HOW DO BIODEGRADABLE FUTURE ADDITIVES (BFA) WORK?
Biodegradable Future Additives (BFA) revolutionize the way plastics degrade in microbe-rich environments. Here’s how it works:
- Unlimited Shelf Life: Plastics treated with BFA remain stable and non-toxic until they enter environments teeming with microbes, such as landfills or oceans.
- Organic Compound Discovery: We discovered a crucial organic compound in crude oil that usually gets destroyed during refining. By synthesizing this compound with nutrients and grafting it onto the plastic polymer chain, we made plastics irresistible to microbes.
- Microbe Attraction: Adding BFA to petroleum-based resin attracts microbes. These tiny organisms adjust their pH levels and start “quorum sensing”—a process where they communicate and gather to form colonies on the plastic’s surface.
- Polymer Breakdown: Once colonized, microbes secrete acids that break down the polymer chains. They utilize the carbon backbone of these chains as an energy source, essentially consuming the plastic as food.
