Abstract: A process is described for the production of mouldings based on biological material, wherein potato skins, optionally in the presence of a plasticiser such as glycerol or urea and lecithin and of a water-resistant biodegradable polymer such as polylactic acid, is subjected to a thermomechanical treatrment such as extrusion and then shaped. The mouldings have good mechanical properties and a good biodegradability.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 2000
Date of Patent:
November 19, 2002
Assignee:
Rodenburg Biopolymers B.V.
Inventors:
Remigius Oene Jules Jongboom, Peter Iwan Stuut, Jan Arie Rodenburg