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LyondellBasell Signs Joint-Venture with Chinese Bora
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced it has signed definitive agreements to expand in China through a 50:50 joint venture with the Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group (Bora).
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Avantium CEO On Bioplastics in the Drinks Industry
Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, discusses the challenges and benefits of introducing plant-based plastics to the drinks industry.
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Yield10 Bioscience CEO in the News
Panic is setting in about a potential french fry shortage in the near future, due to a poor potato harvest in the United States and Canada. Headlines speculate that people will need to find new sides to go with their burgers.
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Sumitomo Boosts Chemical Recycling Technology Research
The Muroran Institute of Technology has introduced a technology that makes use of highly selective zeolite catalysts to decompose waste plastics into specific monomers. In the joint research, the institute will create more sophisticated catalysts and Sumitomo Chemical will support the R&D of this technology.
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Plastic-Eating Caterpillars
The tiny waxworm went from zero to hero in 2017 when researchers discovered the caterpillar could potentially help solve one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: plastic waste.
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Plastic Pledge in Australia
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley and the Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management Trevor Evans today congratulated companies and Students for stepping up with key commitments at the closing of the first ever National Plastics Summit.
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3D Printed PLA Motorbike
Sarolea is a revived Belgian motorcycle manufacturer that took on the historic Sarolea brand after the original company ceased production in the 1960’s. The revived brand now focuses solely on electric powered motorcycles, but at the heart of the company is the same passion of motorcycles that founded the original brand back in 1850.
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Interview with New Chair of BPI Board
Congratulations to NatureWorks’ Senior Circular Economy Manager, Tim Goodman, for his new additional role as Chair of the BPI Board. BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) is North America’s leading certifier of compostable products and packaging.
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LyondellBasell CEO Talks Industry Trends and Curbing Plastic Waste
LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel was the keynote speaker at the Partnership’s 2nd annual State of Houston’s Petrochemical Industry event on March 3.
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Circular Economy in Singapore
The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and extreme weather events, are posing a threat to carrying on with business as usual.
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Big Oil and Big Soda Kept Plastic Calamity a Secret
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades.
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Plastic from Wood
X-ray analysis gives insights on mechanical and morphological properties of lignin.
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US Custom Ruling for Chinese Bioplastic Bags
In ruling NY N309146, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) determined the classification of biodegradable plastic retail carrier bags from China.
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Grolsch Goes For Smurfit Kappa TopClip
Smurfit Kappa’s sustainable TopClip solution will be launched on the market by leading beer brewer Royal Grolsch as a paper-based replacement for the plastic shrink wrap currently used on their can multi-packs.
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Did the Kenya Plastic Bag Ban Work?
Kenya has harsh penalties for those caught manufacturing, selling, importing or using single-use plastics, yet the country still struggles to reduce its waste.
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Good Natured Acquires Shepherd Thermoforming & Packaging
Good natured Products Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the shareholders of Shepherd Thermoforming & Packaging, a leading thermoformer with over 35 years’ experience, to acquire 100% of Shepherd and all its real estate assets for CAD$9.5 million in cash.
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Clear on Plastics Campaign To Educate UK Citizens
Cutting through the confusion on plastic packaging! Clear on Plastics is a campaign brought to you by WRAP, the sustainability not-for-profit, and supported by The UK Plastics Pact.
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Compostable Toothbrush Branded Infinite Toothbrush
A Stevenage start-up has created the only toothbrush made from biodegradeable plastic to tackle the issue of single-use plastic polluting our oceans.
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Skechers and Goodyear Partner on Biobased Shoe Soles
A new line of Skechers shoes features Goodyear rubber technology on the bottom, the companies announced this week.
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New Partnership To Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution
4ocean, the purpose-driven Public Benefit Corporation founded to help end the world’s ocean plastic crisis, is proud to announce its latest partnership, with Safe Harbor Marinas—the world’s largest owner and operator of marinas.
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Handbags from Ocean Plastics
New York (CNN Business)Rothy’s iconic women’s flat shoes are knitted from a single continuous yarn derived from recycled plastic water bottles. Now Rothy’s is pushing the envelope again and creating another sustainable staple product.
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Where Goes the Textile Waste?
A new sustainability initiative, Accelerating Circularity, announced that it is working with major apparel companies such as Gap Inc., Target Corp. and VF Corp. to chart ways to eliminate textile-industry waste and recycle it into new fibers and materials, according to a Feb. 25 announcement.
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Evegreen Becoming a Leader in Bioplastic Plant Pots
After driving past a mountain of discarded pots once used to plant hops for brewing beer during the economic crisis of 2014, Eva Štraser started her own company Evegreen which makes bioplastic plant pots.
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FDA Approves Full Recycled HDPE and PET Food Packaging
Erema Group got the go-ahead to use its technology to recycle HDPE into food and drink packaging and foodservice wares. Meanwhile, other companies got federal green lights for PET recycling.
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New Zealand Questions Compostable Plastics
The surging consumer anxiety around the downstream effects of plastics has led to a huge increase in single-use plastic items or packaging on display labelled as “biodegradable”, “compostable” or “home compostable”.
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Pepsi Replaces Plastic Rings With Molded Pulp
PepsiCo is using molded pulp as an alternative to the plastic rings used in their Pepsi brand. This trial is occurring in Sacramento, California.
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Henkel Goes Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic
Together with packaging manufacturer ALPLA, Henkel has achieved a further step in its activities in the field of sustainable packaging: From now on Perwoll bottles in Western Europe will not only be fully recyclable, but also contain 25 percent recycled PE (polyethylene) from post-consumer sources as standard.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Creates Circular Economy Department
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation announced its decision to establish a new Circular Economy Department (CE Department) effective April 1, 2020, with the aim of bolstering its efforts to bring about the circular economy.
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Compostable Plastics Are Not Circular
De Monitor (episode 10/02) about compostable packaging and disposables, has given the discussion about circularity some new oxygen. Jelmer Vierstra, Senior Program Leader Circular Economy at Nature & Environment believes compostable plastics are not circular and compostability standards are irrelevant.
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NL Composting Industry Does Not Want Compostable Plastics
Dutch Waste Management Industry: we don’t want packaging in the bio-waste stream, even if they are compostable.
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Documentary That Killed Compostable Plastics in the Netherlands
Here’s the translation of the most important fragments of the Dutch documentary “De Monitor” that killed compostable plastics in the Netherlands.
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Symphony Gets FDA Approval for Antimicrobial Food Packaging
UK-headquartered biodegradable plastics specialist Symphony Environmental Technologies has secured food-contact approval from the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) for its designed to protect (d2p) antimicrobial technology, to be used in polyethylene film to wrap bread.
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Cornstarch to Fight Pests
Add yet another use for cornstarch—besides thickening soups and gravies, making adhesives, soothing skin and removing stains.
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Recycling is Only a Bandaid Says Ocean Plastic Founder
I really see it as the obligation of the creative industries to reinvent all toxic materials within the next 10 years,’ says cyrill gutsch, founder of parley for the oceans.
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Reusable and Refillable to Solve Plastic Crisis
Companies like Coca-Cola used to collect 98 percent of their bottles – and new entrepreneurs are learning from their tactics.
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Edible Packaging in Japan
In the future, when someone implores a dining companion to “finish off the meal,” it just might mean that they are expected to eat the plate and cutlery, too.
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What is Driving the Shift to Circularity?
The types and volume of industry-level circular activity vary widely. In general, consumer-facing industries have seen the largest volumes of circular activity, often driven by demands from consumers, governments and employees.
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The End of Glass Recycling in US
Glass is out as a recyclable, and it’s everybody’s fault.
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BASF Solutions for the Entire Packaging Life Cycle
Increasing resource efficiency and the use of alternative feedstocks in production. Providing additional benefits during the use phase. Enabling circularity at the end of service life.
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China is Buying US Recycling Companies
In 2018, China banned the import of many recycled scrap materials, wreaking havoc on the global recycling system. However, some organizations and communities see it as a new opportunity to build recycling infrastructure and to create less waste. Some Chinese companies are investing in recycling facilities in the U.S. to be able to maintain China’s…
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Bioplastics Ranking February 2020
Here’s the Brands and Companies Ranking of February 2020.
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Senbis Wins NL Government Tender for Compostable Grass System
Senbis and its partners win tender for a Dutch government grant to develop a fully compostable artificial grass system.
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Pact, Cleanaway and Asahi Beverages Build New Recycling Plant in Australia
Pact, Cleanaway and Asahi Beverages announce intention to jointly develop a plastic pelletising facility to close the loop and contribute to a circular economy.
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Bio-based Laundry Detergent by Clariant
Bio-based TexCare SRN 260 Life combines unmatched climate and sustainability benefits with best in class fiber protection against dirt.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Buys 2 Plastic Recycling Companies
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation recently decided that it will acquire two Swiss engineering plastics recyclers, Minger Kunststofftechnik AG and Minger Plastic AG, through its group company Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials as a part of the company’s efforts to promote the circular economy. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of February this year.
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Jordan Tightens Biodegradable Plastic Bag Regulations
Environment Ministry tightens enforcement of biodegradable plastic bag regulations.
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Lidl Goes Ocean Plastic Packaging
Lidl has become the first supermarket in the UK to launch new packaging made from “ocean bound plastic”.
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Coke and Pepsi Sued Over Plastic Pollution
Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and eight other companies are misleading the public about the costs of plastic pollution and refusing to switch to more sustainable materials to reap higher profits, an environmental group says in a new lawsuit filed in a California Superior Court.
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Biobased Plastics Sustainability
As consumer interest in sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel-based plastics continues to grow and food and beverage companies set goals to reduce their environmental footprint, the use of biobased plastics in food packaging is expanding.
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New Japanese Chemical Recycling Alliance
SEKISUI CHEMICAL and SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED have agreed to form a strategic alliance to benefit society by deploying technology for manufacturing polyolefin using waste as a raw material.
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Campaign Against Plastic Sachets
Calls for sachets to be included in UK and European legislation banning other single-use items.
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ALPLA Reduces Carbon Footprint of rPET
PET pellets from post-consumer drink bottles provided by PET Recycling Team GmbH, a subsidiary of ALPLA, result in greenhouse gas emissions that are only a tenth of the level for new material.
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Unilever Goes for Biobased and Recyclable Ice Cream Packaging
Supporting the company’s environmental targets, Unilever Finland is introducing Ingman ice cream in a newly designed 1 litre carton made of Stora Enso’s fully renewable and recyclable packaging board in early March.
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Big Issues in Chemical Recycling
When it comes to development and commercialization of chemical recycling technologies, interest is high. A chemical recycling workshop at last week’s Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show was sold out, with over 300 attendees.
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Ruinart Champagne Goes for Biobased Packaging
Maison Ruinart’s partnership with prestige paper innovator James Cropper and luxury packaging expert Pusterla, has been a real step change project focused on reimagining the packaging solution as an eco-responsible innovation. New eco-responsible packaging: zero plastic, 100% recyclable and nine times lighter.
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Parkside Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Parkside, a leading innovator in conventional, functional and sustainable paper and plastic flexible packaging solutions, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.
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Shoe Soles Made from Oyster Shells
Solandy West has launched a surprising innovation. The sole is 3D designed and made with oyster shell dust.
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Polystyrene Food Container Ban in California
Ventura restaurants no longer will be allowed to use polystyrene and single-use food containers after the City Council voted to ban their use.
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Building with Hemp
Our world is ever-evolving, looking for new ways to conserve or create. I’ve shared with you several ways hemp is being used in our medical and therapeutic community.
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Switching to Plant-Based Plastics
In 2017, industrial ecologist, Roland Geyer, led a study on the ‘Production, use and fate of all plastics ever made’ and estimated that there are more than 8.3 billion metric tons (Mt) of plastics that have been produced since the 1950s.
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Interview with VP Shell New Energies
Mark Gainsborough of Shell’s New Energies division speaks about the oil and gas giant’s renewables ventures, its future in fossil fuels, and what it would have done differently in hindsight.
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Mealworms Can Eat Plastic Waste
The latest research published in Environmental Science & Technology showed that tiny mealworms are not only able to eat and digest various forms of chemical-laden plastic waste, but they also remain safe as a protein-rich food source for other animals.
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Misleading Recyclable Labels in US, Greenpeace Report
New review of America’s domestic recycling system reveals much plastic packaging is not recyclable.
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Solvay Sustainability Roadmap
Raising the bar in response to climate change, resource scarcity and creating a better life.
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Versalis Buys Finproject for its Circular Strategy
Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has acquired 40% of Finproject, the Italian leader in the compounding* sector and the production of ultralight products, from the VEI Capital fund with the aim of creating value by integrating the respective production chains.
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World First Seaweed Takeaway Box
With half a billion plastic boxes used across the takeaway sector every year, Just Eat and Notpla team up to create eco-friendly seaweed-lined takeaway box.
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Bio Leather from Coconut Water
Coconut water is among the best thirst quenchers in the sweltering months. But there’s more. Did you know that coconut water can be the base material to develop alternative leather?
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Bioplastics Dog Pads by WizSmart
Pads are made with bioplastic from sugar cane and unused baby diapers.
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Do Bioplastics Have a Place in Automotive Manufacturing?
The use of bioplastics in the automotive industry emerged more than a century ago in 1910 when automotive pioneer Henry Ford undertook experiments with agricultural materials.
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Biobased Super-Glue
Plant-based cellulose nanocrystals have remarkable inherent properties, and when combined with water, a powerful adhesive is formed that competes in strength with Superglue, without the need for toxic solvents.
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Internet Connected Biodegradable Paper
A team of scientists have created an thin sheet of paper they call nanopaper. The nanopaper is one millimeter thick and can transmit data to the internet.
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Biodegradable Bamboo Bag
Last year, Japanese artist Sho Shibuya raised awareness for the global plastic pollution crisis with a 144-page book, called PLASTIC PAPER, which catalogued the range of designs printed on single-use plastic bags collected across the streets of New York City.
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Bioplastic Bike Bottle by Vaude
International compounding group HEXPOL TPE developed a customised biobased Thermoplastic Elastomer from the Dryflex Green series for VAUDE. The material is used on the bicycle bottle mouthpiece by the outdoor equipment manufacturer based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Biodegradable Boots by Bottega Veneta
Yesterday, Bottega Veneta presented its Fall/Winter 2020 collection at Milan Fashion Week. This season creative director Daniel Lee presented an assortment of wardrobe staples and statement pieces, but nothing stood out quite like the Maison’s new biodegradable boot.
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US Berry Growers Commit to Recyclable Packaging
Major North American producers to make shift as plastic clamshell market faces disruption.
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Plastic Bags Back in Use Despite Ban in Pakistan
Despite a blanket ban on the sale and use of polythene bags in Islamabad, these are being used without any fear of legal action in the federal capital and elsewhere.
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Plastic Bag Discussions in Serbia
Stakeholders disagree on the legality of rules, suitability of solutions from a number of EU states and the benefits of the introduction of compostable and biodegradable materials. The only common stance is that Serbia needs to resolve the matter in parliamentary procedure and, after that, relevant bylaws.
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Biodegradable Bracelet to Visit Sardinian Beach
Visitors to stunning Sardinian beach will need a ticket – and a biodegradable bracelet – this summer.
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Avantium Sells Bioaromatics Patent Portfolio to TNO
Avantium has sold its bioaromatics patent portfolio to The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, TNO.
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Circular Polystyrene by Versalis, Total, Trinseo and Ineos
Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the joint industry initiative to increase the circularity for styrenic polymers, and Pyrowave, a pioneer technology developer in the plastic-toplastic chemical recycling, announced today a new collaboration including an indepth evaluation of Pyrowave’s proprietary depolymerisation technology.
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Bioplastics for the LOL Surprise Collection
The toymaker is also releasing a “green” line of Little Tikes rides.
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Bio-based Material To Replace PS Insulation
During a two-year project, Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF have developed a novel, bio-based facade insulating material for PS boards.
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Breakthrough of Bioaromatics
Processes using lignin, sugar, plastic waste, and more are moving out of the lab.
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New Biocatalytic System for Biochemicals
A research team, jointly led by Professor Ji Wook Jang, Professor Yong Hwan Kim, and Professor Sang Hoon Joo in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST, has unveiled a novel biomass conversion technology that can turn forestry biomass residues (i.e., sawdust from timber logging) into higher value fuels and chemicals.
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EU Guide to Calculate Eco Footprint of T-shirts
The Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Guide provides detailed and comprehensive technical guidance on how to conduct a PEF study.
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Bio-Based Materials Regulation in Developing Countries
We need to start looking at a bio-plastic transition.
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UV-Blocking and Airtight Bioplastics
Plant-based bioplastics are already a more eco-friendly alternative to their petroleum-based counterparts.
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Reusable Recyclable Aluminum Cups for Super Bowl
While the focus on the field at Super Bowl LIV will rightfully be the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, an off the field initiative at Hard Rock Stadium could be as impactful, or more, long-term than the final result on the field.
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Compostable Plastic on Plastic Wall of Shame
Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Snapple, Loblaws, and Booster Juice are the first seven companies to be featured on the Plastic Wall of Shame. Loblaws is blamed for using compostable plastics.
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Are Nordic Companies More Sustainable?
The world’s most sustainable businesses are all Nordic, according to the recently published Global 100 Index. But is that chance, or is something more fundamental at work? And what do paganism, Nordic noir thrillers, and gender balance have to do with it? We set off on the trail for clues to find out the origins…
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EU Plastic Waste Tax to Fill Brexit Gap
European Union leaders, facing the need to fill the hole in the bloc’s finances left by Brexit, are focusing on a tax on non-recycled plastic when they try to hash out a multiyear budget this week.
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Biochemical Compounds Against Pollutants
New biochemical compound can break down environmental pollutants.
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Malaysia Urged to Reduce Plastic Packaging
Malaysians top the list of per-capita consumption of plastic packaging out of six Asian countries that account for 60 per cent of plastic pollution in the sea.
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Suez Launches Acting for Natural Capital
SUEZ launches a call for projects to protect the environment and resources: “Acting for Natural Capital”.
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Korea Develops New PEF Technology
Researchers Develops Eco-friendly Plastic Production Technology.
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US Farmers Against BASF and Bayer
The first U.S. trial over the dicamba herbicide has landed Bayer AG and its German rival, BASF SE, with another potentially multi-billion-dollar problem.
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Sulzer CEO Mentions Biopolymers in Shareholders Letter
At Sulzer, we know that “Life is Fluidˮ. Whether in the form of liquids or gases, many of the world’s critical infrastructures involve displacing or processing fluids. We apply our expertise in fluid engineering to make a positive impact on millions of lives every day.
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Biodegradable Packaging from Fruit Waste Polymers
High performance biomass extracted functional hybrid polymer coatings for food, cosmetic and medical device packaging.
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Bioplastics and Modern Cars
Reducing CO2 emission and fuel consumption by decreasing a vehicle’s weight is the most significant objective and foremost challenge of the automotive industry today. Bio materials are heralding as a well-matched to contribute towards this goal.
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