Year: 2020
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Evian Goes rPET
Bottles, made from bottles: a key milestone in our sustainability journey to becoming a fully circular brand by 2025.
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New Boots Recycling Scheme
Get rewards when you make recycling a part of your regime. Feel good about yourself, do good for the planet and get treats along the way. Everyone’s a winner with our recycling scheme.
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Le Coq Sportif Goes Vegan Leather
The French brand Le Coq Sportif takes another step towards eco-responsible production by making and betting on vegetable leather. A first for the century-old company.
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Chairs from Beer Grain and Pharma Plastic Waste
Mater designs stools made with leftover grain from beer and plastic insulin pens
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Maxwell House Goes Compostable Coffee Pods
Canadian icon Maxwell House has always been, “Good to the last drop.” Now, thanks to a bold new 100% compostable pod innovation launch, it’s “Good to the last drop. And long after.”
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Parkside Launches New Bioplastic Food Packaging
Parkside, a leading innovator in flexible packaging, has announced the launch of a new range of sustainable packaging solutions that respond to growing consumer concerns regarding the use of plastics on the environment.
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Ocean Spray Flexible Plastic Recycling Program
Recycle Ocean Spray® flexible plastic CRAISINS® DRIED CRANBERRIES and snack packaging through this program.
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New US Polystyrene Recycling Plant
INEOS Styrolution and AmSty Announce Joint Facility for Advanced Recycling of Polystyrene in Channahon, Illinois, using Agilyx Technology
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Recycling Technologies Joins Chemical Recycling Europe
Chemical Recycling Europe is pleased to welcome Recycling Technologies, a United Kingdom based company as a new member of the association.
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New Process for Lignin BioFuel
A new low-temperature, multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use of the lignin, which is now largely a waste product left over from the production of cellulose and bioethanol from trees and other woody plants.
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New US Bioplastics Labelling Guidelines
Guidelines for the Labeling and Identification of Compostable Products and Packaging
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Canada Government Initiative on Plastic Waste
Turning Plastic Pollution Commitments into Action: GPAP Annual Impact Report 2020
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The Circular Economy Myth
Pretending economic growth can continue uninterrupted is a fool’s game.
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New Sabic Film for Frozen Food Packaging
Sabic launches innovative tf-bope film for frozen food packaging
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Biocomposites to Save Developing Countries from Plastic
Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries – we’re making new biodegradable materials to help
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Recycling is Killing the Planet
By taking the guilt out of consumption, it undermines effort to cut back on waste.
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Plant Science at Purdue University
Center for Plant Biology boosts Purdue’s plant sciences profile
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Better Catalysts for a Sustainable Bioeconomy
Swiss Researchers want to make so-called zeolites more efficient. Today, these compounds are already indispensable additives in the chemical industry and have been used as catalysts in oil refineries since the 1960s. Now the researchers advocate paying more attention to the classic zeolites. These, they assert, would even have the potential to make a bioeconomy…
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Packaging from Hemp and Marijuana Waste
Cannabis-based packaging and paper could reduce waste, promote sustainability
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First PLA Plant in Europe
Corbion and Total to build first world-scale PLA plant in Europe
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University of Queensland and Bioplastics
How the School of Chemical Engineering from The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia is looking at bioplastics
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California Bans Internal Combustion Engines
Americans are the sustainability leaders; not the Europeans!
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Enter the Packaging Innovation Award
Enter the Aerosol, Dispensing, Beauty, Premium and Luxury Drinks Packaging Award.
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New German Biofuel Lobby
New Biofuel lobby to greenwash biofuels and convince us that biofuels are renewable energy sources.
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Scotland Should Stop Burning Trees for Energy
The Scottish Government has been warned that burning trees is not a realistic solution to climate change.
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Nestle and Biffa Partner on rPET
Biffa and Nestlé Waters UK partner to deliver 100% rPET made from British recycled plastic
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Upgrading PE Food Packaging with Lignin
Use of lignin as additive in polyethylene for food protection: Insect repelling effect of an ethyl acetate phenolic extract
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Carbon Tax Impact on EU Chemical Sector
The authors believe that a carbon tax is necessary to incentivize the reduction of GHG emissions in Europe and indirectly in exporting markets. If implemented correctly, it could benefit the cost competitiveness of the European chemical industry.
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It’s Folly To Invest in Renewables
It’s folly to Invest in renewables says American oil executive.
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Stora Enso Call for Food Packaging and Construction Solutions
Today is the first time we are launching a third, end-of-year Venture Client cycle with entirely new business opportunities in material innovation and construction data. Read more below about our opportunities with Stora Enso and KEKO.
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Recycle Week 2020
Now in its 17th year, Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP under the Recycle Now brand.
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How to Get Rid of Plastics
The following report intends to help you get rid of plastics.
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NatureWorks Increases PLA Production
NatureWorks announces additional lactide monomer purification technology to expand the availability of Ingeo biopolymer from Blair facility
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Business For Nature
More than 560 companies with revenues of US$ 4 trillion call on governments to act now to reverse nature loss.
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Airbus Goes for Hydrogen Planes
Aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled plans for what it hailed as the first commercial zero-emission aircraft.
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Biofuels Impact on Ghana Food Security
Biofuels have an impact on food security. Food security consists of four pillars: availability, access, utilisation, and stability.
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Coke Goes Beyond Bottles
Coca-Cola European Partners funds dispensed delivery innovation with investment in self-pour, self-pay drink dispense technology leaders Innovative Tap Solutions
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Global Biodiversity Outlook
Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention.
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Search Engine Removes Marine Plastics
A Google Chrome Extension Removed Over 100 Tons Of Marine Plastics
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Invention to Stop Microplastics from Tires
Patent pending technology captures tyre wear right at the wheel.
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Selling Plastic Items is Illegal
South Australia’s laws mean that selling, supplying or distributing a “prohibited plastic product” will be illegal.
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First EU Recyclable Paper Food Trays
Mondi partners with SalzburgMilch and SPAR to reduce plastic waste from food packaging
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Sironix Raises Funds for Biosurfactants
Sironix Renewables Closes Seed Round to Scale Production of its Plant-based Surfactant for Detergents, Cleaners & Shampoos
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Paptic Wins Best Nordic e-Commerce Packaging Award
The ScanStar-2020 winners have been found.
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Reusable Biobased Cutlery
Akvila Cutlery’s reusable Nature Line is made of UPM Formi EcoAce – a sustainable material for replacing single use plastics
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Synthetic Microfiber Pollution on Soil
Synthetic microfibers are found virtually everywhere in the environment, but emission pathways and quantities are poorly understood.
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Impact of Bioplastic Mulch Film on Soil
Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth
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Composting PLA Bottles
PLA bottles were brought to a French industrial composting facility. Here are the results and conclusions.
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Thyssenkrupp to Build Second PLA Plant in China
thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business recently won another order to build a bioplastics plant based on the patented PLAneo® technology. It will be built in South China and will produce 30,000 tons of polylactide (PLA) annually.
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Carbon Footprint is a BP Scam
The real message is that pollution is your problem, not the fault of the industry mass-producing cheap bottles. BP first promoted and successfully popularized the term “carbon footprint”. The company unveiled its “carbon footprint calculator” in 2004 so one could assess how their normal daily life is largely responsible for heating the globe.
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Polymer Fibre Coating for Natural Fibre Plastics
Polymer fiber-coating makes natural-fiber-reinforced plastics more resilient
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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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First Polystyrene Recycling Plant in France
First Polystyrene Recycling Plant in France
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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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Nespresso Goes Carbon Neutral
Every cup of Nespresso coffee will be carbon neutral by 2022
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Monomaterial Recyclable Pouches
Gualapack launches the first 100% monomaterial recyclable pouches.
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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
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Lidl Says Bioplastics Should be Avoided
Lidl Says Bioplastics should be avoided; another major blow to the industry.
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FPInnovations Develops Canadian Biodegradable Masks
FPInnovations completes phase 1 of development of biodegradable disposable masks from Canadian forests
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The Strongest Biomaterial Ever
This is probably the strongest biomaterial. It’s stronger than spider silk and may replace carbon fibre.
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Africa Starts Waste Valorization
Bestseller Foundation in collaboration with Intellecap Africa launches the first of its kind accelerator for waste value enterprises
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Greenpeace Against Chemical Recycling
Deception by the Numbers: Claims about Chemical Recycling Don’t Hold Up to Scrutiny
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European Research and Innovation Days
European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. This year, it is a fully virtual event, with the Policy conference and the Science is Wonderful! online…
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How Will Canada Use Lignin?
Scientists cracked the code for kraft lignin made from black liquor in the 1940s, but with global attention on climate change and governments around the world focused on lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while supporting sustainable economies, efficient lignin production and improved quality have never been hotter topics.
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Report on the Use of Recycled Content in France
Monitoring Platform MORE Announces First Results on the Use of Recycled Polymers in France
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PLA Door Pullers
Made at UW-Stout has collaborated with the plastics engineering program to produce customized door pullers for first-year students as part of the fall 2020 welcome to campus kit.
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Australian Recycling Labelling Fiasco
What’s going on with recycling labels in Australia?
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Eastman Vision on Mass Balance
This is a story about using innovation to do what’s right for the environment, about next-generation recycling that can help tackle the plastic waste crisis, about a delicious meal at your favorite restaurant, about great birthday gifts from Grandma and about a concept called mass balance that is critical to achieving circularity.
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New Bioplastic Price Tag Fastener
The plastic fasteners that hold clothes tags are getting an eco-friendly makeover.
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US Navy Receives Patent for Bioplastic 3D Filament
Patent issued by U.S. Navy for Biodegradable 3D Printable Marine Material.
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Biogenic C02 Coalition Lobbies EPA
Biogenic CO2 Coalition Files Formal Petition for Rulemaking with EPA
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Starbucks Goes Strawless Lids
As part of the company’s efforts to phase out plastic straws worldwide, a recyclable, strawless lid is the new standard for iced beverages in Starbucks stores
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The First Bioplastic Swatch
Swatch takes a radical green turn, and unveils its new collection of watches designed from bio-based materials: here is the 1983 Swatch.
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Stora Enso Invests in Barrier Solutions
Stora Enso invests in Forshaga to develop sustainable barrier solutions
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