Italian recipe for hemp biocomposite

The technologies developed by Italian entrepreneurs for the use of food and dairy industry waste will be further used for the production of high-quality hemp biocomposite materials with high added value.

On the pages of the specialized electronic edition of national hemp growers, the editors have recently quite regularly posted materials related to the use of various hemp ingredients used for the production of bioplastics or biocomposite materials. This high-tech application of hemp raw materials is regarded as an extremely promising area of modern hemp growing, so we are happy to provide any information on these topics for review by our respected readers and listeners. Not ignored by the editors, which began 6 months ago, is an Italian startup based on the production of bioplastics created from food waste, such as kiwi peel and expired dairy products with the addition of hemp components as the main ingredient. That is why the project of Plasmilk, which is being implemented on the market of the Apennine Peninsula, may be of interest to representatives of the national hemp industry.

Entrepreneur Francesco Borgomeo purchased the Naco di Cisterna plant for the production of chemical additives for boilers in order to transform it into a Green Economy company, Plasta Rei. As conceived by Mr. Borgomeo, hemp biocomposite materials will be produced at the production facilities of the enterprise acquired by him, for which an application has been filed for obtaining the international patent “Plasmilk”.

“We want to produce hemp biocomposites,” explains Mr. Borgomeo, “that will not pollute the environment. Our technology implies not only the possibility of reusing the produced bioplastics, made using exclusively natural raw materials, but also the complete decomposition of the final products after the expiration of their service life, without the possibility of negative consequences during their disposal.”

Fabio Mazzarella, general manager of Plasta Rei, emphasizes that “The bioplastics produced include such natural ingredients as milk and its derivatives, kiwi fruit and hemp. The idea of the production process is to use expired milk or yoghurts remaining in the region, waste from the food industry, as well as large-scale distribution, and produce new products from them - biocomposite materials made using hemp. To implement this idea, it is fundamental to use the latest technologies developed and also implemented within the framework of Plasmilk.

According to Mr. Borgomeo “The basis of the company's philosophy is the resuscitation of the capacities of a regional chemical company for the production of demanded goods on the market, which involve their reuse, as well as the possibility of recycling after the end of the service life of the end products made from them, without any load on environment".

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Francesco Borgomeo is no stranger to this type of green economy technology initiative. The entrepreneur specializes in acquiring bankrupt enterprises for nothing during a crisis and turning them into successful projects based on the implementation of the latest technologies. It can be assumed that the technologies developed by Italian entrepreneurs for the use of food and dairy industry waste will be further used for the production of high-quality hemp biocomposite materials with high added value.