The world's population is rapidly increasing putting pressure on our ability to grow sufficient food whilst maintaining the health and well-being of our planet. Over 10 million tons of plastic mulch film is used by agriculture globally each year to increase crop productivity. But at the end of each cropping cycle, this plastic is disposed by incineration or buried in landfills, or it is dumped. Incineration leads to the dispersion of poisonous gases into the environment. Breakdown of the plastics in landfills and in the soil is very slow without the influence of UV degradation. The slow speed means fragments of the plastic (microplastics) will detrimentally effect soil structure and subsequently soil water balance, chemistry and microbiology. The microplastic fragments can also be carried quickly into streams and rivers and arriving into the ocean where they affect all forms of aquatic life. Eventually entering the human body when we consume contaminated seafood.
Our mission is to eliminate the use of plastics in agricultural farming practices.
TranspiratiONal has developed a sprayable biodegradable mulch (SBM) that replaces plastic mulch films in horticulture and high-value cropping. SBM has been successfully tested on various crops and we know it:
1) Increases water savings
2) Provides weed suppression
3) Increases crop yield
4) Biodegrades in the soil and is non-toxic
5) Eliminates the cost of plastic mulch film removal and disposal
With benefits and costs of using SBM comparable to the use of traditional plastic mulch films, TranspiratiONal-SBM is positioned to encourage farmers away from plastics mulch films to our environmentally friendly and novel product.
SBM will pave the pathway for environmentally sustainable farming practices
SBM technology is IP protected and our field trial data has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Company Details
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Melbourne, Victoria, Au
- Industry
- Farming
- NAICS
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Crop ProductionOilseed and Grain FarmingVegetable and Melon FarmingFruit and Tree Nut FarmingGreenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture ProductionOther Crop FarmingSoybean FarmingOilseed (except Soybean) FarmingDry Pea and Bean FarmingWheat FarmingCorn FarmingRice FarmingOther Grain FarmingOrange GrovesCitrus (except Orange) GrovesNoncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut FarmingFood Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Floriculture ProductionTobacco FarmingCotton FarmingSugarcane FarmingHay FarmingAll Other Crop FarmingOilseed and Grain Combination FarmingAll Other Grain FarmingPotato FarmingOther Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingApple OrchardsGrape VineyardsStrawberry FarmingBerry (except Strawberry) FarmingTree Nut FarmingFruit and Tree Nut Combination FarmingOther Noncitrus Fruit FarmingMushroom ProductionOther Food Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Tree ProductionFloriculture ProductionSugar Beet FarmingPeanut FarmingAll Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Website
- https://www.csiro.au/en/research/production/materials/sprayable-biodegradable-polymer-membrane
- HQ
- Melbourne, Victoria
Sbm-Transpirational Questions
Sbm-Transpirational's website is https://www.csiro.au/en/research/production/materials/sprayable-biodegradable-polymer-membrane
Sbm-Transpirational's LinkedIn profile is https://au.linkedin.com/company/sbm-transpirational
Sbm-Transpirational's industry is
Farming
Sbm-Transpirational's top competitors are
Plastoflex,
Recede Bioplastics®,
Aras Agrotech,
Biolegeen Biodegradable Material Technology Co.,ltd.,
Ruhua Biotech-Shaoxing Zhurong Home Technology Co., Ltd,
Mulch Film Rolls,
Plastiroll,
Filmorganic,
Vigilis Tree Shelters,
Bioborn Packaging.
Sbm-Transpirational's categories are Farming
Sbm-Transpirational's founding year is 2021
