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New Capital and CEO for Trifilon
View article: New Capital and CEO for TrifilonTrifilon adds new capital, strengthens the company’s management team and the Board of Directors
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Packaging with a Future Platform
View article: Packaging with a Future PlatformPlatform “Verpackung mit Zukunft“ is launched with ambitious goals.
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ABPDU Celebrates 50th Member
View article: ABPDU Celebrates 50th MemberThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is celebrating its 50th industry partner with Bay Area startup MycoWorks.
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Lanxess Q1 Results
View article: Lanxess Q1 ResultsSales down only slightly year-on-year at EUR 1.704 billion. EBITDA pre exceptionals falls by 9.9 percent to EUR 245 million.
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Dow and Doxa Plast Partner on Bioplastics
View article: Dow and Doxa Plast Partner on BioplasticsBio-based stretch films address brand owners’ increasing demand for renewable plastics that reduce carbon footprint without compromising performance.
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Mitsubishi Partners for Plexiglass Recycling
View article: Mitsubishi Partners for Plexiglass RecyclingLucite International (LI), together with Agilyx Corporation (Agilyx), is working to deliver a significant contribution to the Circular Economy for PMMA (initially in Europe) with the support of LI’s parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC).
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Dow and the Corona Crisis
View article: Dow and the Corona CrisisWhat tries to pull us apart, just brings us closer together.
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Bio-Economy Opportunities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
View article: Bio-Economy Opportunities in Estonia, Latvia and LithuaniaBio-based sector offers new opportunities for green growth in EU-13.
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Stora Enso Digital Marketplace Renewable Materials
View article: Stora Enso Digital Marketplace Renewable MaterialsStora Enso introduces Box Inc, a digital B2B marketplace for corrugated packaging made of renewable materials.
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Covestro Promotes Electrochemistry
View article: Covestro Promotes ElectrochemistryCovestro promotes innovation in electrochemistry.
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Sulzer Launches Bio-Based Team
View article: Sulzer Launches Bio-Based TeamSulzer Chemtech has announced the creation of a new global Bio-based and Renewables application development team.
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Ecosurety Becomes B Corp Certified
View article: Ecosurety Becomes B Corp CertifiedEcosurety joins a global network of 3,200 companies with B Corp certification, reinforcing a long-standing commitment to deliver change for good.
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Polystyrene is Making a Comeback
View article: Polystyrene is Making a Comeback“We didn’t see this coming at all. We really saw it begin to pick up in February in Europe, and in March and April in the US,” Kevin McQuade, chief executive officer of Styrolution, the worlds largest maker of polystyrene, said in an interview.
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Consumers Support Carbon Footprint Labelling
View article: Consumers Support Carbon Footprint LabellingA global survey of 10,000 consumers has shown universal support for details on a product’s carbon footprint to be included on labelling, according to new research from the Carbon Trust.
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Plastic Waste due to Corona
View article: Plastic Waste due to CoronaAll of the defining images of the coronavirus pandemic seem to feature one thing: plastic.
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Michelin Invests in Canadian Styrene Recycler
View article: Michelin Invests in Canadian Styrene RecyclerPyrowave closes Series B led by Michelin and Sofinnova Partners. The investment marks a significant step forward making plastic circularity a reality.
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Sabic Suspends All Spending
View article: Sabic Suspends All SpendingSabic Suspends All but Essential Spending.
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Plastic Polluters to Save Circular Economy in Asia
View article: Plastic Polluters to Save Circular Economy in AsiaMulti-million dollar investments in recyclers in India and Indonesia, backed by PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and other big plastic-using corporations, point to the only way to save the recycling industry, say experts.
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Corona Impact on Bioplastics in April
View article: Corona Impact on Bioplastics in AprilImpact of corona confinement measures on the bioplastics sector for April 2020.
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Emporia State University Award for Bioplastics
View article: Emporia State University Award for BioplasticsEmporia State University student Mitchell DeWalt claimed the top prize in the 2020 Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge.
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US DOE BETO Peer Review Report
View article: US DOE BETO Peer Review ReportThe U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) hosted the 2019 Project Peer Review on March 4–7, 2019, in Denver, Colorado.
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Its safe to go Back to Work says Dow CEO
View article: Its safe to go Back to Work says Dow CEODow Inc. CEO Jim Fitterling on Thursday detailed how the company is continuing to operate its plants and labs while trying to protect workers from the coronavirus.
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Chinese Invent Cellulose Nanofiber Plate CNFP
View article: Chinese Invent Cellulose Nanofiber Plate CNFPPlastic gives us a lightweight, strong and inexpensive material to use, but it has also caused the plastic apocalypse.
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Wood-based Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Netting
View article: Wood-based Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic NettingJac. Vandenberg, a leading U.S. fresh produce importer, is transitioning from plastic nets used to pack their citrus fruits in favor of a compostable alternative made from beech tree pulp.
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Cambridge Bioplastics Spin-Out Secures £2M
View article: Cambridge Bioplastics Spin-Out Secures £2MFirm out of University of Cambridge battling microplastic polution will use new funding to create products.
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Supercritical CO2 Knowledge Centre in NL
View article: Supercritical CO2 Knowledge Centre in NLIn a collaboration, seven companies, the University of Groningen and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, partially based on Campus Groningen, do research after the added value of supercritical CO2 for a sustainable production of chemical products.
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Consider Hygiene in Packaging Laws
View article: Consider Hygiene in Packaging LawsLetter from FPA to Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Secretary of State, Defra .
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US Plastic Industry Asks $1 Billion Bailout
View article: US Plastic Industry Asks $1 Billion BailoutPlastics Industry Requests $1 Billion Bailout From Fed.
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Compostable Plastic Film Not so Sustainable
View article: Compostable Plastic Film Not so SustainableEver wondered why your print copy of Physics World is still delivered wrapped in plastic?
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US Develops New Method to Recycle Polyurethanes
View article: US Develops New Method to Recycle PolyurethanesResearchers at the University of Minnesota are part of a national team in the Center for Sustainable Polymers that has found a better way to recycle a versatile plastic material, called polyurethanes, that could prevent the material from becoming waste.
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ACC Chemical Recycling Alliance Changes Name
View article: ACC Chemical Recycling Alliance Changes NameThe Chemical Recycling Alliance of the Washington-based American Chemistry Council (ACC) has changed its name to the Advanced Recycling Alliance for Plastics (ARAP) to reflect its growing membership and variety of members’ advanced recycling technologies.
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Compostable is not Always a Green Panacea
View article: Compostable is not Always a Green PanaceaNext to empty shelves where toilet paper used to be is a stretch of aisle stacked with trash bags, disposable cups, and cutlery at a Whole Foods in Seattle.
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Green Dot Bioplastics Joins Plant Based Products Council
View article: Green Dot Bioplastics Joins Plant Based Products CouncilCouncil seeks to guide the global economy toward more sustainable and responsible consumer products and packaging through greater use of bio-based materials.
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Dow Q1 Results
View article: Dow Q1 ResultsNet sales were $9.8 billion, down 11% versus pro forma results in the year-ago period, primarily driven by lower local prices in all operating segments due to a decline in global energy prices.
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New Investments in TerraVerdae
View article: New Investments in TerraVerdaeAlberta, federal and other funding partners have invested in new product development capacity at TerraVerdae Bioworks Inc. for fully biodegradable, high-performance bioplastics.
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Corbion Q1 Results
View article: Corbion Q1 ResultsCorbion reported sales of € 256.3 million in the first quarter of 2020, an increase of 12.0% due to organic sales growth of 9.6% and positive currency effects.
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BASF Quarter Results
View article: BASF Quarter ResultsBASF Group shows resilience amid corona crisis with diversified portfolio and financial solidity.
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Clariant Pre Corona Results Still Downwards
View article: Clariant Pre Corona Results Still DownwardsSales from continuing operations decreased by 6 % in local currency to CHF 1.019 billion.
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Boat Made from Mushrooms
View article: Boat Made from MushroomsIs fungus the answer to climate change? Student who grew a mushroom canoe says yes.
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Financing of Good Natured Acquisition of Shepherd
View article: Financing of Good Natured Acquisition of Shepherdgood natured Products Inc. Announces BDC Financing and Update on the Acquisition of Shepherd Thermoforming & Packaging Inc.
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Circulate Capital Ocean Fund Makes 1st Investment
View article: Circulate Capital Ocean Fund Makes 1st InvestmentCirculate Capital invested $6 million in plastics recycling companies in India and Indonesia, the brand-backed firm’s first outlay designed to prevent marine plastics.
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Norwegian Designers Lead the Circular Economy
View article: Norwegian Designers Lead the Circular Economy“More stuff will not make us happier,” say the designers and brands behind this year’s Norwegian Presence showcase, who are calling for an industry-wide shift towards recycled and recyclable objects.
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Quality Recycling According to Attero
View article: Quality Recycling According to AtteroInterview with Berry Bellert, Sales Engineer / Development Plastics Recycling at Dutch environmental company, Atterro.
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Shareholders Meetings During The Corona
View article: Shareholders Meetings During The CoronaLet’s look at how Avantium is organising its Annual General Meeting in times of Corona.
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Molecular Weight Reduction is Biodegradation Criteria
View article: Molecular Weight Reduction is Biodegradation CriteriaThe environmental accumulation of plastics worldwide is a consequence of the durability of the material. Alternative polymers, marketed as biodegradable, present a potential solution to mitigate their ecological damage.
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BIC 2019 Report
View article: BIC 2019 ReportThe Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has published its Annual Report 2019, presenting the highlights of its work over the past year.
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Ocean Plastic Swimwear
View article: Ocean Plastic SwimwearStay Wild is on a mission to create truly sustainable and ethical swimwear that’s well-designed and flattering for all women.
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Satellites and Machine Learning to Detect Ocean Plastic
View article: Satellites and Machine Learning to Detect Ocean PlasticHow Satellites And Machine Learning Are Being Used To Detect Plastic In The Ocean.
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Ocean Plastic Face Masks
View article: Ocean Plastic Face MasksHelping the oceans is helping humans protect from the coronavirus. Diving school PADI are helping the ocean and humans at the same time by turning recycled plastic water bottles into coronavirus masks.
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TripleW Partners for Lactic Acid
View article: TripleW Partners for Lactic AcidGroup Op de Beeck Materials & Treatment and TripleW launch intensive collaboration on the conversion of organic waste into biobased plastics.
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Ukraine To Limit Corn Exports
View article: Ukraine To Limit Corn ExportsUkraine is considering limiting corn exports in the 2019/20 season to 29.3 million tonnes, APK-Inform agriculture consultancy said on Friday.
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California Suspends Plastic Bag Ban
View article: California Suspends Plastic Bag BanGov. Gavin Newsom has suspended California’s ban on grocery stores providing single-use plastic bags amid concerns that clerks may be at risk for exposure to the coronavirus if shoppers are required to supply their own reusable bags to carry their purchases home.
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Agilyx Expands Executive Team
View article: Agilyx Expands Executive TeamAgilyx Corporation, the leader in chemical recycling of post-use plastics back into polymers, chemicals and low carbon fuels, today announced the addition of three executive team members: Russell Main, Chief Financial Officer; William St. Lawrence, General Council; and industry advisor, Robert Walsh, who will guide the Company’s maritime fuels business.
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Bio Economy Best Practices
View article: Bio Economy Best PracticesThe bioeconomy transition is routed in new opportunities with high potential of replication at EU level. To this end, it is important to identify which measures could potentially have a high impact on the bio- based economy.
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Tealeaves Goes Futamura Natureflex
View article: Tealeaves Goes Futamura NatureflexTEALEAVES will be transitioning to backyard compostable tea envelopes, made of NatureFlex, in 2021.
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Selfridges Goes for Futamura Natureflex
View article: Selfridges Goes for Futamura NatureflexThis Christmas Selfridges is launching a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging across its own brand range of festive food using innovative home compostable cellulose film NatureFlex.
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Horrible Hybrids, the Recycling Nightmare
View article: Horrible Hybrids, the Recycling NightmareHorrible hybrids’: the plastic products that give recyclers nightmares. From singing birthday cards to baby food pouches, a growing trend of mixing materials is making recycling even harder.
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Barbados Ban on Fossil Plastics Suspensed
View article: Barbados Ban on Fossil Plastics SuspensedBarbados’ ban on petro-based plastics is temporarily suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Canada Starts Banning Compostable Plastics
View article: Canada Starts Banning Compostable PlasticsBye-bye single-use plastics: new bylaw in effect in Dawson City. Compostable and biodegradable plastic utensils, cups or containers included in bylaw.
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Cameroon Seizes Non Biodegradable Packaging
View article: Cameroon Seizes Non Biodegradable PackagingCameroon: Customs seizes 50 tons of non-biodegradable plastic packaging in the Northern region.
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Covestro Wins Climate Hero Award
View article: Covestro Wins Climate Hero AwardFor the 5th time, UNICEPTA honours the best communicative performance of the past year with the Thought Leadership Award.
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How Big is EU Bioeconomy?
View article: How Big is EU Bioeconomy?The critical role of the Circular Bioeconomy in the sustainable transition has been widely recognised, to the point that a number of countries worldwide have elaborated their bioeconomy strategies and others are in the process of framing their own.
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Chemical Recycling is Solution for Plastic Pollution
View article: Chemical Recycling is Solution for Plastic PollutionThe world is drowning in plastic. About 60% of the more than 8,700 million metric tonnes of plastic ever made is no longer in use, instead sat mostly in landfill or released to the environment.
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Ineos and Plastic Energy to Build Chemical Recycling Plant
View article: Ineos and Plastic Energy to Build Chemical Recycling PlantINEOS and Plastic Energy are to build a new pyrolysis-based chemical recycling plant to come on stream at the end of 2023.
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Bioplastics and Wishcycling
View article: Bioplastics and WishcyclingMany people try to help the earth by taking modest steps such as not using plastic straws and recycling.
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NL Starts Small Plastic Bottle Deposit
View article: NL Starts Small Plastic Bottle DepositAs of next summer, there will be a 15 cent deposit on all plastic bottles under 1 liter, State Secretary Van Veldhoven writes to the House of Representatives.
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Harvard to Disrupt PHA Technology
View article: Harvard to Disrupt PHA TechnologyEngineered microbes can produce biodegradable plastics at lower cost and environmental impact than plant-based plastics.
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Stora Enso Issues Green Bond
View article: Stora Enso Issues Green BondHELSINKI, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Stora Enso has successfully issued a new SEK 1 700 million green bond under its EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme and under Stora Enso’s Green Bond Frame work published in May 2018.
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NatureWorks Donates PLA for Masks
View article: NatureWorks Donates PLA for MasksNatureWorks 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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Braskem Supply Chain During Corona
View article: Braskem Supply Chain During CoronaBraskem Deploys Enhanced Polymer Production Support to Meet Medical Equipment Manufacturing Essential Needs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic.
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New Vice-Chairman Circular Biobased Delta
View article: New Vice-Chairman Circular Biobased DeltaFreek van Eijk, CEO of Holland Circular Hotspot and Managing Director of Acceleratio, has been appointed as a board member and vice-chairman of the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation.
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Impact of Corona on Corn Prices
View article: Impact of Corona on Corn PricesAnalysis released by the National Corn Growers Association today showed cash corn prices have declined by 16 percent on average, with several regions experiencing declines of more than 20 percent, since March 1 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Taghleef Vision on Quality Recycling
View article: Taghleef Vision on Quality RecyclingCEFLEX Sustainable End Markets workstream is planning industrial scale trials delivering higher-value end market applications for flexible packaging. This work is building the business case for investment and delivery of a Quality Recycling Process, able to unlock the environmental and economic potential of mechanical recycling.
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Avantium Receives Grant from NL
View article: Avantium Receives Grant from NLAvantium awarded funding to produce lignin for the development of bio-based asphalt.
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Coca-Cola and Pepsico Not Respecting Plastic Pledge
View article: Coca-Cola and Pepsico Not Respecting Plastic PledgeTearfund NGO says drinks makers not doing enough to tackle their plastic pollution.
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Letter from Establishment to EU on Corona
View article: Letter from Establishment to EU on CoronaBrussels, 22th April – Cefic, represented by its President, Daniele Ferrari joined a group of 23 CEOs calling on EU leaders to unify their actions towards tackling the challenges of COVID-19.
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EU Commission Not Amused with Plastic Lobby
View article: EU Commission Not Amused with Plastic LobbyThe European Commission’s Green Deal chief, Frans Timmermans, assured EU lawmakers on Tuesday (21 April) that “every euro” spent on economic recovery measures after the COVID-19 crisis would be linked to the green and digital transitions. EURACTIV Germany reports.
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US Bails Out Big Oil
View article: US Bails Out Big OilTrump Determined To Bail Out The Beleaguered Oil Industry.
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Mitsui Business, Environmental and Social Goals 2025
View article: Mitsui Business, Environmental and Social Goals 2025The 2025 Long-term Business Plan embodies our strong commitment toward realizing sustainable growth and development along with society.
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Danish Judge Condemns Calling PLA Biodegradable
View article: Danish Judge Condemns Calling PLA BiodegradableCan you call a pot biodegradable when it only composts under very specific circumstances, like in an industrial composting plant?
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Japanese Bioplastic Beads and Scrub
View article: Japanese Bioplastic Beads and ScrubGreen Science Alliance Develops Biodegradable Resin Beads, Scrub to Replace Micro Plastic Beads, Scrub, Pollution, in Facial Wash, Body Soap, Tooth Paste, Cosmetics, Etc.
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Bioplastic Floorball Equipment
View article: Bioplastic Floorball EquipmentSustainability is something that any responsible company cannot overlook these days. Floorball equipment manufacturer UNIHOC is now tapping into the area with its first ECO product.
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PLA Furniture in South Korea
View article: PLA Furniture in South KoreaFor 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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Sabic Vision on Circular Economy
View article: Sabic Vision on Circular EconomyInnovation and collaboration are vital for the success of plastics in the circular economy.
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Lobby to Classify PHA as Natural Polymer
View article: Lobby to Classify PHA as Natural PolymerStatus of PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoates) as a class of Natural Polymers that have not been chemically modified.
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Mechanical and Geometric Performance of PLA Composites
View article: Mechanical and Geometric Performance of PLA CompositesIn 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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Evian Certified as Carbon Neutral
View article: Evian Certified as Carbon NeutralFrench firm says it has achieved goal set at Paris climate conference through offsetting and significant carbon reduction efforts across its design, production, shipping, and recycling operations.
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Supply Chain Total Corbion During Corona
View article: Supply Chain Total Corbion During CoronaCorona preventive measures and our ongoing ability to supply Luminy® PLA.
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The Worse Corona Communication
View article: The Worse Corona CommunicationThe worse Corona Crisis social media post goes to ….
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Australia to Review Waste Storage Laws
View article: Australia to Review Waste Storage LawsA review of Victoria’s dangerous goods laws has been appointed to answer the state’s recycling and waste crisis.
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BASF Partners to Accelerate Circular Plastics
View article: BASF Partners to Accelerate Circular PlasticsBASF plastic additives business leverages on its expertise as a global market leader. Proprietary technology from Security Matters to improve the traceability and sorting of plastics in the value chain.
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Aramco Buys Sabic at Worse Time
View article: Aramco Buys Sabic at Worse TimeAramco agreed last year to buy the controlling stake in SABIC from the kingdom’s wealth fund for $69.1 billion, sealing one of the biggest-ever deals in the global chemical industry.
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The Corona Conspiracies
View article: The Corona ConspiraciesLet’s look at some of the corona conspiracy theories in circulation at this moment, some more exotic than others.
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Top 5 Best Biodegradable Trash Bags of 2020
View article: Top 5 Best Biodegradable Trash Bags of 2020Every time we can replace single-use plastic with something recyclable or biodegradable, we are taking another step toward protecting the earth and saving the environment. One easy swap is switching to biodegradable trash bags.
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Degradable Mulching Films Studied in US
View article: Degradable Mulching Films Studied in USA federal grant matched by New York state and RIT is enabling university researchers to study a competitive solution to polyethylene mulch and identify a more sustainable alternative to conventionally used plastics in farming.
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Marine Bioplastics by Cornell University
View article: Marine Bioplastics by Cornell UniversityTo address the plastic environmental crisis, Cornell chemists have developed a new polymer with ample strength in a marine setting that is poised to degrade by ultraviolet radiation, according to research published March 30 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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Dutch Project to Convert Biomass
View article: Dutch Project to Convert BiomassPERFORM project has been started as a consequence of increasing demand in the chemical industry to be more sustainable and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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German Government Looking for Green Talents
View article: German Government Looking for Green TalentsStriving for International Cooperation in Sustainability Research. Every year, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) hosts the prestigious Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development to promote the international exchange of innovative green ideas from various fields of research.
