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FKuR: Heading for a Circular Economy and Sustainability with Biobased and Biodegradable Plastics
With their unique combination of light weight, versatility, performance, durability and cost- effectiveness plastics have made a significant contribution to better living conditions, more sustainable products and waste prevention for decades.
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Bioplastics Ranking June 2019
Here are the most popular Bioplastics Brands for the month of June 2019.
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Biodegradable Coating to Help Achieve Food Security
Associate Professor David Leung’s biodegradable coating can help achieve food security in an environmentally friendly and consumer-conscious way.
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Jabil’s Sustainable Packaging Combines Design, Materials, Recycling
Jabil Inc. sees the plastics packaging market at a tipping point when it comes to sustainability.
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North Dakota State University Becomes Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites Site
North Dakota State University has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to become a university site of the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2).
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Bioplastics and Circularity: Why can’t We Be friends?
The future of plastics isn’t what it used to be. The invention of plastics in the early twentieth century promised to change the world. It did and then some. The pliable, convenient material’s near-exponential growth has enabled modern life, but its lack of designed-in end-of-life considerations has created a global waste crisis.
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Avantium Awarded Funding for VEHICLE
Avantium N.V. announces that it has been awarded €1.3 million for its Dawn and Mekong Technologies from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
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Enviroware Paper Straws Receive Vegetarian Society Approval
We’re pleased to announce that our Paper Straws have recently been approved by the Vegetarian Society and now proudly hold the Vegetarian trademark! So you can rest assured the next time you take a sip from our paper straws, that they are free from animal and marine products, as well as being a recyclable alternative…
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British Plastics Federation Responds to BBC War on Plastic
The BBC’s War on Plastic programme highlighted many important issues and clearly taps into the concerns of a lot of people. Addressing many of these aligns with the desires of the plastics and recycling industries, namely to reduce plastic waste and improve our recycling infrastructure.
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Neste Appoints New Vice President Renewable Polymers and Chemicals
Mercedes Alonso, (M.Sc. Chem), has been appointed as Executive Vice President for Renewable Polymers and Chemicals of Neste Corporation and member of the Neste Executive Committee.
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Could The Roads of the Future be Bio-based?
Bitumen is a by-product of oil production and is used to bind the surfaces of paved roads. Some researchers, concerned about its environmental impacts and future supply if petroleum refining slows down, have started to develop bio-based alternatives.
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Japan Fights Waste Ahead of G-20 summit
Japan has a plastic problem. In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of vegetables, pastries, pens and cosmetics is sold plastic-wrapped.
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Pakistan Plastic Bans
Bans on plastic shopping bags are spreading in Pakistan, starting from the country’s scenic north.
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Bioplastics Company Builds Recycling Plant
The French bioplastics biotech Carbios has raised €14.5M through a placing of shares in order to fund the construction of a demonstration plant that will use enzymes to make 100% recycled plastics.
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Clariant Strategy To Tackle Plastic Waste
As action to tackle the challenge of plastic pollution gains momentum, including a new international framework signed by G20 ministers to address marine plastic waste, specialty chemical company Clariant announces proactive steps to foster partnerships and create a more sustainable plastics industry through a “Symphony of Collaboration”.
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Renewable and Recyclable?
Just as materials and packaging designs evolve, so must the recycling industry to capture value from bioplastics.
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New Plastics Pact in Belgium
The Belgian Food Industry Federation (Fevia) published 6 targets regarding plastic packaging. Although, they didn’t call it as such, it’ s a kind of Plastics Pact.
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Let’s End Styrofoam: Ohana Enters Biodegradable Cooler Market
Yes, there’s a time and place for the disposable cooler. But now there’s no excuse for that cooler to be Styrofoam. With the Ohana Cooler, Vericool joins the ranks of biodegradable, post-consumer-recycled, disposable coolers that cost just a few dollars each.
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Tips and Trends in Biochemical Engineering
Do you want to be on the cutting edge of multi-disciplinary research? Have you considered how it actually takes multiple life science professionals working together to solve complex problems? The field of biochemical engineering is innovative and collaborative by nature.
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Boots In The Middle of A Plastic Bag Polemic
Boots will phase out all plastic bags from its stores by 2020, replacing them with brown paper bags.
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Prada To Launch Ocean Plastic Collection
Prada has announced plans to launch a collection of nylon bags made from recycled plastic.
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8th Circular and Biobased Performance Materials Symposium 2019
The 8th Circular and Biobased Performance Symposium was held in Wageningen, the Netherlands, on Wednesday 19 June 2019. Key industry players from the entire value chain, ranging from waste, agrifood to polymer processing companies, end application producers and users, reflected on their R&D strategies.
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Will UK Ban Non-Recyclable Packaging?
The public has “woken up” and is ready to do more to cut plastic pollution, MPs have been told. They were debating a petition, signed by almost 250,000 people, urging the government to ban all non-recyclable food packaging.
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MillerCoors Works to Develop Biodegradable Rings for Cans to Replace Plastic
There have been bans on plastic straws and bags, but what about the plastic rings that hold canned drinks together? Well, that could be next.
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The Success of First2Run and A New Era for the European Bio-based Industry
The final event of the “First2Run” project took place in Brussels on the 20th of June. “First2Run” was the first flagship project funded for €17 Mln by The Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertakings (BBI JU) under Horizon 2020. Here are the conclusions.
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Olivier Rigaud To Become New CEO of Corbion
Corbion today announced that the Supervisory Board has nominated Olivier Rigaud to succeed Tjerk de Ruiter as CEO of Corbion.
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Maine’s Styrofoam Ban Met with Mixed Response
The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
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Britain Lead in Biodegradable Plastics Stymied by Brussels
The EU has been accused of suppressing a scientific study which may have given a major boost to British entrepreneurs who claim to have invented biodegradable plastic. British producers of oxo-biodegradable plastics say they break down faster than conventional plastics and could play a key role in the global fight against pollution. The technology is…
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Biodegradable Plastics Uptake Still Discouraging in Malaysia
The majority of traders in Kuala Lumpur continue to use oxo-biodegradable bags because they are cheaper.
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7-Eleven Japan Goes Bioplastics
Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Monday it will start selling all of its rice balls in wraps made of biomass plastics possibly from July as it aims to reduce the use of fossil-fuel-derived materials for the environment.
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Bioplastics Packaging at the Largest Cosmetic Event in Europe
Make Up In Paris is the Only B-to-B Make Up event in Europe and it took place on the 20th and 21st of June 2019. Let’s see how bioplastics performs in the world of Cosmetics.
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l’Oreal Invests More in BioCosmetics and Bioplastics
Global Bioenergies developed a process to convert renewable resources into isobutene. Global Bioenergies announced a capital increase and l’Oreal increases its investment.
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Vietnam Connects Biodegradable Production Enterprises with Food Enterprises
The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has established linkages between 32 biodegradable plastic bag production enterprises and food enterprises.
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South Korea Hosts Microbes Forum to Promote Bio-Economy
South Korean energy conglomerate Daesung Group hosted its third annual forum on microbes Thursday in Seoul, with the theme “Lab to Industry for Bioeconomy.”
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THC BioMed Orders Biodegradable Filters for its Automated Pre-Rolls
THC BioMed is pleased to announce that has placed an order for biodegradable filters for its automated pre-rolls.
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Baby Bottles Made of Plant Material a Reality with New Bioplastics
A research team at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has developed high-strength and thermal resisting super bioplastics that do not contain any harmful chemicals.
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Developing Countries Turn Away From Plastic Waste Imports
Will an amendment to the Basel Convention staunch the global flow of plastic waste?
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Bioplastics In Aerospatial Applications
In November 2018, Expleo, Arkema, Cobratex, Specific Polymers, Cirimat, Compositadour, Lisa Aeronautics and Mécano announced that they will design a new biosourced technical composites based on long bamboo fibres. It will be presented publicly as we speak.
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Measures of French Government Will Impact Plastics Industry
The French Government took Measures on 18th of June to counter the current socio-economic crisis and protests. Here are the measures that will impact the Plastics Industry.
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Concern over Plastic use is Reflected in Consumer Attitudes on Food Packaging
56% of the respondents in the United States feel that the food brands have the main responsibility for reducing plastic waste in food packaging, according to an international consumer survey commissioned by Kemira. 46% are willing to pay more for renewable packaging.
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Coco Taps Partners with Beyond Green to Introduce Biodegradable Taps
Fresh-tapped coconut supplier Coco Taps has announced partnership with beyond GREEN to launch their new taps, made from corn-based maize. The taps are completely zero waste, biodegradable and ocean-safe; available in fresh-tapped Coco Taps coconuts later this year.
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Yield10 Bioscience Files Patent For New PHA Biomaterials Technology
Yield10 Bioscience, an agricultural bioscience company that uses its “Trait Factory” to develop high value seed traits for the agriculture and food industries, today announced that the Company has filed a U.S. Patent application for new technology enabling low-cost production of PHA-based biomaterials in Camelina sativa, an oilseed crop.
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Biocomposites Enter More Markets
Biocomposites have begun to penetrate several additional markets beyond the main sales market of decking.
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LyondellBasell and Neste Announce Commercial-scale Production of Bio-Based Plastic
This collaboration marks the first time bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene were produced simultaneously at commercial scale.
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Can Green PE, Better Collection and Recycling Redeem Plastic? Braskem Thinks So
As ocean plastic in particular has captured the world’s attention, plastic producers such as Braskem have quickly ramped up efforts to use plastic responsibly and create better alternatives.
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Plant Based Summit Report, the Increasing Power of the Biobased Chemistry
Some 400 people gathered in Lyon on May 22, 23 and 24 to participate at the Plant Based Summit (PBS) event co-organized by the ACDV, the IAR competitiveness cluster and the InfoPro Digital group in partnership with Axelera. The Plant Based Summit, for its 5th edition, has now become the biennial event for all actors…
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Biodegradable Plastic Will Not Break Down in Compost Says UCL Scientists
Plastic packaging labelled “biodegradable” or “compostable” is misleading because most does not break down naturally and ends up polluting the environment, scientists have said.
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Compostables Study Misleading According to BBIA
The Bio Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has responded to the growing concerns surrounding compostable packaging.
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DEINOVE & Dow Sign Agreement to Develop Cosmetic Ingredient
Dow has selected an extract belonging to the DEINOVE proprietary strains’ bank to launch a new cosmetic active ingredient for skin care applications. Commercialization is planned for early 2021.
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Are PFAS The Next Big Industry Scandal?
A class of chemicals that some scientists call the next DDT is just beginning to face scrutiny for its appearance in human food, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now developing ways to measure its presence in everything from milk to produce.
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Biodegradable Artwork Graces Paris Park
A vast artwork showing a line of clasped hands at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris will be formally unveiled on Saturday.
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Wooden Beer Bottles and Paper Straws, Japan Shifts from plastic
Transition creates opportunities for the nation’s declining paper industry.
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Packaging Made of Orange Peel Bioplastics
The solution to how we keep food fresh could well involve pinching a trick from nature – wrap it in an orange peel.
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Italian Embassy Does Marketing Campaign With Novamont
Six months into its latest UK diplomatic mission, the Italian Embassy in London has reduced the amount of waste it produces by approximately 20 per cent, while 50 per cent of it is recyclable and 30 per cent compostable.
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Bio-Based Plastic Street Activity Helps Children to Make their Own Plastic
The transition to a bio-based economy starts by raising already young children’s awareness.
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Trash for Teaching: Indian Students Hope to Set Example on Plastic Recycling
A school has asked pupils to bring in at least 20 pieces of plastic waste every week in exchange for free schooling.
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How Fish Skins and Algae Could Help Solve the Plastic Pollution Crisis
A University of Sussex student has taken inspiration from the seas to find a solution to the man-made plastic pollution contaminating the world’s oceans.
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Initiatives To Monetise Plastic Waste
Plastic Bank and 3R Initiative are industry led initiatives aimed at reducing plastic waste by increasing value of plastic waste.
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WWF Launch Anti-Plastic Campaign
WWF Launch ‘Your Plastic Diet’. WWF wants a treaty to address plastic pollution through international cooperation.
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US Government Becomes New Leader in Bio-Transition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) in partnership with its National Laboratories dedicate the month of May and June to educating the US public on renewable biomass used for the production of biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower.
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Synvina Becomes Avantium Renewable Polymers
The Name Change has not Been Made Official Yet, but We Thought You May Want to Have a Look at the Following…
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A Biodegradable Label Doesn’t Make It So
At the third Scientific American “Science Meets Congress” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, experts examined the question of biodegradability. Podcast of the New York Times.
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Canadians Invent Biodegradable Shoes Made From Plants
Instead of tossing these in the trash when you wear them through, drop them in your compost bin, where they’ll naturally decompose (yes, the soles too).
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BBC Unveils The Criminal Practices of Recycling in Malaysia
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall finds UK plastic waste abandoned in Malaysia For his series War on Plastic.
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P&G to Trial Olay Refillable Packaging in the UK and USA
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is to pilot refillable packaging for its Olay skincare brand in the UK and USA.
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New Nano-Organisms Consume CO2 to Make Biodegradable Plastic and Fuel
Cyborg bacteria could be stored in local pools where family homes and businesses pump their CO2 waste to, suggest researchers.
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A New Lignin Based Glue
Latvijas Finieris has developed for its RIGA birch plywood a new green glue RIGA ECOlogical, where bio-based renewable lignin to a significant extent is used as replacement of the traditional fossil phenol.
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Seven Measures To Promote A Bio-Based Economy in the EU
Over the last three years the STAR4BBI project has studied policy and standardisation hurdles that bio-based industries face. Here are 7 measures to tackle these hurdles.
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Philipinnes To Return Garbage that Came from Australia
Australia’s garbage will be the next to be shipped out of the Philippines.
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Suntory Issues New Plastic Policy Including BioPlastics
Today, Suntory Group unveiled a new company-wide policy focused on implementing sustainable plastic that promote a recycling-oriented and decarbonized society.
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Nativia, The Sensible Choice For Sustainable, High Quality Packaging
Taghleef Industries (Ti) is one of the largest global manufacturers of plastic films and with NATIVIA® bio-based films offers a sustainable and high-quality choice for food packaging and labelling applications.
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Aldi Goes For Bioplastics Bags
Aldi has said it will ditch its plastic bags for paper and biodegradable bags from July.
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Canada to Announce Ban on Single-Use Plastics
The Canadian government plans to announce it is moving to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, a senior government official said late Sunday
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No More Plastic Straws at Over 270 Outlets in Singapore From July
A major contributor to the excessive use of disposable plastic, Singapore’s food and beverage industry has taken a significant first step to influence plastic-free consumption by removing plastic straws from their premises by next month.
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Will Plastic Wet Wipes Be Banned Because of Sewer Blockages?
There are calls for Wales to consider banning non-biodegradable wet wipes and urgently fund more research into microplastics in rivers.
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Thai Government Gives Tax Deduction for Using Bioplastics Packaging
The cabinet on Tuesday approved measures to promote biodegradable plastic packaging, offering a tax deduction on expenses from corporate income. Move will reduce state’s waste burden.
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Corona Will Accept Plastic Waste as Payment to Combat Ocean Pollution
For a week, the beer company will upcycle litter.
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Plastic Packaging to Prevent Food Waste and Protect Environment
There has been a surge in awareness of the damage that plastic pollution does to our planet in recent years. It has spurred a number of campaigns to remove single-use plastics from our daily lives. This extends to food packaging, with a Waitrose supermarket in the city of Oxford recently launching a package-free trial.
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Biodegradable Construction Bricks Made Of Charcoal And Loofah
concrete manufacturing, one of the most common construction methods, produces about 15% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, making the building industry a large threat for the environment. the green charcoal’s biodegradable bricks and innovative construction materials aims to change that.
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Avantium Moving Forward on Bio-based Plastics Plant
Dutch biotechnology company Avantium NV has unveiled a series of plans to commercialize its YXY technology to produce 100 percent renewable and fully recyclable polyethylene furanoate (PEF) polymers.
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Solon Is A New Bioplastics Brand
PRESS RELEASE – RWDC Industries Ltd., the winner of The Liveability Challenge 2018, presented by Temasek Foundation, launches its Solon brand at Ecosperity Week 2019 in Singapore in June.
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Navigating the Fast-Changing Landscape of Bioplastics and Biomaterials
Small and big companies looking to meet current buyer demand from consumers and retailers, swerve incoming regulatory levers and leverage recent technological innovations are pursuing new (but also, rather, incredibly old) solutions that downplay our reliance on petroleum-based plastics — alternatives that are sourced from plants.
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Will Israel Disrupt the Blue Bioplastics Industry?
Israel is Joining the Bioplastics Scene. Are they Coming to Pay us a Visit or Will They Run the Show!
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Tallahassee Businesses Moving to Biodegradable Straws
Tallahassee city commissioners are hoping the city will become “more conscious than ever before” in protecting the environment, starting with plastic straws.
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Compostable Pen and Ink System Derived from Materials Found in Sewage
Every day, NYC turns 1.3 billion gallons of sewage into a material called biosolids by feeding it to microorganisms. Though once utilized to enrich soils, around 2.8 million pounds of biosolids has gone to landfill every day for the past ten years. Sum Waste proposes creating a sustainable industry out of it by producing bioplastics…
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Green Science Alliance Obtains Certificate From Japanese Bioplastics Association
Nano Cellulose, Cellulose nanofiber (CNF) is derived from natural biomass resources such as trees and plants so that it is recyclable and biodegradable. Because its raw material is an abundant natural resource, it is obtainable at low cost. Therefore, nano cellulose is an excellent green, next-generation biomaterial.
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EU Council Adopts Rules on Single-Use Plastics to Reduce Marine Plastic Litter
PRESS RELEASE Published on 21 May – The Council of the EU adopted the ambitious measures proposed by the Commission to tackle marine litter coming from the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on European beaches, as well as abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics.
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Bioplastics in Luxury Packaging
The Luxury Packaging Event Focussing on Sustainability, Edition Speciale by Luxe Pack, Took Place in Paris on the 4th and 5th of June. Bioplastics made its Official Entry into the World of Luxury Packaging
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Good Bubble Goes Bioplastics
Good Bubble – the vegan baby skincare range backed by Deborah Meaden – is spearheading ‘a UK first’ with its latest packaging move.
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YFAI Pursues Lignin as an Alternative to ABS
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) has obtained the exclusive use of the lignin-based material developed by Prisma Renewable Composites for automotive interiors.
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BBC Covers Bioplastics From Cactus
This Mexican researcher has discovered a way to turn cactus leaves into a material with similar properties to plastic. She says it’s not toxic and is biodegradable.
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Bedding Made From Eucalyptus
New York homeware brand Buffy has launched a comforter made entirely of eucalyptus pulp, reducing its ecological footprint while also making it suitable for vegans.
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Groundbreaking Technology for the Measurement of Bioplastic Degradation in the Environment
Who is the Market Leader in the Development of User-Friendly Technology for the Measurement of Bioplastic Degradation?
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New Cigarette Filters Block up to 60% of Harmful Substances Thanks to Bio-on Biopolymers
Bio-on has patented a new material following research conducted over the last 2 years by CNS laboratories in Italy and Clarkson University in New York state.
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Lignin Startup in the Spotlight
The Hamburg-based start-up LignoPure, a spin-off from the TVT Institute of the TUHH, wants to make the world a better place with this great material.
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Michelin Reinvents the Wheel: Bio-Based and 3D Printed
Michelin Hits the Nail Square and Will Probably hit the Jackpot too. Michelin Initiates a New Revolution, a New Era of Wheel Technology.
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Joint European Vision for a Circular Bio-Society
On behalf of 15 parties from the European bio-economy, the Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC) has launched the joint Vision of the Circular Bio-society in 2050.
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Bio!Pac 2019 Was A Great Success
Bio!Pac Has Become the Most Important Conference on Bioplastics Packaging.
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The Future is Here in the Form of Biodegradable Cutlery
You can have your plate and eat it too, says Polish inventor. Polish inventor and entrepreneur Jerzy Wysocki catches a brown plate, still warm, as it drops out of a machine and he begins to eat the crunchy, fibrous tableware.
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