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Blue Bioplastics Funding Opportunity
View article: Blue Bioplastics Funding OpportunityEU Blue Economy call: €18.7 million available for funding
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Student Turns Vegetable Oil Into Biodegradable Plastics
View article: Student Turns Vegetable Oil Into Biodegradable PlasticsStudent startup turns vegetable oil into renewable fuels and biodegradable plastics
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BASF Goes For Biodegradable Cosmetics
View article: BASF Goes For Biodegradable CosmeticsBASF introduces two biodegradable alternatives to cosmetic ingredients.
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Will BASF leave the Synvina Joint Venture?
View article: Will BASF leave the Synvina Joint Venture?BASF and Avantium are fighting over the Synvina project. Will this lead to a divorce? Will this become the biggest flop in bioplastics history?
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Japan Government Wants to Become Leader in Bioplastics
View article: Japan Government Wants to Become Leader in BioplasticsJapan government will reduce disposable plastic waste by 25 percent over next decade and promote plant-based bioplastics.
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NAFIGATE, the new generation of Cosmetics products based on the Hydal P3HB
View article: NAFIGATE, the new generation of Cosmetics products based on the Hydal P3HBPRESS RELEASE – Prague, October 10, 2018 – Cosmetics, which poses the circular revolution in the cosmetics industry, was introduced for the first time on Wednesday October 10th.
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Middle East Fashion Retailer Goes Bioplastics
View article: Middle East Fashion Retailer Goes BioplasticsPRESS RELEASE – Fashion Retailer Splash has partnered with Natur-Tec to pioneer a new sustainable biopolymer-based packaging solution for the Middle East and South Asian region.
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Waitrose & Partners Replaces Black Plastics with Bio-based Packaging
View article: Waitrose & Partners Replaces Black Plastics with Bio-based PackagingWaitrose & Partners will replace black plastics with fibre-based packaging for its range of Italian ready meals.
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Jamaica Food and Drink Festival Goes Bioplastics
View article: Jamaica Food and Drink Festival Goes BioplasticsJamaica Food and Drink Festival (JFDF) will focus on reducing its environmental footprint and will use bioplastics foodware.
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Canadian Competition To Solve PLA Waste from 3D Printers
View article: Canadian Competition To Solve PLA Waste from 3D PrintersCanadian 3D print reseller, PrintYourMind3D, launched a contest aimed at Alberta students to tackle 3D printer waste.
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Indian Opinion Maker In Favour Of Bioplastics
View article: Indian Opinion Maker In Favour Of BioplasticsJaya Krushna Panigrahi, the Secretary of Orissa Environmental Society (OES), is one of the first environmentalists to initiate plastic ban.
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Stora Enso’s Lignin Wins Best Product Innovation Awards
View article: Stora Enso’s Lignin Wins Best Product Innovation AwardsPress Release – LineoTM by Stora Enso, launched earlier this year, has won ‘Best Product Innovation’ at the ICIS Innovation Awards 2018.
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Singapore Biodegradable Straw Company Gets US$13m Funding
View article: Singapore Biodegradable Straw Company Gets US$13m FundingRWDC Industries obtains US$13 million by venture capital firms Vickers Venture Partners and WI Harper Group.
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Lignin in the Chemical Industry
View article: Lignin in the Chemical IndustryPublished by European Commission – Today nearly all aromatic chemicals are made from oil-based sources. European researchers proposed to use lignin, a structural component of many plants and algae, as an alternative raw material in chemical production.
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TUI Cruises Goes Bioplastics
View article: TUI Cruises Goes BioplasticsGermany based operator TUI Cruises launches initiative “Wasteless” and will use bioplastics instead of plastics.
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Anellotech Carbon Reduction Claim Confirmed
View article: Anellotech Carbon Reduction Claim ConfirmedPress Release – Jacobs Confirms Anellotech’s Bio-TCatTM Process Leads to Significant Carbon Emission Reductions Compared to Petro-based Aromatics
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Plastic Oceans: MEPs Back EU Ban on Polluting Throwaway Plastics by 2021
View article: Plastic Oceans: MEPs Back EU Ban on Polluting Throwaway Plastics by 2021Press Release by the ENVI committee of the European Parliament
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The Future of Plastic Cutlery: Bioplastics vs Plastic
View article: The Future of Plastic Cutlery: Bioplastics vs PlasticMany single use plastic items could soon be banned in the EU by the future “EU Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment”.
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Solvay Gets New CEO
View article: Solvay Gets New CEOSolvay gets new Female CEO for first time in 155 years.
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Floreon Wins Best Bioplastics Material Award
View article: Floreon Wins Best Bioplastics Material AwardFloreon and Matrix Plastics are celebrating after winning a prestigious Plastics Industry Award in the category ‘Supplier Partnership – Material’.
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Frost & Sullivan Awards Bio-On for Best Cosmetic Innovation
View article: Frost & Sullivan Awards Bio-On for Best Cosmetic InnovationPress Release – Bio-on has been awarded the “Best Practices” award by Frost & Sullivan for New Product Innovation in the Bio-based Ingredients for the Cosmetics industry.
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The Biomarine Conventon and The Future of Algae Bioplastics
View article: The Biomarine Conventon and The Future of Algae BioplasticsThe Biomarine Convention 2018 took place in Cascais (Portugal) from October 2nd to the 4th and it was a great success.
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Are Australians Getting Closer to Biodegradable Computers and Semiconductors?
View article: Are Australians Getting Closer to Biodegradable Computers and Semiconductors?Australian National University scientists have invented a thin, bendable semiconductor that is also biodegradable.
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Carbon Trust Endorses Braskem’s Carbon-Negative Claims for Bio-based Plastic
View article: Carbon Trust Endorses Braskem’s Carbon-Negative Claims for Bio-based PlasticBrazilian chemicals company Braskem, producers of I’m green™ – a bio-based polyethylene made from sugarcane – has had its negative carbon footprint credentials strengthened thanks to an independent review by the Carbon Trust.
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Government Officials Will Use Sense of Smell to Recognise Fake Bioplastics Bags
View article: Government Officials Will Use Sense of Smell to Recognise Fake Bioplastics BagsMalaysia is facing fake and substandard biodegradable plastic bags. Federal Territories Ministry enforcement officers were trained and will use their sense of smell and touch to distinguish real from fake biodegradable bags.
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Bioplastics Makes it to the London Design Festival
View article: Bioplastics Makes it to the London Design FestivalDuring London Design Festival 2018, crafting plastics! studio presented ‘Feel Free To Consume’ ready-to-wear products and objects made from Nuatan – a bioplastic material.
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Amsterdam is Building 3D Printed House from Bioplastics
View article: Amsterdam is Building 3D Printed House from BioplasticsDutch company DUS Architecture is building a full-sized 3D printed 700m2 canal house from bioplastics. The plastic is more than 50% bio-based and comes from linseed oil.
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Trinidad and Tobago Ban Polystyrene
View article: Trinidad and Tobago Ban PolystyreneTrinidad & Tobago ban polystyrene products such as styrofoam containers in 2019.
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Novamont Disrupts Cosmetics Industry
View article: Novamont Disrupts Cosmetics IndustryNovamont develops biodegradable materials for cosmetic applications that have similar performance as traditional microplastics.
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Release of Plastic Balloons at Sea is Littering
View article: Release of Plastic Balloons at Sea is LitteringCampaigners claim that biodegradable plastic balloons blown away at sea are not biodegrading and are causing harm to seabirds, seals and other wildlife.
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Danimer Scientific Will Open First Commercial PHA Plant
View article: Danimer Scientific Will Open First Commercial PHA PlantDanimer Scientific is opening a fermentation facility in Kentucky for the production of its PHA biopolymer that will be commercialised under the brand Nodax.
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John Deere Uses Bioplastics
View article: John Deere Uses BioplasticsJohn Deere and International Harvester have replaced metal cosmetic and functional components with bioplastics.
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EU Project ReTAPP Converts Wood Into Bioplastics
View article: EU Project ReTAPP Converts Wood Into BioplasticsArticle Published by the European Commission
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Canadian Student Transforms Food Waste into Bioplastics
View article: Canadian Student Transforms Food Waste into BioplasticsUniversity of Toronto Student Luna Yu converts food waste into PHA.
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Brussels To Ban Single Use Plastics
View article: Brussels To Ban Single Use PlasticsThe city of Brussels will ban single-use plastics that is not reusable or recyclable during public events in the public space as from 1 July 2019
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Lidl to Stop Using Black Plastic Packaging
View article: Lidl to Stop Using Black Plastic PackagingLidl UK plans to remove black plastic from its fruit and vegetable range by the end of this month and from its fresh meat, fish and poultry range by August next year.
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Co-op Supermarkets Will Use Bioplastics Bags
View article: Co-op Supermarkets Will Use Bioplastics BagsCo-op supermarkets will replace all single-use plastic bags with biodegradable alternatives.
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Breakthrough in Converting Lignin into Bio-Aromatics
View article: Breakthrough in Converting Lignin into Bio-AromaticsMark Crocker and colleagues from University of Kentucky (US) have reported a breakthrough in the heterogeneously catalysed oxidative depolymerisation of lignin, using gold nanoparticles supported on a lithium–aluminium layered double hydroxide.
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USDA Promotes Bioplastics
View article: USDA Promotes BioplasticsArticle Published on the website of USDA: A New Industrial Revolution for Plastics
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PepsiCo and Danimer Scientific Win the 2018 Innovation in Bioplastics Award
View article: PepsiCo and Danimer Scientific Win the 2018 Innovation in Bioplastics AwardThe Plastics Industry Association in Washington awarded Danimer Scientific and PepsiCo as the joint winners of the 2018 Innovation in Bioplastics Award.
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Burundi Bans Plastic Bags
View article: Burundi Bans Plastic BagsThe government of Burundi bans the production, import and sales of plastic bags and other plastic packaging.
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Waitrose Will Use Bioplastics Bags
View article: Waitrose Will Use Bioplastics BagsWaitrose & Partners will start using bioplastics bags by next spring
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Ford Goes for Tequila Bioplastics
View article: Ford Goes for Tequila BioplasticsFord is testing bioplastics made from agave fibre, the plant used to produce tequila.
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Apple iPhone Goes Bioplastics
View article: Apple iPhone Goes BioplasticsApple’s newest iPhones, iPhone XS, uses cover glass that’s 32 percent bio-based plastic.
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Bioplastic Feedstock 1st, 2nd and 3rd Generations
View article: Bioplastic Feedstock 1st, 2nd and 3rd GenerationsA Summary of Bioplastics Feedstock
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Bio-On Uses Cooking Oil To Make Bioplastics
View article: Bio-On Uses Cooking Oil To Make BioplasticsLatest press release from Bio-On on the use of cooking oil to produce bioplastics
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PepsiCo Goes for Bioplastic Bottles
View article: PepsiCo Goes for Bioplastic BottlesPepsiCo joins Danone and Nestle Waters in bioplastics bottles R&D partnership
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Carlsberg Replaces Plastic Rings With Recyclable Glue
View article: Carlsberg Replaces Plastic Rings With Recyclable GlueDanish brewer Carlsberg replaces plastic rings with a new “snap pack”.
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Operation Ocean Clean Up Has Started
View article: Operation Ocean Clean Up Has StartedSystem 001 was invented by dutchman Boyan Slat and launched this weekend to remove between 40.000 and 80.000 tons of plastics between Hawaii and California in the next five years.
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Finalists of Sustainability Award 2018
View article: Finalists of Sustainability Award 2018Here are the finalists of the Sustainability Awards 2018 that will take place on 23 October 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden
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Ghana Government Wants to Develop Bioplastics
View article: Ghana Government Wants to Develop BioplasticsGhana Government is Looking at Cassava Flour to Produce Biodegradable Plastic Bags.
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The History of Elephant Grass Bioplastics
View article: The History of Elephant Grass BioplasticsUsing elephant grass or miscanthus to make bioplastics is not new. Elephant grass was going to revolutionise bioplastics, but it didn’t. What happened?
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Lucozade and Skynews Will Replace Plastic Bottles at Sport Events
View article: Lucozade and Skynews Will Replace Plastic Bottles at Sport EventsLucozade Sport will trial plastic-free edible seaweed packaging during running events
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Mitsubishi Chemical and PTT Create a New Bioplastic for Straws
View article: Mitsubishi Chemical and PTT Create a New Bioplastic for StrawsMitsubishi Chemical and PTT combine two types of biodegradable plastic to create a new material.
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The BioMarine Convention
View article: The BioMarine ConventionThe Biomarine Convention Will Take Place from 2 to 4 October 2018 and will cover Bioplastics made from Marine Resources.
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Neste Sprinting to the Future with Bioplastics
View article: Neste Sprinting to the Future with BioplasticsExclusive Interview on the Future and Challenges of Bioplastics with Lars Börger, Head of Product Marketing – Emerging Businesses at Neste
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Food Delivery Company Replaces Polystyrene with Bioplastics
View article: Food Delivery Company Replaces Polystyrene with BioplasticsUS Food Delivery Company will replace Polystyrene with Bioplastics
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Malaysian School Bans Polystyrene and Straws
View article: Malaysian School Bans Polystyrene and StrawsMalaysian School bans Polystyrene and Plastic Straws.
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Bio-On Will Disrupt the Fashion Industry
View article: Bio-On Will Disrupt the Fashion IndustryBio-On launched their new business unit: Fashion Development Materials. The unit is dedicated to develop bioplastics for the fashion and luxury industry.
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Astronauts Will Use Bioplastics Made from Feces
View article: Astronauts Will Use Bioplastics Made from FecesStudents of the University of Calgary are working on 3D printed plastic tools made from feces and genetically engineered bacteria.
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Bioplastics Toothbrush
View article: Bioplastics ToothbrushGermans bring bioplastics toothbrush on the market under the brand Biobrush.
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They found PBAT on the Moon
View article: They found PBAT on the MoonWe’ve been reading a lot about PBAT recently; so we’ve listed the best quotes …
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Irish Find a Way To Compost PLA at Home
View article: Irish Find a Way To Compost PLA at HomeIreland-based researchers develop a new PLA bioplastic that can biodegrade under home-composting conditions.
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Pet Food Packaging Will be Made from Bioplastics in the Future
View article: Pet Food Packaging Will be Made from Bioplastics in the FutureA US pet food company will switch to bioplastics packaging.
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Bioplastics Made from Chicken Feathers
View article: Bioplastics Made from Chicken FeathersEU Project KARMA 2020 wants to transform chicken feathers into biodegradable plastics.
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The Future Bottle Caps will be made from Bioplastics
View article: The Future Bottle Caps will be made from BioplasticsThe future bottle caps and closures will be made from bioplastics.
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French Minister of Environment Resigns. Will the Plastic Policy follow?
View article: French Minister of Environment Resigns. Will the Plastic Policy follow?French Minister of Ecological Transition, Nicolas Hulot, resigned earlier today.
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What are Drop-In Bioplastics?
View article: What are Drop-In Bioplastics?What are drop-in bioplastics and smart drop-ins? What are their advantages and differences? What are the polemics?
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Australian Institute of Packaging Teaches Sustainable Packaging Design
View article: Australian Institute of Packaging Teaches Sustainable Packaging DesignThe Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will give a sustainable packaging design course covering bioplastics.
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Japan Government Promotes Bioplastics
View article: Japan Government Promotes BioplasticsThe Japanese Government wants Japan to become a leader in bioplastics.
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Japanese Companies Expand Bioplastics Production
View article: Japanese Companies Expand Bioplastics ProductionJapanese Companies are Increasing Bioplastics Production
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Can Japan Lead Bioplastics Industry?
View article: Can Japan Lead Bioplastics Industry?What differentiates Japanese Bioplastics companies from Western companies? What should Japanese companies do to lead the bioplastics industry?
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Will Smith Disrupts the Bottled Water Business
View article: Will Smith Disrupts the Bottled Water BusinessWill Smith and son Jaden Smith launched an eco-friendly bottled water company. The product will be sold in 800 UK Boots stores.
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Myriant Becomes GC Innovation America. A Tactical Move from PTT.
View article: Myriant Becomes GC Innovation America. A Tactical Move from PTT.The role of GC Innovation America will be to search for new technologies in North America for PTT (Thailand).
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Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in Bioplastics Shoes
View article: Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in Bioplastics ShoesLeonardo DiCaprio invests in eco footwear company Allbirds that uses bioplastics produced by Braskem.
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Reebok Launches Bioplastic Shoe
View article: Reebok Launches Bioplastic ShoeSportswear brand Reebok launches its first shoe with a bioplastics sole.
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Chinese Reinvent Wood by Replacing Lignin with Resol
View article: Chinese Reinvent Wood by Replacing Lignin with ResolChinese scientists create a new wood that is as strong as real wood but won’t catch fire.
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Second Nitrogen Revolution for PLA
View article: Second Nitrogen Revolution for PLAThe nitrogen fixation of a certain type of corn may trigger the second nitrogen revolution and initiate the Golden Age of PLA.
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Americans Discover a New Business Model for Algae Bioplastics
View article: Americans Discover a New Business Model for Algae BioplasticsFlorida is dealing with an algal bloom problem. Why not make bioplastics from it?
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France Issues its Plastic Policy
View article: France Issues its Plastic PolicyFrench Government has issued its action plan and objectives to tackle the plastic problem. We quote: France is declaring war to plastics.
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Bioplastics Made From Mango
View article: Bioplastics Made From MangoStudents from Mexican university ‘National Polytechnic Institute’ (IPN) developed a bioplastic made from mango peel.
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The European Commission Papers: The Lignin Briefing
View article: The European Commission Papers: The Lignin BriefingThis should help you understand what the European Commission knows about lignin and how it perceives it.
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Americans Create Paper-Based Green Bio-Batteries
View article: Americans Create Paper-Based Green Bio-BatteriesResearchers at Binghamton University, State University at New York have created a biodegradable, paper-based battery.
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Australia Will Convert Plastic Waste into Fuel
View article: Australia Will Convert Plastic Waste into FuelAustralia has just opened a new waste conversion plant in Sydney that will convert landfill into fuel.
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Stora Enso Launches Bioplastics Kitchen Utensils
View article: Stora Enso Launches Bioplastics Kitchen UtensilsStora Enso brings a new range of bioplastics kitchen utensils to the market produced with their DuraSense biocomposites.
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The Future of Expanded Polystyrene
View article: The Future of Expanded PolystyreneLet’s have a look at the past and future of Polystyrene
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Elon Musk Builds Bioplastics Surfboards
View article: Elon Musk Builds Bioplastics SurfboardsElon Musk teamed up with Matt Biolos’ Lost Surfboards to create a limited edition of 200 boards and each one is sold for $1,500.
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Bioplastics Bags Soon Available in Qatar
View article: Bioplastics Bags Soon Available in QatarBiodegradable and compostable bags will be available in Qatar by the end of September.
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First House on Mars will be Made from Bioplastics
View article: First House on Mars will be Made from BioplasticsNASA approves plans from US Research studio to build a 3D printed house made from bioplastics for planet Mars.
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Will Switzerland Disrupt the PEF Market?
View article: Will Switzerland Disrupt the PEF Market?Researchers at the ETH Zurich University have improved the method to produce PEF drastically.
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Is using Recycled Plastics in Textiles Good?
View article: Is using Recycled Plastics in Textiles Good?Both newspapers published an article regarding towels made from recycled plastics. Their perspective was different and it brings up an interesting point.
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India and the Bioplastic Bag Fiasco
View article: India and the Bioplastic Bag FiascoKarnataka State adds bioplastics bags on the banned list of plastics items because they do not live up to expectations
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The Plastic Recycling Fairy Tale
View article: The Plastic Recycling Fairy TaleHere’s a summary of plastic recycling and the Chinese Recycling Scandal
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San Francisco Will Ban Straws and Fluorinated Plastics
View article: San Francisco Will Ban Straws and Fluorinated PlasticsSan Francisco will ban straws, napkins, utensils and fluorinated plastics. The City remains the leader in banning plastics.
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Belgium Will Build Plant to Convert Lignin and Wood into Bio-Aromatics
View article: Belgium Will Build Plant to Convert Lignin and Wood into Bio-AromaticsVITO and partners have presented a plan to build a pilot plant in Antwerp for the production of bio-aromatics from lignin/wood.
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FDCA and PEF Production Becomes Cheaper and Faster
View article: FDCA and PEF Production Becomes Cheaper and FasterGerman Chemists Discover a Low Cost Catalyst for FDCA. Germany Remains at the top of Bioplastics.
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A Bioplastics Revolution – The First Biogenic Packaging
View article: A Bioplastics Revolution – The First Biogenic PackagingThe first fruit and biogenic packaging to be grown into a 3D printed mould.
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Sky News Invests in Bioplastics
View article: Sky News Invests in BioplasticsSky News Invests in a biodegradable plastic bottle and edible plastic packaging.
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Can Agricultural Plastics PBAT Biodegrade?
View article: Can Agricultural Plastics PBAT Biodegrade?A study was published that Swiss researchers have proven that PBAT polyester could be broken down by soil bacteria.
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BBC Data on Plastics Packaging
View article: BBC Data on Plastics PackagingThis is a summary of the BBC article: What’s the real price of getting rid of plastic packaging? Published on 6 July 2018.
