
Month: June 2023


Pyrum and SUEZ sign exclusivity agreement to build Pyrum’s first UK pyrolysis plant

Indonesia Climate Change Report

EU Deforestation Free Supply Chain: Palm oil, cattle, soy, coffee, cocoa, timber, rubber

The plastic packaging sector focuses on sustainability, but recycling remains a challenge

Avantium and SCGC partner to bring CO2-based polymers to pilot phase

The Making of BioHome3D – The World’s First 100% Biobased 3D Printed Home (Video)

How Plastics Are Poisoning Us

Earthfirst® Films Redefines Home Compostable Films With New Soft Touch Options

Lummus Technology and MOL Group Establish Partnership for Advanced Waste Plastic Recycling

Kent Wins FEED Contract for ExxonMobil’s Large-Scale Plastic Waste Advanced Recycling Program

Noroo Paint unveils biodegradable plastic container

Allbirds Unveils Design Of World’s First Net Zero Carbon Shoe

TIPA Compostable Packaging Begins Local Production in The US

EU Commission PEF Sustainability Tool is a bit Disconnected from Reality

Will compostable packaging break down in your home compost bin? (Video)

Paques Biomaterials and Senbis Polymer Innovations Partner on PHA

Novamont Goes Biofuels

Unplastic India Campaign by The Times of India

BASF opens Biodegradation and Microplastics Center of Excellence in North America

New EU packaging regulations could increase plastic says DS Smith

Asahi Kasei and Mitsui establish supply and procurement system for bio-methanol

BASF Venture Capital invests in startup DePoly SA

World-beating Australian recycling tech debuts in UK, Japan

What is plastics biodegradation by Aimplas

ProAmpac’s Compostable Product is Pioneering Sustainable Packaging Innovations with BioPreferred and BPI Certifications

Don’t send plastics to India Says paper mill operator

National Post Reader Comments on the Compostable Plastic Bag Ban

Binalot Goes biodegradable packaging

Flexible packaging leader Parkside laser-focused on sustainable lidding film solutions with ParkScribe® technology

Government Minister visits Celtic Renewables on launch of new Circular Economy Bill

DOE Collaborative to Establish a Biomanufacturing Hub in Historically Underserved California Region

From Fracking Well to Landfill: Tracing Plastic’s Toxic Lifecycle

Smile’s Home Compostable Pod Named Honorable Mention For US Plastics Pact Award

NSK Develops World’s First Bioplastic Retaining Piece for Ball Screws

Microbial Electrosynthesis – Scientists Discover That Bacteria Can Produce More Chemical Substances Than Thought

Solvay launches Naternal, its new brand of bio-based biodegradable polymers

European Bioplastics Position on Mass Balance and Bio-Attributed

A miscalculation by European Bioplastics

Why Startups Are Poised to Lead the Bioplastics Revolution

Better Climate Challenge Road Show

Another Attempt to Buy Braskem

Crisis in the Plastic Sector (FREE)

Notpla is joining the B Corp Community!

New rules for plastic to-go packaging in the Netherlands from July

Commission closes antitrust investigation in the wood pulp sector

Renewable Chemical Innovator Capra Biosciences to Build a Green Biochemical Production Facility in Manassas, Virginia

EU Commission admits it has no clue how palm oil supply chain works

Solvay to Split into 2 Companies

The future of fabrics – UPM and VAUDE think beyond recycling

Reductive catalytic fractionation: state of the art of the lignin-first biorefinery

France 24 Video on Plastic Treaty

French Industrial Composting Test

Another Pervert Effect in Making Circular Palm Oil

RECOUP launches new Refill Packaging Case Studies on World Refill Day

New living lab Biobased Boulevard to encourage use of natural building materials

WWF Video on Compostable and Biodegradable Bowl

Indian Government Launches Bioplastic Bag

Getting compostable PPE into Irish healthcare (Video)

Chipotle and the Composting Challenge

The Science Behind Bioplastics: Understanding the Materials and Processes

Development of Pineapple Stem Starch Composite as a Plastic-Sheet Substitute for Single-Use Applications

New Mexico students recognized for creating sustainable bioplastic using state staple

RYAM Announces the Official Groundbreaking at their 2G Bioethanol Plant in Tartas, France

Ecodesign: new EU rules to make sustainable products the norm

EU Taxonomy Regulation

Germany triggers EU investigation into Chinese biofuels

REI Co-op launches new multi-terrain trail shoe using biobased materials

Climate litigation is increasingly using human rights laws as basis to hold countries and companies to account on green pledges.

ANDRITZ technology and expertise enable Naturopera to produce bio-based diapers.

CircEl‐Paper: Recyclable paper‐based electronics

State of sustainability reporting in Asia Pacific

AIMPLAS coordinates a new EU project to valorize slaughterhouse waste and paper and pulp sludge for agricultural and personal care applications

Multi-country study setting new benchmark for detail and understanding of plastic packaging in European waste streams

Neste decides to invest in liquefied waste plastic upgrading unit at its Porvoo refinery

Addressing Rigor and Reproducibility in Thermal, Heterogeneous Catalysis

ECHA adds two hazardous chemicals to Candidate List

Business slams EU conservatives’ anti-nature crusade

UK Government Issues Notice for Biobased Packaging
