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Novamont Launches Trace X Novamont
View article: Novamont Launches Trace X NovamontNovamont keeps investing their profits in R&D because the company is driven by innovation. They will share their drive with others as they intent to invest in startups, companies and research proiects that stimulates the Circular Economy. Welcome to Trace X Novamont.
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Unocup Reinvents the Plastic Cup
View article: Unocup Reinvents the Plastic CupIn 2015, inspired by the amount of trash brought by our daily coffee consumption, Co-founder Tom Chan came up with an idea for a new paper coffee cup that eliminates plastic lids through a foldable top.
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Stora Enso and HS Manufacturing Group Collaborate to Develop Sustainable Barriers
View article: Stora Enso and HS Manufacturing Group Collaborate to Develop Sustainable BarriersStora Enso has entered into a strategic collaboration with HS Manufacturing Group (HSMG), a producer of plant-based barrier coatings, to develop Stora Enso’s formed fiber offering. Stora Enso will leverage HSMG’s PROTĒAN™ technology for food contact packaging applications. The technology offers a biodegradable and recyclable additive that gives fiber-based packaging water-, grease- and oil-resistant properties.
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History of Bioplastics in the Automotive Industry
View article: History of Bioplastics in the Automotive IndustryHere’s a summary and short history of the use of bioplastics in the automotive and car industry.
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PFAS Plaintiffs Score Partial Win Over DuPont in Ohio Litigation
View article: PFAS Plaintiffs Score Partial Win Over DuPont in Ohio LitigationDuPont can’t relitigate a set of claims from Ohio and West Virginia residents who say PFAS from a manufacturing facility contaminated their water, and caused cancer and other diseases.
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Can Stora Enso Renewable Materials Provide A Sustainable Solution to Every Problem?
View article: Can Stora Enso Renewable Materials Provide A Sustainable Solution to Every Problem?It looks like Stora Enso’s renewable materials can help solve common lifestyle challenges for today’s eco-aware consumers.
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Italian Iconic Hand Gesture Gets 3D Printed in PLA
View article: Italian Iconic Hand Gesture Gets 3D Printed in PLAItaly is famous all over the world for so many things. But what defines Italians the most, according to most people, is the way they talk with gestures. This is the concept behind the Italian brand Superstuff’s latest viral 3D printed product: MADE IN ITALY.
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Vogue Says Race Is On To Make Biodegradable Lingerie
View article: Vogue Says Race Is On To Make Biodegradable LingerieFor 140 years, Solstiss has manufactured lace on Leavers machines in northern France. When the company, which supplies brands including Givenchy, Alexander McQueen and Valentino, decided to create its first organic cotton range, it faced a significant technical challenge.
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Biotech Breakthrough Turns Waste Biomass Into High Value Chemicals
View article: Biotech Breakthrough Turns Waste Biomass Into High Value ChemicalsA move towards a more sustainable bio-based economy has been given a new boost by researchers who have been able to simplify a process to transform waste materials into high value chemicals.
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Stora Enso Marcus Dehlin and Sulapac CEO Discuss Partnership
View article: Stora Enso Marcus Dehlin and Sulapac CEO Discuss PartnershipSulapac CEO Suvi Haimi and Stora Enso Marcus Dehlin discuss their partnership. Watch the video.
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14th European Bioplastics Conference
View article: 14th European Bioplastics ConferenceWe invite you to join in on the discussion on 3/4 December 2019 in Berlin.
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The Biopen Platform
View article: The Biopen PlatformAccelerating and Supporting Business Development of Bio-based Industries and Downstream Sectors.
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Boots Goes Bioplastics
View article: Boots Goes BioplasticsBoots has started rolling out 100 per cent compostable pharmacy bags as part of the company’s efforts to reduce plastic waste in stores.
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The Future of Plastics
View article: The Future of PlasticsIf plastics are so toxic to the environment, why do we keep using them? Scientists & researchers around the globe think they’ve found one solution to our plastic pollution problem: biodegradable ingredients.
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Amendments To Ban Bioplastics Bags in France
View article: Amendments To Ban Bioplastics Bags in FranceTwo amendments have been submitted in French Parliament last Thursday to ban bioplastics bags in France.
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Plastribution Adds Bioplastics to Portfolio
View article: Plastribution Adds Bioplastics to PortfolioPlastribution made a sustainable move by adding bioplastics to their portfolio. They have divided their products in Reduced carbon footprint, Bio-degradable/Compostable, Water Soluble, Bio-Content, Circular Economy, Recycled/Recyclability and Renewable Content. Let’s look at how they bring bioplastics to their customers.
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New Bioinks Available
View article: New Bioinks AvailableCELLINK launches the next part of a multiphase bioink expansion. This phase includes the release of two new bioink series, the expansion of three existing bioink series, the release of a new thickener series and two products for enhanced cell analysis. With this launch, the company offers a wider range of tools for researchers around…
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Corbion and the Bonsucro Responsible Sourcing of Cane Sugar
View article: Corbion and the Bonsucro Responsible Sourcing of Cane SugarThe Dutch company Corbion is a manufacturer of lactic acid and lactic acid derivatives, emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins and algae ingredients. Its products are used in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2016, Corbion completed their first TfS assessment and in 2019 achieved…
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Novamont Joins Rehap
View article: Novamont Joins RehapRehap aims to strengthen the European bio-economy industry by creating novel materials from agricultural and forestry waste, and considering how they can be used commercially in the green building sector.
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Consumers are Responsible for Plastic Crisis Not Producers
View article: Consumers are Responsible for Plastic Crisis Not ProducersWhile he acknowledged the duty of plastic producers to help tackle marine pollution by recycling more, an executive from one of the world’s biggest plastic producers rejected the notion that producers are responsible for the problem.
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LOL Surprise Toys Will Be Made With Bioplastics in 2020
View article: LOL Surprise Toys Will Be Made With Bioplastics in 2020LOL Surprise! It might sound like a text you’d get before receiving shocking news, but it’s actually the name of one of the hottest toys.
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Plastic Packaging Scrapped from Iceland Christmas Range
View article: Plastic Packaging Scrapped from Iceland Christmas RangeIceland offers customers reduced plastic packaging on Christmas range. 18 Christmas products have been switched to recyclable paper wrap. The retailer has pledged to scrap plastic packaging from own label products by end of 2023.
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Shell Goes Chemical Recycling
View article: Shell Goes Chemical RecyclingPlastics offer vital benefits to society. Shell has seen how unmanaged plastic waste has become a serious issue. We want to play an active role in finding lasting solutions.
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Coca-Cola Switches to Recycled PET Bottles in Sweden
View article: Coca-Cola Switches to Recycled PET Bottles in SwedenDrinks group Coca-Cola (KO.N) said on Tuesday it would start using PET bottles in Sweden made only of recycled plastic in a first step towards expanding its use of recycled plastic in western Europe.
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Award for Biodegradable Waterproof Cotton-Jute Fabric
View article: Award for Biodegradable Waterproof Cotton-Jute FabricTwo researchers are to be presented with an award for developing a biodegradable cotton-jute fabric with a waterproof coating that can substitute for non-biodegradable PVC-coated polyester.
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100% Biodegradable Pasta Straws to Help the Planet
View article: 100% Biodegradable Pasta Straws to Help the PlanetThe mythical plastic straw will soon disappear in bars and restaurants. One billion plastic straws are used every day in the world. Most of them end up in the oceans, with disastrous consequences for animals and for the environment as well. A straw, it takes 400 years to decompose.
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Clean Air Research Converts Toxic Air Pollutant Into Industrial Chemical
View article: Clean Air Research Converts Toxic Air Pollutant Into Industrial ChemicalA toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas stream and converted into useful industrial chemicals using only water and air thanks to a new advanced material developed by an international team of scientists.
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Interview with Corbion CEO, Olivier Rigaud
View article: Interview with Corbion CEO, Olivier RigaudThe new Corbion CEO Olivier Rigaud will present his vision early next year, and will reveal a tip of the veil in this interview. Sustainability will play a major role: “We will quit some business areas”.
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Labour Wants Producers to Pay for Recycling and Disposal
View article: Labour Wants Producers to Pay for Recycling and DisposalThe Labour Party has vowed to end the export of plastic waste and invest in a “new plastics remanufacturing industry”, as part of a series of waste and recycling pledges in its 2019 manifesto.
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French Government May Ban the Word Biodegradable from Bags
View article: French Government May Ban the Word Biodegradable from BagsADEME published an opinion on the environmental impact of fruit and vegetable packaging bags offered in food stores. ADEME is the French Environment and Energy Management Agency.
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California Resident Develops Biodegradable Drinking Cup
View article: California Resident Develops Biodegradable Drinking CupImagine a lightweight travel mug that keeps the original taste of a beverage, with no aftertaste of plastic, metal or cardboard; keeps the temperature of hot or cold liquids better than other containers; isn’t made of toxic materials; and is dishwasher safe.
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Paper and Compostables Are Pretend Solutions to Single-use
View article: Paper and Compostables Are Pretend Solutions to Single-useFood companies are investing in “risky” new packaging solutions and recycling technologies instead of prioritising refill and reuse systems, according to Greenpeace, by foodservicefootprint.com.
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Conde Nast Goes Bioplastics
View article: Conde Nast Goes BioplasticsMagazines wrapping to explore alternatives like recycled plastic from PCR waste, biodegradable bio-based content, paper or naked mailing.
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University of Florida Scientist Creates Guide to Bioplastics
View article: University of Florida Scientist Creates Guide to BioplasticsThe term “bioplastics” describes plastics made of a biological source, as opposed to traditional plastics made of petroleum. But as products using bioplastics increasingly become fixtures on store shelves, consumers may not understand the various terminology used to describe them.
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VEnvirotech Transforms Organic Waste into Bioplastics
View article: VEnvirotech Transforms Organic Waste into BioplasticsAfter a year of testing out environmental technologies for a private company, co-founder Patricia Ayma developed a process for bioplastic production using bacteria.
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Avantium Launch New Website
View article: Avantium Launch New WebsiteAvantium has a new Website. Let’s look at it
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Belgium Starts Discussion on Waste Management
View article: Belgium Starts Discussion on Waste ManagementThe Walloon region (Belgium-FR) has started discussion on biomass waste. The meeting took place on October 16.
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Unilever Goes Recycled Plastics
View article: Unilever Goes Recycled PlasticsViridor and Unilever have agreed a new contract which will see Unilever receive of a range of recycled plastic from Viridor’s £65m Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre near Bristol.
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Woodly on Reuters
View article: Woodly on ReutersFinland has a new Bioplastic champion in the making with a company called Woodly … Interviewed by Reuters.
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Woodly on Euronews
View article: Woodly on EuronewsA Finnish tech company called Woodly is developing a new kind of plastic that is more environmentally friendly. Euronews covers the story.
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New Technology Converts Waste Biomass into Value-Added Chemicals
View article: New Technology Converts Waste Biomass into Value-Added ChemicalsThe new technology is expected to reduce our dependency on products made from petrochemicals.
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The Most Advanced Lignin Valorization Process Will Create a Wave of New Bio-Materials
View article: The Most Advanced Lignin Valorization Process Will Create a Wave of New Bio-MaterialsMETNIN™ Technology combines high solubility of lignin and enzymatic treatment, designed to specifically modify and activate any lignin. Discover the potential mid-range applications (e.g. polyurethane foams, sizing and coating) of this revolutionary lignin valorization technology.
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Researchers Create First PHA Straws
View article: Researchers Create First PHA StrawsThe Polymers and Advanced Materials Group of the Universitat Jaume I in collaboration with the Laboratory of New Materials and Nanotechnology of the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology of the Spanish Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (IATA-CSIC) have developed, together with the company Ocenic Resins, S.L. a plastic formulation suitable for making straws that…
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World Economic Forum Covers Fish Waste Bioplastics
View article: World Economic Forum Covers Fish Waste BioplasticsThis university student created a plastic alternative out of fish waste.
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DSM Joins the Circular Bioplastic Economy
View article: DSM Joins the Circular Bioplastic EconomyRoyal DSM is a global science-based company specializing in nutrition, health, and materials. Within its corporate strategy, the company defines long-term sustainability aspirations, which include targets to improve the eco-efficiency of its operations.
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Colorado State University Discover New Route to PHA Bioplastic
View article: Colorado State University Discover New Route to PHA BioplasticA tide of public momentum is swelling against the crisis of petroleum-based plastics, which are sitting in our landfills, floating in our oceans, and showing up in our air and even our food. Meanwhile, in a Colorado State University chemistry laboratory, some of the best minds in polymer science are toiling toward what they think…
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Frost & Sullivan Identify Novamont and Others as Top Bioplastics Innovators
View article: Frost & Sullivan Identify Novamont and Others as Top Bioplastics InnovatorsThe Frost Radar identifies the top 8 companies in the industry excelling at innovation, poised for growth and ripe for investment.
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Stora Enso Launches 4evergreen Alliance to Promote Fiber-Based Packaging
View article: Stora Enso Launches 4evergreen Alliance to Promote Fiber-Based PackagingStora Enso, along with other members of CEPI, the European association representing the forest fiber and paper industry, are joining forces with companies across the value chain to drive the recycling of fiber-based packaging and collaboration in circular design and materials to enable positive change in circular economy.
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Amyris To Market New Biobased Health and Nutrition Molecule
View article: Amyris To Market New Biobased Health and Nutrition MoleculeAmyris, a leader in the development and production of sustainable ingredients for the Health & Wellness, Clean Beauty and Flavors & Fragrances markets, today announced that it is moving into the regulatory stage with a new, undisclosed health and nutrition molecule.
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Michelin Joins Bioimpulse Project To Develop Biobased Adhesive Resins
View article: Michelin Joins Bioimpulse Project To Develop Biobased Adhesive ResinsMichelin aims to produce a new adhesive resin that does not contain materials that cause damage to the environment.
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Tetra Pak Launches First Sustainably Sourced Bioplastic Packaging
View article: Tetra Pak Launches First Sustainably Sourced Bioplastic PackagingTetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem, has become the first company in the food and beverage industry to responsibly source plant-based polymers using the Bonsucro standards for sustainable sugar cane.
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World is Changing Habits on Plastic According to Attenborough
View article: World is Changing Habits on Plastic According to AttenboroughThe world is beginning to tackle the threat of plastic waste, according to the renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.
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The Truth About Biodegradable Plastics
View article: The Truth About Biodegradable PlasticsWhat does it mean for something to be “biodegradable?”
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Danimer Scientific Opens First Nodax PHA Commercial Plant
View article: Danimer Scientific Opens First Nodax PHA Commercial PlantGrand opening of the Danimer Scientific’s Nodax™ PHA manufacturing plant in Winchester, KY. Many employees, partners, customers and investors came to this event to observe the beginning of a new era of bioplastics.
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Nature2need Partners With Presidency University to Develop Bioplastics
View article: Nature2need Partners With Presidency University to Develop Bioplasticsnature2need Biopolymer Compounds & Solutions has signed an MoU with Presidency University on October 15th, 2019 with the objective of working on joint projects related to biopolymers, biopolymer compounds and solutions.
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PBPC Says Greenpeace Report is Misleading on Bioplastics
View article: PBPC Says Greenpeace Report is Misleading on BioplasticsThe Plant Based Product Council (PBPC) Believes Greenpeace Misled its readers regarding Bioplastics.
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How Circular Labels and Stickers May Enhance Polymer Recycling
View article: How Circular Labels and Stickers May Enhance Polymer RecyclingThis article by Jan Noordegraaf serves to further encourage the use of circular stickers and labels.
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McDonald’s Launches Better M Platform to Reduce Plastic Packaging in Europe
View article: McDonald’s Launches Better M Platform to Reduce Plastic Packaging in EuropeToday, McDonald’s announced a wide-ranging programme to remove and minimise plastic and improve recyclability in packaging across Europe.
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Stora Enso To Build Wooden Building For Head Office
View article: Stora Enso To Build Wooden Building For Head OfficeStora Enso is partnering with the Finnish pension insurance company Varma in the construction of a new head office in the centre of Helsinki. Stora Enso will lease part of the building, which will showcase world-class modern wooden architecture.
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Asian Companies Think Recycled Plastic is Dirty
View article: Asian Companies Think Recycled Plastic is DirtyAsian companies think recycled plastic is dirty, low quality and a turn-off for consumers, experts suggested at the Plasticity event at the United Nations in Bangkok. How can this mindset be changed?
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Consumption Tax Proposed as Vietnam Struggles to Fight Plastic Bag Use
View article: Consumption Tax Proposed as Vietnam Struggles to Fight Plastic Bag UsePlastic bags should be made more expensive so that people can be dissuaded from using them, a deputy minister has proposed.
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Portugal City Council Goes For Bioplastics Dog Waste Bags
View article: Portugal City Council Goes For Bioplastics Dog Waste BagsIn the context of environmental policy, climate action and circular economy, Loulé City Council has been developing actions to reduce disposable plastic.
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Scotland Delays Ban on Biodegradable Waste Going to Landfill
View article: Scotland Delays Ban on Biodegradable Waste Going to LandfillOne the Scottish Government’s flagship climate change commitments of imposing a ban on biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) going to landfill from January 2021 was recently delayed. Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham decided to postpone the ban until 2025 after it became clear from independent research that a number of councils and commercial operators were not ready.
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NDSU Researchers Test New Bioplastics for Bottles and Car Parts
View article: NDSU Researchers Test New Bioplastics for Bottles and Car PartsIn a noisy industrial lab at North Dakota State University, graduate students make dog bones with an injection molding machine — but there are no dogs in sight.
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CEO Guide To Circular Bioeconomy
View article: CEO Guide To Circular BioeconomyWBCSD released the CEO Guide to the Circular Bioeconomy, a call for the shift towards a sustainable, low-carbon, circular bioeconomy. It presents a USD $7.7 trillion opportunity for business by 2030, establishing the circular bioeconomy as a nature-based solution that addresses five of our greatest environmental priorities.
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Interview with Novamont CEO On Sustainability and Circularity
View article: Interview with Novamont CEO On Sustainability and CircularityA healthy, circular economy requires a radical change in mentality, but it will be to everyone’s benefit, says Novamont Chief Executive Catia Bastioli.
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Arkema Launch New Global Center of Excellence for 3D Printing
View article: Arkema Launch New Global Center of Excellence for 3D PrintingOn November 15 Arkema inaugurated, in the presence of Thierry Le Hénaff, the Group’s Chairman and CEO, and Hervé Morin, President of the Normandy Region, a new Global Center of Excellence for 3D Printing within its Cerdato Research & Development Center in Serquigny, Normandy (France).
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Increased Use of Biobased Materials in Construction in 2020
View article: Increased Use of Biobased Materials in Construction in 2020Bamboo, straw bales and timbercrete are among the ‘eco-friendly’ building materials that will increasingly be used in construction projects next year, according to a recent survey.
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South Korea President Promotes Bio-Industry
View article: South Korea President Promotes Bio-IndustrySouth Korean President Moon Jae-in is pursuing plans to foster his country’s burgeoning beauty and skin care industry as part of bio-industrial development.
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Biocomposites Wins JEC Asia Innovation Award
View article: Biocomposites Wins JEC Asia Innovation AwardIn a ceremony held on 14 November in Seoul, South Korea, Jiva Materials and Eco-Technilin claimed the JEC Asia Innovation Award in the Electrical, Electronics and Appliances category, for their development of flax-based Soluboard composites.
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Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology Thanjavur Develops Corn Starch Bioplastics Film
View article: Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology Thanjavur Develops Corn Starch Bioplastics FilmThe Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, has developed a bioplastic film from corn starch granules which can serve as a viable bio-friendly alternative to the synthetic plastic films.
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Futamura Strengthens Sales and Marketing Team
View article: Futamura Strengthens Sales and Marketing TeamFutamura, renewable and compostable packaging films manufacturer, has appointed Clare McKeown the new UK & Eire sales manager, and Amaia Cowan, new business development manager.
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Innovation Award – Biocomposite of the Year 2019
View article: Innovation Award – Biocomposite of the Year 2019The Winner of the Biocomposite of the Year 2019 Award is
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Novozymes Working on Bio-Detergents
View article: Novozymes Working on Bio-DetergentsAt a time when the government is cracking the whip on single-use plastic and encouraging multinational corporations (MNCs) to adopt environment-friendly packaging, Denmark-based enzyme producer Novozymes is working towards developing enzymes which are biodegradable.
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Co-Founder of Titan Bioplastics to Keynote the Organic Grower Summit
View article: Co-Founder of Titan Bioplastics to Keynote the Organic Grower SummitThere’s a surprising misconception that if you throw hemp seeds in the ground, they are going to grow and produce a high-value crop, but Tanya Hart and Amy Ansel, Co-Founders of Titan HempX and Titan Bioplastics, with a smile suggest otherwise.
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James Bond Goes Bioplastics
View article: James Bond Goes BioplasticsAccording to the Daily Mail, the set sent 30 tons of food and biodegradable materials to an anerobic digestor to generate electricity.
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Kanye West Launches Shoes Made With Algae Bioplastics
View article: Kanye West Launches Shoes Made With Algae BioplasticsKanye West is doing his part to reduce the carbon footprint of his Yeezy production and has found a way to make shoes that are partially made from pond-sourced algae.
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Are PFAS in Food Packaging Safe Because FDA Accepted their Use?
View article: Are PFAS in Food Packaging Safe Because FDA Accepted their Use?Per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)—recently dubbed “forever chemicals”—have received a large amount of national attention, mostly due to contamination of drinking water affecting millions of Americans.
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Reuters Video on Fish Guts Bioplastics
View article: Reuters Video on Fish Guts BioplasticsPlastic from fish guts. It’s biodegradable, too.
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Bio-on Suspends All Payments To Investigate Business Continuity
View article: Bio-on Suspends All Payments To Investigate Business ContinuityThe Judicial Administrator of Bio-on, Prof. Dr. Luca Mandrioli, participated at a meeting on Friday November 8th called by the Emilia-Romagna Region as part of the activities of the Metropolitan Board to safeguard the company’s productive assets, acknowledging that investigations have begun to check whether there are any prospects for business continuity.
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Arkema Wins The Grand Chaptal 2019
View article: Arkema Wins The Grand Chaptal 2019Arkema Wins Le Grand Chaptal. The Award is given by the Société d’encouragement pour l’industrie nationale. A French Award for a French Company shining on the international scene.
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Bioplastics Elastomers Designed for Overmolding
View article: Bioplastics Elastomers Designed for OvermoldingPolyOne’s reSound OM thermoplastic elastomers, derived from sugarcane, are said to offer hardness levels and performance comparable to standard TPEs.
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Brazil Scientists Develop Bioplastics From Cassava Starch
View article: Brazil Scientists Develop Bioplastics From Cassava StarchResearchers develop bioplastic using cassava starch and ozone gas. Bioplastics are less harmful to the environment and could help tackle pollution. By 2030 the world will have to deal with an estimated 550 million tonnes of plastics.
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Danimer Scientific and Genpak Launch New Bioplastics Food Packaging
View article: Danimer Scientific and Genpak Launch New Bioplastics Food PackagingDanimer Scientific to be exclusive provider of biodegradable resin for Genpak’s GenZero™ line of takeout food containers
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Neste and Ravago Join Forces For Chemical Recycling
View article: Neste and Ravago Join Forces For Chemical RecyclingRavago, the world’s leading distributor and recycler of polymers, and Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, are joining forces to develop chemical recycling of plastic waste with the aim to reach significant industrial scale.
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Goldman Sachs Analyses Bioplastics
View article: Goldman Sachs Analyses BioplasticsIn today’s episode, a Goldman Sachs researcher analyzes plastic alternatives, including bio-based plastics which are gaining traction.
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Eastman Collaborates with NB Coatings to Offer Sustainable Automotive Plastic
View article: Eastman Collaborates with NB Coatings to Offer Sustainable Automotive PlasticTrēva™ engineering bioplastic innovates for circular economy via proprietary recycling technology.
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Korean Scientist Founds Bioplastic Startup
View article: Korean Scientist Founds Bioplastic StartupHwang Dong-soo, an associate professor at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), is doing what his colleagues wouldn’t normally do.
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Call for Participation: LignoValue Pilot
View article: Call for Participation: LignoValue PilotBiorizon co-initiator VITO, VMH and Worley Belgium have joined forces for the design and construction of a continuous pilot plant for the depolymerization of lignin into innovative biobased aromatics in Flanders. Currently they are looking for companies/venture capitalists that want to participate and/or invest.
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Avantium Opens Office in Japan
View article: Avantium Opens Office in JapanAvantium Renewable Polymers confirms its strategy to turn to high-value applications for PEF (polyethylene furanoate) by establishing an Avantium branch office in Japan.
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Clariant Licocare Rbw Vita Receives Award for Sustainability Excellence
View article: Clariant Licocare Rbw Vita Receives Award for Sustainability ExcellenceClariant’s Licocare® Rbw Vita Bio-based Additives for Plastics Receives Award for Sustainability Excellence.
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Morrisons To Stop Black Plastic From Own-Brand Packaging
View article: Morrisons To Stop Black Plastic From Own-Brand PackagingThe move will make 4,000 tonnes of plastic easier to recycle.
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KFC Canada Testing Bamboo Buckets
View article: KFC Canada Testing Bamboo BucketsKFC Canada announced today that they are exploring eco-friendly alternatives for their world-famous buckets. The sustainability commitment will have KFC testing new innovative materials that are both consumer-friendly and a win for the environment, starting with a bamboo fiber poutine bucket in early 2020.
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Philippines Largest Company, San Miguel, Goes For Bioplastics Packaging
View article: Philippines Largest Company, San Miguel, Goes For Bioplastics PackagingConglomerate San Miguel Corp. on Monday said it is set to become the first Filipino company to utilize fully certified biodegradable plastic packaging.
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Bamboo Toothbrush Lies and The Plastic Industry Perverse Greenwashing
View article: Bamboo Toothbrush Lies and The Plastic Industry Perverse GreenwashingA bamboo toothbrush deconstructed: bamboo handle, paper packaging box, plant-based nylon bristles and plant-based wrapper. It also comes with disposal instructions.
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Here’s What Really Happens to Recycled Plastic
View article: Here’s What Really Happens to Recycled PlasticThis is what happens to plastic from the moment you toss it into the recycling bin to when its materials are repurposed into a new item.
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New App Provides Free Door Collection Service in Singapore
View article: New App Provides Free Door Collection Service in SingaporeThe mobile app from Sembcorp, called Ezi, aims to make recycling more convenient for residents in Singapore, where only 4 per cent of plastic waste is recycled. Users are paid for the materials they collect—but get nothing for plastic.
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US Government Organises Workshop on Bioplastics
View article: US Government Organises Workshop on BioplasticsOn December 11–12, 2019 the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office is hosting a workshop titled, “Plastics for a Circular Economy” to discuss technology solutions for addressing plastic waste.
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TIPA CEO Says Tesco Should Reconsider Packaging Strategy
View article: TIPA CEO Says Tesco Should Reconsider Packaging StrategyDaphna Nissenbaum, chief executive and co-founder of compostable packaging manufacturer TIPA, understandably disagrees with Tesco’s packaging strategy.
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6th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-Aromatics: Scaling Up Research
View article: 6th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-Aromatics: Scaling Up ResearchOn November 27 and 28 2019 Shared Research Center Biorizon will host its 6th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-aromatics in Antwerp.
