisk includes:
- Serum Specific micro-encapsulation, a drug delivery technology that delivers up to 95% of the therapeutic payload to the blood serum.
- Alginate based building materials, a polymer technology for the building trades.