ECM Biofilms

ECM Biofilms was originally started by Microtek Labs in 1995, Patrick Riley began his company patenting products for fishing lures that would biodegrade. In 1998 ECM Biofilms was born to supply the industry with a biodegradable masterbatch and provided products to the market sector. ECM is the oldest of the biodegradable masterbatch manufacturers and is a low cost provider in the industry.

Performance
Performance of the ECM Masterbatch additive is limited to major resins such as PE, PP and PS. This is due to the product performance when placed into clear products.

Biodegradable Plastic with ECM Biofilms
ECM Biofilms provides their masterbatch additive somewhere below 50% active ingredients, this shows very low biodegradation of their product. Currently testing that is provided by ECM shows a 50% mixture of ingredients to 50% mixture of resin. This provides a challenge in the marketplace as to how much product is needed to biodegrade the actual base resin.

Legal Issues
ECM Biofilms customers have run into problems in regards to claims with their product. Dispozo in 2008 had evaluation by the NAD. In 2011 ECM Biofilms customers in the State of California have had issues due to their claims for dog bags, the bags do not break down quick enough.

Pricing
ECM Biofilms is a low cost solution in the biodegradable marketplace offering a biodegradable masterbatch compound that is below 50% active ingredients at $11-18 USD a Kg. The lowest cost solution in the market is BioSphere Plastic Additive with 100% active ingredients.