CD Laboratory for Biodegradation of Water-Soluble Polymers

Water-soluble polymers are important high-performance ingredients in numerous home and personal care products.
Head of Laboratory Zumstein, Head of Module Steininger-Mairinger, and the team of this CD Laboratory are working on the chemical and biological fundamentals required for the development and regulation of biodegradable water-soluble polymers.

Numerous products used in home and personal care contain water-soluble polymers (WSPs) as important high-performance ingredients. In these areas of application alone, WSPs have a global annual production volume of more than 1 million tons, with a rising market demand. Sustainable end-of-life management for WSPs is currently a major challenge, and biodegradable WSPs are of enormous interest in this regard. The basic research conducted in this CD Laboratory addresses fundamental aspects in this context.

Biodegradability in wastewater and freshwater systems is a key feature of sustainable water-soluble polymers.

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