At Penka we make and sell straws, cutlery and many other products made with PolyAgave, but what is PolyAgave?

PolyAgave is a material developed and patented by BioSolutions; a Mexican company founded in 2010; which was developed with the intention of creating a biobased bioplastic material that would be a sustainable alternative to traditional plastics and that would work for different applications, such as injection, extrusion and blowing.

There are several grades and types of PolyAgave and they are used according to the application in which they will be used, for example: plates, glasses, cutlery, household items, cleaning supplies, lids, decorative items and coolers, among others. And currently it is used by national and international customers.

The benefits of using PolyAgave for these applications are both for the environment and for the market and the companies that use it:

Among the benefits to the environment, we can list the reduction of carbon footprint and water footprint -since agaves do not require irrigation water, only rainwater to grow-, as well as the use of abundant agro-industrial waste, instead of using food from which starch is extracted.

The benefits for the market are also important, since the appearance of products made with PolyAgave is very genuine, it is clear and remarkable that these products contain a load of agave, you can be sure that a product made with PolyAgave is a product that contains a vegetable filler. It's also an innovative product that will help differentiate your packaging and products from the competition.

Finally, it is important to highlight that PolyAgave is a bioplastic that can be used in current machinery in the plastic industry, can be pigmented in any color and can be recycled at the end of its use. The most important thing is that it is the first bioplastic developed and manufactured in Mexico from agro-industrial by-products, a pride of the nation.

Eduardo Rivera

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