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Aimplas develops rapid biodegradability test to support bioplastics transition
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How the Bill Gates Foundation damaged African agriculture (FREE)
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Eliminating obstacles in BiAx film processing by improving BOPLA film production efficiency (NatureWorks video)
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Global recycling rates have fallen for eighth year running, report finds
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Tariff Rates Updated following May 12 Joint US-China Statement
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EU approves Coverstro takeover by Adnoc
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SUPA launches bio-based hand wash packs with pine tree sap lining
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Solena raises $6.7m to create next-gen textiles using AI and synthetic biology
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In break for chemical makers, Trump pauses most China tariffs
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Swiss chemical firm Clariant sued by Dow over price fixing
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Circular Economy in India: A Bayesian belief network analysis of household purchasing and disposal behaviour of plastics
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The governance mechanism of household waste sorting in China: insights from residential communities in Yuelu, Changsha
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The true cost of ocean plastic pollution
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Chemical Groups are leaving EU
EU has become a synonym for over regulation. The EU Commission believes good governance is equal to more and complex…
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Belgium incinerates plastic waste (FREE)
I had a discussion with an ex-employee of a waste management firm located in ‘Forest’ (Belgium) regarding what happens to…
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Budzinski Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Expand Biofuels and Biobased Manufacturing Innovation
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Lignin’s key role in creating sustainable, bio-based materials
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Chemical Breakthrough Could Solve Our Plastic Waste Problem
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The transition to green chemistry: ‘Circularity is a team sport’
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Pilot Chemical Company Announces Exclusive Partnership with Novvi LLC to Bring Biobased Alpha Olefin Sulfonate Surfactant Technology to the North American Market
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Sweden’s Lignin Industries raises €3.9M to scale bio-based plastic alternative derived from trees
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From poultry waste to food packaging: the end of plastic wrap as we know it?
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New marine-biodegradable polymer decomposes by 92% in one year, rivals nylon in strength
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From beer to bioplastics: How LIFE RESTART fuels circular economy and cuts plastic waste in Sicily
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Bioplastic Innovator Loliware Lands Distribution Deal with Entec
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Sumphony Environmental Remains leader in antibacterial plastics (FREE)
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A plastic-eating fungus is cleaning up the ocean better than we are
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SeaSweepers to showcase ocean plastic repurposing Saturday at SeaCycle event in Coconut Grove
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ERANGE EV Tires partners with 4ocean to tackle plastic and trash pollution
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East Moline manufacturer giving plastics pulled from rivers a new life
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Aduro and Cleanfarms develop pathway for chemical recycling of challenging plastics
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The forest byproduct lignin can play a key role in new sustainable materials
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Multifunctional performance assessment of waste-based bioplastic wall panels for acoustic thermal and structural efficiency in interior architecture
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UN expert sends letter to Coca-Cola over decision to replace glass bottles with plastic ones
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Microsoft circular strategy
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Plastics Companies Know About Chemical Recycling’s Shortcomings—But Still Sell It as a Solution
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Plastic industry’s ‘advanced recycling’ fails to deliver results
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Life cycle assessment of glass fibre versus flax fibre reinforced composite ship hulls
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Green Synthesis of a Novel Gelatin Crosslinked Oxidized Pullulan-Lignin biocomposite film for active food packaging
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A beginner’s guide to vegan fashion (and how to spot ‘greenwashing’)
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Athletic brand debuts clothing line designed to disappear in your backyard: ‘All of our products make good dirt’
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SUSTAInPack: Advancing sustainable packaging through bio-polymer research
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Metsä Group and Amcor partner to develop moulded fibre-based food packaging solutions
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Aduro Clean Technologies video
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Bangladesh develops a new biodegradable luxury fabric
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Scientists discover a new way to convert corn waste into low-cost sugar for biofuel
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Cross-industry collaboration in PET chemical recycling to expand sourcing of feedstocks for non-food contact materials
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Chomps partners with 4ocean to address ocean plastic pollution
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Green valorization of garlic peel waste using halophilic laccase for efficient biomass delignification and biorefinery applications
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Compostable packaging solution developed for condiment sachets
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The Composting Consortium launches grant program
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Trash talk: As plastic use soars, researchers examine biodegradable solutions
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Beyond the Label: Debunking the Biodegradable Plastic Myth (Greenpeace)
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Bucknell University research on Bioplastics
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Project on greener and safer bioplastics for food packaging
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EU Ecolabel breaks record: setting the gold standard with more than 100.000 certifications
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Joe Rogan Tears down US recycling system (Video)
Joe Rogan says it as it is … recycling in the US doesn’t exist … Politicians say otherwise because there…
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These Concept Cars Were Designed to biodegrade
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Embedding Polysaccharide Thin Films in Digital Light Processing (DLP) for Biobased Composites
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The Guardian dropped a bomb on chemical recycling … but the article was removed
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Chemical Industry Redoubles Campaign Against New York Waste Bill
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Aduro and Siemens to collaborate on automation for chemical-recycling pilot plant
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New methodology to transform CO2 emissions into feedstock for chemical industry
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Starbucks redesigns its iconic white takeaway cup in Europe for rollout across the region
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US compostable plastic market seems to be collapsing
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TotalEnergies Corbion, Coexpan help launch €7.6M PLA packaging push
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The many materials that made microplastics possible (Podcast)
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Plant-based coatings for plastics: a sustainable step forward
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Study of velvet worm slime could revolutionize sustainable material design
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This Kerala Startup Is Creating Biodegradable Bottles That Disappear in Just 3 Months!
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NatureWorks Eliminating obstacles in BiAx film processing by improving BOPLA film production efficiency (Video)
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NatureWorks Joins 4evergreen to Advance Fiber-Based Packaging Circularity
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Mexico can teach us a couple things about recycling (FREE)
Article by David Goldstein, Ventura County Public Works Agency Environmental Resource Analyst. This is a FREE article
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Microalgae and bacteria team up to convert carbon dioxide into useful products
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UK Deposit return scheme body gets the green light
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China pivots to Europe for used cooking oil exports as tariffs hit shipments to US
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Vioneo appoints Wood to design world’s first industrial scale fossil-free plastics facility
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The business case for a sustainable blue economy
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Viewpoint: Polystyrene bill good for Montana, environment
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Circularity25, what happened at the American circular economy event
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SK Chemicals Advances Closed-Loop Recycling for Automotive Plastics
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Microplastics ‘have greater threat to marine life’
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Do Seashells Hold The Key To A Plastic Alternative?
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Ahlstrom receives home compostable certification in Australia and New Zealand for Sulpack® Flexible packaging
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Bioplastics from lemon waste for Chick-fil-A
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Multifunctional performance assessment of waste-based bioplastic wall panels for acoustic thermal and structural efficiency in interior architecture
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KBR Selected as Key Commercialization Partner for Samsara Eco’s First-of-a-Kind Enzymatic Recycling Plant
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Anti Chemical Recycling Campaign in California
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Bacteria-produced PHA fibres aid bone healing: Research
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Global effort maps microplastics’ path through critical ocean systems
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How Berkeley Lab is Leading the Biology-Based Industrial Revolution
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International Compost Awareness Week
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Cornstarch Sanitary Pads Could Avoid Tonnes of Ocean Plastics
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Glitter’s sparkle hides a darker side – it can change the chemistry of our oceans
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Environmental and Economic Benefits from Strain and Bioprocess Improvements for Sustainable Production of 3-Hydroxypropanoic Acid in a Sugarcane Biorefinery
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Mineral-Infused Composites Enhance Wood from Within
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Multilayer biocomposite vegan leather materials derived from vegetable-tanned fungal biomass cultivated on food waste
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The things you should and shouldn’t be composting in your garden
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Compostable coffee capsule ad deemed “misleading”
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Computational identification of plastic-degrading enzymes in ocean microbiomes




