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BIOflex® FL is a 15 oz. matte finish, strong, indoor/outdoor, front-lit, biodegradable banner/billboard material for UV, solvent or screen-printing. Very similar in all around performance to Ultima Supreme, BIOflex has one major difference; in landfill conditions (darkness, high heat, moisture and lack of oxygen), it attracts
microbes that break down the PVC within 3 to 5 years. BIOflex contains no toxic materials and is tear, fade and fungus resistant. Another great feature of BIOflex is that it is virtually curl-free making it perfect for use in trade show displays.
BIOflex FL Media
PVC has a remarkable balance of properties; it is strong, resistant to oil, chemicals, sunlight and weather. PVC is also flame resistant, easily decorated and low in cost. At one time, PVC was often formulated with little regard for avoidance of toxic ingredients. This is no longer true. BIOflex PVC contains no toxic materials.
It is composed of pure PVC resin, fine particle limestone to provide opacity, plasticizer of vegetable origin to provide flexibility and the titanium pigment used in high quality paints to add sunlight resistance. More than 80% of the content of BIOflex is derived from sources other than petroleum. Before BIOflex, PVC had been immortal in the landfill; no degradation was found after decades of landfill burial. When degradable materials, such as starch, were added, they were consumed in the landfill but the PVC itself was untouched. Ultraflex Systems has developed a nontoxic formula that, at very low levels, enables landfill decomposition of BIOflex PVC. BIOflex has been engineered to be the first truly environmentally friendly, biodegradable PVC.
Worldwide patents covering the BIOflex composition are pending. In the landfill, the carbon and hydrogen content of BIOflex are partly consumed by the biomass organisms and partly released as methane from fermentation. In a well managed landfill, methane is harvested for use as fuel. The chlorine content of BIOflex is partly consumed and partly converted to soluble chloride, this has value as fertilizer since it makes soil nitrogen more rapidly available to plants. In experiments using landfill into which BIOflex had decomposed as compost in potting soil, plants and vegetables sprouted more rapidly than in controls.
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