Ralston biobased eco-friendly wall paints
Biotechnology for sustainability with plant-based paints. Ralston biobased wall paints are naturally good and sustainable products. At every stage of production and distribution, they are created in accordance with the principles of sustainable development, which makes the line of biobased paints a unique product.
The traditional exhaustible fossil raw materials that make up paint binders and solvents have been replaced by modern renewable organic materials such as crop residues and biomass. Ralston paints combine biotechnological innovation with craftsmanship and an uncompromising approach to environmental protection.
Eco-friendly wall paints from the Netherlands
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Ralston eco-friendly wall paints- biobased line
Ralston paints is a brand of the independent Dutch family company Koninklijke Van Wijhe Verf, which for more than a century has been providing customers around the world with modern, safe and efficient products for painting a variety of surfaces on a sustainable basis. Since 2012, the premiere of the first line of eco-friendly paints developed on the basis of biological ingredients, Koninklijke Van Wijhe Verf's laboratories have been relentless in their efforts to create a range of products that are reliable in quality and safe for users and the environment.
The result of these efforts - the biobased line are eco-friendly paints for walls, ceilings, masonry and plaster, which are distinguished by the use of plant residues as binders and solvents in the production process. What's more, Ralston technologists use second-grade biomass raw materials when composing paints. This means that obtaining oils from plants such as olives or sunflowers does not involve growing and processing these raw materials, only recovering their residues from first use. The biobased binder in Ralston's eco-friendly wall paints is more than 90% renewable raw material, effectively replacing previously used chemicals, creating engagingly intense and durable paint colors.
How to produce good-value and sustainable paints?
Next Generation: Ralston BIOseries is a product line created using renewable biological raw material. But this is not the only evidence of the technological sophistication of Ralston paints. Environmentally friendly paint products are created through an optimal combination of four factors: viability, biological content, carbon footprint and environmental impact. Not every manufacturer, citing slogans of ecology and sustainability, meets these criteria at every stage of production. This is because paints are made up of many elements: pigments, fillers, preservatives, binders and solvents or thinners. All of the ingredients combine to ensure that the coating is durable, long-lasting, quick-drying, aesthetically appealing and non-toxic to users.
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When creating eco-friendly wall paints, Ralston ensures that the quality of one factor does not preclude another. For example, the mere production of a binder based on vegetable oils does not presuppose the eco-friendliness of the technology if the plants come from industrial crops, which generate a lot of pollution and leave a carbon footprint. In addition, some of the pollution is not as easily measurable as CO2 emissions, although we pay an equally high price for their emission of irretrievable loss of parts of ecosystems. In the case of Ralston's paints, the high quality of its products and its sound approach to sustainability are confirmed by rigorous laboratory testing and certifications that indicate the manufacturer's compliance with standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. These values, embedded in Koninklijke Van Wijhe Verf's mission statement, characterize the company's biobased product line - ExtraTex Mat paint received the European Ecolabel.
Ralston paints - products and applications of the biobased Extra Tex series
Ralston's biobased wall paints, the Tex Matt and Tex Satin series, are interior paints based on natural ingredients. They are used as coatings for walls, ceilings, drywall, concrete, masonry, plaster, stone slabs and fiberglass wallpaper. They can be successfully applied both on new surfaces and on surfaces previously coated with a latex-containing product. Ralston's biobased paints do not contain solvents, do not emit a strong odor are resistant to scrubbing and to streaks and dirt. They are coatings that cover well, apply easily and do not splash during application.
Ralston paints as a modern and uncompromising sustainability policy
Thinking in terms of sustainability is not just about an eco-friendly product range and optimal product pricing. Koninklijke Van Wijhe Verf implements high environmental standards throughout the production and distribution of Ralston eco-friendly wall paints. From innovative solutions in the field of raw materials, ensuring a longer life of paints, reducing the amount of waste generated in their manufacture and use, to controlling water consumption and CO2 emissions and reusing packaging, Ralston implements a comprehensive and systemic approach to environmental issues in the industry.
Eco-friendly wall paints from the Netherlands
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The use of biological raw materials in the production of Ralston paints saves 150 kg of fossil ingredients per 1,000 liters of paint. The paint buckets are produced from recycled raw material, which can be recycled again. As for the ecological conditions of the production itself, it is worth mentioning that transportation to distributors is carried out by companies that reduce the CO2 emissions of their vehicles. Couriers of retail outlets deliver shipments of bamboo paint by bicycle. Geothermal heat pumps heat and cool the company's buildings. Led lighting and motion sensors reduce energy consumption in offices and warehouses. An efficient pipe cleaning system on production lines streamlines operations and recovers water. Every production item is recyclable.
The manufacturer's detailed offer is available at www.ralstoncolour.com/pl
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