Asahi Kasei: Sustainable nonwoven fabric Bemliese™ certified as marine biodegradable by TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium Asahi Kasei’s sustainable nonwoven fabric Bemliese™ has been certified as “OK biodegradable MARINE” by TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium. Made of cotton linter, this material that can be utilized for a diverse array of disposable goods and applications, ranging from cosmetic facial masks, hygienic applications and medical sterilization, to cleaning equipment for high-precision machinery and laboratories. As a further step of expansion, Asahi Kasei is also looking at the European market.
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Bemliese™ is a nonwoven fabric sheet made from cotton linter – tiny hair-like fibers on cotton seeds. Asahi Kasei is the first and only company in the world that has developed a clean proprietary process for treating this linter to produce sheets that can be integrated in a diverse array of product designs. Linter was originally a pre-consumer waste byproduct of the traditional cotton harvesting process, and now has been converted to roughly 3% of the total yield. TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium NV, a globally recognized organization that certifies product biodegradation, has
recognized the material’s biodegradability in water and has certified Bemliese™ as “OK biodegradable MARINE”. Prior to this, the material had already obtained certifications for industrial compost, home compost and soil biodegradability by TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium.
Suitable for a wide range of applications Next to its sustainability, Bemliese™ has unique material properties, that make it an ideal material for applications in various industries. When dry, Bemliese™ leaves virtually no lint, scratches, or chemicals on the surfaces it touches,
