Biodegradability and Compostability of Nanofibrillar Cellulose-Based Products

Minna Vikman; Jari Vartiainen; Irina Tsitko; P Korhonen

doi:10.1007/s10924-014-0694-3

Biodegradability and Compostability of Nanofibrillar Cellulose-Based Products

Minna Vikman^*
, Jari Vartiainen
, Irina Tsitko
, P Korhonen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Biodegradability and compostability of nanofibrillar cellulose-based (NFC) products including films, concentrated NFC and paper products containing NFC were evaluated under controlled composting conditions. All the NFC products tested were biodegradable according to the requirements set in European standard EN 13432. NFC even enhanced the rate of biodegradability of paper containing 1.5 % NFC as an additive. Disintegration during composting was evaluated using the modified pilot-scale composting test EN 14045. NFC films disintegrated completely in 3 weeks of composting, and NFC did not influence the degradability of paper products containing NFC. Ecotoxicity during biodegradation of NFC products in a compost environment was evaluated using a bioluminescence test with Vibrio fischeri. No acute toxicity was detected for any of the samples

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	206-215
Journal	Journal of Polymers and the Environment
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-014-0694-3
Publication status	Published - 2015
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Keywords

Nanofibrillar cellulose
Cellulose nanofibrils
Biodegradation
Composting
Ecotoxicity

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