Year: 2020
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Aliplast and NextChem Partner on Upcycling
Aliplast and NextChem team up for plastics recycling
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Florida Researchers Find Potential Future for Sustainable Plastics
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers find potential future for sustainable plastics
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Sabic Launches Renewable Polycarbonate
We are excited to share the news about the production of the first bags of #LEXAN™ PC resin based on certified, #renewable feedstock from our #Cartagena polycarbonate (PC) plant.
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Sabic Renewable Chips Packaging
Orkla and Irplast join sabic’s trucircle™ initiative for consumer goods packaging using certified renewable plastics
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Former UK Environment Minister Supports OXO BIO
Powerful Support for OXO BIO from Former UK Environment Minister. Bioplastics News has seen a letter to Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc from The Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP in which she says:
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US Plastic Waste on Land and Ocean
The United States’ contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean
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Are Fibre Packaging Better than Polymers Packaging?
This short communication describes the climate change impacts of using cellulose, and more precisely cellulosic fiber-based materials, in food packaging, representing current and emerging industrial state of the art technology, without specific reference to current scientific advances.
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European Bioplastics Unable to Deal with Toxicity Issue
There’s a news tsunami regarding toxicity problems of bioplastics. European Bioplastics believes the study is clickbait. They seem to have a particular way to deal with these kind of issues. A major mistake in terms of communication.
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Truetzschler Talks about Textiles Recycling
Upcycling, downcycling, recycling and better use of raw materials are only a few terms for different sustainability efforts in the textile industry. The subject is complex and can have many different characteristics.
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UAE Joins Global Ocean Alliance
UAE joins Global Ocean Alliance to achieve 30by30 conservation target
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Plastic Waste of Indian Cosmetic Sector
Unlike some other products (such as drinking water or food packaging), the cosmetics industry has rarely been put on the dock for the plastic waste it generates.
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Captured Carbon Diamonds
Diamonds could now be the environment’s best friend after eco-friendly versions of the stones were made using carbon sucked from the air.
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CNN Covers Masks and Gloves Pollution
Used masks and gloves are showing up on beaches and in oceans
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Aquage Partners with Plastic Bank
A portion of every single Aquage® sale goes directly to our partnership with Plastic Bank®, a social impact company dedicated to reducing plastic pollution and protecting our oceans.
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Pepsi, Nestle and Bacardi Use Same Bioplastic
Rest reassured, there’s not enough production to meet their demands anyway. Unless…
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Japan Invent Highly Heat Resistant Bioplastic
New highly heat-resistant bioplastic can be used in car parts
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Bioplastic Company Keeps Advertising SUP
One bioplastic company has taken a different marketing route than the rest of the world. They’re still promoting (bio)plastic single use cutlery, plates etc. Nobody is doing it anymore. A surprise doesn’t come alone: this company seats on the board of European Bioplastics.
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The Return of TupperWare
The return of Tupperware: Revival in home cooking and storing leftovers during pandemic sparks a £26m surge in profits as shares jump 35% in a day
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Unilever Sustainable Packaging Goals Update
Unilever makes progress on its sustainable packaging goals
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Update on PCR and rPET in US
Increased attention to recycling over the past decade has been positive for the industry, but greater collaboration is needed for further advancement
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Electric Engines to Kill Biofuel Industry
New Study: Gas Car Ban Would Have Disproportionate Impact on U.S. Biofuels & Ag
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Biofuel Market Manipulations and Scheming
The class-action lawsuit filed in July by Green Plains accuses ADM of illegally pressuring ethanol prices
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Bioplastics Meet EU Safety Standards
Bioplastics successfully meet all eu safety standards
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Belgian Recycling Sector on the Brink of Collapse?
The ivory tower of EU institutions versus the real world. Most recycled plastic will be incinerated without being used.
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US Bottle Consortium Getting Stronger
SLAC researchers join effort to make plastic more recyclable
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Self Adhesive Label Recycling Initiative
Self-adhesive label companies launch a broad-based industry recycling initiative
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Lifoam Biobased Alternatives to EPS Packaging
Lifoam Industries Awarded Multiple Patents for Manufacturing of a Bio-based Alternative to EPS Packaging
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Dow First Recycled Plastic Shrink Film
Dow introduces its first recycled plastic resin for shrink film applications in North America
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Mechanically Recycled Food Grade Polystyrene
Styrenics Circular Solutions demonstrates mechanically recycled polystyrene is @suitable for food contact
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The Decade of Action Documentary
In this documentary you’ll hear from academia, scientists, business leaders and people from international institutions how we’re going to pull this off in the next ten years and what the specific role for companies is.
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Air Pollution is Determinant of Plastic Waste
Air pollution as a determinant of food delivery and related plastic waste.
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Biobased Colors for Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses
holland colours’ biobased color concentrates used in the first the ocean cleanup sunglasses.
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First Captured Carbon Cosmetic Packaging
LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal Announce a Worldwide Premiere: The Production of the First Cosmetic Packaging Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions
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A Canadian Bioplastic Champion in the Making?
Is there a bioplastic champion in the making in Canada?
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Antimicrobial, Antibacterial and Antiviral
What is the difference between antimicrobial, antibacterial and antiviral?
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Iceland Replaces Plastic with Paper
iceland trials new packaging that could save over 350 tonnes of plastic every year. ‘If these trials are successful, the impact on plastic reduction will be huge,’ supermarket spokesperson says.
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EU Biodiversity Knowledge Centre
Commission launches knowledge centre to reverse biodiversity loss and protect Europe’s ecosystems
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Henkel Sustainable Packaging for Beauty Care
Henkel advances sustainable packaging in its Beauty Care portfolio.
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World Business Council on Sustainable Development Goes Net Zero Emissions
Today marks an important milestone, for WBCSD and for our member companies.
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Japan Goes Zero Emissions
Japan aims for zero emissions, carbon neutral society by 2050 – PM
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Transparency and Circular Denim in India
By producing a quality product and working with ethical suppliers who pay a living wage, mills can provide the framework necessary for gaining consumer trust.
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Who Owns the Bioplastic Industry?
Have you ever asked yourself: who owns the bioplastic companies?
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US and UK Partner on Plastic Eating Enzymes
US and UK determied to beat the French Carbios.
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Paptic Candy Packaging
Moomin chocolate drops will be the first foodstuff to be packed in the wood-based Paptic® Gavia material.
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Can Plastic Pollution Be Fixed?
Correcting our plastic waste problem requires a fundamental change in thinking about how plastics are made, used, and discarded, two new studies say.
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Danish Pro Plastic Campaign
There are many opinions about plastic. But many of us can’t do without it in our everyday lives. We should only use plastic when it makes sense – and we should reuse and recycle it as much as possible. Let’s be realistic when we talk about plastic.
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Britvic Goes rPET
Britvic announces move to 100% recycled plastic bottles in great britain by the end of 2022
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Burger King Goes Reusable Packaging
Burger King® Brand to Pilot Reusable Containers Through Multi-National Partnership With Zero-Waste Packaging Provider, Loop. Partnership Builds on Commitment to Source 100% of Guest Packaging from Renewable, Recycled or Certified Sources by 2025
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How to Recycle Non Recyclable Beauty Packaging
We have to give it to him: this guy is a champion, he’s everywhere. How does he do it? He must have strong allies! He could teach a few thing to the bioplastic sector.
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Video Message from Mitsui CEO
Clearly a break from the past and from Japanese culture. Not bad at all for a company that has been super discrete in the past.
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First Coca Cola Paper Bottle Prototype
At Coca-Cola, we are working to create a bottle made 100% from paper – an innovative packaging technology that may help us achieve a World Without Waste. In a new video, we invite you inside our lab to see our progress.
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Rethinking Plastic Expo
From September 2020 to the end of 2022, Yksi Expo will present an extensive program on the theme of plastic.
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Declining Biodiversity in EU
This report describing the state of nature in the EU is based on reports from Member States under the Birds (2009/147/EC) and the Habitats (92/43/EEC) directives and on subsequent assessments at EU or EU biogeographical levels. In addition to an overview on species and habitats status, both at national and EU levels, it also addresses…
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Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses
Today, we launched the first product made with plastic certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses.
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Church Joins Plastic Battle
Brazilian archdiocese joins plastic recycling program to reduce ocean waste
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UPM Raflatac Forest Film Awarded
UPM Raflatac’s revolutionary Forest Film label material wins Innovation in Sourcing Award from Sustainable Packaging Coalition
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Covestro Stars in a 5G Advertising
Belgium has one of the worse Internet infrastructure in Europe. Some locations in Brussels (capital of Europe) are still on ADSL. 5G is a political fiasco in Belgium. Many NGOs believe 5G is bad for your health. However, Covestro advertises 5G in Belgium.
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Stora Enso Wins Forest Products Innovation Award
Stora Enso honoured with Biorenewable Deployment Consortium’s Forest Products Innovation Award
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Greta Thunberg Warns about EU Agricultural Policy
It’s remarkable when the truth is spoken by teenagers. It also shows the EU hypocrisy. EU CAP is more about profit for a few than well being for many.
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Forbes Gets Confused on Bioplastic Bags
Forbes promotes bioplastic bags but says they are plastic-free. Is that a “greenwashing ” attempt by the producers? What do you think?
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US Open Source Software for Bioreactors
ABPDU’s Open Source Software Benefits Biotech Community
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Scotland Consultation on SUP Ban
Consultation: Introducing market restrictions on single-use plastic items in Scotland
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Plastic Britain Documentary
PLASTIC BRITAIN: ON OUR WATCH is a major new feature length environmental documentary that investigates Britain’s addiction to plastic and discovers the biggest pollution crisis Britain has ever seen.
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P&G Goes Reusable Bottles
p&g beauty: reusable bottles debut at reuters business summit. P&G Beauty announced the launch of its first ever reusable and refillable aluminum bottle system at scale, with its brands Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Herbal Essences and Aussie in Europe
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ASDA Opens New Sustainability Store
Asda has today opened its new sustainability trial store and unveiled a new plastics reduction strategy with a promise that customers will not pay more for greener options.
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EU Adopts Methane Strategy
On October 14, the European Commission presented its EU Methane Strategy, in which the main objective is to reduce methane emissions by 35 to 37 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.
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Biffa Joins Poseidon to Recycle Unrecyclable Plastics
Biffa, the UK’s leading sustainable waste management company, is pleased to announce its involvement in the Poseidon Project, a cross-industry initiative aiming to create a process to chemically recycle harder grades of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) material.
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UK Government Invests in CO2 Captured Bioplastics
Adaptavate secures £500,000 Government funding to take CO2 from air and polluting industries and lock it into the biomaterials of the future.
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Green Dot Bioplastics CEO Talks Alternative Plastics
Green Dot Bioplastics CEO Talks Alternative Plastics on The Future of Agriculture Podcast
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US Bottle Consortium Launched
Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment.
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Nordmann to Market Biofibre
Bio-based compounds for the plastics industry: Nordmann launches distribution partnership with Biofibre
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Bacardi Goes for Biodegradable Bottles
Bacardi first in fight against plastic pollution with 100% biodegradable spirits bottle
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US Synergy Between Biofuels and Biochemicals
US Government understands they have to shift from biofuels to bioproducts. Bioproducts are more profitable.
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Budweiser Group UK Removes All Plastic Rings
Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, a proud part of AB InBev, today announces that its iconic portfolio of beers is now plastic-ring free – eliminating 250 tonnes of plastic every year across its full canned beer range, including Budweiser, Bud Light and Stella Artois.
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Unilever Launches Refill Packaging in Europe
Unilever Launches Its Largest Refill Trial in Europe
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US Army Invests in Bioindustrial Manufacturing And Design Ecosystem
U.S. Department of Defense awards $87.5 million to create a new Manufacturing Innovation Institute sited at the University of Minnesota
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UK Government Invests in Chemical Recycling
UKRI funding puts UK at the forefront of next generation plastic recycling
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Luminescent and Hydrophobic Wood Films
Luminescent and Hydrophobic Wood Films as Optical Lighting Materials
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Chocolate Bar Packaging Revolution
Warsaw firm to create world’s FIRST biodegradable, plastic-free chocolate bar wrappings
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Municipal Waste and Recycling Rate in 29 Countries
We explored the municipal waste of 29 countries over five years to find out how they handle their waste, and whether they’ve been able to reduce it year-on-year.
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Bioplastic Food Freshness Label
Spanish startup launches bioplastic “Food Freshness” label
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Estee Lauder Goes PCR
SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, today announced its collaboration with The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), a global leader in prestige beauty, global skincare brand Origins Natural Resources Inc. and beauty packaging manufacturer Albéa for the upcoming 2021 market debut of an advanced beauty tube pack for Origins.
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Flax4Life Goes Bioplastics
US-based Flax4Life and good natured Team Up to Deliver Plant-based Packaging
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Impact Lockdown on UK Waste Collection
Eight in 10 councils saw an increase in the amount of recycling being collected since the outbreak and national lockdown.
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All Real Nutrition Protein Bars Goes Bioplastics
Parkside helps all real nutrition make the move to compostables
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Adidas Reinvents the Shoe
Adidas creates robotically woven Futurecraft Strung trainers from “new kind of textile”.
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Fighting Fertiliser Pollution with Biopolymer Chips
Controlled release of fertilizer thanks to biopolymer chips.
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Plastic Reduction in Cheese Packaging
Wipak UK Plays Key Role in ‘Less Plastic More Fantastic’ Megablock
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New Paperboard Alternative to Plastic Food Trays
Iggesund Paperboard’s new InverformTM for ready-made food packaging trays ticks all the boxes for sustainability and performance.
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Trackers Made from Ocean Plastic
The trackers help you keep track of your personal belongings
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Shell Partners with Government on Chemical Recycling
Shell Partners with Asian Government on Chemical Recycling
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