Cargill announced that its Ingeo™ PLA bioplastics from NatureWorks, will now be commercially available in Brazil. The product line will be sold in Brazil through Cargill's Starches and Sweeteners business unit, it said in a statement. "The introduction of Ingeo plastics and fibers adds a sustainable product to our portfolio and delivers an innovation to our customers that allows them to help the environment in two ways," said Marcelo de Andrade, director of Cargill's Starches and Sweeteners Brazil. "Ingeo not only has the lowest carbon footprint of any commercially available plastic, but also offers entirely new options for recovery after its useful life."
Ingeo biopolymers are manufactured in Blair, Nebraska, USA, by NatureWorks, the first company to produce polylactide and still the only world scale producer with a capacity of 140,000 mtpa. Ingeo eco-friendly plastics are derived from sugar, a renewable raw material and its production process is said to generates 60% less green house gas and requires 50% less fossil fuel compared to production of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). Additionally, Ingeo products fit all existing disposal systems and offer entirely new options for composting and feedstock recovery. "The biodegradable nature of Ingeo enables it to degrade in only three to four months in industrial composting conditions (80 percent humidity and a constant temperature of 60°C)."
08-Jul-09 
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