{"id":729818,"date":"2020-09-30T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/material-lab\/material\/chitosan-bioplastics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:24:03","slug":"chitosan-biopalstics","status":"publish","type":"material","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/materials\/chitosan-biopalstics\/","title":{"rendered":"Chitosan Bioplastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-material-aus-garnelen-chitin\">Material made from shrimp chitin<\/h1>\n    <section class=\"info-slider alignfull\"\n             style=\"--items-per-row:2;\"  data-component=\"slider\" data-gap=\"0\" data-loop=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n            <div class=\"slider__container swiper\">\n                <div class=\"slider__slides swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_03-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"MILK MaterialLab ChitosanBioplastics PaulKheem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_03-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_03-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_03-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_06-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"MILK MaterialLab ChitosanBioplastics PaulKheem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_06-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_06-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/113_ChitosanBioplastics_PaulKheem_06-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Teaser #729818 not shown due to image missing. -->                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t                            <div class=\"theme--dark\">\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-prev swiper-button-prev theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-next swiper-button-next theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\t\t\t             <div class=\"slider__scrollbar swiper-scrollbar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t    <\/section>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chitosan-bioplastics\">Chitosan Bioplastics<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-serif wp-block-paragraph\">The biodegradable material <em>Chitosan Bioplastics<\/em> was developed as a research project by industrial designers <em>Paul Kheem<\/em> and <em>Ronny Haberer<\/em> during their studies at <em>New York&#8217;s Pratt Institute<\/em>. In order to reduce global marine pollution, they are using the chitin found in shrimp shells to develop a plastic alternative. By acetylating the biopolymer, chitosan is obtained, which as a bioplastic forms the basis of the material. Mixed with water, acid as well as calium carbonate, proteins and pigments, the finished <em>Chitosan Biopalstic<\/em> can be used after 48 hours of curing.    Whether as a disposable lid or as a packaging film, the innovation offers a wide range of applications.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\">Product name: <strong>Chitosan Bioplastics<\/strong><br\/>Manufacturer: <a href=\"http:\/\/ronnyhaberer.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Chitosan Bioplastics<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Project status: Concept \/\/ <strong>Prototype <\/strong>\/\/ Ready for market \/\/ Ready for series production<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Paul Kheem<br\/>Image source: Chitosan Bioplastics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Material made from shrimp chitin Chitosan Bioplastics The biodegradable material Chitosan Bioplastics was developed as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":9539,"template":"","material_status":[1202],"material_category":[1409],"material_type":[2112,2113,2114],"material_food":[1189,2083],"material_topic":[2166,2139,1411,1575,2104,2111,1423,2110,1566],"class_list":["post-729818","material","type-material","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","material_status-concept","material_category-plastics-biopolymers","material_type-bio-based-polymers","material_type-biodegradable-polymers","material_type-compostable-polymers","material_food-other","material_food-various-foods","material_topic-waste-solutions","material_topic-alternative","material_topic-biodegradable","material_topic-compostable","material_topic-recycled-en","material_topic-renewable-en-2","material_topic-upcycling-en","material_topic-waste-based","material_topic-zero-waste-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MILK. 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