Polymer films containing nutrients and/or components for use by soil, plants and/or animals are biodegradable and compostable. Film compositions may include bio-based and fossil-based polymers along with nutrients and other components that can be utilized by soil, plants, animals, as well as pigments and additives. The films may be configured as three-layer coextruded films with two outside layers and an inside layer therebetween. The films of the present disclosure may be produced using blown film processes. The films are used in agricultural or other growing settings and provide a biodegradable, compostable film that delivers nutrients and/or components to soil, plants and/or animals over the course of and following film degradation.

Products and methods for producing products which comprise polyethylene and inorganic minerals for a single layer plastic bag or plastic composition.

The present invention relates to a liquid containing apparatus (1000), comprising a body (1010); and a top (1030) comprising a shoulder conjoined with a neck portion, the shoulder comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, the neck portion comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the shoulder mates with the body; wherein at least a portion of the body further comprises at least one of pulp and bioplastic, at least a portion of the top further comprises at least one of pulp and bioplastic, and the top is made of a material that is the same as or different from a material of the body.

A coffee capsule having a fursto-conical form, with an upper and lower surface, an annular flange 4 on a lower surface provides a sealing means comprising first 5 and second 6 spaced apart walls, where the capsule is provided with an annular zone of weakness 2. Preferably, the upper surface of the capsule is torn by water pressure from the coffee machine. Preferably, the capsule wall is 0.8mm thick and the zone of weakness is 0.5mm thick. Preferably, the zone of weakness has a stepped profile, so that the wall is thicker near the edge. Preferably, the capsule is made from food grade plastic. Preferably, the capsule is flushed with nitrogen prior to being filled.

A cartridge (1) for extracting a beverage by injecting a fluid, comprising a containment body (2) which is adapted to contain a substance from which the beverage is to be extracted and to receive the fluid under pressure. The cartridge further comprises a lid (3) which is fixed on the containment body (2) and a shower-like jet breaker (10) which is fixed on the lid (3) by interference fit and is adapted to receive the fluid and to distribute it substantially uniformly on the substance.

A composite sheet material includes a cover sheet, a substrate and an adhesion promoting layer. The cover sheet has a cover sheet material. The substrate has a substrate material. The adhesion promoting layer is disposed between the cover sheet and the substrate. A first side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the cover sheet has an affinity to bond with the cover sheet material. A second side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the substrate has an affinity to bond with the substrate material.

A polylactic acid composition of the present invention includes polylactic acid and an ethylene resin, and is characterized in that the ethylene resin is selected so that a melt flow rate ratio (RMF), defined by the following equation (1): RMF = A PLA / B PE where A PLA represents the melt flow rate of the polylactic acid measured at 210°C and 2.16 kg, and B PE represents the melt flow rate of the ethylene resin measured at 190°C and 2.16 kg, in a range of 0.5 to 10 is satisfied. The polylactic acid composition is preferably used in molding a container particularly improved in alkali resistance and environmental stress crack resistance.

Capsule comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom, a lid, and an entrance opening portion and an exit opening portion for letting fluid in the capsule and draining prepared beverage from the capsule, respectively, of which at least one opening portion is closed to prevent fluid from passing. The circumferential wall, the bottom and the lid of the capsule enclose an inner space that comprises an extractable product, and the capsule further comprises at least one moveable portion of the capsule that extends at a distance from a respective opening portion, and that is arranged to open the respective opening portion by being moved with respect to the respective opening portion.

Disclosed is a biodegradable sheet prepared from biodegradable material, a process for preparing the biodegradable sheet and uses thereof. One of the disclosed uses of the biodegradable sheet is in the preparation of a flexible liquid receptacle. Disclosed also is a flexible liquid receptacle arranged as an array of several receptacle units that are attached to one another and that may be detached from one another by tearing along a perforated line created between each two receptacle units. The disclosed array may also include a hanger, thus allowing the array to be hung from any appropriate means.

This polylactic acid resin fiber is obtained by melt-spinning a mixture containing 100 parts by weight of a poly-L-lactic acid (A) having an L-lactic acid purity of at least 99 mol%, 3-10 parts by weight of a plasticizer (B), and 0.3-1.0 parts by weight of a lubricant (C), wherein the following conditions (a) and (b) are satisfied: (a) the stretch recovery does not exceed 5%; and (b) the crystallinity measured by a differential scanning calorimeter is 50-70%.

Polymer films containing nutrients and/or components for use by soil, plants and/or animals are biodegradable and compostable. Film compositions may include bio-based and fossil-based polymers along with nutrients and other components that can be utilized by soil, plants, animals, as well as pigments and additives. The films may be configured as three-layer coextruded films with two outside layers and an inside layer therebetween. The films of the present disclosure may be produced using blown film processes. The films are used in agricultural or other growing settings and provide a biodegradable, compostable film that delivers nutrients and/or components to soil, plants and/or animals over the course of and following film degradation.

A repulpable moisture resistant poultry box having a composite corrugated structure with a fluted medium formed of a top backing board secured to one side of the fluted medium and a bottom backing board secured to the other side of the fluted medium, the box being impregnated with a hydrogenated triglyceride and coated with an acrylic styrene copolymer. The box has a bottom panel, side panels integral with the bottom panel and end panel assemblies integral with the bottom panel. The end panel assemblies comprise an outer end panel and a plurality of reinforcing end panels positioned adjacent said outer end panel. Each of the panels in the end panel assembly defines a cut out which is aligned with each other cutout panel in the end panel assembly to present a single uniformly configured cutout. The reinforcing end panels define a tab cut adjacent the outer end panel and each bottom corner of the bottom end panel forming a tab to seal the bottom corners of the box.

The invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for the removal of contaminants from fluids and, in particular sulfates and/or metals from industrial waste water. Compounds and compositions of the invention contain polysaccharides and other organic molecules. These flocculating agents are safe and effective, requiring no special handling procedures. Flocculation compounds include biopolymers of dextran, modified dextran and blends of dextrans, plus other organic and/or inorganic molecules. With the addition of flocculants of the invention to waste water, contaminants such as sulfate and toxic heavy metals can be safely, easily and efficiently removed.

A cartridge (10) containing a dose (12) of at least one substance such as ground coffee that can be used in the preparation of a liquid product, for example, using liquid and/or steam introduced into the cartridge (10), comprises a side wall (140), a bottom wall (142), through which said liquid product is able to flow from the cartridge (10), and a wall (16) for closing the cartridge (10) at the end opposite to said bottom wall (142). The side wall (140), the bottom wall (142), and the closing wall (16) comprise a material compostable after use of the cartridge. Either the bottom wall (142) or the closing wall (16) or both disintegrates/disintegrate during composting more rapidly than said side wall (140). In addition or as an alternative, either the bottom wall (142) or the closing wall (16) or both of them is/are connected to the side wall (140) by a bond resolvable during composting. In this way, during composting, the spent dose (12) is no longer withheld within the cartridge (10), thus accelerating disintegration and hence composting of the side wall (140).

Provided are a foaming tray for food packaging and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the foaming tray comprises a stacked structure of a first foaming layer having an inner moisture absorption property and a second foaming layer having an outer moisture barrier property, the first and second foaming layers containing a biodegradable polymer.

【課題】液体洗剤等の液体を包装して包装体とする場合においても、経時での色目変化が少ない水溶性フィルムであり、更にフィルム強度にも優れた包装体を形成し得る水溶性フィルム、更には、前記水溶性フィルムで各種薬剤が包装されてなる薬剤包装体を提供すること。【解決手段】ポリビニルアルコール系樹脂（Ａ）を含有してなる水溶性フィルムであって、５重量％水溶液のＹＩ値が４０〜７０である液体洗剤中に水溶性フィルムを浸漬した状態で、５０℃で２５日間放置した後のフィルムのＹＩ値（Ｘ2）と浸漬する前のフィルムのＹＩ値（Ｘ1）の差（Ｘ2−Ｘ1）が２以下である水溶性フィルム。【選択図】なし

A thermoplastic starch composition acquired from compounding a mixture comprises starch-containing agricultural waste in 45 to 70% by weight of total composition that the agricultural waste contains starch content less than 50% in dry weight; thermoplastic synthetic polymer in 25 to 50% by weight of total composition; plasticizer in 1 to 10% by weight of total composition; and coupling agent in 1 to 5% by weight of total composition; wherein the compounding is performed at a first temperature which is higher than room temperature.

A multicompartment water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble film, wherein a first compartment comprises a first composition and a second compartment comprises a second composition, and wherein the unit dose article comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, an inner wall and an outer wall, and wherein the first compartment is defined as the internal space between the top wall, the bottom wall and the inner wall, and wherein the second compartment is defined as the internal space between the inner wall, the outer wall, the top wall and the bottom wall, and wherein the walls comprise the water-soluble film, and wherein the first composition comprises a first cleaning active, and wherein the second compositiont comprises a second cleaning active and wherein the first and second cleaning actives are incompatible with one another, and a method of using said unit dose article.

【課題】 液体洗剤などの液体を包装して包装体とする場合においても、非常に湿度の低い乾燥状態に放置してもフィルムの柔軟性に優れ、フィルムが破れにくい良好な包装体を形成し得る水溶性フィルム、及び、前記水溶性フィルムで各種薬剤が包装されてなる薬剤包装体を提供すること。【解決手段】 ポリビニルアルコール系樹脂（Ａ）を含有してなる水溶性フィルムであって、４０℃、３％ＲＨの環境下に１８時間放置した後の引張貯蔵弾性率が１×１０9ＧＰａ以下であることを特徴とする水溶性フィルム。【選択図】なし

The invention relates to a starch hydrolysate having a Dextrose Equivalent DE of between 5 and 30 and a specific carbohydrate profile. In particular, the hydrolysate of the invention has improved retrogradation behaviour. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said starch hydrolysate.

Water soluble pouch (1) comprising: (i) a first film (6); (ii) a second film (7) overlapping with the first film (6); (iii) a seam (8) in which the first film (6) is joined to the second film (7); and the seam (8) comprising a first closed path (16) within which space between the first film (6) and the second film (7) defines a first chamber (4) for holding product (3); and the seam (8) comprising a second closed path (17) within which space between the first film (6) and the second film (7) defines a second chamber (5) for holding product (3); the seam (8) comprises a weakened line (13); and the thickness of the weakened line (13) is less than the thickness of each of the first film (6) and the second film (7) combined so that the weakened line (13) dissolves first when in contact with water, separating the first chamber (4) from the second chamber.

A continuous flow process for the preparation of one or more esters of lactic acid and 2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid or α-hydroxy methionine analogues from a sugar in the presence of a solid Lewis acid catalyst and a solvent comprising an organic solvent and water. The invention provides a means for stabilizing a Lewis acid catalyst for use in a continuous reaction process wherein the water is present in an amount of up to or equal to 10 vol. % of the organic solvent.

An improved filter (1) for espresso coffee machines (M) including a rigid main filtering containment and/or support body (20), suitable to be coupled with a support element belonging to an espresso coffee machine (M) and shaped in such a way as to define an inner seat (21) suitable to receive powder coffee, as well as, in particular, a disposable middle filtering containment and/or retaining insert (10) made of food use material, removably coupled with the rigid main filtering body (20) by means of at least partly insertion into the inner seat (21), shaped in such a way as to define an inner space (11) suitable to receive the powder coffee to be used in preparing espresso coffee by means of leaching of hot water, avoiding contact between the powder coffee and the main filtering body (20), provided with a laminar filtering bottom (14) in which separation means (18) are defined suitable to favour passing of a coffee infusion produced by means of the leaching of hot water, and suitable to be placed close to the support element of the coffee machine (M) in such a way as to interposed between the main filtering body (20) and the support element of the coffee machine (M).

L'invention a pour objet une composition de polymère de glucose hydrogénée présentant une quantité de sucres réducteurs en poids sec SR inférieure à 800 ppm. L'invention a également pour objet un procédé de fabrication pour fabriquer ladite composition. Un autre objet de l'invention porte sur un produit alimentaire ou pharmaceutique comprenant ladite composition.

Disclosed is a biodegradable sheet prepared from biodegradable material, a process for preparing the biodegradable sheet and uses thereof. One of the disclosed uses of the biodegradable sheet is in the preparation of a flexible liquid receptacle. Disclosed also is a flexible liquid receptacle arranged as an array of several receptacle units that are attached to one another and that may be detached from one another by tearing along a perforated line created between each two receptacle units. The disclosed array may also include a hanger, thus allowing the array to be hung from any appropriate means.