Patricia Aymà Maldonado

So this is our case.

We come from biological sources and also we can biodegrade in the environment.

But there are bioplastics that come from biological sources, but they cannot biodegrade.

and also other type of bioplastics that can come from petrol-based sources, but they can biodegrade.

So they enter in the same scenario.

At the end, what is important here is to know what do you want to use the material and what is going to be the end of life of the material.

So much alternatives will come in the next years.

We need the industry with their mind open because we need them to test the new products.

And also that we need them to help us scale all these processes so that this is economically feasible for them.

Yeah, it is important to say that because there is so much malinformation or fake news about everything.

I think that it is quite dangerous to talk about this, but microplastics are one of the biggest silent pollutions of all time.

They are invisible and they are getting everywhere in the sea, in the soil, everywhere.

in the air and already inside our bodies.

So most conventional plastics never fully disappear and they simply break into these small pieces that persist for decades.

So our material can break into small pieces, but because it is fully biodegradable, those pieces continue degrading until they disappear completely.

So it transforms into harmless organic compounds that microorganisms can naturally consume.

So there is no toxicity and, more important, no microplastic residue.

We know that the biodegradation of our bioplastic is safe for the environment thanks to certifications like TUV Austria.

They verify that our material is safe for the specific environment or the end-of-life scenario that will be used.

It's important to clarify something.