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USDA BioPreferred

Entropy Resins is proud to be a part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred program. Joining this program aligns with our goal to be transparent with and empower our customers. There are no secrets here: we believe a major part of sustainability is transparency, and being USDA-certified and providing hard data from our Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)  enable us to empower you.

BioPreferred. Maker-Preferred.

By making it easy to quantify the environmental benefits of using biobased Entropy Resins in your projects, you can confidently explain the additional value you bring to your customers. Our LCA outlines the environmental impact of our products throughout their entire life cycle, and the impact of replacing petroleum-based materials with biobased materials. It’s no wonder why were the first epoxy resin to be recognized by the USDA BioPreferred Program.

It’s all part of our commitment to Make Things Better.™

Look for the label

All Entropy Resins’ epoxies are USDA Certified Biobased Products and have the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label. In addition, we feature the biobased content percentage on each of our product labels so you know exactly how much of our product is made with biobased materials versus petroleum-based materials.

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What are Biobased Products?

USDA deems a product biobased when it is made wholly or mostly from renewable biological resources. That meets the USDA biobased requirements. Biobased epoxies provide manufacturers with excellent alternatives to petroleum-based adhesives and coatings. These biobased products are formulated with plants and other renewable resources.

Entropy Resins produces epoxy products with high renewable content to meet the USDA biobased requirements. Powered by plants, our process replaces petrochemicals with renewable, biobased materials. We take pride in being USDA BioPreferred certified and in the environmental benefits our epoxies offer.

Of course, we could always cut corners and use a more traditional production and manufacturing process. For us at Entropy Resins, it is more about the footprint we are leaving behind and what we want that to be. That is why you can find the USDA Biobased Product label on all of Entropy Resin’s products.

USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

To make biobased products easy to identify, the USDA created the USDA Certified Biobased Product label. To receive this label and become USDA-certified, a biobased product must meet or exceed a minimum biobased content percentage. The label also contains useful information about the biobased content of the product on the label. You can view all of our USDA Certified Biobased Products in our Shop!

Benefits of BioPreferred & Biobased Products

The use of biobased products provides plenty of benefits that extend not only to you and Mother Earth but also to the economy. Benefits of BioPreferred and Biobased Products include:

  • Healthier and safer products for consumers
  • Cleaner production for the environment
  • Greater economic impacts on the world

Health Benefits of Biobased Products

A major benefit of biobased products is that they offer the same quality as their petroleum-based counterparts. It starts in the production process. A biobased production system allows for improved air, water, and soil quality. The product itself is also cleaner and less noxious to the end-user. The use of plants and other organic materials allows Biobased products to be earth-friendly.

Environmental Benefits

Biobased materials can be used as substitutes for petroleum-based materials, which reduces the consumption of petroleum. This allows for two key environmental benefits of manufacturing and using biobased products.
  1. Reducing the use of fossil fuels
  2. Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Economic Benefits

Biobased products are a billion-dollar industry and support millions of jobs in America’s economy. The number of biobased products sold, the value of these biobased products and the number of jobs contributed are all economic benefits. The USDA BioPreferred Program has only identified about 20,000 biobased products at first. Now it is estimated up to 40,000 products with the inclusion of forest products and traditional textile fiber products. With more biobased products hitting the market, more direct sales will go up in what is already a billion-dollar industry. The sales and values contribute to biobased products continue to grow, which directly benefits the economy. Another economic benefit of biobased products is the number of jobs the industry has created and continues to create. Based on a BioPreferred report, the biobased products industry accounted for more than 4.65 million jobs in the United States in 2016.