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Two Companies Develop Bioplastics Mats
View article: Two Companies Develop Bioplastics MatsTwo companies develop a bioplastic clean room mat.
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Samsung Goes Bioplastics
View article: Samsung Goes BioplasticsYour next Samsung phone could come in recycled and bio-based paper and plastic wrapping.
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Vice President of India Promotes Bioplastics
View article: Vice President of India Promotes Bioplastics“While plastics have a lot of advantages, it also has a negative impact, mainly on the sustenance of natural resources,” Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu said at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) held in the city on Thursday.
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Unilever and Bio-on Launch My Kai the New Ultra-Green Sun Creams
View article: Unilever and Bio-on Launch My Kai the New Ultra-Green Sun CreamsThe partnership between Unilever and Bio-on has created the new brand My Kai, set to enter the cosmetics market with the first line of eco-friendly sun creams.
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Attis: A Pursuit For A Sustainable Future
View article: Attis: A Pursuit For A Sustainable FutureAttis is revolutionizing biomass processing for diverse applications that include bioplastics, consumer goods, adhesives, carbon fiber, renewable fuels, and green chemicals.
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Berkeley Targets Disposable Foodware With New Ordinance
View article: Berkeley Targets Disposable Foodware With New OrdinanceEarlier this week, Berkeley City Council voted unanimously on a new ordinance that will radically change the way restaurants operate in the city.
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Malaysian Government Promotes Bioplastics
View article: Malaysian Government Promotes BioplasticsThe government is encouraging eco-friendly products to substitute single-use plastics as part of its efforts to move towards a more sustainable environment. To this end, it is engaging with all stakeholders to get input to meet its goal of eliminating plastic pollution in Malaysia.
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Indonesians Invent Drinkable Bioplastics Bags
View article: Indonesians Invent Drinkable Bioplastics BagsA group of Indonesians have invented a mind blowing eco-friendly biodegradable bag, that one can reuse, or even dissolve and drink.
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Researchers Work to Improve PLA Properties Through Thermal Treatment
View article: Researchers Work to Improve PLA Properties Through Thermal TreatmentPLA is one of the most commonly used 3D printing materials, but it is not without its problems.
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Sweden Accelarates Transition To Fossil-Free Packaging
View article: Sweden Accelarates Transition To Fossil-Free PackagingSwedish researchers, packaging manufacturers, printing companies and brand owners are investing in a joint test bed for fossil-free packaging solutions to make the packaging of tomorrow more environmentally friendly.
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Will Floreon Overtake Biome Technologies?
View article: Will Floreon Overtake Biome Technologies?Biome Technologies PLC said it expects a jump in its annual revenue and a significant drop in revenue for its Bioplastics division.
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Barbados Bans Petrol-Based Single Use Plastics
View article: Barbados Bans Petrol-Based Single Use PlasticsBarbados bans the importation, retail, sale and use of petro-based single use plastic products.
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US Company Revolutionise the Recycling of Bioplastics
View article: US Company Revolutionise the Recycling of BioplasticsLos Angeles startup sees possibility of mechanical recycling of PLA
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Is Biodegradable Always Environment-Friendly?
View article: Is Biodegradable Always Environment-Friendly?Bioplastic sounds like a welcome eco-alternative to the many plastic products we use daily. But the reality isn’t so simple.
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Teysha Technologies Develops Biodegradable Plastic Alternatives
View article: Teysha Technologies Develops Biodegradable Plastic AlternativesIts AggiePol bio-plastic is derived from sustainable, natural feedstocks such as starches and agricultural waste
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Bioplastics Hockey Fields for Tokyo Olympic Games 2020
View article: Bioplastics Hockey Fields for Tokyo Olympic Games 2020In 2016 the International Hockey Federation announced a partnership with SportGroup’s leading brand, Polytan, as World Cup and Olympic Partner and supplier of hockey fields for the 2018 and 2022 hockey World Cups as well as the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.
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Interview with Floreon’s Bioplastics Expert, Andrew Gill
View article: Interview with Floreon’s Bioplastics Expert, Andrew GillPlastics were increasingly in the news towards the end of 2018 with ever greater scrutiny of their impact upon the environment. One side effect of this has been a greater focus on alternatives such as the bioplastic PLA. Dr Andrew Gill, Technical Director of Floreon gives us his thoughts on the rise of PLA, where…
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Forbes is Pro Bioplastics
View article: Forbes is Pro BioplasticsForbes.com publishes an article in favour of bioplastics
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Why 2019 may be a Promising Year for PHA
View article: Why 2019 may be a Promising Year for PHAThis article was written by Phil Van Trump, Chief Technology Officer at Danimer Scientific and published on plasticstoday.com
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Castor Oil As Substitute for Recycled Plastics in the Textiles Industry
View article: Castor Oil As Substitute for Recycled Plastics in the Textiles IndustryPicture Organic Clothing introduces their first partially bio-based membrane, Pebax Renew, made from castor oil.
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The Hemp Bioplastic Revolution is on Its way
View article: The Hemp Bioplastic Revolution is on Its wayA growing number of investors and entrepreneurs are looking at hemp bioplastics
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Controversies Around Bioplastics
View article: Controversies Around BioplasticsThis article regarding the controversies of bioplastics was published on environmentalleader.com
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Sweden Converts Sewage into Bioplastics
View article: Sweden Converts Sewage into BioplasticsSweden develops new sustainable plastic based on indole, a substance produced by several bacteria and known for its heavy faecal stench, the new bio-polyester is completely odourless.
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South Africa First Biodegradable Cup
View article: South Africa First Biodegradable CupCape Town entrepreneur Luvuyo Ndiki will launch South Africa’s first biodegradable drinking cup made from sugar cane and corn starch in May.
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Le Bioplastique, C’est Fantastique !
View article: Le Bioplastique, C’est Fantastique !Bioplastics can be ‘bio’ in different ways: they can be biodegradable, made of biological materials or produced through fermentation.
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Plastic Debate in Nigeria
View article: Plastic Debate in NigeriaEcologist Richard Inyamkume has urged government to sensitise Nigerians to the negative effects of wrapping hot foods in nylons and plastics.
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India Does Witch-hunting on Fake Biodegradable Bags
View article: India Does Witch-hunting on Fake Biodegradable BagsSome are using a loophole in the law: an exemption for using plastic bags without handle for retail packaging.
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Plastic Microbeads Bans in 2018
View article: Plastic Microbeads Bans in 2018Here’s the list of all the countries that banned plastic microbeads in 2018
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Bali Bans Plastic
View article: Bali Bans PlasticFrom 1 January 2019, Bali’s Governor, Wayan Koster, has banned single-use plastics, including styrofoam, plastic bags and plastic straws.
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Sunshine & Glitter Launches Line of Biodegradable Glitter SPF
View article: Sunshine & Glitter Launches Line of Biodegradable Glitter SPFAll the sunscreens will use biodegradable glitter.
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The Guardian Goes Bioplastics
View article: The Guardian Goes BioplasticsThe Guardian will be the first national newspaper to switch to biodegradable wrapping.
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Why Sugar Beets are not Used in Bioplastic Production?
View article: Why Sugar Beets are not Used in Bioplastic Production?The answer is simple: the EU sugar policy.
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Airline Companies Ban Plastic Packaging
View article: Airline Companies Ban Plastic PackagingPortuguese airline company Hi Fly implements a ban on single-use plastic items, following the examples of Heathrow Airport, Thomas Cook and Virgin Australia.
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Indian Government Bans Plastic Food Packaging
View article: Indian Government Bans Plastic Food PackagingChennai state government will soon extend the ban on plastic to packaged products like biscuits and other eatables manufactured by multinational companies, environment minister K C Karuppannan told the assembly on Friday.
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Teenager Converts Paper and Cotton Into Bioplastics
View article: Teenager Converts Paper and Cotton Into BioplasticsJacqueline Prawira is 14 and particpated to the 2018 BROADCOM Masters tournament in Washington, D.C. where she presented her creation: bioplastics made from paper, cotton, and corn husks.
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Bol Foods Will Use Bioplastics
View article: Bol Foods Will Use BioplasticsPremium ready meals brand Bol Foods will use bio-plastic packaging, 100% recyclable made from 95% sugarcane and 5% plastic.
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How to Recycle Biodegradable Coffee Cups?
View article: How to Recycle Biodegradable Coffee Cups?Just 0.25 % of the 2.5 billion cups disposed of annually in the UK are recycled.
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Pine Trees Can be Used to Produce Bioplastics
View article: Pine Trees Can be Used to Produce BioplasticsResearchers have found a way to reverse-engineer how the loblolly produces resin, a discovery that could help manufacturers produce greener alternatives for a range of goods now made with oil and gas, including surface coatings, adhesives, printing inks, flavours, fragrances, vitamins, household cleaning products, paint, varnish, shoe polish and linoleum.
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New York Ban on Polystyrene Starts
View article: New York Ban on Polystyrene StartsNew York City’s ban on single-use styrofoam products took effect on New Year’s Day.
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Canadian Company Makes Bioplastics from Wood
View article: Canadian Company Makes Bioplastics from WoodAdvanced BioCarbon 3D Ltd (ABC3D) is creating a wood-based engineered grade high performance plastic.
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BASF Goes Chemical Recycling
View article: BASF Goes Chemical RecyclingBASF announced in December 2018 that they will convert plastic waste into plastic feedstock.
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US Lawmaker Wants to Ban Plastic Bans
View article: US Lawmaker Wants to Ban Plastic BansMissouri state lawmaker Dan Shaul wants to prohibit local governments from banning food and drink packaging.
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Canadian Researchers Create Bioplastic from Lobster and Shrimp Shells
View article: Canadian Researchers Create Bioplastic from Lobster and Shrimp ShellsMcGill researchers have patented a process that transforms crustacean and insect shells into a useable plastic material.
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Will US Replace France as the Blue Bioplastic Leader?
View article: Will US Replace France as the Blue Bioplastic Leader?BETO, the US Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office will invest $80 million in 36 advanced bioeconomy projects, among which blue bioplastics.
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Bio-on Launches Bioplastic Packaging for Fruit and Vegetables
View article: Bio-on Launches Bioplastic Packaging for Fruit and VegetablesPRESS RELEASE – ZEROPACK is born, the new company created by Bio-on for the exploitation of the patents aimed to revolutionize the world of food packaging in the fruits and vegetable sector through the use of bioplastics.
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Bio-On Will Pioneer Bioplastics in Electronic Sector
View article: Bio-On Will Pioneer Bioplastics in Electronic SectorPRESS RELEASE – ELOXEL is born (organic electronics for electronics) the new company created by Bio-on to exploit the patents destined to revolutionize the world of electronics through the use of bioplastics. The aim is to enable designers to create sustainable products and revolutionary applications.
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Summary of the EU Directive on Single Use Plastics by the Times of Malta
View article: Summary of the EU Directive on Single Use Plastics by the Times of MaltaThe Times of Malta summarises the new EU Directive on single-use plastics.
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Will Israel Disrupt the Blue Bioplastics Industry?
View article: Will Israel Disrupt the Blue Bioplastics Industry?A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed.
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McDonalds and the Polystyrene Connections
View article: McDonalds and the Polystyrene ConnectionsLet’s have a look at the relationship between McDonald’s and Polystyrene
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Will Ikea Disrupt the Textile Industry?
View article: Will Ikea Disrupt the Textile Industry?PRESS RELEASE – Stora Enso partners with H&M group and Inter IKEA group to industrialize TreeToTextile
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New Zealand Is Gaining Interest in Bioplastics
View article: New Zealand Is Gaining Interest in BioplasticsArticle published in New Zealand newspaper that New Zealand should look at bioplastics to create a new industry.
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Single-use Plastics Directive Fails to Acknowledge Potential of Biodegradable Plastics
View article: Single-use Plastics Directive Fails to Acknowledge Potential of Biodegradable PlasticsPRESS RELEASE – Berlin, 20 December 2018 – The European institutions have reached an agreement on a directive to curb the use of a number of single-use plastic products in the EU, which aims to prevent and reduce marine litter of these products.
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Chanel Buys Biomaterials Company Sulapac
View article: Chanel Buys Biomaterials Company SulapacThe French luxury company Chanel buys a stake in Finnish group Sulapac that produces biodegradable materials.
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Boston Bans Plastic Bags
View article: Boston Bans Plastic BagsBoston’s plastic bags ban starts on December 14, 2018.
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A New Biodegradable Expanded Polystyrene
View article: A New Biodegradable Expanded PolystyreneIntegritemp (Plastilite) announced a patent-pending ReFoam, an expanded polystyrene (EPS) product that is oxo-biodegradable and recyclable.
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The Bioplastic Flop of the Year: Synvina
View article: The Bioplastic Flop of the Year: SynvinaBASF announced officially that they will leave Avantium and exit the Synvina joint venture by 15 January 2019.
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Bioplastic Film Kills Foodborne Pathogens
View article: Bioplastic Film Kills Foodborne PathogensA biodegradable, edible film made with plant starch and antimicrobial compounds may control the growth of foodborne pathogens on seafood, according to a group of international researchers.
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Production of PHA Bioplastics in Spain
View article: Production of PHA Bioplastics in SpainPRESS RELEASE – Strategic Agreement between Bio-On and Acor
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Finns Create Alternative to Plastic Food Packaging
View article: Finns Create Alternative to Plastic Food PackagingFinnish start-up Jospak creates a board-based tray packaging that contains 85% less plastic than regular plastic alternative.
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Plastic Strategy of Fashion Brands
View article: Plastic Strategy of Fashion BrandsSome fashion brands are making a sustainability effort with regard to plastics.
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Novamont Goes to South Africa
View article: Novamont Goes to South AfricaNovamont’s Mater-Bi bioplastic tested in South Africa.
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First 3D Printed Bioplastic Body To Help Cancer Treatment
View article: First 3D Printed Bioplastic Body To Help Cancer TreatmentMarie is the first life-sized 3D-printed human body made from bioplastic to help cancer treatments.
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Michael Carus, Person of the Year 2018
View article: Michael Carus, Person of the Year 2018It was a logic decision to appoint Michael Carus as person of the year 2018. Michael has been the driving force behind the German and European Bioplastics movement.
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Commission Launches Circular Plastics Alliance to Foster the Market of Recycled Plastics in Europe
View article: Commission Launches Circular Plastics Alliance to Foster the Market of Recycled Plastics in EuropeThe European Commission launches an alliance of key industry stakeholders covering the full plastics value chain as part of its persisting efforts to reduce plastics littering, increase the share of recycled plastics and stimulate market innovation.
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Irish School Distributes Biodegradable Bottles To Pupils
View article: Irish School Distributes Biodegradable Bottles To PupilsBiodegradable Bottles are replacing single-use plastic bottles at a Dublin girls’ school, Mount Sackville Secondary School.
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Futerro, Sulzer and TechnipFmc Team up to Simplify the Production of Bioplastics
View article: Futerro, Sulzer and TechnipFmc Team up to Simplify the Production of BioplasticsThree major process technology and equipment specialists, Futerro, Sulzer and TechnipFMC, have formed the PLAnet™ partnership to promote the production of sustainable plastics made of Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA).
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New Company Lux-on Will Produce PHA from CO2
View article: New Company Lux-on Will Produce PHA from CO2PRESS RELEASE – Bio-on and Hera create Lux-on to produce bioplastic from CO2.
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Stora Enso and Sulapac Launch Biodegradable Straws
View article: Stora Enso and Sulapac Launch Biodegradable StrawsThe straws are made from Sulapac’s bio-composite material made of wood and natural binders. The material is designed to be recycled through industrial composting and is biodegrade in the marine environment.
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Auto-Biodegradable Plastics Invented by Indian
View article: Auto-Biodegradable Plastics Invented by IndianInstitute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai (ICT) researcher Ramanand Jagtap invents a chemical agent that when moulded with plastic will aid its biodegradation.
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Recycling Industry Trying To Discredit Bioplastics?
View article: Recycling Industry Trying To Discredit Bioplastics?A study from University of Bonn suggests that shifting to plant-based plastics could have less positive effects than expected.
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Sicomin Receives Certification For Bio-Based Epoxy
View article: Sicomin Receives Certification For Bio-Based EpoxySicomin (France) receives Footprint Progress Certification from Bureau Veritas for its GreenPoxy products range.
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Biome Technologies Funded For Bioplastics Development
View article: Biome Technologies Funded For Bioplastics DevelopmentBiome Technologies received £600,000 from Innovate UK for production of a bioplastic building block.
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Lego Goes For Bio-Based Plastics Instead of Biodegradable and Recycling
View article: Lego Goes For Bio-Based Plastics Instead of Biodegradable and RecyclingLego will focus on bio-based bioplastics rather than on biodegradable plastics and recycling.
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Positive Trend For Bioplastics Industry
View article: Positive Trend For Bioplastics IndustryPRESS RELEASE – The results of the European Bioplastics’ annual market data update, presented today at the 13th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin, confirm a stable growth of the global bioplastics industry.
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UK Government Wants to Become Leader in Bioplastics
View article: UK Government Wants to Become Leader in BioplasticsGovernment pledges £60m to boost development of bioplastic innovations
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Total Ban on Plastics Could Damage Environment
View article: Total Ban on Plastics Could Damage EnvironmentAcademics from Heriot-Watt University said replacing plastics with other packaging such as glass or metal could double global energy consumption and triple of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Bioplastics Award 2018
View article: Bioplastics Award 2018The winner of the 13th Bioplastics Award is …
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Spain Invents Bioplastics From Horticultural Waste
View article: Spain Invents Bioplastics From Horticultural WasteResearchers of The Circular Lab have developed a new bioplastic that is compostable, recyclable and biodegradable at sea.
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13th European Bioplastics Conference 2018 – LIVE COVERAGE
View article: 13th European Bioplastics Conference 2018 – LIVE COVERAGECONFERENCE PROGRAMME – 4/5 December 2018 Titanic Chaussee Hotel Berlin, Germany … Starting Now
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Floreon Outperforms HDPE in Latest Trials
View article: Floreon Outperforms HDPE in Latest TrialsSilvergate Plastics recently visited a leading plastic fabrication company to trial the ground-breaking bioplastic Floreon as an alternative to HDPE in the production of plastic bottles.
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The New Total Corbion PLA Factory starts Production
View article: The New Total Corbion PLA Factory starts ProductionPRESS RELEASE – Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, announces the start-up of its 75,000 tons per year PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand.
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Canadians Finally Discover Cellophane
View article: Canadians Finally Discover CellophaneCanadians discover cellophane after a winter sleep of 200 years.
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Breakthrough Discovery For Lignin
View article: Breakthrough Discovery For LigninBacteria’s role in rotting wood is finally confirmed and proven.
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Bioplastics Will Help Fight Climate Change
View article: Bioplastics Will Help Fight Climate ChangeSwitching from petroleum-based polymers to polymers that are biologically based could decrease carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons every year.
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Bioplastics Will Disrupt the Food Packaging and Coating Industry
View article: Bioplastics Will Disrupt the Food Packaging and Coating IndustrySustainable barrier technologies will replace petroleum-based barriers in the packaging and coating industry.
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Neste Appoints New CEO
View article: Neste Appoints New CEOPeter Vanacker becomes new President & CEO at Neste Corp.
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Will Flanders Play a Leading Role in Bio-aromatics?
View article: Will Flanders Play a Leading Role in Bio-aromatics?Exclusive Interview on the Future of Bioaromatics with Ludo Diels, Research Leader at VITO.
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The Role of Chromatography in the Production of PHA Bioplastics
View article: The Role of Chromatography in the Production of PHA BioplasticsChromatography can be used to investigate which microbes are better at producing and decomposing the polymers.
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Business Rationale of Bioplastics
View article: Business Rationale of BioplasticsThere’s no guarantee that a brilliant innovation can be successfully commercialized. You should do some analysis before you start production.
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Bacteria Converts Wastewater into Bioplastics
View article: Bacteria Converts Wastewater into BioplasticsDomestic and industrial wastewater contains substrates and nutrients that could be used to produce biofuels and bioplastics.
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Brazil Invent Bioplastics That Indicates Food Quality
View article: Brazil Invent Bioplastics That Indicates Food QualityStudents of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) designed a biodegradable plastic packaging that shows the quality of the food.
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Lamps Made From Bioplastics
View article: Lamps Made From BioplasticsMany high-end lamps with thin elegant forms are made of metal. But a new lighting series from the London-based design studio Industrial Facility is composed of a bioplastic derived from castor oil.
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University of Illinois Goes Bioplastics
View article: University of Illinois Goes BioplasticsBoth campus locations of Caffe Bene will be switching to biodegradable cups, after exhausting their current plastic cup inventory, in 2019.
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The Problems With Bioplastics
View article: The Problems With BioplasticsArticle against bioplastics published on eastbayexpress.com
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The European Gastroenterology Conference Talks About Plastics
View article: The European Gastroenterology Conference Talks About PlasticsSummary of the article “How Bioplastics Will Solve our Plastic Epidemic” published on EdgyLabs.com
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Cambodia Jumps Into the Bioplastics Debate
View article: Cambodia Jumps Into the Bioplastics DebateHere are some fragments of the article ” Bioplastics: Great green hope or a false promise?” published in the Cambodian “Khmer Times”.
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National Geographic Published an Article on Bioplastics
View article: National Geographic Published an Article on BioplasticsHere’s a summary of the article published by National Geographic on bioplastics
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BBC Sustainability Strategy Includes Bioplastics
View article: BBC Sustainability Strategy Includes BioplasticsBBC’s new sustainability strategy aims to take responsibility for its broadcasting and operations and help audiences understand the contribution they can make.
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Bioplastics in Audio Applications
View article: Bioplastics in Audio ApplicationsEastman Chemical develops bioplastics that may be used in audio and acoustic applications.
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Japan and The Netherlands Revolutionise The Production of FDCA
View article: Japan and The Netherlands Revolutionise The Production of FDCAA new method to synthesize FDCA from a glucose derivative of non-food plant cellulose has been discovered, paving the way for a bioplastics revolution.
