24 Aug 2023 --- Aimplas has performed pretreatments to accelerate the biodegradation of synthetic plastics. The plastics technology centre is using methods based on microwaves and reactive extrusion. Aimplas is part of the Bio Innovation of a Circular Economy for Plastics (BioICEP) project, which started in February 2020 and is funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program. The project aims to develop environmentally sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics.
