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Natur-Tec plastics ready to embrace shift to green technology

CIRCLE PINES — If green technology is the wave of the future, an international corporation located in Circle Pines is ready for the world to embrace the change.

Since 2004, the Northern Technologies International Corporation (NTIC) has been developing bio-based substitutes to traditional plastics through its Natur-Tec branch. Its products have been developed to eliminate further damage to the environment caused by traditional plastics, but also to correct past mistakes other companies made from "biodegradable" products that, according to the company CEO, weren't biodegradable. More...

NTIC –Top 10 Hardest Working CFO’s

NTIC’s Chief Financial Officer was recently named one of the “Top 10 Hardest Working CFO’s” for a small, public company by the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal. Each CFO was evaluated across seven categories that the magazine used to measure the extent and effectiveness of their work. These categories were Pay & Tenure, International Revenue, Stock Performance, Annual Revenue, Recent Revenue Growth and SEC Compliance.
 
NTIC – One of the Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies in MN!

Northern Technologies International Corporation was recently recognized in the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Fastest-growing Small Public Companies in Minnesota. Ranked by three-year revenue growth, NTIC was #10 on the list with a three-year revenue growth of 98.8% (revenue of $16,605,000).
 
Biodegradable Resins
Composting and the Role of Biodegradable Plastics
 

The growing global population is generating ever increasing amounts of garbage or waste. Much of this waste is land-filled. But this method of waste disposal has its limitations. For one, existing landfills are fast running out of space, and with the growing population, there isn’t enough space to construct more.

Typically, 30% of Municipal Solid Waste is organic yard and food waste. This organic matter, when buried in landfills, decomposes in an anaerobic process and generates Methane, a gas that has a Global Warming Index 12 times that of CO2. As a result, many governments around the world are supporting legislation for the diversion of organic waste from landfills, and towards an environmentally friendly alternative such as centralized composting facilities.
Biodegradable Product
 

Composting is an ecologically and environmentally sound approach to transferring biodegradable waste to useful product. Compost use reduces chemical inputs, suppresses crop diseases, replenishes organic carbon, increases water & nutrient retention, improves soil productivity, i.e. promotes “SUSTAINABLE  AGRICULTURE!”

Biodegradable Plastics play an important role in aiding the collection and source separation of organic waste. These fully biodegradable and compostable plastics can be used as compost bags or bin liners for food waste collection.

Unlike bags made of regular polyethylene, bags made of compostable plastics do not interfere with the composting process nor in any way degrade the quality of the final compost.

Natur-Tec® offers a proprietary biodegradable plastic resin that can be converted into film and bags of any size and thicknesses. This resin can be processed on regular blown-film equipment. NTIC’s biodegradable resin meets all international standards for compostable plastics such as ASTM D6400 (U.S.), EN 13432 (Europe) and GreenPLA (Japan) among others.

For more information on Natur-Tec® products, please email info@natur-tec.com.