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Green Materials Development and Plastic Industry

The Green Materials Development Laboratory provides comprehensive testing and consulting services to the local materials and plastics industry through advanced and cutting-edge equipment and technology to solve the pain points of local production-related industries. Including biodegradation and weather ageing testing, material performance testing, plastic material identification, analytical testing and quality assessment, etc., to enhance the overall productivity and competitiveness of the industry.

Service Areas:
  • Testing, research and consulting services for green materials and plastics development
  • Testing services that meet the registration requirements of the “Green Tableware Platform”
  • Testing services that meet the registration requirements of the “Hong Kong Green Label Scheme”
  • Biodegradability analysis of materials
  • Weather ageing analysis of materials
  • Material characterisation analysis
  • Material mechanical property testing and analysis
  • Material thermal performance testing and analysis
  • Equipment rental services

The laboratory is well equipped for testing a variety of substances and products according to various international standards, including:

Biodegradability analysis of materials
  • Aerobic biodegradability testing
    • ISO 14855.1, ISO 17556, ASTM D5338, GB/T 22047, GB/T 19277.1
  • Anaerobic biodegradability testing
    • ISO 15985, ASTM D5511, GB/T 3397
  • Aerobic biodegradation in seawater
    • ASTM D6691, GB/T 40612
  • Anaerobic biodegradation of food and waste
 
Analysis of climate ageing properties of materials
  • UV accelerated ageing test
    • ASTM G154
  • Xenon test
    • STM G155
  • Thermal degradation properties
 
Plastic Degradability Analysis
  • Exposure and testing of plastics that degrade in the environment through oxidation and biodegradation
    • ASTM D6954
 
Material Characterization Analysis
  • Material element and surface analysis
    • Scanning Electron Microscope-Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer (SEM-EDX)
  • Identification of organic, polymeric and inorganic materials
    • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Test (FTIR-ATR)
  • Average molecular weight identification
    • High temperature gel chromatography (HT-GPC)
 
Material mechanical property testing and analysis
  • Mechanical test
    • ASTM D882
 
Material thermal performance testing and analysis
  • Plastic melt index determination (Melt Flow Indexer)
  • Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermogravimetric Analysis (DSC/TGA)
 
Testing services that meet the registration requirements of the “Hong Kong Green Label Scheme”
  • UV degradation test
    • ASTM D5280-14 & ASTM D3826
  • Accelerated weathering test
  • Molecular weight test
    • ASTM D6474
  • Biodegradation test
    • ASTM D6954 Tier 2
  • Gel fraction test
    • ASTM D2765
  • FDA test
    • In accordance with Green Label’s requirements
  • RoHS test
    • Chemical elements concentrations test
 
Testing services that meet the registration requirements of the “Green Tableware Platform”
  • Recyclability testing
    • China Paper Association Group Standard T/CPA 001 2021 “Water-based Coated Paper Cup (Water-Based Coated Paper Cup Paper)” Appendix B and No. 1 Modification
  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) material analysis
 
Equipment rental service
  • Biodegradation test chamber
  • Scanning electron microscope equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX)
  • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR-ATR)
  • UV accelerated ageing test chamber
  • Xenon lamp test chamber
  • Gel permeation chromatography system (FT-GPC)
  • Plastic Melt Flow Indexer
  • Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermogravimetric Analyzer (DSC/TGA)
  • Tensile tester
  • PPPE supercritical microporous foaming mutual aid sheet material comes out of the unit

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