Bayer CropScience’s compostable bioplastic twine and clips trial a success

In Spain, a year-long experimental trial in Spanish greenhouses by Bayer CropScience has confirmed that using twine and clips made from Novamont’s compostable bioplastic Mater-Bi contributes to solving the problem of the end-of-life of waste products in agricultural crops.
The items in Mater-Bi met all requirements for strength, resistance and flexibility over the entire crop cycle under the most extreme climatic conditions. At the end of the crop cycle, the twine and clips were collected together with plant waste and processed in an industrial composting plant run by SACh (Servicios Ambientales Las Chozas – a company that manages and processes agricultural waste in composting facilities), producing a high-quality compost. The new compostable items, which have an ISO 14067:2018-certified carbon footprint, helped to simplify and increase the efficiency of managing plant waste, which can be composted without needing to separate out plastic materials. This also avoids the accidental build-up of non-compostable plastics in the soil.