Excellent technology transfer: "TheForestCleanup" project receives award

This is how science and industry go hand in hand for a sustainable future: Our development work in the research project "TheForestCleanup" has now been recognized with the "Excellent Technology Transfer" award from the Reutlingen Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. The project was developed jointly with the Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences, whose Professor Dr. Sebastian Hein accepted the award on behalf of all project partners.

We are very proud to have convinced the jury from industry and science with our innovative tree protection cover. It solves a growing problem, because the need for reforestation in German forests is increasing every year as a result of drought months and bark beetles. Until now, conservative tree protection covers made of plastic were used to protect young trees, the residues of which remained in the forest as waste for decades. Thanks to the new covers based on our SAVUTEC® vulcanized fiber, we can now reforest large areas without unnecessarily polluting nature.

Further information on the "Excellent Technology Transfer" award can be found in this article.

Sustainable furniture with vulcanized fiber

Natural, renewable and sustainable: vulcanized fiber as a material for high-quality furniture

Sustainable raw material in the furniture industry: vulcanized fiber. In this article, we explain why vulcanized fiber is a real game changer in this context as a completely natural plastic alternative based on cellulose.

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Sustainable drinking packaging made from vulcanised fibre

Drinks packaging is considered an environmentally friendly packaging solution for juices, milk...

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Sachsenröder goes green

We have been using green electricity from WSW since this year. This completely covers our proportionate annual electricity requirements. In this way, we contribute to climate protection and the expansion of renewable power generation. WSW's green electricity is generatedCO2-free for the most part in new and recent hydroelectric power plants in Norway and/or Sweden. The relief for the ecosystem amounts to 660,690 kilogrammes ofCO2 per year, which is roughly equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide that a German beech forest with 52,877 trees can remove from the earth's atmosphere in one year.

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Vulcanised fibre - The 100% PLASTIC FREE plastic

The Problem

About 70 years ago plastics became a mass product. 8.3 billion tons have been produced since then - we now consume around 335 million tons worldwide each year, of which around 12 million tons are in Germany.

After mostly the shortest use, 79% of the indecomposable plastic is stored in landfills or in the environment.

Environmentally polluting plastic is problematic because it is not decomposed but mechanically fragmented, i.e. it breaks down into smaller and smaller parts without any material changes to form microplastics. Even after decay times of up to 450 years, it is not possible to speak of complete decomposition.

Many plastic objects now pollute seas and beaches. From giant plastic swirls to tiny plastic particles, they are becoming the undoing of marine life and ecosystems. Animals strangle themselves with plastic scraps or confuse the parts with food. Ultimately, the harmful substances contained in or enriched by plastic also enter the human food chain.

Bioplasty is not an alternative 

Unfortunately there is no binding definition of the term bioplastics. Thus, the term can mean both that the material is biodegradable but made from petroleum, and that it is made from renewable resources but is not degradable.

Even biodegradable plastics are not a solution. During composting, many biodegradable plastics only decompose under the defined conditions of industrial composting plants. They should not be thrown on the compost heaps at home, as they do not decompose there or only decompose with a much longer decomposition time.

And industrial composting plants also have a problem: many products made of bioplastics still contain plastic or additives based on petroleum. Some municipalities even prohibit the disposal of bioplastics in organic waste. Bioplastics even cause problems in the recycling plants of the yellow bin. So in the end only the residual waste remains.

The alternative

Vulcanized fibre is a 100% PLASTIC FREE plastic that decomposes 100% biologically to CO2 and water in home compost. No waste and no micro particles are left behind. In addition, vulcanised fibre SAVUTEC® consists of 100% sustainable and renewable raw material cellulose.