It' our skins and puree

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Scion’s collaboration with ZESPRI, recognised as the world leader in premium quality kiwifruit, continues to grow. Scion scientists have been working with ZESPRI to develop a bioplastic spife (spoon-knive) made, in part, from kiwifruit residue.

Zespri in Europe had such a positive response to prototype biospifes displayed at a trade fair for sustainable agriculture in The Netherlands, that they requested 100,000 commercial sample spifes. These will be used in retails pre-packs of ZESPRI ORGANIC supplied to several European retailers.

The Scion bioplastics team (Alan Fernybough, Martin Markotsis & Daniel Parker) optimised the formulation and organised scaled-up production of the necessary componets. Thousands of biospifes are now coming off the production line at a New Zealand manufacturing plant.

Reference: Scion Connections Issue Four, 1 June 2012

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