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Identification & Functionality
- Polymer Name
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
- List of Ingredients
- Natural Starch
- Glycerin
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Advantage
ENSO RENEW RTP is a versatile polymer that can replace up to 100% of traditional petroleum based polymers. Depending on your product application, there are two methods of using ENSO RENEW RTP:
Use at 100% :
ENSO RENEW can be used at 100% for specific applications utilizing shorter shelf life requirements and where humidity and liquid contact is not of concern. RENEW RTP is an ideal environmental value when used as a stand alone polymer.
- Rapidly biodegradable in home compost
- Marine degradable
- Commercially compostable (ASTM D6400)
- Safe for wildlife consumption
- Complies with California Law for labeling as “Compostable”
- Up to 80% reduction in CO2 emissions
Blend up to 70% with your current polymer :
For more stringent applications requiring specific performance, ENSO RENEW RTP is an ideal solution to replace a portion of your current petroleum based plastic.
- Replace up to 40% of your petroleum plastic without affecting performance
- Reduce CO2 emissions of raw material
- Ideal for blending with LDPE
- Good blend-ability with PE and PP
- Gain highly sought after renewable claims
- Economical Solution
At ENSO, we understand that sustainability involves many aspects from materials to energy and from human impact to finances. To be sustainable a product must allow for economic sustainability as well. Whether you choose to use ENSO RENEW RTP as a complete polymer replacement, or are looking to offset a portion of your petroleum usage, ENSO RENEW RTP offers a solid solution at a price that understands your bottom line.
- Physical Properties You Need
- Oxygen Barrier: Products made with ENSO RENEW RTP exhibit excellent oxygen gas barrier to protect your products.
- Low Moisture: ENSO RENEW RTP pellets boast moisture levels of less than 1% to improve process-ability on standard equipment and blend-ability with other polymers.
- Extrudable: ENSO RENEW RTP can be used to make a completely renewable film, or if you prefer, you may blend RENEW RTP with your resin to create a finished film with a percentage of renewable material to offset your petroleum usage.
- Injectable: Products made by injection molding are ideal for ENSO RENEW RTP and provide a strong solution for creating sustainable packaging.
- Natural: ENSO RENEW RTP is a healthy, natural plastic that you can trust.
- Product Highlight
ENSO RENEW RTP can replace petroleum based polymers in many applications and has the versatility to also be combined with standard plastics when strict performance parameters are required. ENSO RENEW is rapidly biodegradable in compost, marine and other waste environments and offers a simple and effective solution to an enormous environmental challenge. In fact, film made with ENSO RENEW has shown to biodegrade in 10 days within composting environments! ENSO RENEW RTP is a versatile polymer that can replace up to 100% of traditional petroleum based polymers. Available in both unblended pellets (100% RENEW RTP) and pre-blended pellets (blended with standard polymers to your specification), RENEW is a unique environmental solution viable for companies of all sizes.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Plastics & Elastomers Processing Methods
Properties
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Density | 1.42 | g/cm³ | — |
| Glass Transition Temperature | 80-100 | ⁰C | — |
| Impact Resistance | 1.6 | kg | — |
| Melt Flow Index | 2.1 | g/10 min | — |
| Melting Temperature | 165-180 | ⁰C | — |
| Moisture Content | Less than 1 | % | — |
| Tensile Strength | min. 24 | MPa | — |
Technical Details & Test Data
- Renewable Non-Petroleum Based
Todays market demands alternatives to fossil fuel dependent materials that plague our environment. Many governments and corporations worldwide are pursuing and providing advantages to products that utilize renewable materials instead of fossil fuel based ones. ENSO RENEW RTP is a low-moisture-content thermoplastic resin made from all natural, renewable materials that allow you to reduce or even eliminate your use of fossil fuel based plastics.
ENSO RENEW RTP can be used in a variety of applications worldwide – from bags and films to packaging and service-ware. ENSO RENEW RTP allows companies to take advantage of biopreferred programs initiated by governments and corporations while remaining cost competitive. So, whether you use it as a stand alone polymer (100% renewable), or blend it with your current polymer (up to 70% renewable), ENSO RENEW is a natural material you can trust to provide the environmental alternative you have been searching for.
- Rapidly Biodegradable
ENSO RENEW RTP is naturally and rapidly biodegradable in soil, compost and marine environments. ENSO RENEW RTP easily passes the rigorous and internationally recognized ASTM D6400 standard for industrial compostable plastics – biodegrading in less than 10 days! These tests also validate that ENSO RENEW RTP leaves behind only healthful soil and biogases, just like an apple core or banana peel.
Whether your product is destined for a simple backyard compost, a commercial composting facility or the city landfill, ENSO RENEW RTP passes the most stringent requirements for biodegradability and sound environmental consideration, creating a product you and your customers will trust.
- Organically Recyclable
For millions of years the earth has utilized a highly successful recycling program. All organic waste enters this recycling process called ORGANIC RECYCLING. Similar to your community recycling programs, ORGANIC RECYCLING involves taking carbon based waste (like plants), breaking it down into base materials (biogases and soil) and then allowing those materials to be used by currently living organisms to create new products and materials.
Many communities facilitate ORGANIC RECYCLING through industrial compost facilities. Some homeowners use ORGANIC REYCLING in their own backyard without even realizing it through gardening and backyard composting! This is the ultimate recycling program and ENSO RENEW RTP fits right in where nature intended, a perfect option for recycling the natural way.