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Consumer Perspectives on Bio Based Products
Irish and Dutch consumer perspectives of bio-based products
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Chinese Create PLA Artistic Landscape Design
PLA filament used to 3D print artistic landscape product
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Labatt Goes PCR Photodegradable Plastics Carrier Rings
Labatt Blue and Labatt Blue Light recently rolled out new recycled and photodegradable green plastic carrier rings – Hi-Cone RingCycles™
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New Plug In Process for Lignin Biorefineries
These “plug-in” technologies allow for optimization of sustainable, cost-effective lignin
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Mitsubishi Chemical and Kuraray Partner on Bio Polyester
Mitsubishi Chemical Licenses Patent for Biomass-based Polyester to Kuraray Group
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Solving End of life Issues of Thermoset Composites
Improving recyclability of thermoset composite materials through a greener recycling technology based on reversible bio-based bonding materials
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Carbiolice CEO Leaves Company
The following message was posted on the LinkedIn account of Nadia Auclair, CEO of Carbiolice
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NL BioAromatic Conceptual Factory
BAroC project started: Bio-Aromatic Conceptual Factory
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Jenkins Freshpac Systems to Market Compostable Fruit Sticker in New Zealand
Aotearoa’s leading producer of fruit labels, Jenkins Freshpac Systems, has just been awarded a gold medal in development and creativity…
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Legal Experts Suggest Definition of Ecocide
Global expert drafting panel reveals proposal for a fifth crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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Industry Statement on EU SUP Guidelines
Industry statement on publication of EU Commission Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Guidelines
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Colombia Annual Biofuel Report
In 2021, Colombia’s fuel ethanol production is estimated to decrease to 370 million liters in response to a lower blend…
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Ellen MacArthur Does Plastic Colonialism in Kenya (FREE)
NGO says Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a greenwashing platform doing plastic colonialism in Africa.
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SK Chemicals and Huvis Partner on Chemical Recycled Polyester Yarn
SK Chemicals and Huvis Partner on Chemical Recycled Polyester Yarn
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Parkside Invests in Malaysian Production Capacity
Parkside Boosts Malaysian Flexible Packaging Operations
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New Zealand Fruit Sticker Ban Came as Surprise
Fruit sticker to be phased out by 2025
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DeZeen Top 10 Carbon Storing and Emission Reducing Materials
DeZeen idnetifies Ten materials that store carbon and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions including bioplastics
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Sabic Wins Responsible Care Award
Sabic Wins 2021 Responsible Care® Chairman’s Award As Recognition Of Its Excellent Practice Of Sustainable Development
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Initiatives to End Plastic Waste in Thailand
Catalysing Collective Action to End Plastic Waste through ALL_Thailand Initiative
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Solvay Launches its First Bio Textile
Bio Amni® is the latest edition to the Group’s sustainable textile fibers
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New Strategy on Green Waste Collection in France
New strategy regarding the collection of compostable waste
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Pampers, Carrefour and Terracycle Partner on Nappy Collection Scheme
This pilot scheme is a major opportunity to find out if a system to collect used nappies can be set…
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New Zealand Government Communication on SUP Ban
The Government is to phase out certain hard-to-recycle plastics and six single-use items
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France Amends Industrial Composting Law
The Order of 27 May 2021 amending the Order of 22 April 2008 lays down the technical rules with which…
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New NGO Report on Rogue Palm Oil Producer
Following companies are named: Unilever, Kao, Procter and Gamble, PepsiCo, Mondelēz, Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive, ABN Amro, and Industrial and Commercial…
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Show Your Stripes Campaign (FREE)
Climate change advocates and people around the world are showing their stripes.
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Swedish Startup Finds Circular Solution to Textile Waste (FREE)
Sharetex technology provides circular solution to process millions of tons of textile waste. This is a FREE article.
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Helicoid Biomimetic Motorcycle Helmets
Helicoid Industries Inc. Releases Preliminary Results of Weight Reduction in Protective Helmets
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What Will Happen to Covid Plexiglass Barriers?
What will happen to the COVID-19 plexiglass barriers? Iowa State students have ideas
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Plastic Waste Exports Poisoning Food And Threatening Communities Report
Toxic Chemicals in Plastic Waste Poisoning People in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe & Latin America
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NASA Satellites to Track Ocean Microplastics
Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement…
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PFAS Found in Top Cosmetics Brands
US is usually synonym for efficiency but in the case of dealing with PFAS, the US is clearly not meeting…
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PET Industry New Promotional Website
Is PET winning the Communication battle? PET is more sustainable than aluminium, glass and paper packaging according to the latest…
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EU Recovery Funds for NL Circular Chemistry
6 groundbreaking projects in the field of circular chemistry in South Holland receive €7 million from the REACT EU fund…
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Beko Goes Green Appliances
Beko introduces eco-friendly appliances for a healthy planet
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Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative
Wageningen University & Research launched the Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative (WBI) on Monday 14 June
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Congress Hearing on Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Research Act
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Vice Chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee and Chairwoman of the Research and Technology…
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US to Fund New Energy Technologies
DOE Announces Over $65 Million in Public and Private Funding to Commercialize Promising Energy Technologies
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EU Flexible Packaging Shortages are Great Concern
Continuous raw material supply difficulties of great concern to European Flexible Packaging manufacturers
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Burger King CEO on PFAS
BK CEO communication on PFAS
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Europen MD on EU Single Market
EUROPEN’s Managing Director Francesca Stevens on the EU Single Market
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Joint Industry Call for EU Packaging Waste Labelling
The packaging industry and consumer product manufacturers calling for an EU approach to packaging waste labelling
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Promateris Completes New Round of Investment
Promateris finalizes 2.5 million euro investment in the production of compostable packaging
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Enzyme Eatable Polymers Better than Compostable Plastics says Mashable
US Marketing in action
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Florida News Times Covers PHA
Florida News Times publishes an article on PHA
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JAME Technology Earns ISCC Plus Certification
JAME Technology is the first qualified manufacturer to obtain ISCC Plus certification to process Tritan™ Renew from Eastman, which will…
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Sainsbury’s Launches Flexible Plastic Packaging Recycling System (FREE)
Following a successful trial in the North East of England, 520 Sainsbury’s stores will now offer a recycling system for…
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Versalis and Saipem Partner on Bioethanol
Versalis and Saipem together to produce sustainable bioethanol
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SK Global Chemical Buys Stake in Loop industries
SK Global Chemical announces strategic investment in Loop Industries to recycle waste PET plastic and polyester fiber
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New Bio-on Auction Sale (FREE)
Deadline for the offer is 27 July 2021 at 12.00.
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Carrefour Goes Environmental Label
Carrefour Is The First Retailer To Display The Eco-Score For Its Customers On Carrefour.Fr
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World First Enzymatically Recycled Bottles
Global Consumer Brands Unveil World’s First Enzymatically Recycled Bottles
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Chemical Recycling Documentary by New Jersey Public TV Network
Is chemical recycling the answer to our plastic problem?
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Repsol, Axens and Ifpen Partner on Chemical Recycling
Repsol, Axens, And Ifpen Develop A New Process To Boost Circular Materials Production
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PADI and The Ocean Cleanup Partner on Ocean Plastic
PADI and The Ocean Cleanup Join Forces to Tackle Oceans Plastic
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Parley for the Ocean and Brita Partner on Ending SUP Water Bottles
Parley For The Oceans Joins Forces With Brita® To Launch The “Future Of Water” Design Exploration With The Shared Mission…
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Lego Goes rPET
The LEGO Group reveals first prototype LEGO® brick made from recycled plastic
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Bosk Builds Bioplastic Plant in Canada
Bosk Bioproducts Inaugurated Its First Regen™ Bioplastic Production Line, A 100% Biobased, Non-Toxicand Compostable Material, Installed In Quebec City
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UD Research on Converting Sugars into Chemicals
With a $2.7 million grant, UD researchers using microbes to make valuable chemicals
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Large Scale Liquefied CO2 Carrier
MOL Starts Research and Development on Large-scale Liquefied CO2 Carrier
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Stora Enso Shutting Down Production Site Update
Stora Enso has completed the co-determination negotiations concerning closing down the pulp and paper production at its Veitsiluoto site in…
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EU Biofuels Annual Report
In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak cut EU gasoline and diesel use by 13.0 and 9.4 percent, respectively
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NGO Report on Human Rights and Environmental Abuses Corporate Lobbying
Corporate lobbyists are fighting a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for human rights abuses and environmental…
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Italian Minister Criticises EU SUP Guidelines
Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, speaking on Radio24
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Indian Oil and VITO Patent on CO2 Biotransformation
Membrane-Less Reactor And Biotransformation Of Carbon Dioxide. A membrane-less reactor design for microbial electrosynthesis of alcohols from carbon dioxide (CO2)
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Dow and Shell Low Carbon Cracker Partnership Update
Dow and Shell demonstrate progress in joint technology development for lower CO2 emission crackers
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Target New Sustainability Strategy
Target Announces Bold New Sustainability Strategy: Target Forward
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Willow Trees to Treat Municipal Wastewater
A ‘bio-refinery’: using the chemistry of willow trees to treat municipal wastewater
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Unregulated Hazardous Plastic Additives
Deep Dive into Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing Aids
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FrieslandCampina Goes rPET
FrieslandCampina launches an exclusivity: it is the first Belgian dairy company to produce 100% rPET bottles
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Perstorp Goes Circular Methanol
Project Air has been granted a grant of just under SEK 295 million from the Swedish Energy Agency
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Sulapac Launches Packaging Take Back Program
The new take back program transforms used, bio-based supplement packaging into pet urn that biodegrades without leaving permanent microplastics behind
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Is Amazon an Environmental Calamity?
Amazon destroys millions of unsold items every year in the UK
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Flexible Packaging Industry Position on Waste Collection
Agreed common position on collecting flexible packaging waste in a circular economy outlines essential elements to capture resources
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Detergent and Soap Industry Sustainability Report
Use of sustainably sourced bio-based materials, when this is more sustainable than fossil resources
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Sabic Video on Closed Loop Recycling
How does closed loop recycling work?
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Danimer Communicates on Production BottleNeck
Danimer Scientific has been accused of many inconsistencies including on its official production capacity. This is an attempt to reassure…
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Stora Enso New Material for Microwavable Trays
Stora Enso delivers new low-carbon material for microwavable ready-meal trays
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EU Plastic Converters Join Styrenics Circular Solutions
EuPC membership strengthens the converters’ contribution to the circularity mission of SCS
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NGO Video on Chemical Recycling
Imagine if we could solve #plasticpollution with one miracle technology. Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is.…
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Amazon Plastic Problem
Oceana: Amazon (AMZN) plastic problem set to skyrocket with Prime Day booming sales
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Duvaltex Launched Ocean Plastic Textile
Last year, Duvaltex Launched Its New Ocean Waste Clean Impact Textilest Technology In Partnership With Steelcase
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Bio Alkanediol for Cosmetics Industry
Symrise announces Hydrolite® 7 green, the 100% bio-based next generation cosmetic multifunctional
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Converting Wind Turbines Waste into PLA
Experimental and analytical investigation of 3D printed specimens reinforced by different forms of recyclates from wind turbine waste
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Controlled Degradation with 3D Printed Enzyme Embedded Plastics
Enzymes embedded into plastic objects can be triggered to break down the plastic at the end of the object’s life.
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US Citizen Petition Against PFAS
NGOs petition US FDA to ban PFAS in food packaging
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Trends in Biocatalysis
Recent trends in biocatalysis
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Cannes Lions Goes Ocean Plastics Trophies
Cannes Lions partners with Parley for the Oceans to make the Sustainable Development Goals Lion trophies out of Parley Ocean…
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Australian National Plastics Plan
The National Plastic Plan outlines our approach to increase plastic recycling, find alternatives to unnecessary plastics and reduce the impact…
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Robots Turning Waste into Compostable Packaging
Zume’s pizza robots are now turning waste into compostable packaging
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Aldi Removes Plastic from Tea Bags
Aldi To Remove 1.4 Billion Pieces Of Plastic From Own-Brand Tea Bags
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Coke Sued over PET Recyclability Claim
Sierra Club Sues Coca-Cola and Others Over Recyclability Claims
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TotalEnergies and Nestle Partner on Bio PP Ice Cream Packaging
TotalEnergies, MPG Manifattura Plastica S.p.A. and Froneri have joined forces to develop a sustainable food packaging made from Certified Renewable…
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Impact Fertilizer on LCA Biobased Products
Fertilizers should be included in the LCA of biobased products
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Waitrose Goes Ocean Plastic
From coast to kitchen – plastic destined for the ocean to be used in Waitrose packaging
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Gucci Goes Bio Leather
Gucci Introduces Innovative New Demetra Material on Three Sneaker Silhouettes
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Weelchair from Biocomposites
Sustainable composite wheelchair seat designed for disabled people in developing countries
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Braven Environmental and Chevron Phillips Chemicals Partner on Chemical Recycling
Braven Environmental Executes Long-Term Pyrolysis-Derived Feedstock Supply Agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical
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Bio-on and Danimer Scientific: The Short Sellers Who Worked Together
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Danimer Scientific: Short Sellers, Class Actions and the Collapse of a PHA Pioneer
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Iraq Trucks Oil Through Syria to Bypass Strait of Hormuz
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Bio-on Founder Challenges Conviction Ahead of Appeal
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European Bioplastics and Novamont: Inside the Campaign Against a Competing Plastics Technology