Year: 2020
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Solvay Hit by PFAS Pollution Scandal
N.J. sues chemical maker Solvay for evading responsibility for toxic pollution from West Deptford plant. It’s a scandal. No respect for polluters!
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2 Chemical Companies Downgraded by Investors
Chemical companies are devaluated because of two trends.
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Stora Enso Sets New Financial Targets
Stora Enso has updated its strategy and certain financial targets, to support the Group’s focus on growth and value creation.
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Coca Cola Terminates Contract with Loop Industries
Coca-Cola Terminates Agreement with Loop Industries
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2020 Packaging Innovation Awards
Henkel AG & Co KGaA’s Social Plastic Ecosystem in collaboration with Plastic Bank earns top honors in the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards by Dow
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EU to Tax US Feedstock
On November 9, 2020, the European Commission imposed additional tariffs to a list of U.S. products following the WTO ruling against U.S. subsidies to aircraft maker Boeing. US palm oil and sugar cane molasses to be taxed by EU.
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Ecuador Industrial Hemp Report
After five years of negotiations, Ecuador continues the process to approve the production of hemp for industrial and medicinal purposes. The Ministry of Agriculture is currently developing the regulations for planting. The Ministry of Health is modifying their regulations to allow the use and consumption of hemp and hemp products
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PFAS Free Compostable Clamshell Food Container
Footprint Launches PFAS-Free, Compostable, Clamshell To-Go Food Container. The plastic-free to-go food ware offers fast-casual restaurants and universities a health-conscious, plant-based alternative.
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European Bioeconomy University
European Bioeconomy University brings together bioeconomy studies from different sectors
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Increasing Material Recovery in the US
Study to Measure Opportunity for Additional Capture of Recyclable Materials Set To Launch in Northeastern U.S.
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DEFRA 2021/2022 Packaging Waste Targets
Packaging waste recycling targets for 2021 and 2022 have been released by DEFRA.
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Amsty Commits to Recycled Polystyrene
Amsty commits to 25% recycled polystyrene by 2030
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The Next Sustainable Plastic Scandal
Here’s the next sustainable plastic vs stock manipulations scandal reaching out to Coke, Pepsico, Danone, l’Oreal and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This one is going to break eggs.
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How Cambodia Tackles Ocean Plastics?
The National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) is studying an ocean plastic management system to be implemented in provinces close to the beach and provinces along the Mekong River.
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How California is Fighting Corona PPE Waste?
How “Ocean Friendly” initiatives in San Diego are combatting the rise of COVID-19 plastic pollution
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Recycling Biorefinery Waste Streams
NREL Recycles Biorefinery Waste Streams to Create High-Value Chemical Products
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LCA Virgin PET vs rPET
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) found the environmental impacts of producing recycled PET are significantly less than producing virgin PET.
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Modifying Bacteria Genes To Push Bioplastic Production
Microbe ‘rewiring’ technique promises a boom in biomanufacturing
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Sweden Textile Recycling Scaling Up
Behind the Sweden-based Partnership Scaling Up Textile Recycling
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Advanced BioCatalytics Releases New Bio-Surfactant BioSS™ SL
Advanced BioCatalytics Releases New Bio-Surfactant BioSS™ SL
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Bast Fiber Hemp and Linen Fibres Certified
Bast Fibre Technologies Inc. awarded critical suite of certifications
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Palm Oil Bioplastic Film
A biodegradable film made from waste from the palm oil industry could be used for food packaging
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LyondellBasell Projects to End Plastic Waste
LyondellBasell Takes Part in Multiple Projects to Help End Plastic Waste in the U.S.
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Biodegradable Plastics: Standards, Policies and Impacts
The environmental and socio‐economic impact of plastics, government policies, standards and certifications, physico‐chemical properties, and analytical techniques are covered.
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Circularise, Porsche, Borealis, Covestro and Domo Partner on Plastic Blockchain
Circularise and Porsche collaborate with Borealis, Covestro and Domo Chemicals to enable the traceability of plastics in the automotive sector
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Simplified Materials, Recycling Technologies and Infrastructure
Simplified materials, recycling technologies and infrastructure can create a true circular economy
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Huhtamaki Design for Circularity Stakeholder Report
Huhtamaki publishes its first stakeholder report on what is needed to design for circularity. Simplified materials, recycling technologies and infrastructure can create a true circular economy.
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New Zealand Decarbonisation Fund
New fund launched to reduce carbon emissions from coal and gas.
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New Jersey SUP Bill Signed
On November 4, 2020 Governor Phil Murphy signed S864, which prohibits the use of single-use plastic and paper bags in all stores and food service businesses statewide.
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Progress Report Circular Plastics Alliance
Circular Plastics Alliance: A step closer to 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics
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Nestle Launches This is How We Planet Campaign
Nestle knows how to push the envelope. Is Nestle Waters doing too much blabla? Are we entering the “greenwashing” dimension? Was Nestle created through the immaculate conception?
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First Movers Benefits for New Packaging Material
What are the benefits for the first company launching a new packaging material … According to Woodly!
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Sun Chemical Goes Digital Watermarks
Sun Chemical aka the sustainability wintersleepers.
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Mipacha Ocean Plastic Sneakers
In this video, CEO of Mipacha, Nick de Rone Bresser, discusses the creation of its sneakers made from recycled ocean plastic.
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Using Lignin As Electrolytes in Power Storage Systems
Lignin instead of vanadium. Scientists at Mainz University work on sustainable alternatives to metal materials in large power storage systems.
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Bioplastic Producer Recognised as Social Innovator By WEF
This is how social innovators are leading the race to zero emissions
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Biopak Wins Australian Consumer Goods Company of the Year 2020
Launched in 2012, the Australian Growth Company Awards celebrate excellence in the mid-market. They recognise companies that demonstrate high rates of growth, as well as innovation, integrity, contribution to community and sustainable growth.
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Australia First Zero Carbon Streetfood Kitchen
Australia’s first zero-carbon streetfood kitchen launches in melbourne
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NextChem Launches MyRechemical
Nextchem is growing in circular economy and launches MyRechemical, its subsidiary for Waste to Chemical technologies
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Snapshot of Plastic Recycling in France
Snapshot of plastic recycling in France. A lot of talking but no real changes.
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Bioink for 3D Printing of Complex Free-Standing Structures
Advanced Bioink for 3D Bioprinting of Complex Free-Standing Structures with High Stiffness
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PPE Pollution in UK
Great British Beach Clean 2020 results: PPE pollution on the rise on UK’s beaches
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Carton Event & Awards 2020 Sets the Standard
All events and conferences have been cancelled due to Covid-19. It wasn’t easy to bounce back and find a digital alternative to the events. I found the Carton Events & Awards 2020 quite good. They even added an interview of Eddie The Eagle. Well done guys! You adapted very well to the crisis.
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European Carton Excellence Award 2020
Here are the winners of the European Carton Excellence Award 2020. Some of which are alternatives to plastic packaging.
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Smurfit Kappa Goes Net Zero Emissions
Smurfit Kappa raises Climate Change ambition by targeting at least ‘Net Zero’ emissions by 2050
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The Dutch Saccharide Agenda
The Chemport Europe Saccharide Agenda offers a roadmap for the development of a green chemistry production chain in the Northern Netherlands over the next thirty years.
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Captured Carbon Straws on CNN
CNN Video on Captured Carbon Straws. The Americans are one step ahead of Europeans.
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Ocean Acidification Impact on Plastic Waste Bacteria
Ocean acidification alters bacterial communities on marine plastic debris
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Origin Materials to Build Bio Chemical Plant in Canada
Origin Materials to Build Bio Chemical Plant in Canada
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Selective Valorization of Lignin to Phenol
Selective valorization of lignin to phenol by direct transformation of Csp2–Csp3 and C–O bonds
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Carbiolice and the PLA Home Composting Fairy Tale
Carbiolice claims to have developed a home compostable PLA …. Yeah Right. Have you seen how cold it is in Europe in the autumn and winter? Do you have to place your home composting bin in the sauna?
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Neste and LG Chem Partner on Circular Polymers and Materials
Neste needs to hurry up to develop new revenue stream because its biofuels revenues could melt like snow in the sun due to the corona crisis.
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First Negative Plastic Food Company?
Is this the Worlds First Negative Plastic Food Company?
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Borealis Q3 Results and Corona Update
Borealis keeps employing stringent health and safety measures to prevent spread of COVID-19 while continuing to take steps to maintain economic stability
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Paptic Finalist Best Climate Impact Startup Award
Paptic is a finalist of the Nordic Startup Awards in the category of Best Climate Impact Start-up. You can still vote to support them.
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BGN Technologies and ECOIBÉRIA Partner on Biodegradation of Plastic
BGN Technologies Announces Research Collaboration with ECOIBÉRIA for Biodegradation of Plastic
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Will China Impact Corn Prices?
Corn is currently the most important feedstock for PLA (Natureworks)
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Russia Changes Climate Policy
Putin orders Russian government to try to meet Paris climate goals
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Update on UK Single Use Plastics Bill
The UK SUP Bill has been re-introduced Parliament.
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Drivers of Recycling Contamination
The issue of recycling contamination is costing some local authorities tens, if not hundreds of thousands of pounds each year. Inside the Head of the Contaminator is a collaborative research project, conducted with nine local authority partners, which aims to identify and understand what is driving residents to contaminate and explore the triggers and barriers…
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Can Technology Save the Planet?
Can we trust the silver bullet of technology to fix climate change? The prime minister seems to think so.
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Greta Has a Message for Donald
There’s a love story between Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg. We were able to find the love letter!
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Bioplastic Tableware Harms Marine Animals
Article published in Science Daily. Research also reveals that bioplastics do not degrade rapidly in a marine environment
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NGOs Send Anti Bioplastic Letter to EU Commission
The industry has continuously attempted to exempt bio-based and biodegradable plastics from being defined as single-use plastics, as well as more recently to exempt items made of viscose and cellophane from the scope (and could succeed), despite the protests of citizens
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Mainetti Partner with UBQ on Green Coat Hangers
Mainetti Group Announces Partnership With UBQ
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Sekab to Build Green Chemicals Plant
Sekab is investing in its own technology: wants to build a production plant for green chemicals and biofuels
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NGO Block Construction of Plastic Plant
One of the largest plastic plant may not be build thanks to the opposition of NGOs. It may set jurisprudence.
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Design Bioplastic Face Masks Made from Food Waste
Alice Potts makes bioplastic face shields from food waste
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Real Yield of Forest Biomass
A eureka moment for forest industry. They finally got to the core of the problem. Now, they know where the money will be.
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EU to Regulate Biofuel Bubble
The European Commission introduces surveillance measures as EU producers warn of massive increases of imports of ethanol for fuel from third countries.
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Worlds First Large Scale Carbon Removal Purchase Tool
The move is aimed at promoting new technologies that still need to prove themselves.
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Breitling Goes rPET
Breitling is introducing a foldable, reusable watch box created entirely from upcycled plastic bottles.
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Britvic France Goes Bioplastics
The aim seems to be to go for fully biobased and bioplastic packaging.
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The Unsustainable Feedstock of Neste
Let’s have a look at the feedstock used by Neste. Is it sustainable or is it greenwashing?
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Toxicity Analysis of Marine Degradation of PLA
A bombshell study on the toxicity of marine degradation of PLA. Are you ready for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth … brought to you by BioplasticsNews.com
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Sulapac CEO Talks About What it Takes to Change the World
Ami Rubinstein is the Deputy CEO of Sulapac. He is passionate about creating ‘another Finnish success story’ and heading Sulapac’s journey to becoming the new standard in sustainable materials replacing plastic
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DSM CEOs Discuss Q3 2020 Results
Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze, co-CEOs at DSM, discuss the company’s third-quarter earnings and the impact of the pandemic on the business.
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Complicity Between European Bioplastics and TUV Austria?
TUV Austria is the platinum Sponsor of the European Bioplastic Conference 2020. Is this politically correct? Should there have been a judgment call?
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Recycled Content Pet Food Packaging
Mars, with SABIC and Huhtamaki, Introduces Recycled Content into Pet Food Packaging to Support a Circular Economy
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Can Wood Make EU Buildings More Sustainable?
Building European cities with wood would sequester and store half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
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Government Issues First Bioplastic Product Recall
The first bioplastic product recall that I know of. What a fiasco and how embarrassing! The fossil industry will probably smile when they read the reason.
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Irish Deposit Return Scheme Supported by Majority
The Irish Government is set to introduce a DRS for drinks containers in 2021. Majority support all drinks containers in deposit-return scheme.
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Summary EU Climate Law
On March 4, 2020, the European Commission published the founding legislative proposal of the EU Green Deal: the EU Climate Law.
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Recyclable and Biodegradable Banabags
Paper based industry is becoming more and more aggressive in their marketing, and starting to claim they’re more sustainable than plastics. Paper based packaging didn’t win the first plastic war battle because they were too conservative and politically correct. I think it’s changing
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Yield10 Bioscience Starts Winter Camelina Field Tests
Yield10 Bioscience Announces Start of Field Tests of Winter Camelina Varieties
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University of Hohenheim Searches for Blue Bioplastic Packaging
EU research project with the participation of the University of Hohenheim searches for new, sustainable food additives and packaging materials from seaweeds and seagrasses.
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France Invests in Bio Surfactants
SurfactGreen strengthens its financial structure with € 4.7 million, doubles its workforce and starts international sales
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