• Biodegradation of bloodmeal-based thermoplastics in green-waste composting 

  Verbeek, Casparus Johan R.; Hicks, Talia; Langdon, Alan (Springer, 2011)

  Polymers that are compostable and manufactured from renewable resources have gained significant importance in recent years. The objective of this work was to assess the biodegradability of bloodmeal-based thermoplastics ...

• Biofibre production from chicken feather 

  Tseng, Fan-Chen Jeanie; Verbeek, Casparus Johan R. (2011)

  The global poultry industry generates at least 2 million tonnes of chicken feather every year. Feather fibre has potential as reinforcement for polymer composites with light-weight, thermal insulation and acoustic dampening ...

  

• Blends of linear-low-density polyethylene and thermoplastic bloodmeal using maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene as compatibilizer 

  Marsilla, K. I. Ku; Verbeek, Casparus Johan R. (Engineers Australia, 2012, 2012)

  Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) was blended with Novatein Thermoplastic from bloodmeal (NTP.) The compatibilizing effect of maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-g-MAH) on mechanical, morphology thermal properties ...

  

• Closing the loop, adding value 

  Verbeek, Casparus Johan R. (TCEtoday, 2015)

  This article describes an innovation which uses waste blood from meat processing to create a valuable bio-based plastic

  

• Decoloring hemoglobin as a feedstock for second-generation bioplastics 

  Low, Aaron; Lay, Mark C.; Verbeek, Casparus Johan R.; Swan, Janis E. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)

  The color of red blood cell concentrate (RBCC) limits its application in human food, but there is potential to use it for second-generation bioplastics. Several methods have been developed to remove color from RBCC, but ...

• Sheet extrusion and plasticisation of Novatein thermoplastic protein 

  Uitto, Jussi Matias (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  The purpose of this study was to develop a relationship between protein structure, rheological properties and plasticization of Novatein. Novatein is a biomass-based thermoplastic in which the main constituent is blood ...

  

• Biopolymer foams from Novatein thermoplastic protein and poly(lactic acid) 

  Walallavita, Anuradha Sammani (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  Novatein is the only commercial thermoplastic protein made from bloodmeal, a highly denatured protein and a readily available by-product of the meat processing industry. One of the major limitations of Novatein is its ...

  

• Improving Impact Properties of Novatein through Polymer Blending and Reactive Extrusion 

  Smith, Matthew J. (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  Novatein is a brittle thermoplastic made from protein and requires impact strength modification before it can be used in a wider variety of applications, such as in the agricultural, horticultural and meat processing ...

  

• Effects of Drying Conditions on Protein Properties of Blood meal 

  Damba, Chawangwa (The University of Waikato, 2017)

  Blood meal is a by-product of the meat industry produced through drying of animal blood. It contains about 85 wt.% proteins. Drying has been used as a method to preserve biomaterials and involves lowering of the water ...

  

• Harakeke fibre as reinforcement in epoxy matrix composites and its hybridisation with hemp fibre 

  Le, Tan Minh (University of Waikato, 2016)

  Over the last few decades, due to increasing global awareness of environmental issues, there has been great interest and motivation in research to develop natural fibre composites to replace glass fibre composites in certain ...

  

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