Category: Trends
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Can Plant-Based Plastics Dig Us Out of Waste Crisis?
Why compostable plastics are condemned to landfill and what can be done to solve the packaging conundrum.
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How to Sell Green to Consumers?
For decades, manufacturers sold better living through chemistry. Many consumers are now reluctant to believe the new branding.
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Global Consumer Survey on Plastic Waste
Whether it’s the influence of the media, or public demonstrations against climate change, the impact of plastic on the environment has captured the attention of consumers worldwide. How much do shoppers really care? Are their criticisms and wishes reflected in their own purchase behaviour? Which regions, countries and demographics are most engaged with reducing their…
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Can Bioplastic Act as a Apring Board for Materials with Different Properties?
Traditional plastics pose a problem for the planet, whether it’s due to the fossil fuels used to produce them or the harmful chemicals released during their slow degradation process. Yet, despite these issues, plastic has become so intertwined with our daily lives that giving it up presents a complex challenge.
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How the Plastic Bottle Went From Convenience to Curse
The evolution of the plastic bottle from amazing to scourge of land and sea has played out inside of a generation.
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How Europe’s War On Plastics is Affecting Petrochemicals
With oil use in cars expected to peak in the mid-2020s, oil companies are seeking shelter in petrochemicals – and plastics – where demand is still going strong. However, even that notion is now being challenged because of a global plastics backlash led by Europe.
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SKY Invests in 10 UK Companies To Fight Plastic Problem
In order to combat our reliance on plastic, and the cost the environment pays for it, Sky’s Ocean Ventures fund has invested in 10 companies in the UK which are developing ideas to turn off the plastics tap, in collaboration with the government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK.
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Plastic Bag Sales in England Down by a Third in Last Year
Overall, sales of single-use bags by big supermarkets have fallen 90% since 5p charge introduced.
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Coke and Pepsi Abandon the Plastics Lobby
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, two major sellers of plastic bottles, have made sweeping sustainability commitments. Now they are stepping away from a plastics lobbying group.
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Why Haven’t Bioplastics Taken over the World?
As a global call from many public figures, such as David Attenborough, to reduce plastic waste. It begs the question, why isn’t there a commercially viable biobased plastic?
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Biodegradable Plastics Have Existed for Decades. So why Aren’t They Mainstream?
As Earth’s oceans becoming a plastic dumping ground, why haven’t biodegradable plastics been normalized yet?
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Abuses in The Renewable Sector
Death threats, child labour and other human rights abuses by companies in the renewable sector.
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British Plastics Federation Responds to BBC War on Plastic
The BBC’s War on Plastic programme highlighted many important issues and clearly taps into the concerns of a lot of people. Addressing many of these aligns with the desires of the plastics and recycling industries, namely to reduce plastic waste and improve our recycling infrastructure.
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Concern over Plastic use is Reflected in Consumer Attitudes on Food Packaging
56% of the respondents in the United States feel that the food brands have the main responsibility for reducing plastic waste in food packaging, according to an international consumer survey commissioned by Kemira. 46% are willing to pay more for renewable packaging.
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Can Green PE, Better Collection and Recycling Redeem Plastic? Braskem Thinks So
As ocean plastic in particular has captured the world’s attention, plastic producers such as Braskem have quickly ramped up efforts to use plastic responsibly and create better alternatives.
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PlasticsToBio Concept Aims at Replacing Fossil Plastics with Bioplastics
Pöyry launches PlasticsToBio concept aiming to solve the global plastics problem and replace fossil based plastics with bio-based raw materials.
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Emerging Opportunities in Food Packaging
Consumer trends in the food industry are often a driver for changes like new product lines and reformulations. But according to two recent reports, revamping packaging has a lot of promise for pleasing customers. And the benefits aren’t just for those buyers — there are numerous advantages for brand owners, too, like minimizing product loss…
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How To Make Plastic Climate-Friendly?
If plastics were a country, it would be the fifth highest emitter in the world. Abandoning the needless demand for plastic is key to averting a climate breakdown, Solent University’s Laurie Wright writes.
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Scientists Turn Agricultural Waste Into Food, Packaging And More
By upcycling biomass, innovators aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the economic viability of farming.
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Bioplastics, What is it? Properties, Advantages & Products
In packaging technology, bioplastics are seen as a sustainable alternative to environmentally harmful plastics. But what bioplastics exist, what do they consist of and how are bioplastics produced? Here you will read what you should definitely know about this topic!
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Bio-Based Economy To create Eco-friendly, High Tech Jobs
Implementation of bio-based technologies will only benefit the countries that have appropriately trained human resource.
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Are Biodegradable Plastics the Answer to Ocean Plastic Pollution?
Demand for biodegradable plastics may be soaring, but as Bunzl’s Joanna Gilroy argues they are far from being a quick fix for the plastic waste challenge
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Will Bioplastics Replace PET?
A report commissioned by UK-based Staeger has identified four bio-based and/or biodegradable plastics as potential replacements for PET for use in clear plastics packaging: PLA, cellulose acetate (CA), bio-based PET, and polyethylene furanoate (PEF). However, it warns that all four are currently significantly more expensive than the cost of recycled PET.
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The Washington Post Writes About Bioplastics
Looking for an eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastics — especially single-use items like bags, straws and picnic tableware — many supermarkets and vendors are offering an array of compostable alternatives made from plant fibers or starches.
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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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Controversies Around Bioplastics
This article regarding the controversies of bioplastics was published on environmentalleader.com
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Plastic Debate in Nigeria
Ecologist Richard Inyamkume has urged government to sensitise Nigerians to the negative effects of wrapping hot foods in nylons and plastics.
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Bioplastics Will Help Fight Climate Change
Switching from petroleum-based polymers to polymers that are biologically based could decrease carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons every year.
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Biome Bioplastics launches Educational Channel ThinkBioplastic.
#ThinkBioplastic will share content and investigate science.
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The Future of Plastic Cutlery: Bioplastics vs Plastic
Many single use plastic items could soon be banned in the EU by the future “EU Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment”.
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Release of Plastic Balloons at Sea is Littering
Campaigners claim that biodegradable plastic balloons blown away at sea are not biodegrading and are causing harm to seabirds, seals and other wildlife.
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The Future of Expanded Polystyrene
Let’s have a look at the past and future of Polystyrene
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BBC Data on Plastics Packaging
This is a summary of the BBC article: What’s the real price of getting rid of plastic packaging? Published on 6 July 2018.
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Mobile Plastic-Free Concept Store on Tour in Europe
NL retailer Ekoplaza launched a plastic-free aisle in one of its stores earlier this year and is now taking this concept on a road tour in Europe.
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UK Top 10 Bio-based Chemicals
A new report is urging the UK government to invest in the development of 10 specific bio-based chemicals to replace harmful plastics and fossil based products.
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UK Plastics Pact will Eradicate Single-Use Plastics
The UK Plastics Pact plans to eradicate single-use plastic and was signed by more than 40 major players in the food and non-food industry amongst which leading UK retailers, such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Waitrose.
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Theresa May at War with Plastics
Theresa May, UK’s Prime Minister, wants to ban single use plastic products to reduce ocean pollution and the plastic waste problem. Products such as cotton buds and plastic straws could be banned in the UK as from next year.
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Plastic Activism, Plastic Attacks and Panic Football … the Revolution may just have started
Plastic Activism … Plastivism … has started and it may become a game changer. Actions called “Plastic Attacks” have started to spread out in Europe at a very high pace.
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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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$770B Renewable Chemicals and Materials by 2020
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization released a landmark report entitled “Advancing the Bio-based Economy: Renewable Chemical Biorefinery Commercialization, Progress, and Market Opportunities, 2016 and beyond”
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Biobased Economy in Europe: Slow But Steady
In a recent article, Diederik van der Hoeven from Biobased Press reported about a meeting ‘Agri meets chemicals’ at Rabobank (Utrecht, NL) early November where he picked up signals of bio-economy in Europe moving forward ‘ slow but steady’.
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What’s the Future of Bioplastics as Commodity Packaging?
The Biobased Packaging conference (BioPAC), which took place mid-May in Amsterdam, was both informative and disappointing. It was informative because it illustrated many diverse ideas and potential roles of bioplastics in commodity packaging end-use applications.
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100% Bio-Based Polyurethane is a Market Reality Now
Let’s come back on Bayer MaterialScience’s Desmodur™ eco N 7300 which was honoured for this development with the “Bio-based Material of the Year 2015” innovation award at the International Conference on Bio-based Materials on April 13 in Cologne, Germany. (ref to Bioplasticsnews articles on this event).
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Bio-Based Polyurethane (PU) Market Analysis and Forecast to 2020
Global bio-based polyurethane (PU) market is expected to reach USD 37.5 million by 2020, or less than 0.07% of the total PU market according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing preference for bio plastics on account of environmental concerns, is expected to drive global bio-PU market over the next six years.
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Global Bioplastic Demand to Reach 6 Mn metric Tons by 2019
Global bioplastic demand projected to reach 6 Mn metric tons in 2019 in a recent study issued by BCC Research (USA).
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From Fermentation to Bacteria, A New BioPlastic Era
From fermentation and catalysis to bacteria: chemistry is gradually shifting production paradigm and moving into a new era (Cont’d). An example of microbial plastic factory for the synthesis of novel lactate-based biopolymers: summary of the Technical Paper.
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Biodegradable Single–Use Bags on the Agenda
Biodegradable single–use bags are at the top of the agenda for industry experts at European Bioplastics’ high level panel debate in Brussels (Belgium)
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Bio-Succinic Acid: A Blockbuster
Bio-Succinic Acid: a plant based chemistry blockbuster for the coming years. Recent allied market research study forecast an AAG > 40 %
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Global Market Value of Bioplastic
Global market for bioplastics reported to rise up to USD 5.8 Bn in 2021 by Ceresana
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Furfural – Past and Future
Furfural (“FF”) family – Genealogy and promising next generation. Furfural is the chemical precursor for furfuryl alcohol (“FA”), tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA), furoic acid, furfurylamine, methylfuran and furan. From furan, tetrahydrofuran (THF) is derived, which is the precursor for polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG).
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Forecasted Bioplastics Industry Growth
The global bio-plastics industry is expected to witness significant growth and reach an estimated $7.02 billion by 2018
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BioPolymers Trends
Current progress on Bio-Based Polymers and their future trends: a reference review paper
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