Category: PLA
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UK Universities Partner on Bioplastics Biomedical Materials
Biomedical Materials Made from Natural Polymers Produced by Bacteria
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PLA Laboratory Components
A Review of Polylactic Acid as a Replacement Material for Single-Use Laboratory Components
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Green Science Alliance Develops PLA Coating
Green Science Alliance Developed PLA based 100% Nature Biomass Biodegradable Coating Material
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Marine Degradability of PLA
Not all biodegradable plastic degrades more easily in the ocean
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Worms Eating PLA
What are the consequences of worms eating PLA? This article got me fascinated. You have to read this one.
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3D Printed Graphene PLA Resistant to Covid
3D-printed graphene polylactic acid devices resistant to SARS-CoV-2: Sunlight-mediated sterilization of additive manufactured objects
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ABB to Automate NatureWorks Bioplastics Plant
ABB to automate bioplastics plant to help meet the growing global demand for sustainable materials
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Markforged Launches New 3D PLA Filament
Introducing Precise PLA: The Efficient Material for Concept Validation
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Good Natured Files for GoodGuard Patent
good natured Products Inc. Announces US Patent-Pending Innovation, GoodGuard™
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NatureWorks to use John Crane Technology
John Crane Secures Partnership With Natureworks In Development Of New Biopolymer Manufacturing Facility –
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Sulzer Provides Tech for New Chinese PLA Plant
Sulzer’s bio-plastic technology selected for Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material’s plant
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Oxygen Barrier: PET vs PLA
PET Industry compares PET with PLA in terms of oxygen transmission
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French Startup Launches PLA Orthopedic Casts
Are we soon done with the traditional cast to repair a broken leg?
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Total Corbion and Danimer Partner on Bioplastic
Danimer Scientific and TotalEnergies Corbion supporting sustainable alternatives to traditional plastic
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NatureWorks and Sulzer Partner on PLA in Thailand
NatureWorks will use Sulzer Technology to produce PLA in Thailand
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PLA and PBAT Blended with Lactic Oligomers and Epoxy Reactive Plasticizers
Polylactic Acid and Poly(Butylene Adipate-Co-Terephthalate) Blends Plasticised with Lactic Oligomers and Epoxy Reactive Plasticizers
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Boosting PLA Flame Resistance Research
A Novel Self-Assembled Graphene-Based Flame Retardant: Synthesis and Flame Retardant Performance in PLA
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Bioplastics Five Years Trends
Global bioplastics production will more than triple within the next five years
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PLA Heat Shrink Capsules (FREE)
This article has been written with the purpose to help packaging decision makers to navigate through the information concerning thermo shrinkable plastic for bottling applications. It highlights the pros and cons of each thermo plastic option for the bottling industry to enable a well informed decision. This is a FREE article
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Danimer and Total Corbion Partner on PLA and PHA Blend
Danimer Scientific and Total Corbion PLA Collaborate to Support Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Plastic Products
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New Maypharm PLA for Collagen Regeneration
Maypharm Launches New PLA meNnus for Collagen Regeneration
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Chemically Recycled PLA by Luminy (FREE)
This is the funniest news of 2021. This goes into the greenwashing category. This is a FREE article
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Biobased Chain Extenders for PLA Blends and Composites
Chain Extension of Poly(Lactic Acid) (PLA)–Based Blends and Composites Containing Bran with Biobased Compounds for Controlling Their Processability and Recyclability
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PUR and PLA Composite for Antibacterial Wound Dressings
Composite Polyurethane-Polylactide (PUR/PLA) Flexible Filaments for 3D Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) of Antibacterial Wound Dressings for Skin Regeneration
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NatureWorks Thailand Plant Update
Jacobs has completed front-end engineering design for a new biopolymer production plant in Thailand
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LG Chem and ADM Partner on PLA Plant
First Korean company to build a Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in the U.S.
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Recycling PLA Cutlery into Insulating Foam
Plastic cutlery can be recycled into home-insulating foam – new NZ research
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PLA Industry Criticises Biodegradable Plastic
I came across the following article. It gives a good idea of what the PLA industry has been doing to damage the reputation of biodegradable plastics.
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LCA PLA, PP and PET Cups
Cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of single-use cups made from PLA, PP and PET
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The Faith of NatureWorks 3M Cups (FREE)
NatureWorks designed PLA cups for the 3M Golf Open that they sponsored, but what happened to the cups after use? We found out! This is a FREE article.
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Recycling PLA into Insulation Foam
Recycling and rheology of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) to make foams using supercritical fluid featured
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Chinese Create PLA Artistic Landscape Design
PLA filament used to 3D print artistic landscape product
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Converting Wind Turbines Waste into PLA
Experimental and analytical investigation of 3D printed specimens reinforced by different forms of recyclates from wind turbine waste
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NatureWorks to Produce PLA in Thailand
Thailand BOI Approves NatureWorks’s Over 15 Billion Baht Investment in New PLA Plant
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Grundens Goes PLA Packaging
Grundéns Sustainability Journey Continues with Introduction of Fully Compostable Packaging
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Arctic Biomaterials Launches ArcBiox A-series (FREE)
The bio-based ArcBiox™ A-series consists of extremely tough PLA-based compounds that challenge the puncture resistance of polycarbonates
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Aimplas Circular Approach to Avocado
New sustainable packaging will extend guacamole’s shelf life by 15% thanks to labels and additives extracted from the avocado itself
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Total Corbion Starts Design New PLA Plant
Total Corbion PLA enters engineering stage for new 100 kTpa PLA plant in Grandpuits, France
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Waitrose Removes PLA Packaging
Waitrose removed all PLA packaging from its own products
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NatureWorks Launches Ingeo 3D700
Ingeo 3D700, a newly developed PLA grade for large-format additive manufacturing, provides significant reduction in warping, minimizes print failures
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CJ CheilJedang Goes PHA and PLA Packaging
CJ CheilJedang has begun to use a food packaging vinyl made from biodegradable polyhydroxy alcanoate (PHA) and polylactide (PLA)
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Ricoh Advanced Foamed PLA (FREE)
Japanese Company Ricoh launches the most advanced and performant foamed PLA.
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PLA Chemical Recycling with Mg and Zn Catalen
Mg(ii)- and Zn(ii)-catalen complexes for PLA production and recycling of commodity polyesters
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Australia to Ban Bioplastic and PLA SU Cutlery
If the Bill is passed, from 1 July 2021, three key single-use plastic items will be banned in the ACT
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3D PLA Podcast with NatureWorks
In this episode, Dave speaks with Dan Sawyer from NatureWorks – a world-leading biopolymer supplier that’s behind literally all of the #PLA filament produced in the U.S
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Paper vs PLA Straws in China
Straws are a hot topic in China; here’s an open debate about paper vs PLA straws
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Sukano PLA is Antibacterial
SUKANO PLA Masterbatches confirmed to be effective against SARS-Cov-2. However, the market and technology leader remains Symphony Environmental.
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US Military College Says PLA Doesn’t Degrade and Creates Microplastics
A new study by a Citadel professor shows that some plant-derived plastics, meant to replace traditional fossil fuel products, may present their own problems for the environment.
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New PLA Partnership in Russia (FREE)
Natural Materials and Sulzer sign PLA technology agreement. This is a free article.
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Paper vs PLA Tea Bags
PP Tea Bags seems to have two alternatives in the UK: PLA and Paper. Who shall win?
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French Lobby Convinces Producer to Stop Using PLA Packaging
One company will stop using PLA packaging due to anti-bioplastic lobby
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Total Corbion PLA Gains Industry ISO Certification
Total Corbion PLA gains industry ISO certification
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Extremely Tough and Heat Resistant PLA
This work shows that the environmental-friendly biorenewable and biodegradable poly(lactic acid) (PLLA) can be made to have superior mechanical and thermal characteristics and thus show promise to replace conventional petroleum-based polymers such as polyethylene terephthalate.
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South Korea Government to Invest in Bioplastics
Government to Invest in Bioplastic Technology R&D
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New Zealand Combines PLA and Wool
Serial Kiwi inventor banking on corn starch and wool combination to save the wool industry
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Green Cards for Swiss Banks
What better way to market your green credentials directly to the public than through environmentally-sound credit cards?
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Total Corbion to Launch rPLA
Great marketing stunt from Total Corbion. Does Total Corbion intend to leave the compostable world behind to join the world of recycling? Massive blow to compostable? Does it mean that recycling is a better end of life option? Why make such a move otherwise?
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Carbiolice and the PLA Home Composting Fairy Tale
Carbiolice claims to have developed a home compostable PLA …. Yeah Right. Have you seen how cold it is in Europe in the autumn and winter? Do you have to place your home composting bin in the sauna?
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Toxicity Analysis of Marine Degradation of PLA
A bombshell study on the toxicity of marine degradation of PLA. Are you ready for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth … brought to you by BioplasticsNews.com
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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 safety.
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Technology Improving PLA Ductility and Toughness Awarded
Four research teams from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received 2020 R&D 100 Awards.
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First PLA Plant in Europe
Corbion and Total to build first world-scale PLA plant in Europe
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NatureWorks Increases PLA Production
NatureWorks announces additional lactide monomer purification technology to expand the availability of Ingeo biopolymer from Blair facility
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Composting PLA Bottles
PLA bottles were brought to a French industrial composting facility. Here are the results and conclusions.
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Thyssenkrupp to Build Second PLA Plant in China
thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business recently won another order to build a bioplastics plant based on the patented PLAneo® technology. It will be built in South China and will produce 30,000 tons of polylactide (PLA) annually.
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PLA Door Pullers
Made at UW-Stout has collaborated with the plastics engineering program to produce customized door pullers for first-year students as part of the fall 2020 welcome to campus kit.
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New Bioplastic 3D Filament
I heard about a new 3D printer filament with an u.nlikely combination of materials
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Danimer Scientific and PSI Partner on Bioplastic Packaging
PSI’s new flexible packaging films to contain Danimer Scientific’s NodaxTM PHA for expanded End of Life (EOL) options
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Industrial Composting of PLA Caps
A field study on the industrial compostability of PLA coffee capsules.
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Lumson Launches PLA Lipstick Packaging
Lumson has a new green concept in the pipelines for make up: PLA 2.0.
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Recycling Guidelines for Bioplastics
The recycling industry issued design guidelines for recycling-friendly packaging. Here are all the guidelines relating to bioplastics.
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3D Printing Comparison PLA, ABS and PET
We asked an expert to compare PLA, ABS and PET in terms of 3D printing.
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Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Biodegradable Polyesters
The widespread utilization of plastics results in millions of tons of waste plastics being generated every year. During the last decade, converting waste plastics to valuable resources has been a primary objective for researchers in academia and industry.
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New Process for Chemical Recycling of PLA
Designed for performance and durability, synthetic plastics have become indispensable as “materials of every-day use”. However, their indiscriminate disposal has led to an acute problem of plastic pollution.
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Praj and Lygos Partner on Lactic Acid Technology
Praj Industries Ltd. and Lygos, Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-develop Lygos’s proprietary yeast for the production of lactic acid.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of PLA
Here’s an article on PLA, the advantages and disadvantages of PLA Polylactic Acid.
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Chemical Recycling of PLA by UK Universities
A faster, more efficient way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics” has been developed by a team of scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Bath.
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TripleW Partners for Lactic Acid
Group Op de Beeck Materials & Treatment and TripleW launch intensive collaboration on the conversion of organic waste into biobased plastics.
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Tealeaves Goes Futamura Natureflex
TEALEAVES will be transitioning to backyard compostable tea envelopes, made of NatureFlex, in 2021.
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NatureWorks Donates PLA for Masks
NatureWorks has donated enough Ingeo biopolymer needed to produce as many as two million reusable N95 masks per week from a new spunbond nonwoven structure.
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Danish Judge Condemns Calling PLA Biodegradable
Can you call a pot biodegradable when it only composts under very specific circumstances, like in an industrial composting plant?
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PLA Furniture in South Korea
For South Korean artist Ryu Jong-dae, it’s important that his works not only push the envelope of modern design, but also explore environmentally friendly choices.
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Mechanical and Geometric Performance of PLA Composites
In this work, the effect of short carbon fibre (CF) on the mechanical and geometric properties of 3D printed polylactic acid (PLA) composite parts processed using the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technique have been analysed.
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3D Printed Pla Surfboard
People always tend to push the boundaries of what is doable with a 3D printer.
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Is PLA Recyclable?
3D printing has a waste problem. Accessible manufacturing and the ability to easily experiment with new designs drives innovation, but it also ramps up mistakes and piles up useless objects. When discarded, these prints contribute to landfills that are already at a critical level.
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