Author: Editor
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Exel Composites adopts bio-based UPR resin at commercial scale
https://www.compositesworld.com/news/exel-composites-adopts-bio-based-upr-resin-at-commercial-scale-
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Smart Bamboo Glass’ Cuts Energy Bills And Carbon Footprint In One Stroke
https://www.eurasiareview.com/16112025-smart-bamboo-glass-cuts-energy-bills-and-carbon-footprint-in-one-stroke/
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Putting recycling myths to waste
https://www.onkaparinganow.com/News-listing/Putting-recycling-myths-to-waste
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China converts seawater into plastic
Chinese did it again. Europe spent billions in researching how to convert food crops into plastic. Chinese converted seawater into…
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Elm-plastic launches first bioplastic pipette for healthcare
https://www.plastech.biz/en/news/Elm-plastic-launches-first-bioplastic-pipette-for-healthcare-21465
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WEF is going to push for a water emergency (Video)
The WEF likes to conspire against the world population 😂 .
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How indian train companies are dealing with waste (Video)
Our relation to waste and waste management are culturally defined. Some cultures are just polluting more than others. Some may…
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Greenpeace calls on Toyota to stop greenwashing biofuel vehicles
Greenpeace calls on Toyota to stop greenwashing biofuel vehicles
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Braskem COP 30
https://www.braskem.com/braskem-na-cop30-en https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/braskem-bioeconomy-policy-cop30.html
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Differential Effects of Microplastics on Soil Organic Carbon via Lignin Phenols and Amino Sugars in Soil Aggregates
https://www.newswise.com/articles/differential-effects-of-microplastics-on-soil-organic-carbon-via-lignin-phenols-and-amino-sugars-in-soil-aggregates
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Researchers Develop Biobased Film That Could Replace Traditional Plastic Packaging
https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-develop-biobased-film-that-could-replace-traditional-plastic-packaging
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The BioGlitter Initiative- Getting Plastic Glitter out of ASD
https://environmentamerica.org/alaska/center/articles/the-bioglitter-initiative-getting-plastic-glitter-out-of-asd
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Why Ireland could lead the way in a new multi-trillion euro industry
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/1112/1543503-bioplastics-industry-ireland-plastic-waste-sustainability
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P2 Science and Algenesis Partner to Develop Algae-Derived Chemicals and 100% Biobased, Biodegradable Polyurethanes
https://themalaysianreserve.com/2025/11/12/p2-science-and-algenesis-partner-to-develop-algae-derived-chemicals-and-100-biobased-biodegradable-polyurethanes/amp
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Mushroom material takes on plastic packaging at Belgian start-up
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-mushroom-material-plastic-packaging-belgian.html
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The Plastics Industry Association names CJ Biomaterials as its 2025 Innovation in Bioplastics Award winner
https://interplasinsights.com/api/amp/plastics-materials/latest-plastics-materials-news/plastics-cj-biomaterials-2025-innovation-bioplastics-award
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MIT Senior Transforms Fishing Waste Into Bioplastic
https://www.miragenews.com/mit-senior-transforms-fishing-waste-into-1569351
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How China bought French Vencorex?
What happened with Vencorex? What about Covestro AG? Summary What happened to the Vencorex patents? The French government allowed all…
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Green Science Alliance Made Quantum Dot from Plastic Wastes
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/green-science-alliance-made-quantum-dot-from-plastic-wastes-302610277.html
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Neste to receive EU Innovation Fund support for developing a new co-processing technology
https://www.neste.com/news/neste-to-receive-eu-innovation-fund-support-for-developing-a-new-co-processing-technology
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Building sector’s appetite for sustainability wanes amid cost and geopolitical concerns
https://www.eco-business.com/news/building-sectors-appetite-for-sustainability-wanes-amid-cost-and-geopolitical-concerns
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NEXE Innovations Inc. announces 1.2 million compostable pod order to support Bridgehead’s planned Costco launch
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Compostable soy fish alternative Holy Carp swims to the rescue after SA plastic ban
https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/compostable-soy-fish-alternative-holy-carp-swims-to-the-rescue-after-sa-plastic-ban.html
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Avantium and Logoplaste Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for Releaf® to Accelerate High-Performance Packaging Innovation
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Multifunctional biodegradable polyvinyl alcohol/ nanolignin composite films of optical, photoluminescence, antimicrobial properties and enhanced fruit preservation ability
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24553-z
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Låkril tackles the challenge of biobased acrylic acid
https://cen.acs.org/business/biobased-chemicals/Lakril-tackles-biobased-acrylic-acid/103/web/2025/11
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d2w bioplastic dog waste bags wins South Korean award
https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/symphony-environmental-technologies–sym/new-product-launch-south-korea/9222276
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With Memora, Lumson turns grape residues into innovative packaging
https://www.premiumbeautynews.com/en/with-memora-lumson-turns-grape,26620
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Bio-based film matches traditional plastic packaging in blocking moisture and oxygen
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-bio-based-traditional-plastic-packaging.html
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Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype?
Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype?
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Criminals channel waste into manure: 3,000 tons of industrial salt in NL & BE
Translated by Google Criminal networks in the Kempen region have dumped thousands of tons of waste on Kempen farmland. This…
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EU Ssuchy-Next Project -a year of innovation towards real-lifebio-based composites
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Technical knowledge remains the biggest hurdle for independent palm oil smallholders to comply with EUDR
https://www.eco-business.com/news/technical-knowledge-remains-the-biggest-hurdle-for-independent-palm-oil-smallholders-to-comply-with-eudr
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DIY Potato Aerogel
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Algenesis Labs Partners with Safic-Alcan to Bring Soleic® Sustainable Materials to Europe
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/algenesis-labs-partners-with-safic-alcan-to-bring-soleic-sustainable-materials-to-europe-302585889.html
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Mater-Bi mulch film can be considered an inorganic soil improver according to the Fertilizer Regulation
Well be eating plastic soon with the blessing of the EU institutions. 😂😂
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How Oil prices caused the collapse of USSR
History of oil in USSR / Russia and how oil precipitated the fall of the USSR. This is a FREE…
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Ineos faces new NGOs lawsuit over Project One
There’s a political will to destroy European Countries. European citizens should be careful about this.
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Nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement
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From Environmental Emergency to Inequality Emergency
It seems the G20 is shifting its focus — from the environmental emergency to the inequality emergency. This is a…
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The Economics of French Renewable Energy Companies
Here’s how it works: Renewable energy companies in France purchase one megawatt-hour of electricity from fossil or nuclear producers for…
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Ursula von der Leyen makes a freedom of Speech blooper (Video)
Ursula telling a protester that he has freedom of speech in the EU and that he would be arrested in…
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Plastic production keeps rising and could double by 2060
https://valorinternational.globo.com/environment/news/2025/11/07/plastic-production-keeps-rising-and-could-double-by-2060.ghtml
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AIMPLAS reinforces the safety of bio-based materials with in vitro bioassays
https://inspenet.com/en/noticias/aimplas-reinforces-the-safety-of-bio-based-materials-with-in-vitro-bioassays
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Market traders now using biodegradable plastic bags
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/11/09/market-traders-now-usingbiodegradable-plastic-bags
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UPM joins Cefic to strengthen the role of renewable chemistry in Europe
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/1187505/upm-joins-cefic-to-strengthen-the-role-of-renewable-chemistry-in-europe.html
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NSW takes action to phase out single use plastics and harmful chemicals
https://www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-releases/nsw-takes-action-to-phase-out-single-use-plastics-and-harmful-chemicals
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Green alternative for light-emitting materials in displays uses plant waste and amino acids
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-green-alternative-emitting-materials-displays.html
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Eco-friendly face masks that decompose within six months.
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Cruise ships dumping their waste in the ocean (video)
How cruise ships get rid of their waste in the middle of the oceans. Is this real or is this…
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Putin’s position on GMOs
Here’s a short video from instagram regarding Vladimir Putin’s position on GMOs.
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Study author breaks down biosurfactant challenges in cosmetics industry
https://www.personalcareinsights.com/news/biosurfactants-cosmetics-industry-challenges.html
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Startup of the Month: Nereid Biomaterials
https://www.comstocksmag.com/article/startup-month-nereid-biomaterials
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FutureBio startup to make completely recyclable plastic cost-competitive
https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/research-and-ideas/futurebio-startup-to-make-completely-recyclable-plastic-cost-competitive/article_398f2b68-8a34-439d-a598-ad2166e4c363.html
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Hemp biocomposites: food packaging solutions using hemp biomass
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Smart lignin valorisation: Fully bio-based dynamic dual-network polymers via one-pot synthesis
Smart lignin valorisation: Fully bio-based dynamic dual-network polymers via one-pot synthesis
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Behind PepsiCo’s Continued Sustainability Transformation
https://www.packagingdigest.com/sustainability/behind-pepsico-s-sustainability-transformation
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Royal Society Study on Ocean Biodegradable Plastic
https://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/news/market/LSE20251029070011_5879458/royal-society-study-on-ocean-biodegradable-plastic
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Waste-2-Plastic: Turning wastewater into bioplastic
https://www.umu.se/en/events/waste-2-plastic-turning-wastewater-into-bioplastic_12146910
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BRIN Develops WoodPlastic, a Sustainable Bioplastic Innovation
https://rri.co.id/en/technology/1936434/brin-develops-woodplastic-a-sustainable-bioplastic-innovation
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From Waste to Value: Recycling Automotive Shredder Residue and Bio-Waste into High-Value Feedstock
https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2025/10/p-25-223
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Sasol International Chemicals Commercializes First Insect Oil-Based, Nonionic Surfactant for Care Chemicals Markets
https://chemicals.sasol.com/newsandevents/pressreleases/livinex-io-7
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Scientists issue warning after discovering disturbing underwater ‘snow’ phenomenon: ‘Millions of tons’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-issue-warning-discovering-disturbing-033000527.html
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Plastic spends century on ocean surface, study finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8v5jgyq20o.amp
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Toxic effects of biodegradable polylactic acid nanoplastics on developing zebrafish (Danio rerio)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-21849-y
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What Trump’s absence means for COP30
https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-trumps-absence-means-for-cop30
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Is China the new enemy?
I was recently speaking with an EU lobbyist who runs a PR agency in Brussels. He told me that China…
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Enzymes from fungi can be used to extract plant components for biofuels and bioplastics
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/enzymes-from-fungi-can-be-used-to-extract-plant-components-for-biofuels-and-bioplastics/ar-AA1GVYJ7
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Synthetic wollastonite-based particles as fillers in bioplastic cellulose acetate composites
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272884225053350
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Researchers say spray-coated bioplastics layers can improve barrier properties for paper packaging
https://packagingeurope.com/news/researchers-say-spray-coated-bioplastics-layers-can-improve-barrier-properties-for-paper-packaging/13592.article
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Bioplastics Truce and change of editorial line
I’m going to change the editorial line of Bioplastics News and make a truce with European Bioplastics members. Here’s why…
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CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials partner on PET biorecycling technology in Asia
https://www.carbios.com/newsroom/en/carbios-and-wankai-new-materials-a-subsidiary-of-zhink-group-are-committed-to-the-large-scale-deployment-of-carbios-pet-biorecycling-technology-in-asia
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ECESP’s new Coordination Group has been selected
https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/en/coordination-group
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These Tiny Ocean Warriors May Hold The Key To Ending Plastic Pollution Forever
https://theanimalrescuesite.com/blogs/news/plastic-eating-bacteria
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From Waste to Value: Recycling Automotive Shredder Residue and Bio-Waste into High-Value Feedstock
https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2025/10/p-25-223
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Wolff Competition Awards Grand Prize to Company Using Seaweed to Replace Plastic
Wolff Competition Awards Grand Prize to Company Using Seaweed to Replace Plastic
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Visible light-responsive amine-rich porous g-C3N4-chitosan/PBAT bilayer film with high antibacterial activity for fruit preservation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141813025092268
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Understanding biodegradable 3D printing materials
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Braskem World’s First Bio-PE Christmas Trees
https://www.braskem.com.br/europe/news-detail/with-braskems-im-greensuptmsup-bio-based-polyethylene-balsam-hill-made-the-worlds-first-plant-based-plastic-christmas-trees
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Bioplastics spark viral activity, reshape microbiomes and accelerate organic matter degradation in the marine environment
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02806-z
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Plastics recycling is in trouble
https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/Plastics-recycling-trouble/103/web/2025/11
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Sunlight Found to Turn Clothes into Ocean Microplastics
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Researchers make sponges recyclable without toxic chemicals
https://www.technology.org/2025/11/01/researchers-make-sponges-recyclable-without-toxic-chemicals
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New process: Nylon recycling in 2 minutes
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/new-process-nylon-recycling-in-2-minutes-like-rebuilding-noodle-strands/articleshow/125018731.cms
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Novel PVC-recycling process piloted in Ohio
https://www.chemengonline.com/novel-pvc-recycling-process-piloted-in-ohio
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CUBIC project meeting reports progress on novel biomaterials for circular composites
https://www.compositesworld.com/news/cubic-project-meeting-reports-progress-on-novel-biomaterials-for-circular-composites
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Avantium’s Releaf® Receives CPBR Approval for Recycling in Japan
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How an industrial microbe converts carbon monoxide into biofuel
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-an-industrial-microbe-converts-carbon-monoxide-into-biofuel/ar-AA1Pr7GI
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Scaling up Europe’s bio-based industries
https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20250060-scaling-up-europe-s-bio-based-industries
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Scientists stunned after discovering mysterious bacteria in world’s oceans: ‘Spontaneously evolved in the deep sea’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-stunned-discovering-mysterious-bacteria-235000125.html
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Immediate Action is Needed to Address the Pervasive Microplastics Health Threat, Says Symphony Environmental
https://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=35992
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Enhancing PHA Copolymers with Amino Acids from Dairy
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India’s first PLA bioplastics plant to start operations soon
https://www.cnbctv18.com/business/balrampur-chini-pla-bioplastics-plant-operations-19742553.htm
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How mussels reveal increasing microplastic pollution in Greek waters
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Sasol International Chemicals Targets Growth in Bio-Based Surfactants Through Insect Oil Innovation
https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/sasol-international-chemicals-eyes-growth-in-bio-based-surfactants-with-insect-oil-39861
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Do microbes prefer biodegradable plastic?
https://sciworthy.com/do-microbes-prefer-biodegradable-plastic
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Berkeley company says it is creating a new kind of plastic
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/futurebio-berkeley-company-create-new-plastic/6382017
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Catia Bastioli: the circular bioeconomy requires an integrated approach
https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/catia-bastioli-circular-bioeconomy-requires-integrated-approach
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TotalEnergies Corbion adds recycled content to Luminy PLA bags
https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/totalenergies-corbion-recycled-pla-bags.html
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ChitoGreen by FMIPA UNNES: Turning Fish Waste into Eco-Friendly Bioplastics to Support the SDGs
