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| **{{ :cactus.jpg?nolink&419x233|cactus.jpg}} <font 16px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;inherit;;inherit>Bioplastic extracted from cactus</font> ** | **{{ :cactus.jpg?nolink&419x233|cactus.jpg}} <font 16px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;inherit;;inherit>Bioplastic extracted from cactus</font> ** |
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| The Mexixan stop-motion animation filmmakers Arturo Tornero Aceves (//Monarca//), and Nabí Orozco Torres (//House of Memory//) are working with chemical engineer Sandra Pascoe Ortiz to create a biodegradable alternative to plastic that can replace silicone in stop-motion animation production. As a research professor at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac in Guadalajara, Sandra Pascoe Ortiz has been experimenting with some species of nopal, a native Mexican plant, to develop a non-toxic, renewable material made from cactus resin, which is extracted and then mixed with glycerin, proteins, and natural waxes. Unlike the production of traditional plastics, which are petroleum based, bioplastic extracted from cactus is renewable as well as carbon neutral. | The Mexixan stop-motion animation filmmakers Arturo Tornero Aceves (//Monarca//), and Nabí Orozco Torres (//House of Memory//) are working with chemical engineer Sandra Pascoe Ortiz to create a biodegradable alternative to plastic that can replace silicone in stop-motion animation production. As a research professor at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac in Guadalajara, Sandra Pascoe Ortiz has been experimenting with some species of nopal, a native Mexican plant, to develop a non-toxic, renewable material made from cactus resin, which is extracted and then mixed with glycerin, proteins, and natural waxes. Unlike the production of traditional plastics, which are petroleum based, bioplastic extracted from cactus is renewable as well as carbon neutral.\\ |
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| The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property awarded this new eco-friendly material with its first IMPI Mexican Invention Award. The goal was to develop a biodegradable alternative to plastic for common products: bags, single-use cutlery,packaging, coatings, and toys. This promising invention caught the attention of the filmmakers, who also teach at the university in Guadalajara. They started experimenting with this bioplastic. During the initial tests, the material shrank and turned into waste water. After conducting more than fifty experimental trials, the researchers figured out which ingredients to use to reduce shrinkage. The shrink ratio is about three to eight percent. Therefore, the final dimensions have to be upscaled by as much. | The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property awarded this new eco-friendly material with its first IMPI Mexican Invention Award. The goal was to develop a biodegradable alternative to plastic for common products: bags, single-use cutlery,packaging, coatings, and toys. This promising invention caught the attention of the filmmakers, who also teach at the university in Guadalajara. They started experimenting with this bioplastic. During the initial tests, the material shrank and turned into waste water. After conducting more than fifty experimental trials, the researchers figured out which ingredients to use to reduce shrinkage. The shrink ratio is about three to eight percent. Therefore, the final dimensions have to be upscaled by as much. |
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| Since the source material is cactus, which grows on nearby plantations, it is sustainable and has a locally sourced supply chain. It works for small productions, but there are limitations for its use in an industrial process. If a film company were to order fifty kilograms, we wouldn’t be able to fulfill the order because we don’t have the infrastructure to produce on that scale. So far, there is no investment in its development because producers are still skeptical of this new material, largely on account of its limitations. Nevertheless, scientist Sandra Pascoe, Ortiz, the filmmakers, and the university applied for a patent. | Since the source material is cactus, which grows on nearby plantations, it is sustainable and has a locally sourced supply chain. It works for small productions, but there are limitations for its use in an industrial process. If a film company were to order fifty kilograms, we wouldn’t be able to fulfill the order because we don’t have the infrastructure to produce on that scale. So far, there is no investment in its development because producers are still skeptical of this new material, largely on account of its limitations. Nevertheless, scientist Sandra Pascoe, Ortiz, the filmmakers, and the university applied for a patent. |
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| | //[[https://www3.wipo.int/wipogreen/en/news/2020/news_0027.html|https://www3.wipo.int/wipogreen/en/news/2020/news_0027.html]] // |
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