The circle of it: This company creates flours, powders and additives from waste components of produce like pits, stones and shells of fruits and vegetables.
biopowder
Summary
Biopowder challenges the traditional notion of how many products across various industries are created, and offers nature-based biodegradable solutions to replace them. The company offers a variety of micro-powders (e.g., olive pit powder, nectarine stone powder, almond shell, pistachio shell, avocado stone, etc.) that can be used for a wide variety of applications including strengthening bio-based composites, enhancing biopolymer and resin-based packaging products, reducing the reliance on microplastics, and many others. The company’s powders have varies properties that can be advantageously leveraged for many applications that are currently relying on synthetic and plastic-derivative additives. For example, rather than using micro-plastics in the beauty products, the olive pit powder can easily be used to create more natural exfoliating products. (Source) Similarly, some of the company’s biopowders naturally have hydrophobic properties, making them ideal for use in products like paint texture additives, epoxy resin fillers, anti-slip paint additives, ceramic coatings and others. (Source). BioPowder additives, the company claims, can add properties such as strength, hardness and abrasion resistance, as well as an appealing natural texture and aesthetic. (Source)
Story
Founder Kathrin Schilling, who came from a background in the biomass recycling industry wanted to find a solution and end-use for olive pits, and founded the company in 2017. (Source)
Pic credit: Composites World (right) and Very Compostable (top)
“There are a lot of so-called green materials on the market but they’re not all environmentally sustainable or have a good carbon footprint. For example, hemp or flax are purposely grown for use in composite materials, which uses a lot of energy and resources. We’re trying to make a material that ticks all of the boxes.”
Kathrine Schilling in an interview
Founder(s)
Kathrin Schilling
Headquarters
Birkirkara, Malta
In business since
2017
Technology
Creating powders using waste components of agricultural produce like pits, stones and shells to be used as additives in many industries
Impact
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