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PUJING CHEMCIAL INDUSTRY CO., Ltd (PJCHEM) established in 2005, is a high-tech enterprise mainly focused on investment, development and authorization of chemical process and advanced material technology. PJCHEM polymer business division, composed of a consolidate team with skilled and experienced experts, is mainly engaged in the cutting-edge polymer business, including new biodegradable material development, manufacture and distribution. We deliver industry-leading products and a full range of technical support service to help our customers and partners using our products. By staying closely with our customers, we keep developing innovation technology in response the needs and requirements from our customers. Our vision is to use our self-developed technology and knowhow to become a leading supplier of new biodegradable polymer in global market.

PULPEX is a patented packaging technology company that uses sustainably sourced fibre to produce renewable, recyclable and biodegradable bottles. As a first-of-its-kind fibre packaging solution delivering much-needed and highly anticipated eco-packaging category change, Pulpex enables brands to rethink their packaging proposition and achieve their sustainability goals at an industrial scale thanks to an end-product with a lower carbon impact versus current glass or plastic packaging formats. UK-based, with an R&D and production facility in Cambridgeshire, the business is expanding rapidly with global growth opportunities for manufacturing partners all over the world.

REA The Renewable Energy Association (REA) was established in 2001 as a not-for-profit trade association, representing British renewable energy producers and promoting the use of renewable energy in the UK. The REA helps its members build commercially and environmentally sustainable businesses whilst increasing the contribution of renewable energy to the UK’s electricity, heat, transport and green gas needs. The REA’s mission is to grow the renewable energy economy and to bring renewables into the mainstream.

RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSURANCE LTD The Compostable Materials Certification Scheme (CMCS) is a certification scheme for compostable materials placed on the UK market. For producers, we provide services for the assessment and labelling of compostable end products. For consumers, we provide a platform to check the status of certified products and identify appropriate treatment options. The CMCS is based on circular economy principles. It promotes the replacement of conventional plastic with biodegradable alternatives which can be recycled into agriculture and horticulture, diverting biowaste away from landfill. In so doing, it also seeks to avoid conventional plastics getting into soil. This helps improve the quantity and quality of biological matter returned to the soil and therefore supports long term soil health.

SATRA is a UK-based, independent testing, research, and certification organisation with over 100 years of technical expertise. Established in 1919, SATRA is based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, and supports manufacturers across sectors including footwear, PPE, furniture, and floor coverings. With a UKAS-accredited ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory, SATRA provides chemical compliance and restricted substances testing in line with UK and EU REACH, physical, performance and compliance testing, PPE certification, and sustainability services, including biodegradability and biobased carbon content testing. SATRA develops test methods and manufactures Test Equipment that goes into labs globally. SATRA is a UK Approved Body for UKCA marking, an EU Notified Body for CE certification, and CPSC-accredited for US chemical compliance.

SCHEMA The Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Hub (SCHEMA Hub) is a multi-partner, multi-disciplinary programme convening researchers from across the UK with a large consortium of commercial, technology translation, and civic partners to improve the sustainability of chemical and polymer production by transforming their design, manufacture, and recyclability. SCHEMA’s vision is to establish the new science and engineering for the manufacture of sustainable chemicals and materials using processes that operate with sustainable raw materials from waste, air, and water, and that are powered by renewable electricity delivering UK supply chain resilience and manufacturing sector interconnectivity from chemicals to polymers.

SHELLWORKS Shellworks is a design-led, techbio company, eliminating plastic waste through the development of our home-compostable and bio-based material family, Vivomer. Made by the same microbes found in marine and soil environments, Vivomer is designed to last only as long as it needs to. Our mission is to create naturally-derived materials and packaging to support businesses in transitioning to a waste-free future. Currently, Shellworks is creating home compostable Vivomer packaging with a focus on solutions for the beauty and personal care sector.

SINCLAIR INTERNATIONAL have been manufacturing high-quality, food-safe fruit labels for automated, high-speed applications since 1982. Our first compostable label was launched in 2014, and in 2019, we launched our first OK compost-certified label. Today, we have a range of industrial and home compostable fruit label solutions that meet global legislative and packaging standard requirements.

SOLENA MATERIALS is a protein materials company using computational design, machine learning, and automation to accelerate the development of bespoke materials across multiple sectors. Our protein-based fibres will replace petrochemical-derived materials, unlocking a new generation of biodegradable, functional, and sustainable smart materials for consumers, industry, and the planet.

SOLUTIONS4PLASTIC is a U.K , Lincolnshire manufacturer of home compostable, water soluble, biodegradable plastics.