What is BioCycling?
Enabled through our BioCir® material, products reach their end- of-life responsibly through a biological recycling mechanism, including full decomposition and biodegradation of the material back to the soil safely in an industrial compost facility, leaving no negative impact on compost quality, completing a fully circular process required.
Balena has partnered with a network of industrial compost facilities across the globe to enable the full and safe decomposition and biodegradation of our BioCir® material back to the soil.
BioCir® product reaches its end of use.
The product is sent to an industrial compost facility.
Once the product is put in the compost, longer polymers break down into smaller fragments via exposure to bacteria, heat, oxygen & moisture in the soil.
Smaller fragments break down to carbon dioxide,water and other naturally occurring minerals.
Biodegradation of these smaller fragments back into the earth. These fragments are digested and consumed as an energy source for living soil bacteria.
At the end product fully biodegrades into a renewable biomass for the next generation of material feedstock
Clean earth.
Collaboration among all stakeholders in the supply chain—including material companies, durable goods industries, and waste management facilities—is essential for a circular future. At Balena, we are actively fostering this collaboration.