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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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API Launches New Sustainable TPU Material
API, an Italian company specialized in the production of thermoplastic elastomeric compounds and bioplastics which was acquired by global materials company Trinseo in July 2017, will be presenting the new expandable bio-based TPU APILONTM 52 BIO LIGHT at SIMAC Tanning Tech 2020, February 19-21, in Milan, Italy – Hall 14, Booth C48.
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NextGen Begins Sustainable Cup Pilot in San Francisco
Local cafes join the Consortium’s efforts to advance reusable, recyclable and/or compostable cup solutions in select pilots
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McDonalds and Starbucks Start Reusable Cups Pilot Program
What if coffee cups could be reused instead of thrown out? That’s what Starbucks and McDonald’s are betting on, with both companies contributing to the NextGen Consortium, a group that’s been developing reusable cups to be more gentle on the environment.
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Versalis Launches Chemical Recycling Project Hoop
Hoop, a circle as the symbol of circularity per excellence, is the project launched by Versalis, the Eni chemical company, for the development of a new technology to chemically recycle plastic waste.
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Wageningen University Gives Opinion on Compostable Plastics
Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has studied how compostable plastics behave in the current Dutch system for the treatment of GFT (i.e. source separated municipal biowaste).
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Biodegradable Polymers in Various Environments
The biodegradability of plastics derived from these biodegradable polymers can only be guaranteed if all additives and (organic) fillers are biodegradable, too.
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Bio-Composites for Solar Panel Facades
Facade panels that allow you to generate energy, made from sustainable materials and which also look attractive. Instead of glass and the usual black and blue solar panels.
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New Microwavable Bioplastic Bowl
Czech scientists have invented a new kind of bioplastic which they say decomposes remarkably fast– and is highly resistant to heat.
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Aldi New Plastic Bag Strategy
ALDI is going to start charging for reusable fruit and veg bags and increase the cost of its bags for life as it aims to encourage recycling.
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SUP Bags Ban in Tennessee
Many grocery stores across the country have made changes to make shopping a little more convenient– offering self-checkouts with a hefty amount of plastic bags.
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Greenpeace Netherlands Analyses Bioplastics
It’s bursting with plastic in the supermarkets. In addition to ‘normal’ plastic, you will find more and more products that are packaged in so-called ‘bioplastic’. Is bioplastic the solution for our plastic crisis?
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The Composting Fairy Tale
Dutch TV program “De Monitor” makes an inquiry into compostable bioplastics. What they discover is groundbreaking! They reveal the truth behind compostable bioplastics.
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Merlo Coffee To Convert Million Cups Into Compost
Queensland icon, Merlo Coffee, has turned up the heat on its goal of saving more than 3 million Merlo takeaway cups from landfill each year, already diverting more than 37 tonnes of organics in 2019 through its compostables initiative.
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Homeware Designers Are Experimenting With Bioplastics
Plastic alternative bioplastic, made from vegetable oils, fats, fish scales, farm waste or other renewables, embraced by furniture designers.
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Massive Fraud of SUP Ban by French Retailers
To continue selling disposable plastic tableware, which has been banned since January 1, 2020, some French retailers have simply added the mention “reusable” to their products.
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BASF Blockchain for Traceability Recycled Plastics
reciChain to prove the value of circularity for plastics and provide stronger incentive to recycle. Platform will enable better sorting, traceability and transparency throughout the value chain in an industry collaborative model. Pilot to start in British Columbia (BC) with vision to become a pan-Canadian solution.
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Quality and Performance of Recycled Polymers in Europe
EuPC publishes the first results of its 3rd survey on the use of recycled polymers by plastics converting companies in Europe.
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Making Mardi Gras Green One Bead at a Time
Mardi Gras (Carnival) is a grand spectacle in New Orleans. It spans the period from Twelfth Night (Jan. 6) to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.
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Genomatica Bio-Nylon is a $10 Billion Market
In the inevitable shift away from fossil fuels, Genomatica announced the first commercial production of bio-based nylon. Companies that seize the economic and environmental benefits of biomanufacturing stand to lead the way, whether it’s fabrics or face creams.
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Borregaard Lignin Supplier Request Liquidation
The Board of the Sniace Group, Borregaard’s partner and supplier of lignin raw material to the jointly owned company LignoTech Ibérica, informed the Madrid Stock Exchange Commission yesterday of its intention to apply for liquidation of the company and its subsidiaries.
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Dow and Avangard Partner for PCR in US
Dow to combine its virgin polyethylene resins with Avangard Innovative’s pellets made from post-consumer resin (PCR) plastic film. Exclusive agreement enables Dow’s first PCR-based products in North America.
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Plastic Free Santorini
Greece’s famous Santorini island is joining a number of other Greek islands in efforts to eliminate plastic and introduce eco-friendly practices with the aim of promoting a natural environment.
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US Nationwide Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California this week, according to Oceana, introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, legislation that would ban certain single-use plastics and hold companies accountable for their waste.
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New Packaging Degrades in 4 weeks
“Our stand in Berlin was a success and our Progetto 2020 insulating range with zero impact aimed at environmental sustainability (called Biopop) dominated the scene,” reports Alessandro Scurria, administrator of Scf Packaging.
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PFAS in Food Packaging Scandal in UK
‘Significant levels’ in samples from major supermarkets, food outlets
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Biodegradable Nonwovens for Wipes
New Carded Airlaid Carded line will make a 100% cellulose nonwoven.
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Can Wood Replace Oil in Chemistry?
An interdisciplinary team of bio-engineers and economists has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the chemical industry.
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Clariant Hit by Crisis
Clariant 2019 profits fell by 90% and 600 employees will be fired. They had to replace their CFO last week overnight and they have no CEO at this point in time. And the prospects don’t look good.
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Novamont Mulching Film Certified for Organic Farming
New milestone showcased at BIOFACH 2020 (Hall 3A – Stand 521) alongside compostable solutions for packaging, food service and personal hygiene.
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Be Careful with Bamboo Tableware
Fashionable but not trivial, bamboo-based cookware or tableware could release toxic substances into your food.
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Cleveland Elementary Students Learn About Bioplastics
The Ohio City studio owner’s workshop coincided with the culmination of the class’ science unit on energy and renewable vs. nonrenewable resources.
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Bioplastic Cases for Samsung Galaxy
After yesterday’s presentation for the Galaxy S20 line of phones, many of you may have already made the decision to order one of the three models to be your next phone. Since Samsung is sticking to the glass sandwich recipe for this generation, it may be wise to wrap that (potentially $1400) phone in a…
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Turning Lignin into Shoe Soles and Sunscreen
UD researchers explore methods to turn biomass into sunscreens, shoe soles and more.
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The UK-Polish Recycling Connections
UK waste intended for recycling was dumped in Poland. UK Taxpayers will pay for the fiasco.
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French Composting Startups
Video documentary on a French Composting Startup called “Les Alchimistes”.
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Green Crab Bioplastics Made in Canada
Parcs Canada and a McGill University professor are working together to transform green crab shells into bioplastic.
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New Zealand Microplastics Comes from Textiles
An investigation into microplastic pollution in Auckland’s waterways has suggested it’s not broken-down litter, but tiny fibres from our washing that are likely causing the biggest problems.
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Biodegradable PVC RFID Smart Cards
Italian ICT firm, Partitalia srl, has begun the production of smart cards and tags, used in applications such as smart bin collection systems, from biodegradable PVC characterised by the addition of additives that accelerate degradation in microbe rich environments.
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New Venture for Biobased Levulinic Acid Production
Towell Engineering Group and GF Biochemicals announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) for the production and marketing of biochemicals using GF Biochemicals proprietary technology.
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Aerospace Composite Innovations
Aerospace Manufacturing previews some of the companies demonstrating their latest products and advances at this year’s JEC World 2020 held in Paris from March 3rd-5th.
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Sofinnova Appoints New Head of Investor Relations
The appointment reflects the company’s strategic growth and the expansion of its life sciencesfund strategies
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Food Industry Will Not Discard Plastic
Plastic restrictions are sweeping Asia, but the sustainability chief of a regional food and beverage trade association says such measures are not the most effective solution. The industry cannot do without packaging, says Edwin Seah.
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Italian Illicit Export of Plastic Waste to Malaysia
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factories.
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Coop Stops with PLA Containers
Coop stops selling organic meat in PLA compostable containers.
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Coca-Cola Lead Paper Bottle Consortium
The quest to design more sustainable bottles has led a quartet of companies — Danish beer maker Carlsberg, spirits company Absolut (part of France’s Pernod Ricard), French personal care company L’Oreal and a European group of beverage firm Coca-Cola — to consider a seemingly unlikely material for containing liquids: paper.
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CO2 Absorbing Fabrics
Fabrics that can suck CO2 from the atmosphere are among breakthroughs that can help tackle the climate emergency
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Israel Pioneers Household Waste Bioplastics
Carbon capturing and carbon sequestering, meaning the uptake and storage of CO2 molecules in a solid object, like a building or a tree which it can’t escape from, is one of the many tools for entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and businessmen, who want to do their part to combat the climate crisis.
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Full Natural Barrier for Food Packaging
Zanders continues the development of its successful food packaging paper range: the enhanced Zanbarrier NGR (“Natural Grease Resistant”) offers the proven 100 percent natural barrier against oil and grease without the use of any chemicals now with an even higher density.
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