June 2019

For information purposes only

The world is choked with plastic waste • 10% of world’s waste is plastic | 35 billion water bottles thrown away every year | 500 billion plastic bags are used every year

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Natural Polymer Options

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Cellulose Starch PHA – Polyhydroxyalkanoates Lignin Pectin Chitin Dextran

What is PHA?

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• Unmodified, natural, biodegradable polymer

• Produced via microbial fermentation of plant-based oils or sugars

• Highly versatile

Certified biodegradable

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Initial sample After 2 weeks After 4 weeks After 8 weeks After 12 weeks

*TUV Austria bought Vincotte in Dec 2017

Highly versatile

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Toiletries

Bottles Medical consumables

Agricultural mulch films E-commerce packaging

Cup lids Coating for paper used in single-use food packaging

Coated paper market expected to grow strongly

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Sources: Global Industry Analysts, 2012, Transparent Market Research, 2015, RWDC estimates

The coated paper market is over 200 million MT/year This implies over 20 million MT of coatings demand

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PHA straws – Temasek Foundation award

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• RWDC won the inaugural Temasek Foundation (TF) Liveability Challenge with our proposal to make truly biodegradable PHA drinking straws.

• As a current hot topic, straws are a great opportunity to educate the public about PHA, and true biodegradability (vs compostable).

• RWDC’s PHA straw resin is a drop-in replacement for polypropylene in existing conventional straw manufacturing equipment.

• Major brand owners are eager to bring PHA straws to market.

Natural Polymer for Food Service

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The solution to single use plastics