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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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US Bioeconomy Plan
Oil-Killing Bioeconomy Plan Catches Trump Administration Napping
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Speculations on the PLA Market
Why Will Total Corbion Build a PLA Plant in France?
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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…
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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…
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Tom van Aken, Person of the Year 2020
Tom van Aken is the Bioplastic Champion of 2020.
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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…
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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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Swiss Giant Goes Green Chemistry
Firmening invests in Green Chemistry
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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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New Bio Material with Same Mechanical Properties as Plastics
20 times more flexible than existing biodegradable materials
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What is Needed for Bioplastics Breakthrough?
What is Needed for Bioplastics Breakthrough
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Fighting Bottle Caps Pollution in Hawai
From Plastic Waste to Fuel—Improving the Environment. It’s not the plastic water bottle that causes the most harm to sea…
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Food Safe PLA Filaments
Even when a filament is made of food-safe material, the material itself isn’t the only thing impacting the filament’s food…
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Is BBI JU the Green Narcissism of EU?
Does BBI JU likes to look at its own reflection in the mirror? Is BBI JU a cash machine for…
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The Carbon Footprint Scam
Big oil distracts from their carbon footprint by tricking you to focus on yours
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Australian Government on Plastic Packaging
Government welcomes further action on plastic packaging
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French Study Finds Oxo Bio Biodegrades in Oceans with no Toxicity
Abiotic and biotic degradation and toxicity of oxo-biodegradable plastics in marine waters – OXOMAR. The French Ministry of Health shares…
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Aramco and Sabic Fossil Chemical Plant on Hold
Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. will re-evaluate the scope of a planned crude-to-chemicals project in the kingdom as…
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Future of Plastic in Taiwan
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on Tuesday called on Taiwanese companies to use more recycled plastics in their packaging.
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New German Bioplastics
The new plastic is bio-degradable.
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UPM Builds Biochemical Plant in Germany
The construction of UPM’s innovative biochemicals facility starts in Germany
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Bioplastic Fishing Gear in Japan
‘Green’ fishery gear key to ocean plastic problems. Japan’s Kuraray developing materials to make equipment biodegradable
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Bioplastics To Substitute Synthetic Fibres
Bioplastics will become increasingly important to the textile and nonwovens industries as substitutions for synthetic fibres, as well as in…
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Ocean Plastic Depot in Canada
B.C.’s first ocean plastic depot opening soon in Powell River
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Bio Epoxy and PU Resins in India
Electrolube Develops Plant-Based Epoxy, PU Bio Resins
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Solvay Opens Second Bio Solvent Plant in Brazil
The new plant in Paulinia, São Paulo specialises in the development of a bio-based solvent to mainly serve the European…
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Cash is the New King of Plastics
Petrochemical makers delay investments in new U.S. plants as profitability shrinks, reversing a trend fueled by the shale-drilling boom. Cash…
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Environmental Damage of Glitter
New research indicates that glitter could be causing ecological damage to our rivers and lakes.
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Fossil to Cash in on Build Back Better
Polluters profiting from pandemic bailouts. How the fossil fuel industry is using the COVID-19 crisis to capture public funds and…
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Operation Clean Sweep
Action plan for a European zero pellet loss certification scheme unveiled
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Stora Enso Goes Bio Asphalt
Swedish road and infrastructure operator Svevia has decided to collaborate with Stora Enso in testing lignin in asphalt.
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EU Commissioner Comments Implementation SUP Directive
Virginijus Sinkevičius comments implementation SUP directive
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EU to Optimize Horizon 2020
Many EU Horizon 2020 projects have no real outcome or results. A lack of scrutiny and nepotism seems to be…
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Towards Catalytic Chemical Recycling
Toward Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Waste (and Future) Plastics
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First Road Ready Bioplastic Car Made from Waste
The next steps is to obtain a license plate in an EU country and history will be written.
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How Technology Helped Biopak Conquer Oceania
Find out how deploying Oracle NetSuite helped the business offset more than 44,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2019 alone.
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Sugar Cane Coffee Lid Worse Carbon Footprint than Polystyrene
LCA reveals sugar cane coffee lids have far worse carbon footprint than polystyrene coffee lids. I was impressed by the…
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UK Plastic Waste Fiasco Continues
UK still shipping plastic waste to poorer countries despite Conservative pledge. More than 300 tonnes a day of plastic scrap…
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US Government Invests in Bioplastic Projects
Americans cut to the chase. US government invests in practical solutions and real outcome projects. US meritocracy versus EU nepotism.…
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Who is the Canadian Bioplastic Leader?
Let’s take a deeper look at one small-cap Company engaged in the business of plant-based materials and packaging that is…
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Japan Food Service, Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Update
With the courtesy of the US government.
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Interview Founder Paptic
A sustainable alternative to plastic packaging materials; Interview with Esa Torniainen, Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Paptic Ltd.
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Gevo and Total Partner on Renewable Isoamylene
Gevo to develop renewable Isoamylene in partnership with TOTAL
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Danimer Scientific Receives United Soybean Board Grant
Danimer Scientific Receives United Soybean Board Grant to Support Biodegradable Plastic Production
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Sabic Renewable Polycarbonate
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced its partnership with Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH, an industry leader in…
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Carbon Negative Beer
BrewDog goes carbon negative: ‘Carbon neutral is no longer enough’
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Carbon Neutral Milk in New Zealand
Danone’s New Zealand Karicare milk formula brand commits to carbon neutrality.
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Microbial Biomass Living on Ocean Plastic Waste
Microbial Biomass Living on Ocean Plastic Debris.
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Chemical Recycling: Big Investments vs NGOs
Companies are placing big bets on plastics recycling. Are the odds in their favor? Chemical recycling is attracting billions in…
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First Chemical Recycling Plant in France
This first project in France represents the start of the collaboration between Total and Plastic Energy to deploy chemical recycling.
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Satellites Panels Made from Flax
Natural fibres threaded into satellites for safer missions.
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London Startup Makes Edible Packaging from Seaweed
Seaweed may be the solution to our plastic crisis. A London startup is making edible packaging out of it.
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Who Will Be the Person of 2020? (FREE)
Who are the nominated for the “Person of the Year” 2020 Award? (Free Article)
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Licella and Canfor Form New JV Arbios Biotech
Cat-HTR™ Technology Innovators Licella Enter into New Joint Venture with Canfor to Form Arbios Biotech. Longer term, Arbios believes its…
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UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
The Business Case for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
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New British Bioplastic Standard Welcomed
ULMA Packaging welcomes new British standard for biodegradable plastic — Symphony Environmental developed a plastic that kills Covid19 virus in…
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Wood Based PVC Pipes in Sweden
INOVYN supplies its next generation of sustainable PVC to ‘The Hope Project’
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BASF Appoints Chinese in Supervisory Board
Liming Chen appointed to Supervisory Board of BASF SE
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EU Innovation Agencies to Merge
After signing letter of intent, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Innovation Council are scoping how…
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