Category: Asia
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The future of sustainability in the palm oil industry will be Asian led
The future of sustainability in the palm oil industry will be Asian led — The bioplastic industry was built on unfair commercial practices. A combination of aggressive lobbying, misappropriation of EU funds and ostracising the competition and independent media. To undo the bad karma, we must go back to the bioplastic birthplace and undo the…
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Five factors to watch in US and Asian recycling
Five factors to watch in US and Asian recycling
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Coca-Cola Says it’s Difficult to Source Recycled Plastic at a Reasonable Price in Asia
A Coke executive says high demand for recycled material in Europe has made it a ‘struggle’ to source post-consumer content at a ‘reasonable’ price in Asia.
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Mitsui Chemicals Ships First Bio-Based Phenol in Asia
Mitsui Chemicals Ships First Bio-Based Phenol in Asia
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Polymateria Gets Big in Taiwan
Polymateria is on a Winning Streak thanks to their charismatic leader Niall Dunne
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Legal Battle on Single-Use Plastics Ban in Indonesia
Indonesia’s top court has rejected a challenge to a ban on single-use plastics on the island of Bali.
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Food For Plastic Waste
Hungry, but don’t have cash? No problem, bring plastic waste and get a free meal, said the mayor of an Indian city where the country’s first “garbage cafe” will open next month.
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Philippines Makes Bioplastic From Mango and Seaweed
A Cebuano research intern in the Institute of Biological Chemistry at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan is taking bioplastic a notch higher.
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Asian Delegations Briefed by US Corn Industry
A recent program designed by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) offered teams from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea perspective on how corn ethanol and corn starch could contribute to bio-based products including bio-plastics, paints, detergents, cosmetics, perfumes and other chemical applications.
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Message From The CEO of Mistubishi Chemical
Becoming a chemical company that grows sustainably by accurately anticipating social change.
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Indonesia Government Supports Bioplastics
Customs and Excise Director-General Heru Pambudi said that one of the benchmarks for success in the implementation of plastic bag tax is the drop in the production and use of plastic and the growth of eco-friendly packaging industry, such as those derived from papers or other natural materials.
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Japan’s Visionary Leadership and the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision
The Honourable Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe, showed clear leadership and determination to solve the plastic waste problem during the G20 Summit in Osaka (28-29 June).
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Japan Fights Waste Ahead of G-20 summit
Japan has a plastic problem. In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of vegetables, pastries, pens and cosmetics is sold plastic-wrapped.
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Pakistan Plastic Bans
Bans on plastic shopping bags are spreading in Pakistan, starting from the country’s scenic north.
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Biodegradable Plastics Uptake Still Discouraging in Malaysia
The majority of traders in Kuala Lumpur continue to use oxo-biodegradable bags because they are cheaper.
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7-Eleven Japan Goes Bioplastics
Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Monday it will start selling all of its rice balls in wraps made of biomass plastics possibly from July as it aims to reduce the use of fossil-fuel-derived materials for the environment.
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Vietnam Connects Biodegradable Production Enterprises with Food Enterprises
The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has established linkages between 32 biodegradable plastic bag production enterprises and food enterprises.
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South Korea Hosts Microbes Forum to Promote Bio-Economy
South Korean energy conglomerate Daesung Group hosted its third annual forum on microbes Thursday in Seoul, with the theme “Lab to Industry for Bioeconomy.”
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Baby Bottles Made of Plant Material a Reality with New Bioplastics
A research team at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has developed high-strength and thermal resisting super bioplastics that do not contain any harmful chemicals.
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Wooden Beer Bottles and Paper Straws, Japan Shifts from plastic
Transition creates opportunities for the nation’s declining paper industry.
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Trash for Teaching: Indian Students Hope to Set Example on Plastic Recycling
A school has asked pupils to bring in at least 20 pieces of plastic waste every week in exchange for free schooling.
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BBC Unveils The Criminal Practices of Recycling in Malaysia
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall finds UK plastic waste abandoned in Malaysia For his series War on Plastic.
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Philipinnes To Return Garbage that Came from Australia
Australia’s garbage will be the next to be shipped out of the Philippines.
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No More Plastic Straws at Over 270 Outlets in Singapore From July
A major contributor to the excessive use of disposable plastic, Singapore’s food and beverage industry has taken a significant first step to influence plastic-free consumption by removing plastic straws from their premises by next month.
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Thai Government Gives Tax Deduction for Using Bioplastics Packaging
The cabinet on Tuesday approved measures to promote biodegradable plastic packaging, offering a tax deduction on expenses from corporate income. Move will reduce state’s waste burden.
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Green Science Alliance Obtains Certificate From Japanese Bioplastics Association
Nano Cellulose, Cellulose nanofiber (CNF) is derived from natural biomass resources such as trees and plants so that it is recyclable and biodegradable. Because its raw material is an abundant natural resource, it is obtainable at low cost. Therefore, nano cellulose is an excellent green, next-generation biomaterial.
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Is The Recycling Industry on the Verge of Collapsing?
The Southeast Asian region has seen a spike in imports of mainly plastic waste after China last year stopped plastic waste imports to cut down on pollution.
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Pakistan Region Promotes The Use of Biodegradable Shopping Bags
The AJK Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has kicked off an integrated campaign across the state to encourage the use of biodegradable shopping bags to avert threats of negative impacts of the use of normal shopping bags to human body, livestock and environment as whole.
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South Korean Lab Develops Cheap Catalyst to Make Bioplastic
A South Korean chemical research laboratory said Wednesday that it developed a catalyst that can inexpensively make eco-friendly bioplastic products.
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Hanwha Chemical Teams up With Yonsei to Develop Bioplastic tech
Hanwha Chemical has established a research center together with Yonsei University to develop innovative eco-friendly technologies, the chemical firm said Monday.
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Young Indian Entrepreneur Goes Bioplastics
Now, he morphed from being a freelancer technology developer to an entrepreneur to set up his own enterprise- The Phi Factory, which is now working on a filler product for paper industry and a bioplastic, which Gorakavi says will change the plastic bags industry.
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China Goes Bioplastics
The country could make biodegradable products mainstream. But that won’t stop its flood of trash from choking the oceans.
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Demand for Bioplastics Expected to Surge in China
Demand for biodegradable plastics have surged in China over the last few months due to rising concerns from consumers over the impact plastic products have on the environment.
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India Launches Bioplastics Branded Ensabio
Times of India goes Bioplastics and promotes Ensabio
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India’s First Biodegradable Plastic
For the first time in India, scientists from IIT-Guwahati have developed biodegradable plastic with the help of homegrown technology.
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Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute Develops Edible Food Packaging Materials
THE Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) research team has successfully developed food packaging materials that can be eaten together with the food they contain.
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Japan’s manufacturers ramp up environmentally-friendly food and beverage product packaging
From recycled PET bottles to paper packaging, more Japanese firms are exploring or have launched environmentally-friendly food and beverage packaging to reduce the reliance on plastic.
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Vice President of India Promotes Bioplastics
“While plastics have a lot of advantages, it also has a negative impact, mainly on the sustenance of natural resources,” Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu said at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) held in the city on Thursday.
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Malaysian Government Promotes Bioplastics
The government is encouraging eco-friendly products to substitute single-use plastics as part of its efforts to move towards a more sustainable environment. To this end, it is engaging with all stakeholders to get input to meet its goal of eliminating plastic pollution in Malaysia.
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Indonesians Invent Drinkable Bioplastics Bags
A group of Indonesians have invented a mind blowing eco-friendly biodegradable bag, that one can reuse, or even dissolve and drink.
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Bioplastics Hockey Fields for Tokyo Olympic Games 2020
In 2016 the International Hockey Federation announced a partnership with SportGroup’s leading brand, Polytan, as World Cup and Olympic Partner and supplier of hockey fields for the 2018 and 2022 hockey World Cups as well as the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.
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India Does Witch-hunting on Fake Biodegradable Bags
Some are using a loophole in the law: an exemption for using plastic bags without handle for retail packaging.
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Indian Government Bans Plastic Food Packaging
Chennai state government will soon extend the ban on plastic to packaged products like biscuits and other eatables manufactured by multinational companies, environment minister K C Karuppannan told the assembly on Friday.
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The New Total Corbion PLA Factory starts Production
PRESS RELEASE – Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, announces the start-up of its 75,000 tons per year PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand.
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Secos is Cashing in on Bioplastics
Bioplastics company SECOS shared its quarterly financial results and bioplastics is growing strongly.
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Bioplastics in Indonesia
Fragments of the Article Published on wbur.org. It gives an idea of the situation in Indonesia.
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Will the Chinese Disrupt the Bioplastics Industry?
Thyssenkrupp built the first commercial plant in China based on their patented PLA bioplastics process
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Japan Government Wants to Become Leader in Bioplastics
Japan government will reduce disposable plastic waste by 25 percent over next decade and promote plant-based bioplastics.
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Middle East Fashion Retailer Goes Bioplastics
PRESS RELEASE – Fashion Retailer Splash has partnered with Natur-Tec to pioneer a new sustainable biopolymer-based packaging solution for the Middle East and South Asian region.
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Government Officials Will Use Sense of Smell to Recognise Fake Bioplastics Bags
Malaysia is facing fake and substandard biodegradable plastic bags. Federal Territories Ministry enforcement officers were trained and will use their sense of smell and touch to distinguish real from fake biodegradable bags.
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Can Japan Lead Bioplastics Industry?
What differentiates Japanese Bioplastics companies from Western companies? What should Japanese companies do to lead the bioplastics industry?
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Chinese Reinvent Wood by Replacing Lignin with Resol
Chinese scientists create a new wood that is as strong as real wood but won’t catch fire.
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India and the Bioplastic Bag Fiasco
Karnataka State adds bioplastics bags on the banned list of plastics items because they do not live up to expectations
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India is Going for Sorghum Bioplastics
It looks like India is increasing their agricultural activities around Sorghum. Sorghum can be used for food, animal fodder, alcohol production, biofuels and bioplastics.
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Ecozen HF to Disrupt PET Market
South Korea-based company SK Chemicals launches a new bio-copolyester, Ecozen HF, that could revolutionise the PET market.
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US-China Trade War will Impact Plastics Industry
The trade war has escalated impacting the plastics industry.
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Shanghai Attempt to Cut Plastic Packaging is Failing
The first non-binding standards were released in Shanghai this April. It was the first time in China. The purpose was to replace plastic packaging by paper and biodegradable packaging in take-away and home delivery sector.
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Indian Plastic Ban is Turning into a Little Fiasco
The Mumbai plastic ban came into effect on Friday 22nd June and it seems already that it’s turning into a little fiasco.
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Could Seaweed Revolutionise the Bioplastics Sector?
The most commonly used materials to produce bioplastics are corn, sugarcane, vegetable oil and starch. There may be a new kid on the block: (red) seaweed.
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No More Plastics in the Summer Capital of Philippines
Baguio City, also known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines, keeps the total ban on the use of plastics and styrofoam which was implemented through the Ordinance 35-17.
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Shanghai Goes for Plastic-Free Food Delivery Packaging
The city of Shanghai will trial a requirement for food delivery services to use environmentally friendly food packaging, such as paper takeaway boxes and bags, or face penalties. Will China become the leader of the Plastic Revolution overnight?
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Germans are Pushing India on the Biobased wagon
German company Bio-lutions financed by German bank uses agricultural waste to create bio-based food packaging and tableware in India. Ze Germans are exporting the bio-based revolution to India and are leading the dance again.
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Hong Kong, Plastic and Solving the Plastic Waste Problem
Hong Kong, it’s relationship to plastic and some insight on how to solve the plastic waste problem.
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Teijin Launches Planext to Replace Crome Platings in Cars
Teijin Limited (Japan) has announced the launch of its recently developed formable gasoline-resistant film made of PLANEXT® bioplastic to replace chrome plating, which Honda Lock Mfg. Co., Ltd. has now adopted for non-conductive door handles integrated with smart-entry systems.
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Emerging Bio-base Economies in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities by Dr. Wolfgang Baltus
Mitrphol, the main sugar supplier in Thailand is one of the driving forces of the bio-economy locally and in Asia at large. Thailand is at the forefront of this regional development.
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Oleon Inaugurates New R&D Lab in Malaysia
OLEON, the Oleo-Chemicals branch of the AVRIL agro-industrial group (ex-Sofiproteol – France) inaugurates new R&D lab in Malaysia. Moussa Naciri, CEO of Oleon, recently announced the inauguration of a new research center in Port Klang Malaysia: “To deal with specific market requirements more effectively, we are opening a research centre at Port Klang in Malaysia,…
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The Future of Bioplastics in India
Shwetha Kamath recently posted an article in Ecoideaz giving an answer to the aforementioned question.
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Cardia Bioplastics Relocates to China
Cardia Bioplastics Limited announce that it has expanded its manufacturing operations by moving to an upgraded purpose built facility in Nanjing, China.
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China BioPlastic Capacity
Focus on China’s biodegradable plastic capacity: it reportedly grew at a Compound Average Growth Rate of 21% from 2009 to 2013 as per ResearchInChina.
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Solvay and Bio Epoxy Production
News from SOLVAY’s and VINYTHAI’s plan to build a second Bio-Epichlorohydrin plant in Asia and take a major position on this key feedstock for bio-epoxy resin production.
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The City of Tomorrow Chinaplas
The City of Tomorrow at Chinaplast to showcase the latest trends and applications of plastics and rubber technologies that foster sustainability
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Malaysia: The Next Bioplastic Destination?
Malaysia is keen on valorizing its significant volume of palm tree biomass into biobased chemicals and bioplastics. Malaysia reportedly produces around 80 million tons/year of biomass waste.
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China and European Bioplastic Technology
Chinese Company to use NAFIGATE Corporation’s Czech Hydal Technology to Produce Bioplastics. Czech company NAFIGATE Corporation that focuses on transfer of high technology and commercialization of hi-tech products has signed a set of contracts with a Chinese firm Suzhou Cleanet.
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