Biodegradable tape with PLA as the base material, the current low production of raw materials, high cost, resulting in expensive costs, and PLA material poor breaking force, performance is generally not better than the traditional BOPP material, the need for its modification research.

Plant-based tape base material using cellulose derived from trees, raw materials, wood pulp cellulose, high strength, but the raw material is expensive, the production process is complex, resulting in relatively high costs; cellulose tape is also based on cellulose, the production process is simplified, thereby reducing production costs.

Currently, on the market using mostly traditional BOPP tape, environmental tape use is less. Kraft and PLA tapes are used in the market, but the proportion of applications is very small.

Plant-based tape and cellulose tape is a new type of environmentally friendly tape on the market at this stage, of which foreign plant-based (cellulose) tape production process has matured, in Japan, South Korea, and the EU and other countries with strict environmental policies have been applied.

The adhesive coating process of environmentally friendly tapes needs to be improved

At this stage, China is all about the traditional BOPP coating process. Some of the environmentally friendly tapes, such as cellulose tapes, have a different cellulose base material to the plastic base material, so the coating process needs to be continuously improved to enhance the tape's initial adhesion, tackiness and other performance indicators to ensure the safety of the items being sent.

Some of the properties of environmentally friendly tapes are not up to standard

Although environmentally friendly tapes are green and non-polluting, their elongation at break values are not comparable to those of ordinary tapes. At this stage, most eco-friendly tapes are lower than traditional BOPP tapes in terms of this performance indicator.

In the case of cellulose tapes (test samples have a random type), for example, the nominal strain at break is more than 20, which is far from the standard minimum value of 80. Apart from this indicator, all other performance indicators meet the requirements of the standard, so it is expected that this indicator will likely be a focus of research for biodegradable tapes.

Preparation process of a new type of fully biodegradable plastic tape

On 4 September 2020, a team of researchers from the Institute of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, prepared a new type of fully biodegradable adhesive tape by using PLA and PBAT as raw materials, adding lubricants and nucleating agents and other additives, through the process of film formation, coating and drying, etc. The main components of the main part of this biodegradable plastic tape - the substrate layer - are PLA and PBAT, of which the mass of PBAT accounts for 50%-99%.

The cost of environmentally friendly tapes is generally higher than traditional tapes. The cost of environmentally friendly tapes is higher due to the material used. At this stage, there are two main biodegradable materials, PLA and cellulose.

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