Cortec launches Eco Works 100 bioplastic

Cortec has launched its latest bioplastics product Eco Works 100 which is a certified industrially compostable packaging film (TÜV Austria, #TA8012509046) that contains 100 percent USDA certified biobased content as a replacement for petroleum-based products. 

Eco Works 100 diversifies the market’s portfolio of bioplastic options for those who want to maximize biobased content and reduce their dependency on petroleum. 

Eco Works 100 tackles sustainability at both ends of the product life cycle. At the beginning, Eco Works 100 uses renewable raw materials to create a bioplastic with 100 percent biobased content. At the end, Eco Works 100 can decompose alongside organic waste at an industrial composting facility without ecotoxicity to the soil. Growing sunflower seeds demonstrated this harmlessness in a mixture of 50 percent blank compost and 50 percent compost made from Eco Works 100 resin. After two weeks, the pot containing Eco Works compost experienced a nearly identical germination rate and seedling growth yield compared to the control. Results from the 25 percent Eco Works compost sample were also good, passing the requirements for ASTM D6400. 

With tightening government regulations reinforcing popular trends toward sustainability, compostable and biobased plastic options now include everything from compostable disposable cutlery to biobased mailer bags. While Cortec does its share of contributing to bioplastic portfolio diversity with a long line of specialty bioplastics—including industrially compostable stretch film, shrink wrap, corrosion inhibiting film, and organics waste collection bags—Eco Works 100 offers a high level of renewable content combined with compostability. Eco Works 100 can be used to create a range of 100 percent biobased bags suitable for shopping, waste disposal, or various other industrial or commercial uses, that can meet the requirements for certification as industrially compostable material.