BioZaq Poly is the novel American manufacturer and hub of PVOH water soluble plastic resins, films and bags. How are these materials used?? Wow, so glad you asked.

The film is similar to that employed by modular dosed detergent pods, now common and readily available. One of the commodity styled applications of this material: water dissolving soiled laundry bags used by the commercial laundries industry. The following paragraphs describe several categories of applications of this material, two of which are employed by the dry cleaning and commercial laundries industries:

•BioZaq material is used for modular dosed items like detergent pods: agrochem pesticide concentrates (throw concentrate pouches into a tank of water), pouches of water treatment chemicals, cement additives, etc. This application category employs the material as packaging film, and uses the dissolving film properties to add doses to liquid mixes.

• Another application is that of 'soiled linen bags', which is a commodity-style application employed heavily by the commercial laundries. Hospitals and surgery centers place their scrubs, uniforms and linens into a plastic bag that looks like a standard garbage bag; the bag is then shlepped over to the commercial laundries, and the whole bag (still sealed) is simply thrown into the laundry machine. The bag dissolves and out comes the clean clothes. This application reduces labor, reduces environmental impact, and... acts as an amazing barrier film! The bags help contain blood, feces, pathogens, mold, bed bugs, etc.

•Another general use of this material: a more sustainable alternative to standard polyolephins. This use of the material would include the dry cleaner poly garment bags.

Standard plastic garment bags are made of polyethylene, one of the most used materials on the planet. Society is more than aware of the giant islands of plastic in the ocean and the general effects of plastic on the environment as litter. However, the end-of-life expectations for plastics when properly disposed are not much greater. Polyethylene can take decades to begin to begin to break down in perfect composting conditions at a designated facility (which is still not advised, as to preserve the quality of the soil), but the process practically takes hundreds of years when put into a home-compost bin, left as litter, or sent to the landfills. Plastics are typically ‘fossilized’ in the landfills, or left as litter, and take some 450 years to begin to break down. In the sea, plastics can achieve some photo degradation if floating on the surface and thus exposed to the sun, though this means that the UV rays simply break up the plastic films into smaller pieces called ‘microplastics’ that are then mistaken as food and consumed by marine life. The microplastics are just mini pieces of plastic films, not decomposed. Microplastics are found in the bloodstream of the entire food chain, from sea creatures to humans. Microplastics may accumulate in organs and tissues, and may even be passed on to an unborn child. If plastics do decompose, the process releases significant greenhouse gasses.

BioZaq water soluble film does not make microplastics. The film dissolves in water, like a sugar cube. When dissolved in water, the solution is non-toxic. Furthermore, even though the material dissolves in water, leaves no microplastics, and is non-toxic... the PVOH molecules in the solution are biodegradable.

Garment bags can be made from this material. The film formulation can be adjusted to be more water resistant at cold water temperatures, and still act as a water barrier film when walking to/from the car in the rain; however, the bags will still be able to dissolve, either immediately by being submerged in hot water, or over a few months if left in cold water.
While the laundry bags are a clear and amazing staple in the industry, the 'green garment bags' have a notably higher price than standard polyethylene. Accordingly, the garment bag application may appeal to some dry cleaners more than others, depending on the individual dry cleaner's styles and goals.

"Dissolve away your laundry worries".

More information may be found on the website BioZaq.com