Author: Editor
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French Parliament Penalises Bioplastics Compared to Recycling
The EU parliament adopted Directive (EU) 2019/90 in June 2019. As a result, the French Senate created a bonus system…
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l’Oreal Launches Plastic-Less Packaging Competition
Are you ready to say ‘hello!’ to a beauty industry with less plastic? We are! By the end of 2020,…
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US Government Workshop on Circular Plastics
On December 11–12, 2019 the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted a workshop titled, “Plastics for a Circular…
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Alameda Considers Ending Disposable Plastic
Alameda officials will take a look at a proposal to ban disposable plastic knives and forks, cup lids and similar…
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How Did McDonalds Cope With the French Plastic Ban?
Let’s have a look at how “McDo” dealed with the French plastic ban.
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The SUP Ban in France Since 1 January
Starting January 1, three single-use plastic products will be banned in France: plates, cups, and cotton buds. More will be…
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Scotland and Ireland Create a Bioplastic Hub
An international collaboration to develop shelf-life-extending plastic-free food packaging material from food waste, initially langoustine shells, has been awarded £268,284…
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Bio-on Declared Bankrupt
The Court of Bologna declared the bankruptcy of Bio-on on December 20.
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Brewery 85 Tests Bioplastics Six-Pack Rings
A Greenville brewery is testing six-pack rings made from plant-based, biodegradable fibers.
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Biodegradable Bridges
Researchers are looking into new materials to lay the foundations for living structures that respond to their environment.
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Canadian McDonalds Pilot Plastic-Free Packaging
Same fries, same shakes, new packaging.
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First National Plastics Summit in Australia
Environment minister Sussan Ley says consultation with states and industry will look at ‘innovative’ ways for dealing with the issue.
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Mandatory Composting in Vermont USA
If you don’t have that compost bucket in your kitchen yet, you better get one by this summer.
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Mandatory Brown Bin For Biowaste in Ireland
Government plans include levy for cigarette butt clean-up and pledge on fast fashion.
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New Chemical Recycling Consortium in France
Major companies in the packaging value chain have formed a consortium to develop chemical plastic recycling in France.
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Irish Retailers Did Not Respect Plastic Pledge
Supermarkets that signed up to a voluntary waste reduction scheme miss packaging targets for 2019.
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New Fines for Single Use Plastic in Geneva
From 1 January 2020, single use plastic products will be banned in the city of Geneva. Offenders will risk fines…
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French Plastic Federation Defends Recycling on TV
On Monday December 30, Luc-Éric Krief, vice-president of the French Federation of Plastics and Composites, discussed the impact of the…
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Bioplastics Ranking December 2019
Here’s the Bioplastics Brands and Companies ranking for December 2019. We have a new leader! What an achievement for that…
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Ukrainian Startup Launches Bioplastics Straws
Ukrainian startup Yes Straws has launched biodegradable, single-use drinking straws made from cane stems.
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First Hemp Airplane Stronger than Steel
Hemp is becoming a huge crop that is responsible for the creation of a variety of different products, beyond the…
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Bioplastic Bags Made From Cactus Juice
America generates almost 38 million tons of plastic waste every year, ranking second only to China.
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Newspaper Bioplastics Bags Excluded From Oregon Plastic Ban
Oregon’s ban on single-use plastic bags, which goes into effect Jan. 1, does not include The Oregonian’s newspaper bags, which…
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PSI Appoints Mike DuFrayne President and CFO
PSI appoints Mike DuFrayne President and CFO. DuFrayne joined the company as CFO in 2017.
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Two French Plastic Bans are in Conflict
The 24 December Decree Contradicts the Law on the Circular Economy.
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Project to Make Circular Plastic Films
The recycling industry is feeling the heat of compostable films and are leading a project to make circular plastic films…
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Neste Interest Rate Influenced by Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Neste signs a new EUR 1.2 billion Revolving Credit Facility with a margin linked to its greenhouse gas emissions reduction…
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Bioplastics to Solve Invasive Algae in New Zealand
An out-of-the-box approach to a pest threatening to devastate native fish stocks in some of the South Island’s most iconic…
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Anti-Bioplastics Amendment Adopted by French Parliament
A very suspicious amendment was adopted by French MP in the context of the new Circular Economy law.
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First Plastic-Free Ski Resort in Europe
Pejo 3000 in Trentino cuts use after discovering nearby glacier contained microplastics.
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Summary of Plastic Bans in France
Here’s a summary of all the plastic bans in France.
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Tipa in the Indian Newspapers
The other big task is finding sustainable alternatives to singleuse, multi-layer packaging used for chips, biscuits, etc, which is among…
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Hollywood Makes Movie About PFAS
Dark Waters is a 2019 American legal thriller film directed by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Matthew…
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It’s Raining Microplastics in London
London has highest level yet recorded but health impacts of breathing particles are unknown.
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Plastic Consumer Trends in Israel
From municipal preschools to office kitchens, Israelis are starting to move away from damaging dependence on disposables.
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New French Bioplastic Federation Called Green Plasturgie
Due to the increasing number of attacks on plastic and more specifically on the packaging industry since 2018, and the…
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PANGAIA Replaces Feathers with Wildflowers
With a concern for the treatment of ducks and geese during the gathering of feathers for down bedding and clothing,…
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Terravive Path to Plastic-Free, Biodegradable Products
According to Plastic Oceans, 300 million tons of plastic is produced each year. Of that, 8 million tons ends up…
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Plainfield Food Pantry Uses New Bioplastic Bags
New Jersey is poised to ban plastic shopping bags and many other disposable plastic convenience items as part of an…
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Top 3 Food and Beverage Packaging Trends for 2020
Packaging in the food and beverage industry is arguably just as important as the contents inside. The packaging is often…
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Consultation for Flexible Packaging Guidelines in the Circular Economy
CEFLEX is developing a set of design guidelines for consumer flexible packaging. The objective of the guidelines is to support…
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Where is Aldi in Their Packaging Strategy?
A year ago, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd adopted a joint packaging strategy with concrete sustainability goals and measures. The…
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San Francisco Stops Using Disposable Coffee Cups
A new cafe culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffee houses are banishing…
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France Takes the Lead in Bulk Sales
Controlling the quantities and the budget, reducing packaging and consuming local and seasonal products: bulk sales have captured the spirit…
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Panchkula Firm Develops Biodegradable Shoe
A 100% biodegradable shoe manufactured from sugarcane and eucalyptus with 82% of the material bio-based? Yes, you read it right!
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3D Printed Fruits With Vitamins and Minerals
With global bee populations dwindling at an astonishing rate, there is a risk that produce supplies will be diminished at…
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Cups and Bags Made From Pineapple Leaves
Developed by the Design Center of the Philippines, Pinyapel is a specialty paper made from pineapple leaves that would otherwise…
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Super Bowl Goes Bioplastics
Truist, Footprint, Deliver Lean, Safer Watch and American Medical Response sign on to be part of South Florida’s 11th Super…
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Vegware Adopts a Polar Bear
A heartfelt Thank You to all Vegware customers who purchased our polar bear Christmas cups this year.
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Neste Partners on Industrial Biolubricant
Collaboration with Neste enables AT-Tuote to launch the world’s first industrial lubricant with nearly 100% bio-based content.
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Vertoro Appoints New Scientific Advisor
Prof. Emiel Hensen has formally joined Vertoro as Scientific Advisor. His scientific track record and industrial network will add value…
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UK Waste Company Fined for Sending Biodegradable Waste to Landfill
Waste management firm Amey has been fined £500,000 by Cambridgeshire County Council for sending too much of the region’s biodegradable…
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Giant Eagle Eliminates Single-Use Plastic by 2025
Pittsburgh-based grocery store chain Giant Eagle announced Tuesday that it will eliminate single-use plastics by 2025.
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Avantium Appoints New CFO
Avantium announced the appointment of Bart Welten as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
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Brent Council Introduces Biodegradable Bag for Parking Tickets
New biodegradable bags for parking tickets handed out in Brent means they are now ‘plastic free’.
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Compostable Plastic? Not So Much, Says Los Angeles Times
Most people know by now that the disposable plastic used for take-out food is an environmental hazard. Containers, cups, utensils,…
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Biodegradable Construction Materials for Farmhouses
People look for new ways to go green every day. They embrace things like solar energy panels that have become…
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Queen Says To Deliver on Plastics Commitments
In her formal State Opening of Parliament this morning (19 December), the Queen urged ministers to deliver progress on the…
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Review of 2019 – Top 10 News
Let’s look at the 10 most important news of 2019.
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Avantium Appoints New Chairman of Supervisory Board
Avantium announced that Mr. Edwin Moses has been appointed as Chairman of its Supervisory Board.
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SUP and Paper Bags Fee in Denver City
After a brief but mostly supportive public comment session, the Denver City Council unanimously approved a measure Monday night which…
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Rapid Biodegradability of Walki Bioska Films
It’s a proven fact: the biodegradability of Walki’s Bioska films are among the fastest on the market.
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Kaneka Builds 5.000 tons PHBH Plant
Kaneka has completed the capacity building of its Biodegradable Polymer PHBH at the Takasago Plant. The completion ceremony was held…
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Braskem, Biowash, Greco and Guerreiro Partner on Bioplastic Packaging
Petrochemical company Braskem has established a partnership with two companies to develop new packaging from biobased plastics and post-consumer resin…
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Bacardi Launches Bioplastics Glasses Made of Rice Husks
Bacardi launches bio-based, recyclable glasses made out of rice husks.
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California Attempts to Decrease Use of Single-Use Plastic
With environmentalism being an issue in recent years, California attempted to pass legislation this year meant to change the way…
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It’s Time to Trash Recycling
Traditional recycling is the greatest example of modern-day greenwashing.
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Tipa Tackles Single-Use Plastic Waste
An Israeli start-up has developed durable, transparent and fully compostable flexible packaging for fruits, vegetables and dry and baked foods.
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Interview With Radical Plastics Co-Founders
Radical Plastics Cofounders Yelena Kann and Kristin Taylor have extensive backgrounds in polymers and plastics engineering, both having worked for…
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40 Finalists For the €100K Sustainable Industry Challenge
Following an intensive selection procedure, a couple of industrial companies, the challenge setters, together with the initiator Economic Board Groningen,…
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Compostable Products Have A Role
In October, Greenpeace released a report entitled, “Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have it Wrong on Plastic Solutions”.
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Boston University Chemists Develop New Biodegradable Adhesive
Provides environmentally friendly option to traditional plastic adhesives. Boston University professor Mark Grinstaff, and his team of researchers, are working…
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The Circular Economy Briefing by Reuters
This 42-page in-depth report by Reuters covers the latest circular economy trends to help companies tackle climate change.
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Will Hemp Become Green Gold in the UK?
Introducing hemp, the UK’s secret green gold mine that could help save the planet.
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Nokian Tyres Goes Bioplastics
Nokian Tyres changes the cases of its tires in favour of bioplastics ones.
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Marine Bioplastic Could Be Multi Billion Dollar Industry
Technological advances involving algae, crabs and prawns could spark a multi-billion dollar industry for the production of biodegradable biopolymers for…
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Mattel Goes Bioplastics
Mattel Announces Goal to Achieve 100% Recycled, Recyclable or Bio-based Plastic Materials in All Products and Packaging By 2030. Mattel…
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The BP Chemical Recycling Consortium
Companies join forces to help tackle plastic waste with BP’s enhanced recycling technology. New cross-industry consortium to make enhanced recycling…
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Innovate From Nature with POLYSORB® – the High Purity Isosorbide
Improving performance through plant-based innovations is a key market trend, and this is exactly what Roquette delivers. As a key…
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US Moving to Standardisation of Hempcrete
ASTM Cannabis Committee Seeds Standard for Lime-Based Hempcrete.
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VTT Buys Hydroprocessing Bench Scale To Fasttrack Bioeconomy
hte – the high throughput experimentation company, has supplied a customised four-fold bench scale hydroprocessing unit to VTT, a Finnish…
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NREL Discovers Superhero Algal Strain
US Researchers Discover Fast-growing, Resilient Algal Strain. Will the Americans become the leaders in algae and seaweed bioplastics?
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Moncler Goes Bioplastics
New technologies are helping the beloved outerwear brand to make use of natural materials that don’t negatively impact the environment.
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Natural Rubber Industry On the Brink of Collapse
Halcyon Agri launches BOUNCE, the world’s first sustainable rubber movement anchored by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. New initiative aims…
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First Lego Set Made From Bioplastics
LEGO Goes Green: The Toy Company Announces its First Steps Towards Sustainability with its New Toy.
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Tipa Bioplastics Branded As Plastic-Free in the UK
High-end supplier develops packaging for Natoora, Waitrose and Whole Foods that can be recycled and home-composted.
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Avantium Ray Technology Video
“Sugar is the new oil”. Watch this short clip featuring Avantium CEO Tom van Aken, RNC Managing Director Zanna McFerson,…
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Peter Vanacker, Person of the Year 2019
It was a logic decision to choose Peter Vanacker as the Person of the Year 2019. Peter has been this…
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Invisible Bar Codes To Improve Recycling
By making it possible for recycling facilities to quickly scan a bottle or packaging and learn what it’s made of…
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Japan Scientists Develop Biodegradable Nanofiber Sensor
Scientists in western Japan have developed a biodegradable humidity sensor for farm-use.
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DOE Plans To Fund Bioplastics
The U.S. Department of Energy published a notice of intent on Dec. 10 announcing plans to issue a funding opportunity…
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Clariant and Plant Advanced Technologies Partner for Sustainable Cosmetics
Clariant becomes strategic partner for product development and exclusive global distributor for all new co-developed products. Clariant to subscribe to…
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Bioplastic Sneakers Will be a Rage in 2020
Eco-friendly meatless food products shook up the fast food industry in 2019. Experts say next year’s game-changing trend in sustainable…
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New Zealand Biobased Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing (AM), including 3D and 4D printing, encompasses some of the most promising technologies currently available. News stories regularly…
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DSM Blames Companies for Greenwashing
We had politicians putting political correctness aside and now we have a large company doing it. DSM is blaming many…
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GE and Agilyx Introduce AI in Chemical Recycling
Bringing artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive modeling to chemical recycling. Aiming to improve recycling of post-use plastics to >95%.
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The Irish Bioplastic Leader
Prof Kevin O’Connor, the first scientist to convert non-degradable plastics into biodegradable plastics, has won the Science Foundation Ireland Researcher…
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Why is Finland a Bioeconomy Champion?
Exclusive Interview with the Permanent Secretary of the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry in Finland, Jaana Husu-Kallio, on the Finnish bioeconomy…
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Stora Enso Ice Cream Packaging Wins International Award
A fibre-based ice cream package designed by Stora Enso for the Finnish artisan ice cream manufacturer Vanhan Porvoon Jäätelötehdas has…
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Pioneers of Blue Bioplastics in the Netherlands
When it comes to global-scale issues, it’s often the small, localized problems that spur people to action. While the often-dire…
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