Production and Upscaling of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from the Waste of Beverage Industry

Introduction

PHA are microbial polymers with good tensile strength, nontoxic nature and are completely biodegradable. PHAs are mainly known as a biodegradable substitute of petroleum based plastics but as they are bio-compatible also, recently they have also got great attention as a potential polymers for use as biomedical materials as well as for drug delivery

State of Development

Proof of concept

Unique Features of the Product/Technology

Production of Polyhydroxyalknoates PHA, biodegradable and biocompatible polymer. PHA has found applications in the form of packaging materials including films, boxes, coating, fibres and foam materials, and also in the field of medical sciences in the form of medical implants, and drug delivery carriers

Market Potential

Even though the price of PHA is very high but due to it unique properties, there is demand of this polymer in the market. Presently, there are some PHAs products available in the international market,such as Biopol, Mirel, and Nodax made in USA, Biomer in Germany, Biocycle in Brazil, DegraPol in Italy, Tianan PHBV and PHB in China. Some companies have made schedules or have started to increase their production capacity of PHAs to several thousand tons or 10 thousand tons per year

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