The compact roll for gardeners! Do you only need a limited amount of BIOCOVERS®? BIOCOVERS® MINI might be your pick! The small rolls contains 10m², ideal for small applications.
This quality contains 5% natural fibres (hemp) for an even more natural look. The weight of the product is 157g/m²; the thickness is about 1mm. This quality is sufficient for most applications. For use on steep slopes or loose soil, we recommend the quality BIOCOVERS® EXTRA.
The raw material PLA is UV stable. Sunlight will not break down the product. Therefore there is no need to cover up the fabric with expensive bark or wood chips. BIOCOVERS® will biodegrade through combined action of microorganism, temperature and humidity.
BIOCOVERS® has natural brown colour and blends in well in your garden. After some time, mosses will start to develop on top of the fabric enhancing the aesthetics of the ground cover.
The water permeability of BIOCOVERS® is 10 times better than woven fabrics which will promote the growth of the young plants.
BIOCOVERS® is 100% made out of plant material and will at the end of its lifetime biodegrade to compost. It comes from nature and goes back to nature! BIOCOVERS® is the ideal sustainable landscape fabric.
BIOCOVERS® in combination with perennial plants
PLA or Poly Lactic Acid is made from plant material. Starch and sugars of plants are used as renewable resource. Today, mainly side and waste streams of the corn industry are used as feedstock. The production of PLA is not a threat for food supply; only 0.05% of the annual global corn crop is used for the production of PLA.
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How is PLA produced? Some chemistry... It all starts with the sun! During the process of the photosynthesis, leafs of green plants will absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. A molecule CO2 is combined with a molecule water to form sugar and oxygen. The molecule oxygen is released back in the atmosphere. The sugar is used as fuel for the plants. Any unused sugar is stored as starch and can be harvested. |
Industrially, the starch molecules are converted to long chains of lactic acid molecules = PLA (Poly Lactic Acid). In our factories, the PLA granulate is transformed in a first step to fibres and in a second step to a needle punched nonwoven: BIOCOVERS®. Wind energy is used for the production of PLA fibres and felts! |
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