Fantastic Bioplastic Finder by Circuteria

Read in the following a guest article by the Berlin-based start-up Circuteria. 

In the consumer products industry, there still remains a lack of information and understanding in regard to sustainability. Many manufacturers want to produce more sustainable products with biopolymers but often do not know what materials to use. The digital platform developed by Circuteria addresses such problems by connecting all stakeholders along the circular bioeconomy’s value chain, in which bioplastics are an essential component.  

A central component of Circuteria’s concept is its Fantastic Bioplastic Finder, with which product manufacturers, using conventional plastics, can search for bioplastic alternatives on a product-specific basis. There is already a first prototype of the Finder. By typing in the plastic ID (e.g. “PET