Juan B. Escobar

General Manager and Technical Director of Servicios Ambientales Las Chozas | SACh

Sessions

11:30h

Conference | Rethinking Plastic

Compostable raffia and clips for horticultural trellising: a solution to persistent microplastics in soil and compost

Alejandro Caravaca Morella Bayer CropScience Bayer Veg R&D Head of Sustainability Speaker

Juan B. Escobar SACh General Manager and Technical Director of Servicios Ambientales Las Chozas Speaker

2026-06-04 11:30 2026-06-04 11:50 Europe/Madrid Compostable raffia and clips for horticultural trellising: a solution to persistent microplastics in soil and compost Presentation of the experience at the Bayer CropScience facilities in Almería, El Ejido, involving the use of compostable raffia and clips made of Mater-Bi under extreme load conditions, where their quality, strength, durability, and excellent performance have been confirmed. Raffia and clips made from Mater-Bi® have matched the expected performance of those made from conventional plastic (PP) and have demonstrated improvements in their use. In addition, these materials have made the composting process more efficient and have proven to be very easy to convert into high-quality compost at the Servicios Ambientales Las Chozas composting plant. Rethinking Plastic

Thu 4 11:30h - 11:50h Rethinking Plastic Registration for the activity during Equiplast accreditation

Juan B. Escobar

Sessions

Compostable raffia and clips for horticultural trellising: a solution to persistent microplastics in soil and compost

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