With our new base in New Brunswick, Canada, we are bringing Ecoshell™ to the Western market, which is a patented eggshell bio-calcium that is certified for its reduction of plastic, carbon, and agricultural waste.
Its main benefits include:
• Can reduce plastic content in a wide range of products by 30-50%
• Applications include packaging (industrial, cosmetic, electronic), household items, consumer goods, containers (bottles, jars, trays), film rolls for thermoformed products, bags, folders, EVA and foam rubber (flooring, mats), and essentially anything made with plastic.
• Compatible with plastics
• Certified by SGS to be eco-friendly in terms of plastic reduction and carbon reduction (70% carbon reduction)
• Certified by SGS to be recyclable.
• US, Taiwan, Australia, UK and China patents
• Certified anti-bacterial and high FIR emissivity rate
• Automated production; scalable and ample supply With ecoshell™, brands and manufacturers can quickly, affordably, and easily make a significant reduction in plastic and carbon, all while cleaning up an agricultural and food production waste product. Ecoshell™ truly epitomizes the three R's: it can reduce plastic 20-50%, makes high quality products that can be reused, and is certified to make products that are recyclable.
Even more, it works wonderfully with recycled plastic to make plastic products with the lowest possible carbon footprint with ideal end-of-lives. More, Spark intends to innovate and introduce new compounds to the market. First, we will introduce a compound of ocean bound HDPE + eco-shell™ that will be an easily adapted solution for brands and manufacturers across Canada, greater North America, and beyond. It is imperative to solve the Earth's plastic crisis, and the best way forward is to REDUCE plastic content, REUSE what we can, and RECYCLE as much as possible.
To do this, though, we need new solutions:
• Bioplastics are not the solution we need, as they are expensive, difficult for consumers to separate, impossible to recycle, and only biodegradable under very specific conditions, meaning the majority still ends up in our landfills or incinerated.
• Additives to virgin plastic to make them biodegradable are also not viable. They are slow-composting and will cause problems if composted in facilities with true compostable material. In addition, they are not recyclable and must be composted by consumers at home, meaning the vast majority is either incinerated or tossed into landfills.
• Greenwashing is also a major problem, with products that sound great but in fact increase carbon. For example, products that use fibers like hemp to reduce plastic 5-10%, but which makes an un-recyclable product that cannot biodegrade. They, too, will have to be incinerated or end up in the landfill. Ecoshell™, however, offers real and significant plastic reduction taking into account all stages of the plastic lifecycle.