
Month: May 2023


New Compostable Straw Plant in Poland

Scientists Find Microbes That Can Break Down Plastic in the Cold

Discussion to Buy Braskem

Dutch Government Champions Biobased Plastic

NextChem Buys 51% of MyRemono

Update on Licella Chemical Recycling Plant in Australia

European Commission’s Joint Research Centre Report on Advanced Recycling

Cuétara Foods Goes Calcium Carbonate Snack Bags

New hemp-based biomaterial may solve global microplastic pollution crisis

UPM Specialty Papers and Fiorini co-create a new highly moisture and grease resistant, fibre-based pet food sack

Kinder Morgan and Neste Partner on Feedstock Storage and Logistics Hub

Yield10 Bioscience Q1 2023 Results

University of Bath Research on Bioplastics

Microbes discovered that can digest plastics at low temperatures

Amazon News Video on Genecis

Companies that Recycle Cigarette Butts

Teknor Apex Announces New Eco-Conscious Monprene® TPE with 35% sustainable content developed in Partnership with UBQ Materials

Green Dot Bioplastics Compostable Film Resins Receive TÜV Certification

Neste’s inventors nominated as finalists in the European Inventor Award 2023

China Updates Rules for Review of Gene-Edited Plants for Agricultural UseÂ

Mexico Amends the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture

New Recycled PLA Cups

Midwest Bioprocessing Center and McKinley Resources Partner on Distribution

Greenwashing and how to avoid it: an introductory guide for Asia’s finance industry

Deciphering the latest IPCC report

New Technique Can Map Ocean Plastics from Space

Synthesis, modification and current market status of PBAT

Recycling plastics might be making things worse

REACH committee votes to restrict intentional microplastics

Tiny Microbes Could Brew Big Benefits for Green Biomanufacturing

The B Corp Beauty Coalition launches its B Beauty Navigator to help companies and citizens in sustainability-oriented choices

Improving sustainability of everyday products with forest-based ingredients

Canada proposes significant regulation of consumer facing plastics

Ban of ‘problematic’ compostable plastics could ease current challenges for local governments

EU Cities and Researchers turn organic waste into valuable goods.

Tipa Buys Bio4Pack in $8 million deal

Uganda: Turning farm waste into biodegradable seedling pots

SEARCA supports project to turn shrimp waste into bioplastic

The coming crackdown on corporate greenwashing

Arkema raises its decarbonization targets

Certified home-compostable ecovio® for extrusion coating on paper of food packaging

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Pricing of $3.0 Million Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Bioenergy Research: Opportunities and Challenges

ExxonMobil, Cyclyx, Sealed Air, and Ahold Delhaize USA demo advanced recycling for plastic waste

Groupe Berkem Expands Its Distribution Network Dedicated to Its Cosmetic Ingredients by Signing a Partnership With Kreglinger for the United Kingdom

Sulapac receives financing from Nefco to scale up its sustainable alternative to conventional plastics

Biofuels & bioplastics: Opportunities for Europe by 2050Â

4ocean Certifies GoodPop as First Food Brand to Receive Plastic Neutral Product Certification

GoPha Position on EU PPWR

Paper Cups are not So Innocent on Social Media

Ahlstrom launches Ahlstrom ECOâ„¢, a renewable lignin-based automotive filter media

Metaspectral Secures $419K from CleanBC Plastics Action Fund

Yield10 Bioscience and Marathon Petroleum Partner on Camelina Feedstock

Versalis Buys Novamont

New Compostable Plastic Bag in California

That ‘Compostable’ Baggie Probably Isn’t and It’s Time to Get Tough on Misleading Green Labels, Attorneys General Tell the Feds

Soon, candy wrappers, cigarette packaging to be biodegradable in India

Reuters Video on FabricNano lab making enzymes for next-gen bio-plastics

Bioplastics become more attractive for industry
