The Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC has developed a coating with silicate and biopolymers that can be used in many different food packaging applications protecting biopolymer packaging and food against premature degradation and is fully compostable.

This coating, called bioORMOCER®, is one of the key axis of HyperBioCoat project.

Biormocer

The New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and was launched in collaboration with HRH The Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit. The Prize is funded by Wendy Schmidt, Lead Philanthropic Partner of the New Plastics Economy Initiative.

HyperBioCoat consortium congrats Fraunhofer ISC for this recognition, which points out that we are in the innovation path for a circular economy.

Read the full story: https://newplasticseconomy.org/innovation-prize/winners/fraunhofer-institute-for-silicate-research