date:Jun 27, 2013
s, said Tetra Pak President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Jnsson.
Braskem will use ethanol derived from sugar cane to produce ethylene, which will then be converted into LDPE. The LDPE made from renewable sugar cane has the same technical properties as LDPE made from fossil sources, and the environmental benefits of being from a renewable source. Braskem biopolymers are known under the trademark Im green.
The new bio-based Im green TM LDPE is as inert, resistant and recyclable as the poly