Description

ecovio® – Certified Compostable Polymer with Bio-based content.

ecovio® is a high-quality and versatile bioplastic from BASF. The primary advantages: It is certified compostable and biobased.

Benefits of ecovio®

is a finished compound
is certified compostable worldwide
has a variable biobased content
is printable and weldable
The main areas of use for ecovio® are plastic films such as organic waste bags, fruit and vegetable bags, carrier bags with dual-use (first for shopping, then for organic waste) or agricultural films. Furthermore, compostable packaging solutions such as paper-coating, shrink and cling films as well as injection molding and thermoformed products can be produced with ecovio®.

Processing – ready for use

ecovio® is a finished product that can be used by the customer as drop-in solution with standard plastic production procedures. Additional blending is therefore not required.

One Biopolymer – Many Applications

Organic Waste and Carrier Bags

Mulch Film

Injection Molding

Paper Coatings

Foam Packaging

Fruit and vegetable bags

Grades of ecovio

ecovio® IA1652

Rigid Packaging ecovio® IS1335

Rigid Packaging ecovio® T2308

Rigid Packaging ecovio® TA1241

ecovio® is a certified compostable and mostly bio-based polymer for film applications.
Mostly biobased
Usable on blown film equipment for LDPE
Elastic
Moisture and tear resistant
Compostable shopping bags offer the customer an additional advantage. They are not only strong enough to be used many times as a shopping bag: In their final phase, the bags can be used for collection of organic waste.

ecovio® M was specially developed for film applications in farming and gardening.
Certified compostable acc. to EN 13432
Ready-made compound with slip- and anti-block agents
High strength and excellent failure energy
Down-gauging to 8 μm possible
Easy processing as a drop-in solution on conventional blown film lines for PE
Suitable for the production of black, transparent or colored mulch films

ecovio® can be used for a wide range of packaging applications. With ecovio®, compostable plastic parts can be produced on standard plastics manufacturing machines.
Mostly biobased
Usable on conventional plastics manufacturing machines
Runs on single- and multi-purpose tools
Suitable for food contact
Products made of ecovio® benefit from an optimal balance of stiffness and toughness. Depending on the application, the flow behavior is flexibly tunable: from a medium to a high flow capacity. The surface look ranges from beige to light gray, depending on the amount of mineral fillers. Especially for plastic components in packaging or for applications with high mechanical loads, these products are a good choice.

ecovio® PS was specially developed for coating paper and paperboard.
Mostly biobased
Good barrier properties against liquids, fat and mineral oil
Suitable for food contact
The certified compostable and mostly biobased polymer has multiple advantageous properties. In extrusion coating, ecovio® PS offers a low coating thickness at high coating rates and process stability.

The good adhesion of ecovio® PS to many types of paper and paperboard, its temperature stability up to 100°C and sealing capacity comparable to PE make it ideal for the production of paper- and paperboard-based packaging and disposable tableware, e.g., cups, paper plates, or wrapping paper.

In addition to the option of composting packaging which is contaminated with the remains of food after use, ecovio® PS also offers the option of paper recycling.

Make sure your sensitive goods are perfectly protected during transport: ecovio® EA is the optimal product for biodegradable transport packaging
High biobased content (ca. 85%)
Certified compostable
Expandable granules – similar to EPS
Can be processed on conventional EPS and EPP machines
Excellent multi-shock behavior
Good thermal insulationproperties
Approved for food contact in the EU
ecovio® EA expands the existing BASF foam portfolio with a new, certified compostable and biobased particle foam. It can be processed in common, modern EPS and EPP systems in the conventional pre-expansion and molding process steps. Thanks to its high flexibility in processing, ecovio® EA can be processed into any given molded parts of different densities.

Due to BASF’s innovative production method, ecovio® EA – like EPS, for example – is delivered in octabins as expandable granules and has comparable storage times. The result is a product that allows the production of foam molded parts with a high degree of design freedom which are certifiably biodegradable after use.

Fruit and vegetable bags made of certified compostable ecovio® help to close the loop of the food value chain
Blown films can be extruded up to 12 µm
High tear and wear stability
Approved for food contact
Reduce food losses due to the good breathability
Fruit and vegetable bags made of ecovio® are more than simple carrier bags. They can be reused as organic waste bags and thus improve the collection and recovery of organic food waste. The ecovio® bags also comply with the recent standards in France and Italy for compostable fruit and vegetable bags made of renewable resources. In France, for example, single-use plastic bags that are thinner than 50 micrometer have to consist of at least 40 percent of renewable resources and be home-compostable. Thus bags made of ecovio® support a safer, cleaner and easier food waste collection, closing the loop of the food value chain.