Plastic made out of wood? No, it’s not a futuristic vision – it is already here. Lignin Industries' remarkable innovation reduces emissions from plastic production without compromising quality. Here’s how it works.
“I love plastics,” says Christopher Carrick. Maybe not the sentiment you expect from the founder of a sustainability-focused greentech company. But what Christopher refers to isn’t the fossil-based traditional plastics, but rather sustainable, bio-based plastics. As the Swedish Environmental Agency claims, plastic has a role in today’s society – but it has to be made from the right materials and used for the right applications.
Christopher Carrick presented the bioplastics solution Lignin on the Exponential Solutions Stage at Techarena ZERO in Stockholm.
That is where Lignin Industries, the company Carrick founded and heads as CTO, comes in. Lignin Industries has developed a bio-based thermoplastics from the organic substance lignin which is a by-product of the agricultural and forestry industries. Through cutting-edge chemical processes, the company combines lignin with another natural material, rapeseed oil, to produce a thermoplastic that can be mixed with virgin or recycled polymers. By replacing fossil plastics with Lignin Industries’ material, a significant CO2 reduction can be achieved.
Importantly, Lignin Industries material mixed with virgin and recycled polymers maintains all the durability and functionality of conventional plastics. And based on the availability of feedstocks, Carrick estimates that his technology could enable the replacement of 40% of fossil-fuel based plastics produced today.
Watch Christopher’s full presentation at the sold-out Techarena ZERO in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 23 and hear the panel of experts’ feedback below.
https://youtu.be/kqIb0YmEwAA
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About Lignin Industries AB
Founded in Sweden in 2018, Lignin Industries is an innovative and fast-growing company in the greentech sector. Thanks to its patented technology of transforming lignin into a renewable and functional biobased thermoplastic, fossil plastics can be replaced and thereby CO2 emissions radically reduced. Possible applications are PE-films, PP- and ABS moulds among others.
About lignin
Lignin is a byproduct in the forest and agricultural sector and the second most abundant organic material on Earth. Compared to many other renewable material feedstocks, lignin is a second material, non-competing with food production. Currently, lignin is routinely incinerated and by using it to produce thermoplastic instead, its full potential as a renewable raw material can be utilized.
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Tax incentives will boost the competitive edge for these companies, Wouldn't that be the way every person will feel like their doing something for future generations and the planet?
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This is exemplary, futuristic innovation! Lignin has made it possible to have a very viable bioplastic solution!
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An unbelievable solution.
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Love Lignin bioplastic solution, I feel that this should be such a logical alternative for all companies
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It's remarkable to see how lignin can maintain plastic’s durability and versatility while shedding the environmental baggage.
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Simple solutions that make it easy to make the more sustainable choice can make such a big difference in getting people to change their behavior. Looking forward to see the brown bags and components pop up in different companies around the world!