A Biodegradable Coating Material for Paper Boards that Replaces Polythene Cover.

Patent Application No: LK/P/20594

Features of the Product:

• Produced with keratin extracted from poultry feathers collected in slaughter houses.
• The product has laboratory experiment proven excellent moisture barrier properties.
• This innovation can replace polythene cover or polythene laminate of paper boards/corrugated boxes.
• This coating material is 100% biodegradable and 2 mL of the solution covers 10 cm x10 cm of area.
• Easy to apply by spraying or coating, therefore, less labor required compared to packing in polythene covers.
• No odor or any other undesirable properties imparted to the paper board.
• Industrially applicable simple production process allows mass scale production.
• Cost of production is less than 18 LKR per 100 mL of final product.