Two New Bioplastics Projects Put FBRI In A Lead

By Biobased Maine | Jul 20, 2011 |

FOREST BIOPRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 01.28.2010 This opportunity to utilize biomass wood for polymers in leading consumer products is an important new strategic direction for our efforts at the University of Maine. The Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) is now active in two Sustainable Bioplastics projects in collaboration with consortia of private companies and academic collaborators…

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UMaine's Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative, exploring use of potato starch to make polylactic acid plastics

By Biobased Maine | Jul 20, 2011 |

UMAINE TODAY | FALL 2009 Research by the University of Maine’s Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative continues in collaboration with the Bangor, Maine-based Environmental Health Strategy Center/Tides Center, which recently received a $500,000 Maine Technology Institute Cluster Initiative Award. This is the third part of a project that started with a seed grant to research the feasibility…

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UMaine’s Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative, exploring use of potato starch to make polylactic acid plastics

By Biobased Maine | Jul 20, 2011 |

UMAINE TODAY | FALL 2009 Research by the University of Maine’s Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative continues in collaboration with the Bangor, Maine-based Environmental Health Strategy Center/Tides Center, which recently received a $500,000 Maine Technology Institute Cluster Initiative Award. This is the third part of a project that started with a seed grant to research the feasibility…

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Bioplastics Cluster Looks to Maine Potatoes

By Biobased Maine | Jul 20, 2011 |

MAINE TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE | MTI grants received: Cluster Enhancement Awards. In 2008 the MTI board of directors approved a Cluster Enhancement Award of $200,000, matched by $459,000, to support a sustainable bioplastics cluster project to make PLA, a biodegradable plastic from Maine potatoes. Over the next 18 months, the cluster members worked together to demonstrate the feasibility…

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