Biodegradable plastic pvc sheet card making material
USD $2,500 - $6,500 /Ton
Min.Order:1 Ton
Shenzhen Nexqo Technology Co., Ltd.
Biodegradable plastic pvc sheet card making material
PVC sheet and PVC card are more and more widely applied in many applications, such as promoting, marketing, loyalty, hospitality, enterprise, etc. With bringing convenience to people, it also increases white pollution damage to environment.
Nexqo develops and researches an eco-friendly PVC material named BioPVC®
BioPVC® is a 100% Oxo biodegradable PVC, it could biodegrade in a landfill condition without creating methane gas even in an oxygen-free environment, which the degradation resulting from oxidative cleavage of macromolecules followed by biodegradation.
BioPVC® is now registered in Europe as a trade mark. As one of the premier card maker in China with annually over 100 million cards produced and distributed into more than 50 countries, Nexqo is committed to the development and promotion of environmentally PVC material.
Composition of BioPVC®;
PVC + dessicant + a metal salt as active substance (additive).
Remark: the metal salt is legal and not heavy metal, in fact necessary as trace-element in human diet.
Standard Sample Size | 460*305*0.38 mm |
Weight | 0.4 kg/5 pcs |
Density | 1.43 |
Length | No limit |
Width | 915 mm the widest |
Thickness | 0.15-0.6 mm |
Capacity | 500 tons/month |
BioPVC® has been tested by ASTM D3826 and ASTM D5208-1 of American Society of Testing and Materials and well verified by Gema Polimer' lab at Istanbul, and is now being widely applied to variety of PVC cards. The biodegrading aspect will not affect the function of the cards.
Just like recycled PVC sheets, BioPVC® can be made into many pvc cards and tags; like magnetic stripe card, RFID card, hang tag, plastic key tag, etc.
Just how long does it take for conventional plastics to completely break down? 500 years? 1,000?
Then we have people who make biodegradable PVC and claims that it degrade under landfills. But nothing degrade under landfill. So when biodegradable plastics break down in an oxygen-free environment, they'll emit methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than CO2.
NexPVC®, an oxo- biodegradable plastics do biodegrade in a landfill and not create methane gas. Why? NexPVC® is oxygen based, so even in an oxygen-free environment it is able to proceed the degradation process without emitting methane.
Not all the biodegradable claims are substantiated. To be considered biodegradable, this decomposition has to be measured by standardized tests, and take place within a specified time period. The American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) has created definitions on it.
* The accelerated oven test acc. ASTM D3826 (D5510) shows that NexPVC® will degrade under aerobe landfill conditions in ca. 1, 6 – 2, 4 Years.
* The accelerated QUV test acc. ASTM D5208 shows that the film NexPVC® will degrade under littering conditions in ca. 4, 6 – 6 Month.
1.What is OXO biodegradable?
OXO-biodegradation is defined by CEN (the European Committee for Standardization) as "degradation resulting from oxidative cleavage of macromolecules followed by biodegradtion." Whilst sometimes described as "OXO-fragmentable" and as "OXO-degradable" this describes only the first or oxidative phase. These descriptions should not be used for material which degrades by the process of OXO-biodegradation defined by CEN, and the correct description is "OXO-biodegradable."
2.What is advantage of OXO biodegradation?
OXO-biodegradation has the same effect with organic degradation, what's more, it is cheaper and simpler technology than organic degradation.
OXO-bio plastic can be safely recycled with other oil-based plastic, but most bio-based “compostable” plastic cannot.
Many biodegradable polymers that come from renewable resources (i.e. starch-based, PHA, PLA) also compete with food production, as the primary feedstock is currently corn. For the US to meet its current output of plastics production with BPs, it would require 1.62 square meters per kilogram produced. While this space requirement could be feasible, it is always important to consider how much impact this large scale production could have on food prices and the opportunity cost of using land in this fashion versus alternatives.
3.Does it degrade in landfill, as litter in backyard compost?
Yes, BioPVC® take 19 – 29 months to degrade in landfill. As litter it takes 4-6 months.
4.Plastic never really go away, even when they break down into pieces too small to be seen with the naked eyes. How does BioPVC® work into the environment?
BioPVC® will continue to fragment until the material has biodegraded to nothing more than CO2,water, humus, and trace elements and is small enough for microbes to ingest it as a food source. Therefore, it is not a harmful material to the environment.
5.Does it contain” heavy metals”?
No, BioPVC® contains only minerals typically found in mineral supplements and plants.
It is not heavy metal which are restricted by the EU Packaging Waste Directive 94/62 Art 11.
6.Do we need to reach any condition to make the PVC degrade?
OXO-biodegradable products do not degrade immediately in an open environment because they are stabilized to give the product a useful service-life.
The OXO-biodegradable plastic is standard, durable plastic, it won’t degrade until it hits the time trigger. Time trigger could be set at 6 months, 1 year, 5 years or longer.
7.Are there any potential toxicity of OXO plastic breakdown residue?
OXO-bio products have to pass the eco-toxicity tests in ASTM D6954, for now there is no evidence to show OXO plastic breakdown residue. And Eco toxicological tests were performed according to ASTM and CE standards and BioPVC® has passed all the tests.
8.Isn't it made from oil?
The Nex-pvc is made of 97% PVC and 3.0% oxo-degradation additive. It is made from a by-product of oil or natural gas. It makes good environmental sense to use the by-product, instead of wasting it by "flare-off" at the refinery and using scarce agricultural resources to make plastics.
9.Is it 100% recyclable at any time?
Yes, BioPVC® will not degrade until it hits the time trigger and exposes in oxygen and UV light. It can be safely recycled along with other oil-based plastics, while most other bio-based "compostable" plastic cannot.
Biodegradable plastic pvc sheet card making material