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## CSIC's spin-off company Bioinicia markets the first biodegradable mask

22/12/2020 |
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Bionicia, a spin-off company of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has launched the first biodegradable mask with a bacterial filtration efficiency of over 92% and an aerosol filtration efficiency of over 85%, which protects the environment as it biodegrades as organic matter. In addition, the company will return part of the profits from the sale of the masks to the research and development projects carried out by the CSIC.

The development of the biodegradable anti-viral filters for the manufacture of protective masks has been led by the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) of the CSIC, together with the company Bionicia, S.L., and the CSIC's associated unit in Polymer Technology at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, directed by Professor Luis Cabedo of the Department of Systems Engineering and Design.

The CSIC Associate Unit in Polymer Technology of the UJI has been in charge of studying the biodegradation levels of the developed materials, with the collaboration of the University Institute of Environment and Marine Sciences (IMEDMAR) of the Catholic University of Valencia.

The team formed by Luis Cabedo, José Gámez, Patricia Feijóo, Anna Marín and Estefanía Sánchez from the public university of Castelló has carried out a study of the biodegradability of the masks in the terrestrial and marine environment with laboratory tests and also in real conditions. The laboratory tests have measured, both for the soil and the marine environment, the ultimate biodegradation of the components, ensuring that no microplastics are generated and that all the material is transformed into CO₂ and water. They have also measured their biodegradation in the marine environment by introducing some prototypes in the facilities on the Mediterranean coast that the Catholic University of Valencia has in Calpe.

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