{"id":47233,"date":"2021-08-06T14:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=47233"},"modified":"2021-08-06T14:37:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:37:43","slug":"vegan-spider-silk-for-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/vegane-spinnenseide-fuer-verpackungen\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan spider silk as a plastic alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a sustainable material based on plant proteins that could replace single-use plastics in consumer goods and is similar to spider silk.<\/p>\n

The spider's silk thread is a unique natural fibre, extremely tear-resistant and elastic at the same time. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have now succeeded in developing a polymer film that imitates the properties of the spider thread<\/strong>. The new material is just as durable as many plastics in use today and could replace plastic in many common household products.<\/p>\n

The vegan spider silk<\/em> becomes with the help of a new process from plant proteins<\/strong> and mimics the properties of silk at the molecular level. The result: a plastic-like, stable film that can be produced on an industrial scale. It is similar to high-performance engineering plastics such as low-density polyethylene (LDPE).<\/p>

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Vegan spider silk for waterproof coatings<\/h2>\n

The polymer can be coloured and also used to produce waterproof coatings. It is also home compostable.<\/p>\n

The sustainable new material is marketed by Xampla<\/a>, a Spin-off from the University of Cambridge<\/strong>, which focuses on the development of alternatives to single-use plastic and microplastics. The company plans to launch its first film packaging for dishwasher tabs and detergent capsules on the market this year.<\/p>\n

Source<\/em>University of Cambridge<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a sustainable material based on plant proteins that could replace single-use plastics in consumer goods and is similar to spider silk.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":47234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Forscher der Universit\u00e4t Cambridge haben ein der Spinnenseide \u00e4hnliches Material auf Pflanzenbasis entwickelt, das Einwegkunststoffe ersetzen k\u00f6nnte.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Spinnenseide","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58781],"tags":[54,31,32,59228],"class_list":{"0":"post-47233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-packaging","8":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","9":"tag-nachhaltigkeit-und-green-packaging","10":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","11":"tag-xampla","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}