Unless you work in the industry, it isn’t likely that you think much about thermoplastics.

But thermoplastics are used in hundreds of items in your home, your car, and your workplace. Anything around you that is made from extruded or moulded plastic is a product of the thermoplastics industry.

JER Envirotech is a British Columbia company at the forefront of new technology that’s changing the thermoplastics industry and helping the environment at the same time.

When JER Envirotech was first founded ten years ago, the goal was to find a way to use organic materials in thermoplastics.

The idea was simple – instead of sending waste wood to the landfill or burning rice hulls – why not make use of these products by combining them with polymers to create a new kind of thermoplastic.

While the idea may have been simple, the science is not. With help from the National Research Council of Canada, JER Envirotech has been able to find a way to do it.

Edward Trueman, JER’s President and CEO, believes his industry is on the verge of a paradigm shift because of this new technology.

VanGoGreen’s Robert Ouimet spoke with him at the company’s head office in Delta, BC.

Edward Trueman
President and CEO
JER Envirotech

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ISBN: 978-0-9809054-6-5

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