A NEW GENERATION
OF MATERIALS
We use plant leftovers of the agricultural industry, and turn them into the novel biomaterial traceless®.
Just like natural materials, traceless® is regenerative by design and sustainable in all aspects - to truly leave no trace.
FOR A FUTURE
FREE OF POLLUTION AND WASTE
How can materials impact positively on the planet, rather than leading to pollution and waste?
We take nature as an example - since in nature, there is no such thing as waste, instead resources are kept in continuous cycles.
MATERIALS
DESIGNED FOR NATURE
traceless® materials are a natural, bio-circular plastic alternative - plant based, plastic-free and home compostable. We produce them in the form of a granulate which can be further processed into a wide range of end products.
BIOBASED ON PLANT LEFTOVERS
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fossil free
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based on leftovers of agricultural food production (second generation biomass)
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no direct food conflict
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avoiding land-use-change & preserving biodiversity
BIOBASED ON PLANT LEFTOVERS
HOME COMPOSTABLE
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certified home compostable (NFT 51-800)
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designed for the biological cycle
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disintegrates under natural composting conditions in 2-9 weeks (depending on thickness)
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safely disposable in all other waste streams without affecting recyclability or treatment, becoming a renewable energy source.
HOME COMPOSTABLE
PLASTIC-FREE, SAFE & HEALTHY
PLASTIC-FREE,
SAFE & HEALTHY
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traceless base material is certified 100% plastic free (flustix plastic-free product)
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free of forever chemicals
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only environmentally friendly substances in product and production process
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safe for humans and nature
CLIMATE FRIENDLY
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over the whole life cycle, traceless saves up to 76% climate emissions compared to virgin plastics
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in production and disposal, traceless saves up to 95% climate emissions compared to virgin plastics
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renewable, non-fossil raw materials
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saves 83% fossil energy demand during production
CLIMATE
FRIENDLY
SCALABLE & COMPETITIVE
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many beneficial properties of plastics - while being plastic-free & bio-circular
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can be processed like plastics - suitable for many standard converting technologies (e.g. injection moulding)
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scalable technology
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price competitive to plastics at industrial production scale
COMPETITIVE TO PLASTICS
BASED ON
NATURAL POLYMERS
traceless® materials leave behind the familiar categories of the (bio)plastic age - and open up a new generation of plastic-free materials: natural biomaterials!
They are not only bio-based, but even biobased on leftovers, namely plant residues of agricultural industry. For biodegradation, they don‘t need industrial composting conditions, but are certified home compostable.
The secret key for traceless®' excellent compostability: Natural polymers! Because nature has produced them, the natural microorganisms out there already know how to handle them, and can easily digest them.
Under natural composting conditions like on a home compost, composting takes only 2-9 weeks, depending on the thickness of the material. traceless® is certified home compostable.
Composting test of traceless material (left, thickness 0,2 and 1,6mm), compared to a film cutout of a commercially available organic waste bag (right, thickness 0,03mm, certified EN13432 compostable).
DESIGNED FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CYCLE
traceless® materials are biocircular - they can integrate into the natural material cycle, just like plants and other natural materials.
Follow their way through the biological cycle, and see how they truly leave no trace:
PLANT RESIDUES
As a raw material, we use by-products of agricultural food production, like starch production leftovers or brewery residues. By valorizing second-generation biomass, we avoid food and land-use change conflicts.
TRACELESS
MATERIAL
Using our innovative, patent-pending process technology, we extract natural biopolymers from the plant residues, and turn them into our plastic-free traceless® base material in granulate form.
FURTHER
PROCESSING
In a next step, the converting industry turns our base material granulate into flexible films, rigid material applications, or coating & adhesive solutions, using standard technologies for plastic processing.
PRODUCT
APPLICATIONS
traceless® materials are particulary suitable for products where multiuse or recycling is difficult, and where a natural plastic alternative is a more sustainable solution.
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DISPOSAL
Under natural composting conditions, our materials break down in water, humus and CO2 in just a few weeks. In other waste stream, they won't affect recyclability, but will get incinerated and become a source of renewable energy - which is further improving the carbon footprint of the material!
END & BEGINNING
OF THE BIOCYCLE
ORGANIC NUTRIENT & CO2
Through composting or incineration, traceless® materials become organic nutrients for new plants to grow, or help replace fossil-based energy with renewable energy. This way the renewable carbon cycle is closed, and they truly leave no trace!
