Day: April 8, 2019
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Maryland May Become First US State To Ban All Foam Food Packaging
The new law would ban foam food packaging for products packaged in-state, including restaurants, cafes, food trucks, and grocery stores. The final version of the bill includes exceptions, such as meat. The ban would go into force on July 1, 2020 and would carry fines of $250.
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Stora Enso Invests in Next-Generation Formed Fibre Solutions
Stora Enso is investing EUR 5 million to build a new production line and related infrastructure to manufacture formed fibre products at Hylte Mill in Sweden. The formed fibre technology enables manufacturing of products that are designed for circularity, meaning that they are renewable, recyclable and biodegradable and do not include any plastic.
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Vietnamese Man Makes Biodegradable Straws From Wild Grass
Each year, there is a staggering 8 million tons of plastic finding its way into our oceans. Among these are the plastic straws that are used daily. The United States alone uses and discards about 500 million plastic straws each day, and this impacts our Earth in a huge way.
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W Howard Introduces Biodegradable Wrapping
MDF mouldings manufacturer W Howard has responded to growing concern over plastic packaging waste by moving to 100% biodegradable wrapping for all its delivered products.
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Bioplastics Awarded by UN Environment
A team of three university students from Lebanon emerged first at the Innovate Green Competition organized by the UN Environment West Asia Office for coming up with a bio-based material that could replace petroleum-based plastic materials.
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Technology Turns Wastewater Algae into Biofuels and Bioplastics
Startup receives support from two environmental accelerator programs
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Canola-Based Plastic May Hit Market Soon
Biodegradable biopolymers can be used to make food packaging, drinking straws, cups, bottles, trash bags and bottles
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CBS News Covers Chemical Recycling
From the outside, a cutting-edge plant in Portland, Oregon, looks like it could be any recycling center in America. But what’s happening inside is different than any other plant – and it could be a game changer for the entire industry.
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Alagappa University To Set Up Bioplastic Facility
The Department of Microbiology and Alagappa Institute of Skill Development, in collaboration with Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa, have initiated a collaborative setup for manufacturing Bioplastics, said N. Rajendran, Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University.
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Star Group Looking at Bioplastics
The Star Group is looking for new and better ways to innovate in all products
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