Telles Announces New Mirel Film Grade

Mirel P5001 is the latest Telles film grade product developed to support organic waste collection intended for anaerobic digestion and municipal composting.

Nov 4 2011 --- Telles, a joint venture of Metabolix, Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Company, announced it will demonstrate its new commercial film grade, Mirel P5001, along with other products from the Company's family of bioplastics, this week at PACK Expo (booth #5920).

Mirel P5001 is the latest Telles film grade product developed to support organic waste collection intended for anaerobic digestion and municipal composting. With its innovative technology, Mirel P5001 enables multiple end-of-life options, including industrial and home composting systems, marine biodegradability and participation in anaerobic digestion processes.

Film produced from Mirel P5001 offers good puncture toughness, tear resistance and seal strength, along with good printability and shelf stability. This performance profile makes it ideal for a variety of commercial film applications including compostable bags, merchandise bags and marine uses. Mirel P5001 processes on both cast and blown film extruder lines.

Telles will also demonstrate blend technologies of Mirel that improve the performance of blends. For example, StarchTech, a distributor and manufacturer of biodegradable packaging solutions for retailers including Drs. Foster and Smith and Crutchfield, uses Mirel in its proprietary blend for packing peanuts. By incorporating the Mirel resin, StarchTech has developed packing peanuts that are made from 93 percent biobased content and are biodegradable in fresh water and marine environments.

"Our water soluble packing peanuts are designed not only to protect packages during the shipping process, but also to protect the environment," said Dean Bartels, general manager of StarchTech. "By using Mirel in our blend of bioplastic, we have been able to improve the performance of our product, without compromising its sustainability attributes."