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Sulapac End of Life Nonsense
View article: Sulapac End of Life NonsenseSulapac gives us a good example of what not to do in terms of end-of-life greenwashing fairy tailing marketing.
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Recycling Mass Balance Certification Principles
View article: Recycling Mass Balance Certification PrinciplesACC’s Plastics Division releases mass balance certification principles. Standards will trace and help increase plastics recycling as well as support markets, ACC says.
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Chemical Recycling on Blockchain
View article: Chemical Recycling on BlockchainLike the lingering bit of advice from 1967’s “The Graduate,” plastics as a field of opportunity is being reimagined for the blockchain age. But this time, it’s for plastics recycling.
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Good Natured and the Corona Crisis
View article: Good Natured and the Corona Crisisgood natured® recognizes the critical role it plays by providing packaging to the food industry and prioritizes the importance of continuing operations through these challenging times. Our thoughts are with all those who’ve been personally impacted through this terrible crisis.
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Nestle Goes Single Material Packaging
View article: Nestle Goes Single Material PackagingNestle has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind, single-material pouch for its baby food products designed for the future of recycling.
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Lyondellbasell and the Corona Crisis
View article: Lyondellbasell and the Corona CrisisEach day we are presented with new challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Stock Market Manipulation and Corona Crisis
View article: Stock Market Manipulation and Corona CrisisUS hedge fund manager’s doom-laden TV appearance about coronavirus crisis sparked frenzied selling.
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New President German Chemical Federation
View article: New President German Chemical FederationChristian Kullmann, chairman of the executive board of Evonik Industries AG, has been appointed new president of the German chemical industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) with immediate effect, succeeding Hans Van Bylen. Also by appointment of the VCI presidential council, Markus Steilemann (CEO of Covestro AG) has assumed the role of VCI vice-president.
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Taghleef Industries and the Corona Crisis
View article: Taghleef Industries and the Corona CrisisThese days we are facing challenging times due to COVID-19 pandemic. In this unprecedented situation, Taghleef Industries is committed to safeguard the well-being of its workforce and to protect its entire supply chain to ensure business continuity.
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Henkel Reduces Virgin Fossil Plastic by Half
View article: Henkel Reduces Virgin Fossil Plastic by HalfHenkel is stepping up its commitment for sustainability and has set further ambitious packaging targets for 2025 to promote a circular economy.
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UK Biomass Industry and the Corona Crisis
View article: UK Biomass Industry and the Corona CrisisIndustry leaders are urging Government to keep UK wood fuel supply chains fully open to ensure suppliers can continue delivering to home heating customers and key frontline organisations and businesses already under immense pressure due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
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UK Foodservice Packaging Association and the Corona Crisis
View article: UK Foodservice Packaging Association and the Corona CrisisWe can only describe this last week as simply dreadful. Actions taken and advised by government this week were unimaginable only a few days ago and we know many of you have had to make some very unpalatable decisions.
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Ireland Bioeconomy Strategy
View article: Ireland Bioeconomy StrategyThe Irish Bioeconomy Strategy.
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What is Essential Service in Canada?
View article: What is Essential Service in Canada?As health officials continue to urge employers to implement safety measures that reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 – which includes limiting hours and staff – the B.C. government is offering clarity on what specific services are being considered essential in the province.
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Multinationals Make Social Distancing Logos
View article: Multinationals Make Social Distancing LogosMcDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Audi and Volkswagen are just a few of the corporate conglomerates that are interpreting “social distancing” with logo redesigns.
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Novamont Lose Compostable Bag Exemption in US
View article: Novamont Lose Compostable Bag Exemption in USAs states New York and Maine are pulling back on single-use plastic grocery bag bans in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Connecticut may have missed an opportunity to not only have environmentally safe single-use grocery bags, but also bring more business and jobs to the state.
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Corona Pandemic Leads to Plastic Ban Reversals
View article: Corona Pandemic Leads to Plastic Ban ReversalsHealth concerns are trumping environmental worries as U.S. states and cities reverse single-use plastic bans.
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Radicigroup and the Corona Crisis
View article: Radicigroup and the Corona CrisisRadiciGroup and Atalanta take it to the pitch, but this time it is a match for solidarity.
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Mitsui Loss $642 Mln due to Corona Crisis
View article: Mitsui Loss $642 Mln due to Corona CrisisMitsui in a statement said it is likely to book an impairment loss on its stakes in the Eagle Ford shale oil and gas project in the United States and the Tempa Rossa oil field in Italy among other oil and gas projects due to plunging oil prices.
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EU Measures to Support Auto Industry in Corona Crisis
View article: EU Measures to Support Auto Industry in Corona CrisisThe financial impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the automotive industry is severe. Both production and sales of motor vehicles have come to a sudden halt in most of Europe and other regions in the world.
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Term Single Use Plastic Harming Recycling
View article: Term Single Use Plastic Harming RecyclingRecent research conducted on behalf of the Natural Source Waters Association clearly shows the need to be careful of the terms and language used when talking about plastics and recycling.
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Corona Crisis Exploited by Plastics Industry
View article: Corona Crisis Exploited by Plastics IndustryThe Plastics Industry Association has written a letter to the US Department of Health and Human Services and Food and Drug Administration asking them to “make a public statement on the health and safety benefits seen in single-use plastics,” and to “speak out against bans on these products as a public safety risk… and help…
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DSM and the Corona Crisis
View article: DSM and the Corona CrisisAs covid-19 has spread in recent months, the ongoing work and commitment of the heroes in DSM’s manufacturing and logistics teams make it possible to have food on store shelves and medical supplies in hospitals.
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Al Ain Launches Compostable Plant Bottle in Dubai
View article: Al Ain Launches Compostable Plant Bottle in DubaiA local water company will start selling a bottle made from plant-based materials to reduce the amount of plastic it produces. New bottle to be available in hotels and airports by May.
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Is Aluminium Recycling More Circular than Plastic Recycling?
View article: Is Aluminium Recycling More Circular than Plastic Recycling?The ‘circular economy’ approach has received ever-greater attention amid rising concerns about impacts of carbon emissions and demands from investors and consumers for environmentally sustainable products and business practices.
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NWRA Asks Congress for Stimulus
View article: NWRA Asks Congress for StimulusThe National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) urges Congress to take up the economic stimulus package and pass it without delay.
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Chemical Recycling Project Converts Marine Plastic into Fishing Boat Fuel
View article: Chemical Recycling Project Converts Marine Plastic into Fishing Boat FuelThe RespescaPlas Project, which began in January 2018, has completed its first year with more than 3,000 kilos of marine litter collected from the water in the ports of Marín and Vigo (Galicia) and Gandia, (Valencia).
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Young Disruptive UK Female Engineers
View article: Young Disruptive UK Female EngineersThe Department of Engineering and Design at the University of Sussex supports the achievements of their female engineering students and academics. From bioplastic materials to medical technologies: Celebrating Sussex female engineers.
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Renewable Preservation for Cosmetics by Clariant
View article: Renewable Preservation for Cosmetics by ClariantReduce preservative amounts while keeping antimicrobial protection even in high aqueous formulations.
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Biobased Chemicals Update 2020
View article: Biobased Chemicals Update 2020Since the first issue of the IEA Bioenergy Task 42 report on bio-based chemicals in 2011, the importance of a circular economy has become evident. In the transition to a circular economy, chemicals and materials produced from biomass will play a key role. Given the tremendous focus on climate and actions to mitigate climate change,…
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Renewable Products Tax Credit in Maine
View article: Renewable Products Tax Credit in MaineOn Wednesday, March 18, Governor Janet Mills signed LD 1698: An Act to Create Jobs and Slow Climate Change by Promoting the Production of Natural Resources Bioproducts into law.
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Solvay and the Corona Crisis
View article: Solvay and the Corona CrisisSolvay’s CEO shares a message of gratitude, commitment and hope during the coronavirus pandemic that is placing unprecedented challenges on us all.
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Indonesia Going for Blue Bioplastic Leadership
View article: Indonesia Going for Blue Bioplastic LeadershipEdible cups made from seaweed. Shopping bags from cassava starch. Food containers from sugarcane fiber. These are some of the bioplastic alternatives being tried out in Indonesia, the world’s No. 2 producer of seaweed.
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ALPLA Group and Corona Crisis
View article: ALPLA Group and Corona CrisisThe coronavirus pandemic which continues to spread is presenting us with some major challenges. The health and safety of our employees are ALPLA’s top priority.
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International Border Crossing Observatory
View article: International Border Crossing ObservatoryIn light of the current COVID-19 pandemic many countries across the globe are closing their borders. In order to reduce economic and social impacts and keep supply chains working as smoothly as possible, #UNECE, #UNESCWA, #IRU and other partners have launched an online “Observatory on Border Crossings Status due to COVID-19” which provides an overview…
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Dirty Banks
View article: Dirty BanksAmerica’s JP Morgan Chase has pumped more than the GDP of Finland into fossil fuels expansion since the Paris climate accord of 2015, while Japan’s and China’s mega banks have also been ‘failing miserably’ in their response to climate change over the last four years, a report from a coalition of NGOs has shown.
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Impact of Coronavirus on Green Investments
View article: Impact of Coronavirus on Green InvestmentsIEA warns that Covid-19 could cause a slowdown in world’s clean energy transition.
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Avantium Full Year Results 2019
View article: Avantium Full Year Results 2019Avantium announces 2019 results.
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Will Coke PET Recycling Become a Fiasco in the Philippines?
View article: Will Coke PET Recycling Become a Fiasco in the Philippines?Activists say the facility, a joint venture between the beverage giant and Thai packaging firm Indorama Ventures, would still require virgin feedstock derived from fossil fuels. They also took issue with the companies’ claim that PET bottles are not single-use packaging.
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Food Delivery vs Corona Virus
View article: Food Delivery vs Corona Virus‘Wash your own hands after removing the packaging and before eating your food’.
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Elle Canada Not in Favour of PLA
View article: Elle Canada Not in Favour of PLAHow to Properly Recycle Beauty Product Packaging? Chances are you’re going through a lot of soap and hand lotion right now.
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Brussels Supermarkets Hit by Corona Crisis
View article: Brussels Supermarkets Hit by Corona CrisisLet’s have a look at the situation in a Brussels supermarket close to the EU Parliament and Commission used by EU officials. It will give you an idea of how EU officials are experiencing the corona crisis.
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Raw Material Shortage to Impact Food Packaging in Europe
View article: Raw Material Shortage to Impact Food Packaging in EuropeConcern raw material shortages could impact on availability of food packaging.
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Breakthrough in Viscose Production from Textile Waste
View article: Breakthrough in Viscose Production from Textile WasteSateri, the world’s largest producer of viscose, has successfully produced on commercial scale viscose fibre regenerated from textile waste. The high quality new fibre uses a mix of dissolving pulp made from recycled post-consumer textile waste by Swedish company Södra, and other PEFC-certified wood pulp.
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Impact of Corona on European Recycling Industry
View article: Impact of Corona on European Recycling IndustrySources are particularly worried about limited volumes entering collection systems, logistic disruptions, potential downstream demand losses in non-packaging sectors, buyers abandoning sustainability measures and a reduction in necessary long-term investment.
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Osaka University Develops Marine Biodegradable Plastics
View article: Osaka University Develops Marine Biodegradable PlasticsWhether it’s entangling marine animals, clogging their guts when they eat it, or forming giant floating “garbage patches,” oceanic plastic waste is a huge problem. There may be new hope however, in the form of what is claimed to be a better type of marine-biodegradable plastic.
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French Chemical Industry Facing Corona
View article: French Chemical Industry Facing CoronaInterview with Magali Smets, managing director of the French Chemical Federation (France Chimie), on the consequences of the Corona virus on the French chemical industry.
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Tote Bags Spread Corona Virus
View article: Tote Bags Spread Corona VirusThe COVID-19 outbreak is giving new meaning to those “sustainable” shopping bags that politicians and environmentalists have been so eager to impose on the public. These reusable tote bags can sustain the COVID-19 and flu viruses — and spread the viruses throughout the store.
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Circular Economy According to Forbes
View article: Circular Economy According to ForbesFrom the late 1970s, we started going to the bottle bank to deposit (smash) our red, green and clear bottles in the appropriate recycling bin. And in 2003, the Household Waste Recycling Act was passed. This meant that by 2010, local authorities in the UK had to provide every household with recycling services, making the…
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Zero Waste in Japan
View article: Zero Waste in JapanFor 20 years Kamikatsu has led the way in the world’s second biggest producer of plastic waste.
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Will Coronavirus End BYO Container Schemes?
View article: Will Coronavirus End BYO Container Schemes?The BYO movement has been an important cog in the nascent circular economy in Asia Pacific. But will the Covid-19 coronavirus kill off such schemes over the fear that they may spread germs?
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Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group News
View article: Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group NewsThe Latest BRAG (Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group) post.
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Flexible Packaging Association and the Corona Crisis
View article: Flexible Packaging Association and the Corona CrisisFPA wrote a letter to the White House.
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British Plastics Federation and the Corona Crisis
View article: British Plastics Federation and the Corona CrisisThe British Plastics Federation wrote a letter to the UK Government and published a study / survey on the Corona Crisis.
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Borealis and the Corona Crisis
View article: Borealis and the Corona CrisisBorealis employs stringent health and safety measures to protect employees and maintain business continuity. We are taking all steps within our power to help stop the spread of the #Coronavirus disease outbreak, to protect our employees and business partners and ensure safe operations.
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EUROPEN Urges EU to Recognise Packaging Industry
View article: EUROPEN Urges EU to Recognise Packaging IndustryThe members of EUROPEN, the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment, are doing their utmost to maintain the necessary supply of food and hygiene products as well as medicines to citizens throughout Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Covestro and the Corona Crisis
View article: Covestro and the Corona CrisisHow does Covestro deals with the Corona Crisis?
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Corbion Sustainability Performance 2019
View article: Corbion Sustainability Performance 2019We are proud to share that we have reduced our carbon footprint by 12% per ton of product, compared to our 2016 base year. We are well on our way to meet our 33% science-based reduction target by 2030!
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Japan Starts Large Scale Ocean Microplastics Survey
View article: Japan Starts Large Scale Ocean Microplastics SurveyJapanese shipping company NYK has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chiba Institute of Technology to use its ships to collect and analyze microplastics in oceans around the world.
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Can Recycling be Sustainable in Australia?
View article: Can Recycling be Sustainable in Australia?We’ve all seen the pictures: the giant island of rubbish in the ocean, marine animals with plastic around their necks and streetways blanketed in single-use bags, showing the villainous role plastic has on the world’s habitats.
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Side Effects of Bioplastic Policies
View article: Side Effects of Bioplastic Policies“Good intentions” do not generally produce “good results.” This wisdom also applies to establishing coherent environmental policies. Without proper oversight and planning, environmental policies can lead to unintended and harmful side effects.
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UK Tax to Boost Circular Economy and Recycling Infrastructure
View article: UK Tax to Boost Circular Economy and Recycling InfrastructureWith the UK set to bring in a new tax on plastic packaging, leading sustainability authority Bureau Veritas has revealed that the levy represents a ‘real boost’ for the circular economy.
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Students Against Plastic Bottles in Connecticut
View article: Students Against Plastic Bottles in ConnecticutWhat do environmental activists look like? Some might be surprised to learn that they look like three Whitby School 7th graders who are the founding members of Greenwich Bottles No More (GBNM).
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Sustainable Australian Fashion
View article: Sustainable Australian FashionAustralian labels rewriting the rules by taking a stand for sustainability.
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Huhtamaki Renewable and Recyclable Products
View article: Huhtamaki Renewable and Recyclable ProductsOur goal is to have 100% of the wood fiber we use from recycled or certified sustainable sources. Our products, such as Fresh ready meal trays or Future Smart paper cups are made of materials from certified sources.
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Versalis Circular Economy Initiatives
View article: Versalis Circular Economy InitiativesVersalis considers circularity to be a strategic driver applied to processes and products throughout their life cycle.
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Ocean Plastic Watches
View article: Ocean Plastic WatchesThe campaign called „Time for oceans“ is made together wird #Tide Ocean Material in Switzerland.
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Puma Launches Ocean Plastic Sportswear Collection
View article: Puma Launches Ocean Plastic Sportswear CollectionGerman multinational sportswear brand Puma has created a new collection of footwear and clothing made using recycled plastic. In collaboration with First Mile, a United Kingdom-based company supporting low-income communities around the world, Puma used more than 190,000 recovered plastic bottles to make yarns to produce the products.
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Wales SUP Ban in 2021
View article: Wales SUP Ban in 2021Welsh government is to ban single-use plastic items in Wales from the first half of 2021, the government of the UK’s country said on Wednesday.
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Floreon and Clariant Partner on High Performance Biopolymers
View article: Floreon and Clariant Partner on High Performance BiopolymersClariant and Floreon Announce Collaboration to Expand High-performance Biopolymer Applications to Additional Markets.
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French Believe to be the Best in Bioplastic Research
View article: French Believe to be the Best in Bioplastic ResearchFrom “intelligent” bandages made from shrimp shells to insulation materials from micro-algae, researchers are working on tomorrow’s bioplastics in laboratories in Strasbourg.
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Will Covid-19 Enable 3D Printing Breakthrough?
View article: Will Covid-19 Enable 3D Printing Breakthrough?When a hospital in Italy realized they were running out of valves for ventilators needed by those most severely affected by COVID-19, a local startup managed to get to the hospital to manufacture the valves using 3D-printing.
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EU Circular Economy Plan Will Impact China
View article: EU Circular Economy Plan Will Impact ChinaTo keep selling to the EU market, many products will need to meet new requirements.
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Tough PLA Filament for 3D Printing
View article: Tough PLA Filament for 3D PrintingIntroducing 3D Universe Terrafilum Tough PLA Filament for 3D Printing.
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European Bioplastics Raises Concerns over EASAC Report
View article: European Bioplastics Raises Concerns over EASAC ReportEUBP Raises Concerns Over Biased Easac Report on Biobased and Biodegradable Plastics.
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EASAC Warns Against Biobased and Biodegradable
View article: EASAC Warns Against Biobased and BiodegradableThe European Academies of Science (EASAC) warn that current efforts to resolve the plastics crisis are ineffective and misleading.
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Lego Bricks Survive 1300 Years in Ocean
View article: Lego Bricks Survive 1300 Years in OceanA LEGO brick could survive in the ocean for as many as 1,300 years, according to new research.
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Grain Waste Converted into Biocrude Oil
View article: Grain Waste Converted into Biocrude OilBeermakers use about 400 million tons of grain during the brewing process — converting it to a mass of wet mush that is discarded one way or another.
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Chemical vs Mechanic Recycling
View article: Chemical vs Mechanic RecyclingChemical recycling splits polymer chains and supplies products such as crude oil, naphtha, or fuels. Mechanical recycling preserves the molecular structure.
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McDonalds Stops Plastic Toys
View article: McDonalds Stops Plastic ToysFast food firm says from 2021, Happy Meals sold in the UK will contain soft toys, paper gifts gifts or books.
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Inline Plastics Goes rPET
View article: Inline Plastics Goes rPETInline Plastics, Shelton, Conn., is integrating rDPET into its products, using post-consumer content from recycled products.
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Can Paper Alternatives Replace Plastic Dog Waste Bags?
View article: Can Paper Alternatives Replace Plastic Dog Waste Bags?Pooch Paper Dog Waste Sheets are an eco-friendly, biodegradable alternative to plastic dog poop bags. The paper sheets are easy to fold up and put in your pocket before heading out on a walk with your dog.
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Comments on the Project Drawdown
View article: Comments on the Project DrawdownThe ban on single-use plastics in Canada will come into effect in 2021, which has prompted the following question: how do we replace the plastics that have become so integrated into our lives?
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Bioplastics in the Drawdown Project
View article: Bioplastics in the Drawdown ProjectMost plastics are made from fossil fuels, but bioplastics utilize plants as an alternative source of carbon. They often have lower emissions and sometimes biodegrade.
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BioBased Lid Wins UK Product Innovation Award
View article: BioBased Lid Wins UK Product Innovation AwardHuhtamaki’s Future Smart™ Duo Lid won the Product Innovation Award for front of house at the prestigious UK Foodservice Packaging Awards last Thursday.
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Future of Flexible Packaging According to Covestro
View article: Future of Flexible Packaging According to CovestroWhat do deliciously crunchy chips, crisp green salad and fresh roasted coffee beans have in common? Their bags and pouches belong to a quickly growing category known as flexible packaging – currently the most widely used form of packaging worldwide.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Joins Value Balancing Alliance
View article: Mitsubishi Chemical Joins Value Balancing AllianceMitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation announced that it has become the first Japanese company to join the value balancing alliance e.V. (VBA), an organization established in June 2019 to create a global impact measurement and valuation standard for disclosing positive and negative impacts of corporate activity.
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Spectral Imaging of PLA and PHA Laminate
View article: Spectral Imaging of PLA and PHA LaminateTwo-Dimensional Correlation Analysis of Highly Spatially Resolved Simultaneous IR and Raman Spectral Imaging of Bioplastics Composite Using Optical Photothermal Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy. Closely spaced optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) spectra were measured across the interface of a PLA/PHA laminate.
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DOE Invests Millions in Chemical Recycling
View article: DOE Invests Millions in Chemical RecyclingDepartment of Energy Announces up to $25 Million for Plastics Recycling Research and Development.
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Reusable PET Bottles by ALPLA
View article: Reusable PET Bottles by ALPLAALPLA has further developed a 1-litre reusable PET bottle together with KHS, the specialist for bottling and packaging systems. The refillable bottle weighs up to ten grams less than the standard bottles that are currently available and can include recycled materials too.
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Glasgow to Boost Recycling
View article: Glasgow to Boost RecyclingGlasgow to see bin collection changes in recycling boost. Streets in the north-east of Glasgow could see changes to kerbside collection.
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OMV Acquires Borealis
View article: OMV Acquires BorealisOMV acquires majority Borealis stake with $4.68bn Mubadala deal
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PHA is Marine Biodegradable
View article: PHA is Marine BiodegradableThe plastic created from petroleum covers 99% of the market. Last year 360 million tonnes were produced. Other plastics, bio-based or biodegradable, are also produced.
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Reusable Takeaway Packaging Campaign in New Zealand
View article: Reusable Takeaway Packaging Campaign in New ZealandSingle-use takeaway packaging harms both people and the planet, writes Kate Hall. The Takeaway Throwaways campaign exists to change this. The waste conscious consumer’s nightmare: throwaway coffee cups, takeaway containers, plastic cutlery, condiment sachets and those scary soy fish. They’ve become normal in today’s society, but do they have to be? Takeaway Throwaways, a new…
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FLAM Bioplastic
View article: FLAM BioplasticPlastic Crisis? No Problem, FLAM Is Coming With Bonus 3-D Printing. FLAM as in Fungus-Like Adhesive Material
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Plastic Offsetting
View article: Plastic OffsettingWhat is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?
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First Zero Waste Chocolate
View article: First Zero Waste ChocolateIt might be shaped like a regular chocolate bar, but the similarities end there. First, it comes in curious flavors: lavender, coconut and cinnamon, banana, masala chai, red rose. And the packaging is more work of art than the kind of wrap you’d find on a Hershey’s bar.
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How Estonia Became Recycling Champion
View article: How Estonia Became Recycling ChampionThe small country of Lithuania is making big strides towards creating a seamless circular economy where each and every water bottle and aluminum tuna can is recycled and turned into an identical successor.
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Adidas Uses Ocean Plastic for Terrex Free Hiker shoes
View article: Adidas Uses Ocean Plastic for Terrex Free Hiker shoesSportswear brand Adidas has once again teamed up with environmental initiative Parley for the Oceans to release an updated version of its Terrex hiking boot, which is made using recycled ocean plastic.
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Bio-Cement Solves Two Problems
View article: Bio-Cement Solves Two ProblemsResearchers have come up with a neat solution to the problem of producing some forms of biofuel waste – add it to cement, and make concrete nearly a third stronger than other versions.
