Day: September 18, 2020
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Germany Extends Deposit System on Drink Containers
The Bundesrat (upper house of German parliament) recently voted in favor of extending the mandatory deposit on containers to cover all non-returnable plastic bottles and beverage cans.
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Coatings Compatible with Paper Recycling
Henkel enables recyclable paper packaging with innovative coating solutions
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Bioplastics is Greenwashing
Another very critical international report on plastics and bioplastics. What is the bioplastics industry doing to defend itself? I have literally no idea! The industry is clearly loosing the communication battle.
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Metsä Board Centre for Packaging Innovation
Metsä Board launches a state-of-the-art Excellence Centre to accelerate paperboard and packaging innovation
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Wall Street Makes Money with Deforestation
Rainforests face unprecedented fires, yet BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have consistently voted in favor of deforestation.
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Borealis Launches Bioplastics
Borealis launches the Bornewables™ portfolio of circular, premium polyolefins
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VTT Goes for Circular Polystyrene
Polystyrene can be circulated back to raw-material: MoPo project develops collection and reuse of the waste in Europe
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New Bioplastic Zipper by Mitsubishi
New Biodegradable Plastic Zipper Made with Mitsubishi Chemical’s BioPBS™ Obtains “OK Compost” Certification
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New Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Lignocellulose
Engineered microbe enable simultaneous upgrading of all lignocellulose streams.
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Australian Solution for Cotton Recycling
Cotton waste composter uses earthworms to turn waste into high-grade fertiliser
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Cargill Goes Regenarative Agriculture
Cargill to advance regenerative agriculture practices across 10 million acres of North American farmland by 2030




