Natural polymers and its benefits
100% natural. 100% sustainable. 100% compostable. 100% recycable.

The raw materials

In principle, bioplastics can be produced from various renewable raw materials. NaKu uses a starch compound made from corn for its breathable fresh-keeping bags. For the NaKu bottles, for example, a starch-based PLA (lactic acid) is used as a raw material used.

The material production

Natural plastic is based on renewable raw materials, which are processed into a compound through technical processing. Compound is a granulate that can then be further processed. Depending on the intended use, it is obtained either from corn starch or from lactic acid.

Natural polymers

The natural plastic combines both requirements. NaKu products consist exclusively of renewable raw materials or completely degradable substances AND are biodegradable. This is unique!  

The production

Depending on the area of ​​application, there are various ways of processing natural plastic into any desired shape. Each process begins with the melting of the granules in a machine that works like a “heatable meat grinder”.

Recycling

NaKu’s vision is to combine recycling and organic with its products, because natural plastic is primarily recycled and is also very easy to recycle. With our products, both the sorting and the recycling and, in the last step, the 100% recovery of the molecular building blocks works very well.

The rot

The natural plastic is biodegradable. This means that it is compostable according to the DIN standard EN 13432 and thus meets the requirement of becoming biogenic mass again within 90 days. But natural plastic is also combustible and recyclable, which means it can be reused in the production of other products.

The Combustion

We see recycling and rotting as the most beneficial ways to utilize bioplastics. From our point of view, the incineration of plastics of any kind is a backward way of recycling waste. Of course, our NaKu bottle and bag can also be thermally recycled. The calorific value of bioplastic is 20kJ/kg, which means that it burns as well as hardwood. However, thanks to the use of natural raw materials and the natural biodegradability of decomposition through combustion, our NaKu products ensure far less polluting emissions.

Advantages of natural polymers

The natural plastic produced and processed by NaKu has many advantages over conventional materials:

• NaKu is free of harmful substances

• NaKu has a lower CO₂ Output

• NaKu protects the global oil resources

• NaKu can be recycled

• NaKu means upcycling

• NaKu decomposes in nature

• NaKu bags are breathable and keep food fresh for longer

• NaKu bags have multiple uses