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Biosynthesis and recycling technologies from non-food biomass to polylactic acid
Non-food biomass efficiently produces high-quality polylactic acid, which is low-carbon and recyclable, replacing traditional plastics.
Type
Material technology
Tags
Resource utilization
Environmental & resource tech
Polylactic acid
Solution maturity
Mass promotion / Mass production
Cooperation methods
Face-to-face consultation
Applicable industry
Manufacturing
Applications
Green manufacturing
Key innovations
This technological innovation lies in the preparation and recycling of high-performance polylactic acid throughout the entire chain of non-food biomass. The core fermentation, polymerization and recycling processes are advanced, and the product performance is excellent, realizing a biobased closed loop and significantly reducing carbon.
Potential economic benefits
High gross profit margins (30-40% for paper cups,>50% for medical grade) significantly improve profitability, and environmental advantages enhance market competitiveness.
Potential climate benefits
This process replaces fossil raw materials with non-food biomass, and the carbon emissions produced are only 25%-68% of that of traditional plastics, significantly reducing the carbon footprint. At the same time, recycling technology further reduces resource consumption and waste carbon emissions, achieving carbon reduction throughout the life cycle.
Solution supplier
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Shanghai Transoceal Satellite Biomaterials
Shanghai Transoceal Satellite Biomaterials
Shanghai Jinghai Weixiang Biomaterials Co., Ltd. provides advanced biomaterial solutions to help the development of medical devices and regenerative medicine.
China
Solution details

The main process of "non-food biomass-lactic acid-lactide-polylactic acid (PLA)-biomatic-based material products-polylactic acid recycling and reuse (rPLA)" is adopted. Among them, biological fermentation of high-purity lactic acid, polymerization of high-purity lactide, synthesis of high-molecular-weight polylactic acid, and chemical recovery of polylactic acid are the core process technologies. It is necessary to screen unique strains, optimize the raw material purification process during the synthesis process, and continuously modify the formula. Improve to achieve continuous synthesis of high-quality polylactic acid.
The molecular weight distribution of the synthesized polylactic acid is uniform, with a molecular weight of> 100,000; the modified polylactic acid material has a temperature resistance of 100 ° C, a tensile strength of>80Mpa, an elongation at break of>10%, and a transparency of>95%; the material loss in production is <5%, and the defective rate is <3%.
The biobased properties of polylactic acid cut off fossil dependence from the source. The carbon emissions in its production process are only 25%-68% of that of traditional plastics; the gross profit margin of polylactic acid coated paper cups reaches 30%-40%, which is higher than that of traditional polyethylene (PE) coated products. 15-25% higher, and the gross profit margin of medical-grade polylactic acid materials exceeds 50%.

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19:39:01, Dec 16, 2025
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