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Coca-Cola Says Plastic Bottles More Sustainable Than Aluminum Cans
View article: Coca-Cola Says Plastic Bottles More Sustainable Than Aluminum CansCoca-Cola is committed to collecting and recycling plastic bottles rather than switching to aluminium cans as the world’s largest soft drinks maker seeks to reduce its carbon footprint, its chief executive officer told Reuters.
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Plastic Pollution Will Influence California Elections
View article: Plastic Pollution Will Influence California ElectionsCalifornia environmentalists battling to stop plastic from polluting the ocean and piling up in landfills say they can’t wait for state lawmakers to act — they’re hoping to take the fight to the ballot box.
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Plant-based Plastic Chip Used for Medicine Testing
View article: Plant-based Plastic Chip Used for Medicine TestingResearchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have developed a technique that uses a sustainable plastic to eliminate waste when testing medicines.
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Interview With Director New Bioplastics Federation
View article: Interview With Director New Bioplastics FederationPlant Based Products Council’s new executive director takes on a biobased vision of the future.
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Carbiolice Wins European Industrial Biotech Award
View article: Carbiolice Wins European Industrial Biotech AwardCARBIOLICE is really proud for winning the 2019 most innovative European biotech, awarded by the European association EUROPA-BIO.
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Solvay Launch Its Growth Strategy
View article: Solvay Launch Its Growth StrategySolvay announces its G.R.O.W. strategy to drive growth, cash and returns.
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BASF Accelerates Restructuring
View article: BASF Accelerates RestructuringGerman chemicals group BASF has asked the two remaining private-equity suitors of its 3 billion euro ($3.3 billion) construction chemicals unit for final bids by Friday, three people close to the matter said.
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Polylactic Acid Polyols in Urethane Coatings
View article: Polylactic Acid Polyols in Urethane CoatingsPolylactic acid (PLA) is a well-known bio-based thermoplastic. This versatile, renewable polymer is a premier example of the commercial success of a bio-based, sustainable material with an established and growing technology base.The polymer backbone of PLA is based on renewable carbon produced via the bacterial or yeast fermentation of sugars, derived from annually renewable agricultural…
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Interview With Patricia Oddshammar VP Biocomposites Stora Enso
View article: Interview With Patricia Oddshammar VP Biocomposites Stora EnsoLast September, Stora Enso received the highest rating for sustainability communications in a study assessing 95 companies listed on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Large Cap Index in Sweden. The study was conducted to explore and measure publicly-available sustainability communications, as companies are known to play a key role in enhancing sustainable development.
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Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner appointed new Director of Fraunhofer IVV
View article: Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner appointed new Director of Fraunhofer IVVProf. Dr. Andrea Büttner has been appointed Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising as of 1 November 2019.
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Avantium Nominates Edwin Moses as Chairman of its Supervisory Board
View article: Avantium Nominates Edwin Moses as Chairman of its Supervisory BoardAvantium announces the nomination of Dr. Edwin Moses for appointment to its Supervisory Board. The nomination will be submitted to the Avantium Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM), scheduled for 20 December 2019. The convocation, agenda and explanatory notes for the EGM along with Edwin Moses’ resume will be published on the Avantium corporate website.
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Heineken Removes Plastic Rings and Wrap
View article: Heineken Removes Plastic Rings and WrapCardboard can ‘toppers’ to be rolled out as brewer joins other drinks giants trying to reduce plastic packaging.
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Unilever, Just Eat and Notpla Partner To Launch Sauces in Seaweed Sachets
View article: Unilever, Just Eat and Notpla Partner To Launch Sauces in Seaweed SachetsJust Eat restaurant partners trial a range of Hellmann’s sauces served in seaweed-based, Notpla sachets. The flavourless seaweed sachets are 100% biodegradable, reducing single-use plastic waste in takeaways. Trial is a result of a four-way project between Hellmann’s, Just Eat, Innovate UK and Notpla.
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Sun Valley Man Builds Homes with Hemp
View article: Sun Valley Man Builds Homes with Hemp“I was really fascinated with ways that we could build more sustainable, more naturally, use products that are from the earth, and carbon dioxide capturing,” said Matthew Mead. “Most of our products offset carbon dioxide, and some of them are even carbon absorbing.”
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Lavazza Launches Compostable Coffee Pods
View article: Lavazza Launches Compostable Coffee PodsLavazza launch comes amid rising concern over where 20bn single-serve plastic pods end up.
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First Compostable Dry Erase Marker
View article: First Compostable Dry Erase MarkerCal McAllister was a long way from work and any whiteboards when inspiration struck. Vacationing in Thailand with his family, he was excited to show his little girls the beautiful beaches. Instead they got a lesson in the pervasive nature of single-use plastic.
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Avantium Ray Technology To Disrupt Mono-Ethylene Glycol Market
View article: Avantium Ray Technology To Disrupt Mono-Ethylene Glycol MarketRay TechnologyTM is Avantium’s plants-to-glycols technology producing plant-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG), a fossil-free core component for everyday products such as textiles or plastic materials like PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PEF (polyethylene furanoate) (produced by Avantium’s YXY® Technology), making it a key ingredient of products such as plastic bottles and clothing.
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Avantium Set to Become World Leader in Plant-Based MEG
View article: Avantium Set to Become World Leader in Plant-Based MEGAvantium advances its plant-based MEG technology with the opening of its demonstration plant.
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Mitsui Chemicals CEO Intends To Expand Use of Bioplastics
View article: Mitsui Chemicals CEO Intends To Expand Use of BioplasticsMitsui Chemicals CEO talks about Bioplastics in his ‘Message from the CEO’ in the context of their annual report 2019.
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Plastic-Free and Entirely Biodegradable Sneakers
View article: Plastic-Free and Entirely Biodegradable SneakersBritish footwear firm WAES is crowd-funding for the launch of its world-first, zero-waste shoes.
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BBC Covers Bioplastic Tea Bags
View article: BBC Covers Bioplastic Tea BagsYou’ve poured the kettle. The tea has brewed. Now how should you dispose of the teabag? The bin? The food waste? The compost heap? Other recycling?
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Innovation Can Break Stranglehold of Plastic
View article: Innovation Can Break Stranglehold of PlasticEvery environmentally-conscious Indian is aware of the threat that plastics pose to natural habitats. Our streets, mountains, lakes, oceans, rivers and even sewers are clogged with this non-degradable material that does not get recycled fast enough, even as more and more of it continues to be pushed into the environment.
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How Innovators in 4 Emerging Markets are Accelerating the Clean Economy
View article: How Innovators in 4 Emerging Markets are Accelerating the Clean EconomyTwo days, four emerging markets, 14 startups. Continuing the tradition that began in 2012, GreenBiz Group’s VERGE 19 conference two weeks ago in Oakland, California, saw over a dozen innovators whose products, services and technologies offer great promise to advance the clean economy and reverse climate change.
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Fargo Scientists Search for Next Generation of Bioplastics
View article: Fargo Scientists Search for Next Generation of BioplasticsIn 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. The students are researchers, and they use the bone-shaped plastic pieces to test the strength of new bioplastics — plastics made out of plant material, like wheat…
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Carbon-Negative Raincoat from Algae Bioplastic
View article: Carbon-Negative Raincoat from Algae BioplasticNew York designer Charlotte McCurdy has fashioned a water-resistant jacket from a plastic made of algae, which captures existing CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Supercar Made from Cellulose & Agri Waste
View article: Supercar Made from Cellulose & Agri WasteJapan’s Environment Ministry showed off a one-of-a-kind supercar made from cellulose and agricultural waste. While it is relatively light, it is still able to punch above its weight when it comes to strength and durability.
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New Plant Based Insulating Foam Called Greenprene
View article: New Plant Based Insulating Foam Called GreenpreneHyperflex Unveils New Wetsuit Line 100% Neoprene Free, Sustainable, Plant Based Insulating Foam Called Greenprene®
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The Circular Conundrum for Composites
View article: The Circular Conundrum for CompositesComposites in the Circular Economy was the subject of a lively debate at the Advanced Engineering Conference held at the NEC in Birmingham, UK on 31 October.
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Tuneable Bioplastics
View article: Tuneable BioplasticsPlastics pose a problem for the planet – from the fossil fuels used to produce them to the harmful chemicals released during their slow degradation. But plastic is so ubiquitous that giving it up presents a complex challenge.
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ALPLA Moving Into HDPE Recycling
View article: ALPLA Moving Into HDPE RecyclingALPLA, the global manufacturer of plastic packaging solutions, is further expanding its recycling activities – it is moving into polyolefin recycling with its acquisition of two companies based in Spain.
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Radical Plastics Wins 500 K Award at the 76West Competition
View article: Radical Plastics Wins 500 K Award at the 76West CompetitionRadical Plastics creates biodegradable plastics that address the issue of plastic pollution, while creating energy savings in applications such as mulch film used in agriculture.
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Plastic Ban Increase Demand for Biodegradable Cutlery in Jaipur
View article: Plastic Ban Increase Demand for Biodegradable Cutlery in JaipurThe growing awareness on single-use plastic and its use has increased the demand for biodegradable disposable cutlery across the city.
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Chloroyphyll Water Releases Bioplastics Bottle
View article: Chloroyphyll Water Releases Bioplastics BottleChloroyphyll Water has announced that its 20 fluid ounce bottles are now landfill biodegradable, in a move to eliminate pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and recover clean renewable energy.
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Dotmobile Marketplace Will Sell Bioplastics Phone Cases
View article: Dotmobile Marketplace Will Sell Bioplastics Phone CasesThe first two brands to be featured in dotmobile™’s marketplace are both Canadian. Axessorize continues to establish its reputation as a significant player in the accessories market, having recently executed an accessory promotion with LG in addition to supporting the latest flagship phone launches.
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Biome Reports Successful Quarter for Bioplastics Division
View article: Biome Reports Successful Quarter for Bioplastics DivisionBioplastics and radio frequency technology company Biome Technologies updated the market on its trading for the nine months ended 30 September on Thursday, reporting that revenues in the bioplastics division in the third quarter were £0.9m.
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Mandarin Oriental to Stop Single-Use Plastic
View article: Mandarin Oriental to Stop Single-Use PlasticLuxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental plans to eliminate all single-use plastic by the end of March 2021.
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First Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme in Wales
View article: First Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme in WalesSwansea residents and visitors will see orange bins pop up across the city as the first coffee-cup recycling scheme in Wales launches, thanks to the #InTheLoop campaign.
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Novamont To Lead the Pulpacktion Project
View article: Novamont To Lead the Pulpacktion ProjectWithin the PULPACKTION project, a cellulose-based packaging solution able to compete with current fossil based packaging systems will be launched. This will be accomplished by the combination of improved cellulose pulps and bio-based polymers.
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Hema Launches Bioplastics Toys
View article: Hema Launches Bioplastics ToysHEMA launches together with BiOBUDDi an environmentally-friendly toy line. From next week there will be a brand new toy line available at HEMA.
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Corbion Q3 Results
View article: Corbion Q3 ResultsCorbion reported sales of € 728.9 million in the first nine months of 2019, an increase of 9.4% compared to the first nine months of 2018. Organic sales growth was 2.8%. Adjusted EBITDA in the first nine months increased organically by 5.8% to € 112.1 million.
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UK Consultation For the Revision of Biowaste Treatment Standard Rules
View article: UK Consultation For the Revision of Biowaste Treatment Standard RulesThis consultation proposes revisions to standard rules for biowaste treatment including composting, anaerobic digestion (AD) and sewage sludge activities. We also propose to revoke standard rules for the mechanical biological treatment of waste. We would like your views on these proposals.
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European Bioplastics Demands Complete Implementation of New German Packaging Law
View article: European Bioplastics Demands Complete Implementation of New German Packaging LawBioplastics are a key driver for new developments in the plastic industry. The innovative materials play a key role in the transition to a circular economy, where fossil raw materials are substituted by renewable resources, and resource efficiency is at the forefront.
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NBA Stadiums Start Replacing Plastic Cups with Recyclable Aluminium Cups
View article: NBA Stadiums Start Replacing Plastic Cups with Recyclable Aluminium CupsBall Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment today announced that Ball’s infinitely recyclable aluminum cup will soon be available to visitors at KSE’s Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.
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Total Plans to Double Recycled PP Capacity for Automotive Industry
View article: Total Plans to Double Recycled PP Capacity for Automotive IndustryTotal S.A. has decided to double the production capacity of its affiliate Synova to meet growing market demand for high-performance recycled materials.
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Neste Goes Chemical Recycling with Remondis
View article: Neste Goes Chemical Recycling with RemondisNeste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, and REMONDIS, one of the world’s largest privately owned recycling, service and water companies, have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of chemical recycling of plastic waste.
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Could Biodegradable Foam Curb Weeds Post-Glyphosate?
View article: Could Biodegradable Foam Curb Weeds Post-Glyphosate?An organic, biodegradable alternative to glyphosate may be available to growers in the near future, as a foam-based weed solution is being developed for agricultural purposes.
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WFS Joins Air Cargo War on Plastic Waste Using Biodegradable Wrap
View article: WFS Joins Air Cargo War on Plastic Waste Using Biodegradable WrapWFS has joined a growing group of companies, including Amazon and United Airlines, that are rejecting traditional plastics.
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Dezeen 2019 Sustainable Design Award
View article: Dezeen 2019 Sustainable Design AwardThis years Dezeen Awards have drawn together a coveted array of brands, designers and agencies who have worked on, and carried out, show-stopping projects over the past year.
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Australia Develops New Bio-Materials For Electric Vehicles
View article: Australia Develops New Bio-Materials For Electric VehiclesUniversity of Queensland researchers are developing a new generation of sustainable composite materials designed specifically for electric vehicles.
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Avantium Renewable Polymers Partners with R&F Chemical To Market PEF in South Korea
View article: Avantium Renewable Polymers Partners with R&F Chemical To Market PEF in South KoreaThis partnership is a further validation of Avantium’s strategy to focus on high-value applications for PEF (polyethylene furanoate) for its 5 kilotons Flagship Plant with a planned opening in 2023, announced on the Technology & Markets Day of Avantium in June 2019.
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Shall We Solve Environmental Problems with Individual or Collective Action?
View article: Shall We Solve Environmental Problems with Individual or Collective Action?A New Generation of Leaders Understands That Individual Actions Won’t Fix Our Environmental Problems. By defining environmental citizenship as responsible consumption, sustainability advocates downplay the need for mass action to catalyze structural change.
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Buying Less is Better for Your Happiness Than Buying Green According to US Study
View article: Buying Less is Better for Your Happiness Than Buying Green According to US StudyA new study found that people who consume less are happier than those who engage in other pro-environmental consumer behaviors, like buying environmentally friendly products.
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Life Cycle Assessment of Grocery Carrier Bags by Danish Government
View article: Life Cycle Assessment of Grocery Carrier Bags by Danish GovernmentThis study provides the life cycle environmental impacts of the production, use and disposal (“cradle-to-grave”) of grocery carrier bags. The study was done by DTU Environment and commissioned by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency with the aim to identify the grocery carrier bag with the best environmental performance to be provided in Danish supermarkets.
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Covestro Profit Declined by 70 % Due To Plastic Crisis
View article: Covestro Profit Declined by 70 % Due To Plastic CrisisBig Chemical companies are taking hits due to the plastic crisis. We recently covered the news that BASF revenue declined by 24%. Every company tries to tell the story differently and they’re very good at it. But bottomline, there’s a crisis in the fossil-plastics / chemical industry.
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Ester Baiget Appointed New CEO of Novozymes
View article: Ester Baiget Appointed New CEO of NovozymesOn 1 February 2020, Ester Baiget will take up the position as President & CEO of Novozymes. Ester joins from a position as Business President for Dow’s Industrial Solutions and is a member of the executive leadership team. She is an experienced international leader with a strong track-record.
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Danimer Scientific and UrthPact Launch New Compostable Straw
View article: Danimer Scientific and UrthPact Launch New Compostable StrawUrthPact expands line of compostable single-use straws with marine degradable options using Danimer Scientific’s Nodax™ PHA material
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Who Will Be the Person of the Year 2019?
View article: Who Will Be the Person of the Year 2019?Who deserves to be called Person of the Year 2019? Who was the best and outperformed his or her peers? Who was the champion and deserves to win the title? Here are the final candidates for the award.
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South-Korea To Compete With Japan on Bio-Polycarbonate
View article: South-Korea To Compete With Japan on Bio-PolycarbonateKRICT comes in as a new leading player in the monopolized bio-polycarbonate market. Potential alternative for petroleum polycarbonate containing environmental hormone sources.
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Seaweed Diapers
View article: Seaweed DiapersThe invention of the disposable diaper was a godsend to new parents. It’s hard enough dealing with the grueling schedule of round-the-clock diaper changes, let alone pinning and hand-washing cloth diapers.
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IKEA Israel Removes All Single-Use Plastics Tableware and Bags from Stores
View article: IKEA Israel Removes All Single-Use Plastics Tableware and Bags from StoresFurniture giant announced last year it was removing all disposable items from its stores, worldwide.
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EU Funds Consortium to Use Lignin as Platform for Chemicals and Materials
View article: EU Funds Consortium to Use Lignin as Platform for Chemicals and MaterialsA Dutch consortium led by Vertoro has been granted €1.2 million to investigate the potential of crude lignin oil as a platform for sustainable chemicals and materials.
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Large-Scale Textile Recycling Using Wood Fibers
View article: Large-Scale Textile Recycling Using Wood FibersAt present, no one in the world can recycle fibres from blended fabrics on a large scale. Södra now has a unique solution that will enable circular flows in the fashion and textile industry.
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Bio-Film Formers for Sun Creams
View article: Bio-Film Formers for Sun CreamsLexFilm Sun Natural MB is a multidimensional film-forming polymer which imparts superior water-resistance to sunscreens in comparison to leading synthetic polymers.
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India Starts Campaign Beat Plastic Pollution with Sla and Pla
View article: India Starts Campaign Beat Plastic Pollution with Sla and PlaThe Meghalaya State Planning Board on Monday launched an initiative to reduce the use of single-use plastic by people in the state.
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KLM Makes Tools From PET Bottles Using 3D Printers
View article: KLM Makes Tools From PET Bottles Using 3D PrintersKLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the first airline in the world to recycle PET bottles to make tools for repairing and maintaining its aircraft. Empty bottles are collected at the end of every flight and transformed into filament, the material used in 3D printers.
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Technological Remedies to Plastic Waste in the Mediterranean are Themselves Risky
View article: Technological Remedies to Plastic Waste in the Mediterranean are Themselves RiskyMarine environments are the most commonly affected by dumping and, with a projected 2 billion tonnes of plastic being produced by 2050, the exact amount that might reach the oceans is not known.
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Indian Company makes Biodegradable Plates From Leaves
View article: Indian Company makes Biodegradable Plates From LeavesVistaraku, a company based in India, makes biodegradable plates and bowls from the leaves of the Palash tree.
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Biodegradable Makeup Wipes You Can Throw in the Compost
View article: Biodegradable Makeup Wipes You Can Throw in the CompostSome of them break down in as quickly as 28 days.
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The Unfair Treatment of Biodegradable Mexican Chewing Gum
View article: The Unfair Treatment of Biodegradable Mexican Chewing GumA biodegradable, organic gum shouldn’t have to pay the same taxes as gums made from petrochemicals, writes Amanda Rosalia Aranda Novoa.
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Bioplastics Wins the 2019 European Social Innovation Competition
View article: Bioplastics Wins the 2019 European Social Innovation CompetitionThe European Commission announced the winners of the 2019 European Social Innovation Competition, for their innovative answer to plastic waste and recycling.
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New Awareness Campaign for Separate Collection of BioWaste in France
View article: New Awareness Campaign for Separate Collection of BioWaste in FranceThe purpose of this campaign is to make separate collection of biowaste a topic during the next French local council elections of 2020.
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Novamont Global Commitment Progress Report
View article: Novamont Global Commitment Progress ReportLaunched in October 2018 by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, the Global Commitment unites businesses, governments, and other organisations from around the world behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastics, in which plastics never become waste.
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Plastic Federations Oppose Italian Plastic Tax Proposals
View article: Plastic Federations Oppose Italian Plastic Tax ProposalsDuring a meeting held in Düsseldorf at the K trade show, the three Presidents of the European plastics industry associations, Renato Zelcher (European Plastics Converters), Javier Constante (PlasticsEurope) and Ton Emans (Plastic Recyclers Europe), agreed to oppose the Italian Government’s tax proposal of 1000 € per ton of plastic packaging.
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The New Luxury Award
View article: The New Luxury AwardPerfume, Packaging and Packing of the future – Sustainability following the New Luxury Code. Packaging is what a consumer sees first, before the product. Packaging serves a practical purpose, but it also carries a story and communicate a brand’s values.
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Dove Plastic Packaging Strategy
View article: Dove Plastic Packaging StrategyDove, one of the largest beauty brands in the world, unveils new initiatives and impact figures to accelerate the global beauty industry’s progress to address plastic waste.
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Reuters Investigates on the Bio-on Saga
View article: Reuters Investigates on the Bio-on SagaThe head of Italy’s Bio-on (ON.MI) was arrested on Wednesday in a probe into false accounting and market manipulation, just three months after the bio-plastics maker suffered an attack by a short seller fund that erased 80% of its value.
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Florida School Switches to Biodegradable School Lunch Trays
View article: Florida School Switches to Biodegradable School Lunch TraysThe school is the first in the county to utilize the plant-based trays.
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Revolutionary Technology Breaks Plastic Into Liquid Oil
View article: Revolutionary Technology Breaks Plastic Into Liquid OilWhen Kenneth Poeppelmeier opened the reactor vessel in his lab and saw liquid, he said it was a real “eureka moment”.
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Baltimore Bans Styrofoam and Plastic Foam!
View article: Baltimore Bans Styrofoam and Plastic Foam!On October 19, Baltimore began its plastic foam ban. The ban is aimed at businesses and includes Styrofoam containers.
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Bio-on President Has Been Placed Under House Arrest
View article: Bio-on President Has Been Placed Under House ArrestThe President and founder of the Italian bioplastics company Bio-on, Marco Astorri, has been charged and placed under house arrest by the prosecutor’s office in Bologna.
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Kaneka Highlights Bioplastics Technology at K 2019
View article: Kaneka Highlights Bioplastics Technology at K 2019The Japan-based company has developed the bio-based and biodegradable polymer PHBH, which is recyclable through composting and also biodegradable in natural environments, including marine waters.
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Is a Substitute for Plastic Coming Anytime Soon?
View article: Is a Substitute for Plastic Coming Anytime Soon?For most of us, hearing the world plastic makes us think of single-use plastics like plastic bags or disposable plastic water bottles, but plastic covers a much wider variety of materials than that.
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Bioplastics Hit the Big Time, Going Beyond Product Packaging
View article: Bioplastics Hit the Big Time, Going Beyond Product PackagingEarlier this month, many of us were duly impressed with Unilever’s pledge to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025. The announcement followed Procter & Gamble’s September pledge to increase the post-consumer recycled (PCR) content in its liquid detergent bottles to 50 percent and reach up to 100 percent PCR content in its conditioner…
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BASF Revenue in Decline by 24% Due to Plastic Crisis and Brexit
View article: BASF Revenue in Decline by 24% Due to Plastic Crisis and BrexitEBIT before special items declines to €1.1 billion, primarily due to significantly lower earnings contributions from Chemicals and Materials.
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World First Biobased PVC Hits the Market
View article: World First Biobased PVC Hits the MarketThe world’s first certification to RSB’s new Advanced Products Standard was announced today, with the launch of INOVYN’s latest generation of PVC with a 100% RSB-certified supply chain.
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3Rs and Biodegradable Materials to Fight Plastic Pollution Says Philippines Government
View article: 3Rs and Biodegradable Materials to Fight Plastic Pollution Says Philippines GovernmentON top of producing environment-friendly packaging materials, researchers need to help manufacturers come up with ways to reduce, reuse and recycle (3R), to address the biggest challenge posed by global plastic pollution, officials of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said.
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Clariant and Polymateria Launch Partnership to Bring Bioplastics to Asia
View article: Clariant and Polymateria Launch Partnership to Bring Bioplastics to AsiaPolymateria, a British business developing a new standard in biodegradable and compostable plastics, has announced a partnership with Clariant, one of the world’s leading specialty chemical companies, to bring its new Biotransformation technology to market in South East Asia. The announcement was made at the K Show in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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DSM To Provide Bioplastics or Recycled Alternative to Plastics Portfolio
View article: DSM To Provide Bioplastics or Recycled Alternative to Plastics PortfolioRoyal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable living, today announces at the K-Show that its engineering plastics business will offer a full alternative range of its existing portfolio based on bio- and/or recycled-based materials by 2030.
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Ferrero Commits to 100% Reusable, Recyclable or Compostable Packaging by 2025
View article: Ferrero Commits to 100% Reusable, Recyclable or Compostable Packaging by 2025The Ferrero Group releases its 10th Corporate Social Responsibility Report and announces a new commitment to make all packaging 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
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Six Final Candidates Competing for the Biocomposite of the Year 2019 Award
View article: Six Final Candidates Competing for the Biocomposite of the Year 2019 AwardThe winners of the innovation award “Biocomposite of the Year 2019” will be chosen at the “8th Biocomposites Conference Cologne”, in Cologne, Germany.
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How to Use, Recycle and Dispose Plastic Bags Responsibly
View article: How to Use, Recycle and Dispose Plastic Bags ResponsiblyEven if you’re diligently working to reduce waste, disposable bags probably ease into your routine. Produce bags. Paper bags. Pretzel bags. Pet-waste bags. Garbage bags. Gift bags. Biodegradable bags. And so on. Even reusable bags eventually wear out. What is the best way to responsibly discard different kinds of disposable bags in an earth-friendly manner?…
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100% Biodegradable Tableware That Will Turn into Soil in 90 Days
View article: 100% Biodegradable Tableware That Will Turn into Soil in 90 DaysEco-friendly products that look good and are useful.
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Novamont Sustainability Report 2018
View article: Novamont Sustainability Report 2018Since 2008, Novamont has published the Sustainability Report in accordance with the international guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the main international standard for sustainability reporting, currently in the most up-to-date version of GRI-Standards.
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Packaging Strategy of Mitsubishi Chemical
View article: Packaging Strategy of Mitsubishi ChemicalWe were able to put our hands on the packaging strategy and complete technology portfolio of Mitsubishi Chemical.
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Irish SUP Ban Bill Aims to Put Biodegradable Packaging on Supermarket Shelves
View article: Irish SUP Ban Bill Aims to Put Biodegradable Packaging on Supermarket ShelvesA proposed new law which aims to ban certain types of single-use plastics will be debated in the Dáil next week.
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New Bioplastic Packaging Material Combines Polygamma-butyrolactone and Polytrans-hexahydrophthalide
View article: New Bioplastic Packaging Material Combines Polygamma-butyrolactone and Polytrans-hexahydrophthalideScientists Haritz Sardón, Ainara Sangroniz, and Agustin Etxeberria at the UPV/EHU’s Faculty of Chemistry, along with the scientists, Jian-Bo and Xiaoyan Tang Eugene Y.-X. Chen Zhu at Colorado State University, have created fully recyclable plastic that endorses the circular economy for plastic packaging materials where design and manufacturing fully adjust to requirements about reusing and…
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A Look At Leading Bioplastics Companies
View article: A Look At Leading Bioplastics CompaniesBiodegradable plastics is a popular new trend that means we can avoid plastics that don’t break down and hence damage the environment. The biodegradable plastics market is projected to grow from USD 3.02 billion in 2018 to USD 6.12 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 15.1%. Some leading biodegradable plastic companies to consider.
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Selfridges Switches to Bioplastics for Christmas Food Packaging
View article: Selfridges Switches to Bioplastics for Christmas Food PackagingSelfridges is removing plastic packaging across its own brand range of Christmas food, switching to home compostable alternatives for 90,000 mince pies and 3,000 Christmas cakes.
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A Guide to Sustainable Packaging Labels
View article: A Guide to Sustainable Packaging LabelsConsumers are choosing brands they think are better for the planet, so it’s important they know what they’re getting.



































































































