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California Attempts to Decrease Use of Single-Use Plastic
With environmentalism being an issue in recent years, California attempted to pass legislation this year meant to change the way California handles and recycles plastic to better help the environment due to the damage it is doing to the environment.
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It’s Time to Trash Recycling
Traditional recycling is the greatest example of modern-day greenwashing.
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Tipa Tackles Single-Use Plastic Waste
An Israeli start-up has developed durable, transparent and fully compostable flexible packaging for fruits, vegetables and dry and baked foods.
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Interview With Radical Plastics Co-Founders
Radical Plastics Cofounders Yelena Kann and Kristin Taylor have extensive backgrounds in polymers and plastics engineering, both having worked for major chemical companies in the past.
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40 Finalists For the €100K Sustainable Industry Challenge
Following an intensive selection procedure, a couple of industrial companies, the challenge setters, together with the initiator Economic Board Groningen, selected 40 innovative companies (scale-ups) from 13 different countries and invited them to the two-day final event of the Sustainable Industry Challenge, Chemport Europe edition in the north of the Netherlands.
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Compostable Products Have A Role
In October, Greenpeace released a report entitled, “Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have it Wrong on Plastic Solutions”.
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Boston University Chemists Develop New Biodegradable Adhesive
Provides environmentally friendly option to traditional plastic adhesives. Boston University professor Mark Grinstaff, and his team of researchers, are working to find eco-friendly alternatives to plastics.
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The Circular Economy Briefing by Reuters
This 42-page in-depth report by Reuters covers the latest circular economy trends to help companies tackle climate change.
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Will Hemp Become Green Gold in the UK?
Introducing hemp, the UK’s secret green gold mine that could help save the planet.
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Nokian Tyres Goes Bioplastics
Nokian Tyres changes the cases of its tires in favour of bioplastics ones.
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Marine Bioplastic Could Be Multi Billion Dollar Industry
Technological advances involving algae, crabs and prawns could spark a multi-billion dollar industry for the production of biodegradable biopolymers for plastic making, according to a new E.U. study.
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Mattel Goes Bioplastics
Mattel Announces Goal to Achieve 100% Recycled, Recyclable or Bio-based Plastic Materials in All Products and Packaging By 2030. Mattel will introduce an environmentally sustainable version of the iconic Fisher-Price® Rock-a-Stack® in the first half of 2020.
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The BP Chemical Recycling Consortium
Companies join forces to help tackle plastic waste with BP’s enhanced recycling technology. New cross-industry consortium to make enhanced recycling of polyester plastics a commercial reality, contributing to the development of a global circular economy for plastics.
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Innovate From Nature with POLYSORB® – the High Purity Isosorbide
Improving performance through plant-based innovations is a key market trend, and this is exactly what Roquette delivers. As a key provider, Roquette offers the polymer markets innovative and sustainable monomers to create solutions for safer and more sustainable polymers.
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US Moving to Standardisation of Hempcrete
ASTM Cannabis Committee Seeds Standard for Lime-Based Hempcrete.
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VTT Buys Hydroprocessing Bench Scale To Fasttrack Bioeconomy
hte – the high throughput experimentation company, has supplied a customised four-fold bench scale hydroprocessing unit to VTT, a Finnish research, development and innovation organisation.
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NREL Discovers Superhero Algal Strain
US Researchers Discover Fast-growing, Resilient Algal Strain. Will the Americans become the leaders in algae and seaweed bioplastics?
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Moncler Goes Bioplastics
New technologies are helping the beloved outerwear brand to make use of natural materials that don’t negatively impact the environment.
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Natural Rubber Industry On the Brink of Collapse
Halcyon Agri launches BOUNCE, the world’s first sustainable rubber movement anchored by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. New initiative aims to create industry and consumer awareness for fair, equitable and sustainable natural rubber.
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First Lego Set Made From Bioplastics
LEGO Goes Green: The Toy Company Announces its First Steps Towards Sustainability with its New Toy.
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Tipa Bioplastics Branded As Plastic-Free in the UK
High-end supplier develops packaging for Natoora, Waitrose and Whole Foods that can be recycled and home-composted.
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Avantium Ray Technology Video
“Sugar is the new oil”. Watch this short clip featuring Avantium CEO Tom van Aken, RNC Managing Director Zanna McFerson, and CEO of Suiker Unie Paul Mesters who talk about the importance of RAY across the entire value chain from feedstock to market applications.
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Peter Vanacker, Person of the Year 2019
It was a logic decision to choose Peter Vanacker as the Person of the Year 2019. Peter has been this year’s best CEO in the bioeconomy.
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Invisible Bar Codes To Improve Recycling
By making it possible for recycling facilities to quickly scan a bottle or packaging and learn what it’s made of and where it’s from, this new tech could make recycling more efficient and accurate.
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Japan Scientists Develop Biodegradable Nanofiber Sensor
Scientists in western Japan have developed a biodegradable humidity sensor for farm-use.
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DOE Plans To Fund Bioplastics
The U.S. Department of Energy published a notice of intent on Dec. 10 announcing plans to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) that will support research and development for new biobased plastics that are capable of efficiency recyclability.
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Clariant and Plant Advanced Technologies Partner for Sustainable Cosmetics
Clariant becomes strategic partner for product development and exclusive global distributor for all new co-developed products. Clariant to subscribe to approx. 10% equity of PAT.
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Bioplastic Sneakers Will be a Rage in 2020
Eco-friendly meatless food products shook up the fast food industry in 2019. Experts say next year’s game-changing trend in sustainable consumer goods may be plant-based — or “vegan” — athletic shoes.
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New Zealand Biobased Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing (AM), including 3D and 4D printing, encompasses some of the most promising technologies currently available. News stories regularly appear featuring exciting creations or innovations from houses to human hearts, all made possible with AM technologies.
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DSM Blames Companies for Greenwashing
We had politicians putting political correctness aside and now we have a large company doing it. DSM is blaming many companies for bending the truth for their commercial advantage; with a little wink for the Volkswagen Group.
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GE and Agilyx Introduce AI in Chemical Recycling
Bringing artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive modeling to chemical recycling. Aiming to improve recycling of post-use plastics to >95%.
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The Irish Bioplastic Leader
Prof Kevin O’Connor, the first scientist to convert non-degradable plastics into biodegradable plastics, has won the Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year Award.
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Why is Finland a Bioeconomy Champion?
Exclusive Interview with the Permanent Secretary of the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry in Finland, Jaana Husu-Kallio, on the Finnish bioeconomy and why Finland is a bioeconomic champion.
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Stora Enso Ice Cream Packaging Wins International Award
A fibre-based ice cream package designed by Stora Enso for the Finnish artisan ice cream manufacturer Vanhan Porvoon Jäätelötehdas has been awarded in the international WorldStar competition.
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Pioneers of Blue Bioplastics in the Netherlands
When it comes to global-scale issues, it’s often the small, localized problems that spur people to action. While the often-dire rhetoric of the climate crisis is a powerful driver of green technology, it was the visual blight of pollutants floating in the shore waters off their favorite Dutch beach that caused two intrepid Hollanders to…
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New Bioplastics Packaging Made in China
A new material that can keep vegetables and fruit fresh and prevent fogging in food packaging was displayed at a seminar on preservation of agricultural products over the weekend.
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Funding Round for Biocement
bioMASON, the Triangle startup seeking to remake the cement and other construction materials industry, is looking to build a bigger future with a fundraising round aimed at securing $18 million.
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Blue Bottle Coffee Company Stops Using Plastic and Paper Cups
Blue Bottle is putting an end to its plastic and paper cups, the Oakland company announced Monday.
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European Bioplastics Conference Report 2019
The 14th European Bioplastics Conference took place on 3 and 4 of this month. Once again, the event lived up to its reputation as the leading business and networking platform for the global bioplastics industry.
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Microplastics is Bigger Problem than Expected
New research suggests the scale of plastic pollution in our oceans could be a million times worse than previously recorded. The researchers analysed the intestines of tiny filter-feeding invertebrates called salps, finding previously undetected mini-microplastics.
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The Double Sustainability Standard of Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola First to Launch Oled Packaging at Commercial Scale, but is it sustainable?
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The Wincup PHA Phade Straw Video
WinCup President Michael Winters and COO Brad Laporte introduce their “phade” straws, an environmentally-conscious alternative to plastic and paper straws.
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German Designer Disrupts Shampoo Packaging With Soapbottle
Soapbottle is a packaging made from soap.
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Carrefour Adapts its Shopping Bag Strategy
The fight against plastic is a major challenge for the retail sector. Carrefour made it a priority in its Act For Food strategy.
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Why France Will Ban Paper and Cardboard Cups?
The French Parliament discovered that cardboard and paper cups are not recyclable.
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France Bans All Plastic Packaging in 2040
Every year 100 billion disposable plastic products are put on the market in France. Several measures of the anti-waste bill for a circular economy are devoted to combating the pollution caused by these plastics.
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US Bioeconomy Plays Critical Role in Feeding, Fueling and Healing the World
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) has submitted comments to the Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) on the bioeconomy, explaining the critical role America’s biotechnology industry plays in feeding, fueling, and healing the world.
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The Canadian Bioeconomy Needs You !
Global Affairs Canada, through the Embassy of Canada in Berlin and in collaboration with the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), is pleased to receive your application to participate in the ‘Canadian Bioeconomy Cooperative R&D Partnering Mission to Germany’, which will take place from 2-6 March, 2020.
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European Bioplastics Welcomes Green Deal
European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry, welcomes the communication on the European Green Deal, which was recently published by the EU Commission.
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France Adopts Amendment That Will Change Bioplastics Industry
French Parliament adopts amendment that will have serious consequences for compostable packaging in France.
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Two Cape Fear Breweries Awarded for Bioplastics
Two breweries in the Cape Fear Region have received statewide recognition for efforts to reduce their environmental footprint.
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Azerbaijan to Start Producing Bioplastics
Azerbaijan will build its first bioplastic plant in the High Technology Park in Pirallahi, in the outskirts of Baku, Board Chairman of the Azerbaijan’s Innovation Agency Tural Karimli has said.
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BBI JU Contribution to the UN SDGS
A new study by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) summarises the contribution of its projects to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations (UN).
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Interview With Director Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (UK)
Resource talks with David Newman, Managing Director of the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) about his quest to clean up food waste and get compostables into the mainstream.
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Carbios First to Bio-Recycle Plastic at Industrial Scale
The company has developed a unique, sustainable technology using highly specific enzymes that can recycle PET plastics and polyester fibers feedstock.
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Sulzer PLAnet Bioplastic Technology Creates Market Opportunities for Sugar Producers
The growing appetite for sustainable bioplastic made from polylactic acid (PLA) is opening new doors to corn, sugar beet and sugar cane farmers. Their produce offers access to unique opportunities for business growth. How can the agricultural industry get a foothold in this market landscape?
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Sulapac and Quadpack Join Forces for Sustainable Cosmetic Packaging
Sulapac, a pioneer in development and manufacturing of sustainable microplastic-free materials, and Quadpack, an international provider of packaging solutions to the beauty industry, have entered into a preferred partnership agreement to provide microplastic-free packaging for cosmetic customers worldwide.
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Key Points of the EU Green Deal
The European Commission unveiled its hotly anticipated European Green Deal on Wednesday (11 October), outlining a long list of policy initiatives aimed at putting Europe on track to reach net-zero global warming emissions by 2050.
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The Great Recycling Con
The greatest trick corporations ever played was making us think we could recycle their products.
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French Paper and Cardboard Tableware Industry Dies in January 2023
The amendment CD1013 causes serious trouble in the French paper and cardboard packaging industry.
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The Growth of the Biolubricant Industry
Sibao Liu, Sunitha Sadula and Dionisios G. Vlachos, academics from the University of Delaware, discuss how safety, environmental and sustainability concerns have driven the growth of the bio-lubricant industry, and how innovative approaches have looked to overcome these challenges.
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Stora Enso and Sulapac Find First Customers for their Biocomposite Straws
Sulapac and Stora Enso launch a renewable and microplastic-free straw to combat the global problem of plastic waste. The straw has strong usability and works just like a traditional straw. The new straws areavailable to brands and consumers looking for more eco-friendly solutions.
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Biodegradable Sheet Masks Are Sustainable According to Elle
Excellent for selfies and an instant hit of hydration, sheet mask launches have dominated the skincare scene in the last few years. One of K-beauty’s most successful exports, the global sheet mask market was estimated to be valued at about $282.8 million in 2018. However, as more of us assess the environmental footprint of our…
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Sulapac Raises Millions to Boost Scale Up and Internationalization
Finnish startup Sulapac raised an exceptional €15 million to engine its scale-up and internationalization. The funding enables further development and broadening of its recipe portfolio.
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Bioplastic Packaging at Pharmapack
Sanner, a packaging specialist has announced the organisation will exhibit its bio-based plastic packaging during Pharmapack 2020.
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Demand for Bioplastics Goes Up in India
N. Rajendran, Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University, has said demand for bioplastics, produced from renewable sources, has increased by manifold in the recent times after India and several other countries banned single use and other plastic items, which posed threat to the environment.
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Boris Johnson Used EPS in His Ad
Boris Johnson uses a bulldozer to go through a wall made of styrofoam in his latest campaign ad.
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The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO of 2019
ILbioeconomista has organised a vote to identify the most innovative Bioeconomy CEO of 2019. Here’s the winner…
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Biobased Optical Fibers
A research team at Finland’s VTT Technical Research Center has demonstrated optical fibers made of cellulose—in essence, waveguides from wood.
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First Bioplastic Sneaker by Reebok
It seems the world isn’t just obsessed with plant-based dining these days: Reebok has just taken the sustainability trend one step further, unveiling a plant-based running shoe made with castor beans, algae, eucalyptus trees and natural rubber.
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Will Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre Supply Biocomposites to Airbus?
A universal sentiment on the aviation sustainability has led CTOs from world’s major aviation manufacturers to issue a joint statement at the Paris Air Show.
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Biobased Coating Extend Shelf Life of Avocados
Together with Apeel Sciences, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and one of TIME Magazine’s 50 Genius Companies, we are fighting against food waste. Subject to EU regulatory approval, we will integrate Apeel’s plant-derived food waste prevention technology in our avocado chain. This will double the edible shelf life on average.
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University of Toronto Entrepreneur Raises Millions for Bioplastics Startup
EcoPackers Inc., a social enterprise co-founded by University of Toronto alumna Nuha Siddiqui, has raised $4.3 million in pre-seed and seed financing for its biodegradable bioplastics business, the Globe & Mail reports.
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Sprayable Bioplastics Against Crop Pathogens
A new sprayable bioplastic — made of cornstarch and other natural ingredients — offers potential as an effective method for delivering beneficial microbes to fight aflatoxins and other agricultural pathogens and pests.
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Biorizon 2019 Upscaling Bio-Aromatics
With over 150 visitors, the annual event of Shared Research Center Biorizon at the end of November was well-visited. The bio-aromatics event highlighted the upscaling efforts currently underway in the three research directions or ‘horizons’: the production of bio-aromatics from sugars, lignin and biomass residual flows (via pyrolysis and gasification).
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Borregaard Invests in Research on Biocomposites
Innovation Norway has allocated NOK 17 million for research and development of fiber composites at Borregaard and Norske Skog Saugbrugs. The parties will work to develop a new type of bio composite that may include furniture, packaging and car interiors.
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Stora Enso Invests in Pilot Plant for Bioplastic Packaging Material
Stora Enso is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility for enabling the production of bio-based plastics as barrier in transparent packaging.
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Interview with BBI JU Executive Director, Philippe Mengal
Interview with Philippe Mengal, Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking. Watch the video
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Circ-Pack Tested Bioplastics Packaging
‘Testing shows that consumers approve of CIRC-PACK products’. As we near the end of the CIRC-PACK project, we put our prototype innovations to the test with consumers around Europe.
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Why I Became CEO of a Bioplastics Company?
Interview with Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO of TIPA.
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Interview With Corbion Sustainability Director
“We are becoming ever-more ambitious as regards sustainability”. Diana Visser, director sustainability at biotech company Corbion, about dealing with the SDG’s
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DSM Gets Two New CEOs
The Supervisory Board of Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announces the upcoming succession of CEO Feike Sijbesma, who will hand over his responsibilities to his Managing Board colleagues Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze as Co-CEO’s in February 2020 and will support a smooth transition until May 2020.
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Metgen is Part of Flourishing Bioeconomy says Euronews
Business Planet travels to Turku in Finland in search of what is known as Europe’s bioeconomy to see how firms with bright ideas are making a positive difference to our future with sustainable products.
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MetGen Wins Frost & Sullivan 2019 European Technology Innovation Award
The technologies solve the industry’s major pain points regarding the valorization of lignin, shorter technology development cycles, and customization of enzymes for different applications. Based on its recent analysis of the European industrial enzymes market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Finland-based MetGen with the 2019 European Technology Innovation Award for its enzyme technologies, METNIN™ and ENZINE®.
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Bio-on Gets New Management
Mr. Riccardo Casoni is appointed as the new general manager and sole director of Bio-on.
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McGill Prof Making Bioplastics From Shells of Pesky Crabs
Will that be paper, or bio-plastics created from the shells of European green crabs?
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Oldest Tequila Company Launches Straws Made from Agave
First Family of Tequila Launches “The Agave Project” to continue its development of new technologies and traditional-plastic alternatives using its own agave by-product
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Bioplastic Production Growth Pale Compared To Fossil Plastic Production Growth
The global bioplastics industry is on course to increase its production capacity by 300,000 tonnes over the next five years, according to the annual European Bioplastics’ market data update, but this will pale in comparison to global primary plastic production.
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Parkside Wins Two WorldStar Awards For Their Compostable Packaging
Specialist packaging solutions provider Parkside has received a duo of WorldStar Packaging Awards in the food category, rounding off a successful year for its innovative compostable packaging range.
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Air New Zealand Trials Edible Coffee Cups
Air New Zealand has begun trialling vanilla-flavoured edible coffee cups for customers in the air in a bid to reduce waste.
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Biodegradable Packaging Creates More Waste Than Non-recyclable Pouches Says Huel Founder
If you’re annoyed at not being able to recycle your Huel pouch, it’s a deliberate design choice made by the meal-replacement company after it discovered that biodegradable packaging actually creates more waste, founder Julian Hearn said.
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DSM and Metex Partner on Cosmetic Bio-PDO
Market the first made-in-Europe non-GMO cosmetic grade PDO. The new partnership enables DSM to expand its portfolio of Technical and Performance products to deliver on customer expectations for natural and sustainable ingredients.
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Ford and McDonalds Team Up To Produce Bioplastics
Ford will recycle McDonalds’ coffee waste material into energy efficient car parts including durable headlamps.
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Parkside Partners With Stratus Packaging
Packaging solutions specialist, Parkside, has announced it has entered into a new partnership with French packaging supplier and distributor, Stratus Packaging.
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New Biocomposites Pet Bowls by Stora Enso
New pet bowls on the market made from Stora Enso’s wood fiber-based biocomposites.
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European Circular Bioeconomy Fund Created by European Commission and European Investment Bank
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank announce the selection of an Investment Advisor for the upcoming European Circular Bioeconomy Fund.
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Bioplastics Industry Shows Dynamic Growth
The results of the European Bioplastics’ annual market data update, presented today at the 14th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin, confirm a dynamic growth of the global bioplastics industry.
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The Novozymes Award 2019
Novozymes honors Professor James C. Liao for his contributions to science that can help develop fuels and chemicals from renewable resources.
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