Takara Shuzo to Adopt Biodegradable Plastic Bottle Caps for Its Products.Tokyo, Japan, Sept 3, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Takara Shuzo will adopt environmentally-friendly bottle caps for its products. Specifically, the company will use a hinge cap made of biodegradable biodegradable /bio·de·grad·a·ble/ (-de-grad´ah-b'l) susceptible of degradation by biological processes, as by bacterial or other enzymatic action. bi·o·de·grad·a·ble adj. plastic that has been co-developed by Mikasa Sangyo and Unitika. The hinge cap is mainly made of corn-based polylactide resin, which is degraded into carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. and water by microorganisms and degradative enzymes. As an initial step, Takara Shuzo will use the cap for its proprietary health drink, beginning in October. The move is expected to contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions. Source: JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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