Low carbon footprint of PLA confirmed by peer reviewed Life Cycle Assessment
TotalEnergies Corbion’s peer reviewed Life Cycle Impact Assessment of PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) produced from sugarcane in Thailand has been published in the “Journal of Polymers and the Environment” and confirms PLA’s low carbon footprint.
TotalEnergies Corbion celebrates the opening of its 75,000 tons per year bioplastics plant
otalEnergies Corbion, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, has just inaugurated its 75,000 tons per year PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand.
TotalEnergies Corbion starts-up its 75,000 tons per year bioplastics plant
This bioplastic provides a valuable contribution towards the circular economy being biobased and biodegradable and offering multiple environmentally-friendly waste solutions.
Total and Corbion form a Joint Venture in bioplastics
The two partners plan to build a world-class PLA polymerization plant with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year at Corbion’s site in Thailand that already has a lactide (PLA monomer) production unit that will become part of the joint venture.