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How To Increase Composting in Australia
View article: How To Increase Composting in AustraliaWith all the recent discussion about plastic exports, it’s easy to forget that organics remains our single largest recycling opportunity, writes Rose Read CEO of the National Waste Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC).
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Novamont CEO To Become Member of EU Mission Boards
View article: Novamont CEO To Become Member of EU Mission BoardsOn 30th July Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, announced the names of the experts who have been selected as members of the mission boards to work on five of the main challenges Europe is facing.
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Hotels Are Banning Mini Plastic Toiletries and Here are Alternatives
View article: Hotels Are Banning Mini Plastic Toiletries and Here are AlternativesYou may love the mini bottles of posh shampoos on your hotel stay, but 200m of them are dumped in landfill each year. There is a better way
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Bioplastics Splint For Bone Fractures
View article: Bioplastics Splint For Bone FracturesA novel splint for immobilizing bone fractures has been developed that can be repeatedly reshaped during treatment, such as, for example, when the swelling subsides.
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Discovery of Novel Enzyme Genes and Metabolic Pathway for Lignin Valorization
View article: Discovery of Novel Enzyme Genes and Metabolic Pathway for Lignin ValorizationMicrobial conversions known as “biological funneling” have attracted attention for their ability to upgrade heterogeneous mixtures of low-molecular-weight aromatic compounds obtained by chemical lignin depolymerization.
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Palm Oil and The Bioplastics Industry
View article: Palm Oil and The Bioplastics IndustryAre we using palm oil to produce Bioplastics?
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Degradable Polymeric Composite Coatings for Biodegradable Medical Applications
View article: Degradable Polymeric Composite Coatings for Biodegradable Medical ApplicationsA current study deals with degradable polymeric composite coatings for biodegradable medical applications deposited by laser technology.
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FMCG Should Stop Using Vague Environmental Terms like Biodegradable
View article: FMCG Should Stop Using Vague Environmental Terms like BiodegradableMaterials are often described as reusable, recyclable, biodegradable or compostable. To the untrained ear these can sound relatively similar, even though they mean different things.
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Japan Funds Bioplastics Industry in South Africa
View article: Japan Funds Bioplastics Industry in South AfricaWith excessive plastic waste under the spotlight, sustainable and plant-based alternatives are currently in development in South Africa. The country has large amounts of sugar cane bagasse and other biomass feed-stocks which are suitable for bio-plastics.
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These Corals Choose to Eat Plastic Over Food
View article: These Corals Choose to Eat Plastic Over FoodTiny plastic particles may also be a vehicle for microbes that sicken or even kill corals, a new study finds.
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Coke and Pepsi Abandon the Plastics Lobby
View article: Coke and Pepsi Abandon the Plastics LobbyCoca-Cola and PepsiCo, two major sellers of plastic bottles, have made sweeping sustainability commitments. Now they are stepping away from a plastics lobbying group.
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Irish Lidle To Sell Seaweed Underwear
View article: Irish Lidle To Sell Seaweed UnderwearThis is the next step in sustainable fashion – sustainable undies!
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Trump Goes Into Plastics With Trump Straws
View article: Trump Goes Into Plastics With Trump StrawsThis time it’s real! Trump Goes into Plastics.
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Turning Agro Waste Into Bioplastics
View article: Turning Agro Waste Into BioplasticsIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy’s port city of Genoa is making bioplastics from agro-waste. The institute has tied up with the city’s central vegetable market for sourcing raw material.
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Colorful Compostable Bioplastics
View article: Colorful Compostable BioplasticsYou have to read this one! I’m impressed.
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Bioplastics Ranking July 2019
View article: Bioplastics Ranking July 2019Here’s the Ranking of the Most Popular Bioplastic Companies and Brands of July 2019.
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Lavazza to Launch 100 percent Compostable Coffee Capsules in November
View article: Lavazza to Launch 100 percent Compostable Coffee Capsules in NovemberLavazza has announced that it will be introducing Eco Caps, its first 100 percent compostable coffee capsules, with a view to making all of its coffee capsules compostable by 2025.
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BASF Launches Bio-based and Biodegradable Dishwasher Tabs
View article: BASF Launches Bio-based and Biodegradable Dishwasher TabsTaking sustainability of chelating agents to the next level. BASF produces Trilon® M Max EcoBalanced according to the biomass balance approach. World-class product quality in perfect balance with ecological resources.
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Legal Battle on Single-Use Plastics Ban in Indonesia
View article: Legal Battle on Single-Use Plastics Ban in IndonesiaIndonesia’s top court has rejected a challenge to a ban on single-use plastics on the island of Bali.
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Irish Supermarkets To Be Fined for Using Too Much Plastic
View article: Irish Supermarkets To Be Fined for Using Too Much PlasticSupermarkets face fines and risk being named and shamed for creating excess waste or using too much plastic under plans to be teased out in September.
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Nestlé To Use Biodegradable Security Tags on Transport Fleet
View article: Nestlé To Use Biodegradable Security Tags on Transport FleetMultinational launches latest initiative to tackle single-use plastic consumption
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Why Haven’t Bioplastics Taken over the World?
View article: Why Haven’t Bioplastics Taken over the World?As a global call from many public figures, such as David Attenborough, to reduce plastic waste. It begs the question, why isn’t there a commercially viable biobased plastic?
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Most UK People Support Bottle Deposit System
View article: Most UK People Support Bottle Deposit SystemAll-in’ model would mean charge added to plastic, glass, aluminium and steel containers.
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Food For Plastic Waste
View article: Food For Plastic WasteHungry, but don’t have cash? No problem, bring plastic waste and get a free meal, said the mayor of an Indian city where the country’s first “garbage cafe” will open next month.
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Panasonic Goes Bioplastics
View article: Panasonic Goes BioplasticsHigh production costs a concern in shift away from petroleum-based plastics.
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The First Bioplastic Millionaire
View article: The First Bioplastic MillionaireDid we Witness the First Bioplastic Millionaire?
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Biodegradable Plastics Have Existed for Decades. So why Aren’t They Mainstream?
View article: Biodegradable Plastics Have Existed for Decades. So why Aren’t They Mainstream?As Earth’s oceans becoming a plastic dumping ground, why haven’t biodegradable plastics been normalized yet?
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Philippines Makes Bioplastic From Mango and Seaweed
View article: Philippines Makes Bioplastic From Mango and SeaweedA Cebuano research intern in the Institute of Biological Chemistry at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan is taking bioplastic a notch higher.
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BP Bunge Bioenergia Switches the Marketing Machine On
View article: BP Bunge Bioenergia Switches the Marketing Machine OnBP Bunge Bioenergia Switches the Marketing Machine On.
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The Truth About Biodegradable Plastic Dog Poop Bags
View article: The Truth About Biodegradable Plastic Dog Poop BagsBanning single-use plastic bags is a hot topic these days, with plastic bags being banned in 68 countries worldwide. Many cities in Canada are joining the fight on single-use plastics, due to their detrimental effects on the environment. Even still, plastic bags remain the primary method of dog poop removal for lots of dog owners.
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European Consumer Organisations Call for Regulation on Paper and Board Food Contact Materials
View article: European Consumer Organisations Call for Regulation on Paper and Board Food Contact MaterialsWhile these materials are essential to how we transport, preserve, and ultimately consume our food, they may also negatively impact the quality and safety of foodstuffs.
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Bioplastic Ban in Missouri
View article: Bioplastic Ban in MissouriA ban on single-use disposable food service ware made from plastic or bioplastic that goes into effect for retail outlets Jan. 1 will be one of the strictest in Jackson County.
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Role of Bioplastics in Sustainable Packaging
View article: Role of Bioplastics in Sustainable PackagingThe packaging industry gathered in Seattle in early April for SPC Impact 2019, an event held by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (Charlottesville, VA) to review the latest trends and innovations in reducing the environmental impacts of packaged goods.
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What Will Chemical Companies Showcase at K 2019?
View article: What Will Chemical Companies Showcase at K 2019?What will your competitors show at K 2019?
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Scots Firm Develop Biodegradable Packaging Made From Langoustines
View article: Scots Firm Develop Biodegradable Packaging Made From LangoustinesA Scottish company is developing a biodegradable food wrapping using waste material from shellfish.
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Bio-On Reassures The Market
View article: Bio-On Reassures The MarketStatement from the Bio-On Board of Directors Regarding Recent Attempt to Manipulate Stock Price.
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Is a US Company Bullying The market?
View article: Is a US Company Bullying The market?The stock price of Italian bioplastics maker Bio-On srl fell just over 10 percent on July 24 after the release of a scathing report by a U.S. investment firm.
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McDonalds Sustainable Toy Commitment
View article: McDonalds Sustainable Toy CommitmentMcDonald’s has responded to a viral petition calling on it to cease distributing plastic toys to children in its Happy Meals by committing to exploring more sustainable giveaway options.
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City of London Corporation to Ban Unnecessary Plastic Waste
View article: City of London Corporation to Ban Unnecessary Plastic WasteThe organisation aims to eradicate unnecessary single-use plastics from entire organisation by 2021.
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Iceland Returns to Plastic After Huge Drop in Sales
View article: Iceland Returns to Plastic After Huge Drop in SalesIceland boss Richard Walker has admitted the group still has a ‘mountain to climb’ on its plastic-free pledge after it was forced back to the drawing board on two key trials.
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Afterlife Project – Converting WasteWater into PHA
View article: Afterlife Project – Converting WasteWater into PHAThe AFTERLIFE project proposes a flexible, cost- and resource-efficient process for recovering and valorizing the relevant fractions from wastewater. It will represent an advance on existing approaches to wastewater treatment, which rely on physic-chemical and biological methods.
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Panama Becomes First Central American Nation to ban Plastic Bags
View article: Panama Becomes First Central American Nation to ban Plastic BagsPanama on Saturday became the first Central American nation to ban single-use plastic bags to try to curb pollution on its beaches and help tackle what the United Nations has identified as one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges.
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Who Will Win The European Social Innovation Competition?
View article: Who Will Win The European Social Innovation Competition?The European Social Innovation Competition is an initiative run by the European Commission across all European countries. The 2019 Competition is titled Challenging Plastic Waste. This competition seeks the most innovative projects, products, services, business models and collaborations that tackle plastic waste.
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New Zealand Mayor Clashes With Cosmetic Company Sephora Over Waste Disposal
View article: New Zealand Mayor Clashes With Cosmetic Company Sephora Over Waste DisposalMatthew Tukaki, Executive Director of the Council and Chair of the Auckland District Council has called on Sephora to answer for accusations of dumping of materials into the drains on Queen Street.
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UK Government Asks Input From the Bioplastics Industry
View article: UK Government Asks Input From the Bioplastics IndustryUK Government seeks evidence to help develop standards for biodegradable, compostable and bio-based plastics, and an understanding of their environmental impacts.
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UK Government Launches Bioplastics Drive
View article: UK Government Launches Bioplastics DriveThe Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced a drive to encourage innovation in bioplastics.
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Will BP Force Its Way Into Bioplastics?
View article: Will BP Force Its Way Into Bioplastics?BP Just announced a New Joint Venture with Bunge. The 50-50% JV will be called BP Bunge Bioenergia.
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Cambodia Sends Plastic Waste Back to U.S. and Canada
View article: Cambodia Sends Plastic Waste Back to U.S. and CanadaScores of plastic waste shipments have been arriving in Southeast Asia from Western countries, and now the Asian nations are pushing back.
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Israel Goes Bioplastics
View article: Israel Goes BioplasticsTipa, SodaStream, and Incredibowl are some of the Israeli companies using technology to try and counteract Israel’s bad plastic habit
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Americans Develop Biodegradable Insulation
View article: Americans Develop Biodegradable InsulationIn a University of Alaska Anchorage laboratory, researchers have been growing lightweight and fuzzy panels from mushroom tissue that they say could be used as insulation for shipping frozen fish.
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New Biocomposite Lids on Crème Fraiche and Quark Tubs
View article: New Biocomposite Lids on Crème Fraiche and Quark TubsStora Enso and Valio are introducing reusable biocomposite lids this fall at Valio’s sales demonstrations. This cooperation is intended to trial how this new material works when combined with a traditional food package and to encourage Finns to reduce their food waste.
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BBC Covers Alternatives to Plastic Packaging
View article: BBC Covers Alternatives to Plastic PackagingSo what can be used instead of plastic packaging? BBC takes a look at some of the alternatives.
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Cigarette Butts and Not Plastic Straws Are Largest Human Caused Pollutant
View article: Cigarette Butts and Not Plastic Straws Are Largest Human Caused PollutantThe plastic straw has been at the forefront of conversations about damaging man-made waste but cigarette butts have turned out to be an even bigger problem. An estimated 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year, The BBC reports, and their effects are incredibly harmful.
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Deep Purple EU Received Funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking
View article: Deep Purple EU Received Funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint UndertakingNovamont is glad to be a partner of a new European project, Deep Purple, financed by Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
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Asian Delegations Briefed by US Corn Industry
View article: Asian Delegations Briefed by US Corn IndustryA recent program designed by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) offered teams from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea perspective on how corn ethanol and corn starch could contribute to bio-based products including bio-plastics, paints, detergents, cosmetics, perfumes and other chemical applications.
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Stora Enso Invests in Bio-Based Carbon Materials for Energy Storage
View article: Stora Enso Invests in Bio-Based Carbon Materials for Energy StorageStora Enso is investing EUR 10 million to build a pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials based on lignin.
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South China Morning Post Covers Biodegradable Energy Gel Packets
View article: South China Morning Post Covers Biodegradable Energy Gel PacketsBioplastic energy gel packets are made from compostable material that disappears with rain and insects. They are not the perfect solution because they may perpetuate single use culture, but they are better than traditional plastic.
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Java to Replace Plastic Packaging With Cassava Bioplastics
View article: Java to Replace Plastic Packaging With Cassava BioplasticsThe Central Java administration has embarked on a mission to gradually replace plastic packaging with bioplastics made of cassava peel, which its producer claims is more environmentally friendly than petroleum-based plastics.
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Biofuel Company Secures $118 Mln To Produce Bioplastics
View article: Biofuel Company Secures $118 Mln To Produce BioplasticsGenera announced today it has secured more than $118 million in new investment for its first manufacturing facility to produce its Earthable® line of sustainable agricultural fiber products.
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Edible Rice Bioplastics Straws
View article: Edible Rice Bioplastics StrawsIn efforts to solve the world’s plastic waste problem, a Malaysian company called Mistraws Manufacturing Sdn Bhd has created edible rice straws.
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Banning Single Use Plastics in Norway
View article: Banning Single Use Plastics in NorwayEunomia has been working with Mepex on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) to map the impacts of a switch away from 19 commonly-littered single use plastic items in Norway.
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Abuses in The Renewable Sector
View article: Abuses in The Renewable SectorDeath threats, child labour and other human rights abuses by companies in the renewable sector.
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Will UN Make an End to the BioFuel Sector?
View article: Will UN Make an End to the BioFuel Sector?A Leaked UN Report on the Food vs fuel debate.
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Company Removes Algae from Water to Make Bioplastics
View article: Company Removes Algae from Water to Make BioplasticsSeveral beaches along the Mississippi coast are closed because of algae blooms that could potentially cause harm to those who come in contact with the water.
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EU Roadmap For the Blue Bioeconomy
View article: EU Roadmap For the Blue BioeconomyStakeholders have given their feedback on the Blue Bio-Economy to the European Commission regarding. Here’s the draft roadmap.
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Current Trends in Bioresin Manufacturing
View article: Current Trends in Bioresin ManufacturingPlastics are among the most versatile materials on the planet, but humanity’s propensity to misuse single-use plastic items like straws and flatware has become an environmental threat. That’s where bioresin comes in — slowly.
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Are Compostable Packaging a Source of Toxic PFAS?
View article: Are Compostable Packaging a Source of Toxic PFAS?It’s summertime, which means the tourists are flocking to beachside ice cream stands. With their double scoop of blueberry, however, they may be getting a dose of toxic PFAS — thanks to the lax oversight of these harmful industrial chemicals entering our food supply.
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French President Macron Promotes Bioplastics
View article: French President Macron Promotes BioplasticsBioplastics promoted by French President Macron. What an article to start your week!
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The Power Of Sustainable Packaging
View article: The Power Of Sustainable PackagingSoftware Giant SAP Shares its Opinion on Sustainable Packaging.
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Biodegradable Clay Targets
View article: Biodegradable Clay TargetsModern clay targets aren’t clay. Most include ingredients, including a petroleum-based binder, that are not environmentally friendly.
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Is Vegan Leather Better?
View article: Is Vegan Leather Better?Is vegan leather an ethical, sustainable alternative – or just plastic in a new wrapping?
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Mushrooms that Eat Plastics
View article: Mushrooms that Eat PlasticsDidi you know that in 2016 a Mushroom that eats plastics was discovered?
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Petition Calls for McDonalds and Burger King to Eliminate Plastic Toys
View article: Petition Calls for McDonalds and Burger King to Eliminate Plastic ToysThousands in the U.K. are pushing McDonald’s and Burger King to eliminate plastic toys from being included in the brands’ kids’ meals.
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Swedish Government To Ban Plastic Cups
View article: Swedish Government To Ban Plastic CupsSweden’s government wants to look into a ban on plastic cups and food containers, going a step further the EU directive on single-use plastics, the Minister for the Environment has said.
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Adidas and Stella McCartney Launch Biodegradable Dress
View article: Adidas and Stella McCartney Launch Biodegradable DressaAidas by Stella McCartney pilots recyclable hoodie and biodegradable dress.
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There’s a Plastic Film in Every Can
View article: There’s a Plastic Film in Every CanThere’s a plastic layer inside drink cans according to Dutch NGO.
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Porsche Goes Bioplastics
View article: Porsche Goes BioplasticsAutomaker Porsche is leveraging the benefits of organic materials in automotive manufacturing applications.
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Committee on Climate Change Asks Ban on Biodegradable Waste to Landfill
View article: Committee on Climate Change Asks Ban on Biodegradable Waste to LandfillThe Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says the UK should bring forward a ban on biodegradable waste to landfill to 2025 after a new report published by the Committee revealed the UK to be ‘lagging far behind’ on efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a recommendation that has split opinion within the waste industry.
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American Builds Lamborghini With Bioplastics
View article: American Builds Lamborghini With BioplasticsFor the past year and a half, physicist sterling backus and his son have been working on a mostly 3D-printed, full-scale, functional lamborghini aventador. The goal, as he states on the facebook page that follows the project, is to show kids how cool science and engineering are, and demonstrate the power of technology. For the…
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Reuters Covers Biodegradable Toys
View article: Reuters Covers Biodegradable ToysThe following video on biodegradable toys was published on Reuters.
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Kanye West Will Launch Biodegradable Shoes Made From Algae
View article: Kanye West Will Launch Biodegradable Shoes Made From AlgaeYEEZY Is Working on Biodegradable Shoes Made of Algae.
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The Inventor of Paper Straws Goes Bioplastics
View article: The Inventor of Paper Straws Goes BioplasticsStraw maker Stone Straw fights back with bioplastic straws.
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The First BASF Chemcycling Prototypes
View article: The First BASF Chemcycling PrototypesIn December 2018, BASF announced that they were moving into chemcycling. What happened to that promise? Where’s the material? Where are the products?
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The First Skis Made From Algae Bioplastics
View article: The First Skis Made From Algae BioplasticsThe First Skis Made from Algae Bioplastics were launched by Americans.
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Will Seaweed Disrupt The Cosmetic Masks Industry?
View article: Will Seaweed Disrupt The Cosmetic Masks Industry?Lonza has developed a sustainable solution to disposable facial masks and patches, which it believes will be a game-changer for the category.
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Company Receives Grant By Canadian Government to Develop Biodegradable Fishing Line
View article: Company Receives Grant By Canadian Government to Develop Biodegradable Fishing LineThis past month, the Government of Canada announced local company Plantee Bioplastics Inc. will receive a grant of $138,000 to help further the development of their biodegradable fishing line.
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USDA to Amend Federal Procurement Guidelines for Biobased Products
View article: USDA to Amend Federal Procurement Guidelines for Biobased ProductsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Procurement and Property Management published a final rule on July 5, 2019, that will amend the Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement (Guidelines) to add 30 sections designating the product categories within which biobased products would be afforded procurement preference by federal agencies and their…
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What’s New in PHA Bioplastics?
View article: What’s New in PHA Bioplastics?An update with Cambridge Consultants, product developers and technology consultants based in the UK.
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Cargill Moving Into Bio-Industrial
View article: Cargill Moving Into Bio-IndustrialWhat do yoga pants, toothpaste, home insulation and transformer fluid have in common? All of them might contain products made by the Cargill Bioindustrial Group.
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First Clothes Made From Bioplastics
View article: First Clothes Made From BioplasticsThe EcoRain Poncho is made using 99% Brazilian sugarcane bioplastic.
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Message From The CEO of Mistubishi Chemical
View article: Message From The CEO of Mistubishi ChemicalBecoming a chemical company that grows sustainably by accurately anticipating social change.
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ARS At the Forefront of Cornstarch Research
View article: ARS At the Forefront of Cornstarch ResearchAt the 2019 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and AgTech in Des Moines, Iowa, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist Gordon Selling today reported on his group’s use of steam-jet cooking and other processing methods to create a starch-vegetable-oil-based complex with a variety of useful properties.
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Will Bioplastics Make Surfboards Eco-Friendly?
View article: Will Bioplastics Make Surfboards Eco-Friendly?Surfboards are not as eco-friendly as you might think. Could bio-based materials and new technological developments help?
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The Guardian Writes About Bioplastics
View article: The Guardian Writes About BioplasticsFinding solutions to prevent harmful plastic waste is far from simple.
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Clariant Sustainable Plastic Policy
View article: Clariant Sustainable Plastic PolicyAs part of a Clariant-wide program to create a more sustainable plastics industry, the Packaging Market Segment within the Masterbatches Business Unit is working to help brand owners and packaging producers realize their objectives for creating packaging that is more environmentally friendly.
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Cyprus Plastic bag Use Reduced by 80% in One Year
View article: Cyprus Plastic bag Use Reduced by 80% in One YearUse of single use plastic bags has plummeted by 80%, a year after the introduction of a 5 cent levy, Elena Christodoulidou of the Environment Service told the Cyprus News Agency.
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Packaging That You Can Plant After Use
View article: Packaging That You Can Plant After UseBiopack by George Bosnas is packaging made from seeds that grow when planted.
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Australian Lawsuit on Biodegradability and Compostability Claim
View article: Australian Lawsuit on Biodegradability and Compostability ClaimWoolworths has seen off a legal challenge from the consumer watchdog after a federal court judge found that a range of biodegradable plates and cutlery could turn into useable compost within weeks.
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