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BIOCOPAC: Sustainable bio-based coating from tomato processing by-products for food metal packaging (LIFE BIOCOPACPlus)
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,
Background
Lacquers for foodstuff packaging mainly consist of petroleum derivatives, with epoxy resin being the most widely utilised component. The use of a petrol-based lacquer increases the carbon footprint of a packaging company by 0.4% for each kilogram of metallic cans produced; 90% of this impact is linked to the production of the epoxy resin that c ...
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