Legoplast is one of the first Italian companies to have begun manufacturing plastic packaging and to export polybags all over the world with the aim of protecting and giving more value to the products inside the bags.
Over the years, the company has constantly updated its systems and technologies; it has invested in research and innovation; and today, its production system stands amongst the most advanced in the industry. Legoplast is also at the forefront in environmental protection through its recycling of industrial waste, the utilisation of renewable energy sources and the development of a new eco-friendly material, the ECO-PP.
THE NEW ECO-MATERIAL FOR A GREEN FUTURE
Eco-PP is made with a specific substance made of organic compounds that attracts the microbes in favourable microbial environments.
Thanks to its eco-properties, eco-PP can biodegrade both in aerobic (with oxygen) and anaerobic (without oxygen) environments.
Microbes are attracted to the plastic, they colonize on the polypropylene and secrete acids that break down the polymer chain by using the carbon backbone of the polymer chain as an energy source. As a consequence, the biodegradation of plastic material can begin.
Polymers are reduced initially in monomers that are converted by microbes in fatty acids, when the CO2 (carbon dioxide) production raises. Then, the microbes colonies convert fatty acids in acetic acids, carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
In the final stage of biodegradation, acetates are converted into methane and carbon dioxide, and the hydrogen is consumed until the only remaining element is the humus. This highly nutritional element creates and improves the environment for microbes and enhances the final stage of decomposition.