Pop Starch 10L Loose Fill

A New Zealand-made product that makes a difference to our environment and enhances your product and brand image. A Material Specification and Safety Data Sheet are available for export and customs. Pop Starch foam is a compostable and biodegradable loose or void fill, manufactured by expanding starch with steam. It is a sustainable, circular economy product that is compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable, reducing waste and disposal costs. Ideal for Triple-Bottom-Line reporting. Convenience without guilt — guaranteed not to last.

Pop Starch has significant performance benefits:

– Superior flow characteristics reduce packing time and labour costs.
– Excellent anti-shock and resilience properties, superior to any other product. Suitable for the protection of ultra-fragile or sharp items. The only product recommended by the Glass Sculpture Association for protection.
– Low density offers weight and cost savings for transport.
– Naturally antistatic—no time-wasting cleanup, unlike EPS (expanded polystyrene) foam, which clings to almost everything.
– Antistatic properties make Pop Starch ideal for packaging electronics.
– Material passed US Military Specification for Packaging Material Electrostatic Adhesion Tests, Paragraph 3.12.
– Can be compressed to form or take on any shape to prevent product migration.
– Ideal for export—many countries now regulate imports and packaging materials. A Material Specification and Safety Data Sheet are available for export and customs.
– Some countries ban the import of Foam Polystyrene (EPS) plastic because they do not want to import landfill.
– Packaging material showed no signs of volume reduction in cartons during a 3-day test period at 40°C and 80% relative humidity.
– Won’t deflate in air shipments, unlike plastic air pillows.
– Good thermal insulation properties.
– It can be sterilized with gamma rays.
– Will not attract pests or rodents but may attract birds.
– Not for human consumption, but it will not harm people or pets that may come in contact with or ingest the material.
– Not suitable for wet environments or direct contact with products that can produce condensation.

Pop Starch Environmental and Sustainability Advantages
– Made in New Zealand.
– Manufactured from sustainable, renewable materials.
– Expanded with steam, without the use of solvents or ozone-depleting substances.
– Pop Starch has no GMO (GE) content. Contains no wheat or protein, making it gluten-free.
– Biodegradable and compostable.
– Will biodegrade when exposed to any environment containing bacteria and moisture—this can be aerobic or anaerobic, above or below ground.
– Biodegradation time is less than cellulose (plant materials).
– Almost completely dissolves in water within hours; what remains biodegrades.
– Biodegrades to CO2 and/or methane (depending on the level of oxygen), water, and humus with no polymeric or toxic residue.
– It can be composted with organic waste, including food waste, to produce fertile humus in a few weeks.
– Can be disposed of on the lawn or garden, or even down the toilet.
– Reusable or recyclable through the same waste stream as cardboard and paper.
– Can be incinerated—combustion is complete with no toxic volatiles or metallic residues.
– Saves on waste-to-landfill and disposal costs. It is important to factor in disposal costs when considering the cost/benefit of other packaging products.
– Pop Starch is not meant to end its life in a landfill—in fact, anywhere else is better for the environment. It has, however, completed the anaerobic biodegradability-screening test for landfill within the 60-day test period if it were sent there.
– Saves on emissions and energy for waste transportation.
– The large 350L bags make great ‘top stow’ so your freight company may offer reduced pricing.
– Reduces environmental footprint, energy consumption, and climate change emissions. Especially as the entire growing stage of the starch reverses climate change by absorbing CO2 and producing O2.
– We also offer a take-back ‘Product Stewardship’ service or ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ (EPR) for the soft plastic empty bags. We will recycle any empty bags returned, or we can collect these when we deliver new stock.
– Qualifies for ‘Cradle to Cradle’ carbon footprint certification according to PAS 2050 & LCA protocols. Measurement of the carbon footprint is an indication only, as product densities and transport vary. According to a 2010 American consulting study, this void fill had a carbon footprint of only 38% that of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS).
– Certified to American standards: ASTM D6400 – Compostable, ASTM D7081 – Biodegradable and nontoxic in the marine environment, and VINCOTTE OK Compost Certified.

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