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Clemson Launches Compostable Packaging Research Initiative
The initiative from The Sonoco FRESH food, packaging and sustainability institute will bridge lab-based R&D with the larger-scale campus organics recycling system.
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Article on the man who discovered microplastics in 1993
‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them
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Hundreds of toxic chemicals in recycled plastics
When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals.
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Lummus and Citroniq partner on Bio-PP
Lummus and Citroniq Announce Licensing and Engineering Agreements for Green Polypropylene Plants
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Algae-Based Manufacturing System Uses Co2 To Create Eco-Friendly Plastic
Biodegradable plastics made from sustainable sources and CO2 are one step closer to reality thanks, in part, to a Mizzou Engineer’s expertise in bioprocesses and bioproducts.
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Bioplastics creates microplastics and contaminate farmlands (WUR study)
Compostable plastic is marketed as soil biodegradable plastics in the agricultural sector (mulch films). EU funds are allocated to develop such films and to make us eat plastic. Bon appétit!
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The plastic cleanup technology fiasco
Scientists caution against a reliance on mechanical devices to clear water bodies of plastic. An international group of scientists has cautioned against reliance on mechanical cleanup devices as a means of addressing the plastic pollution crisis.
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Business & community in Washington discuss home compostable packaging
Bainbridge Island Business & community still don’t like BI compost law
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Euronews article on plastic credits
Plastic solution or greenwashing risk? How giving plastic credits for crisp bags could save our seas
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What to expect on talks to end plastic pollution? (UNEP)
Negotiators will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, from 13-19 November for the latest in a series of talks designed to forge a legally binding global instrument to end plastic pollution.
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Associated Press article on Plastic Treaty
Nations gather in Nairobi to hammer out treaty on plastic pollution
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Indian Startup makes tapioca bioplastic bags
MSc Botany Graduate Bindi Patel Has Created Bags Using Sago Starch Mix That Has Look, Feel And Strength Of Plastic With None Of Its Toxic Character
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Compostable Dog Poop Bags Aren’t Really That Compostable (Time)
Compostable Dog Poop Bags Aren’t Really That Compostable says Time magazine
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California governor vetoes bill that would require microplastic filters on washing machines
Advocates blame industry pressure for Newsom’s decision; bill would have prevented millions of pounds of synthetic fiber pollution.
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Eco-Products Adds Hot Cup and Container Lids to Award-Winning Vanguard Molded Fiber Line (FREE)
Rectangular lids feature patent-pending ‘snap-on’ corners that confirm lid has been secured in place. This is a FREE article
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Interstellar Lab joins L’Oréal Green Sciences Incubator for biofarming innovations
Interstellar Lab, a biofarming startup, joins L’Oréal’s Green Sciences Incubator programme to explore the use of BioPod for sourcing sustainable ingredients for cosmetics.
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ZymoChem Awarded $4MM for Bio-Based Polymers production
ZymoChem Awarded $4MM from U.S. Department of Energy to Advance Production of Affordable and Effective Bio-Based Polymers
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Roberts Mart launches compostable films
The beginning of November saw the launch of our first overseas office and our new compostable packaging film, Biyo, set to improve disposal of home compostable flexible packaging materials.
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180,000 support the call for a ban on EU plastic waste trade exports
Today, the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, Rethink Plastic alliance, Environmental Investigation Agency, Eko, and WeMove have published the results of their joint petition urging the European Union to ban plastic waste exports to both non-OECD and OECD countries.
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Aimplas to develop PHA packaging from beer waste
The BioSupPack project advances in the development of bio-based packaging solutions derived from beer production waste
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Vertoro secures EU funding
Vertoro already makes renewable fuel for shipping, but will also focus on other applications.
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Novel Mechanoenzymatic Strategy for Lignin Depolymerization
Constitutive lignin phenolic monomers have gained significant attention in recent years due to their potential applications in the production of high-value chemicals. However, generating phenolic monomers remains challenging, as lignin, the precursor, is hard to depolymerize.
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Will the fashion industry outgrow PET bottles if chemical recycling for textiles takes off?
As concerns about fast-fashion waste gain more attention, well-funded startups and longstanding chemical companies are starting to scale up the textile recycling market.
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Ocean clean technologies are Clean Washing
New report finds marine plastic pollution clean-up technology is not all it seems on the surface
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An integrated lignocellulose fractionation biomass biorefinery to produce components for high-value applications
FRACTION develops a novel integrated biomass biorefinery approach to maximise the purity and quality of cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose, demonstrating their upgrading into high-added-value products.
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Bananatex produces compostable jersey made from Abacá banana plants
Textile company Bananatex has developed a biodegradable lightweight jersey fabric by extracting fibres from the stalks of Abacá banana plants.
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One million tonnes of plastic additives leak into oceans each year – research
EA Earth Action said that the vast majority of additives are untested, unregulated and have been linked to a range of health concerns.
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Mars statement on plastic treaty
Next month, we’re headed to Nairobi, Kenya to join hundreds of global leaders, peer organizations and NGOs for the third session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a Global Plastic Treaty. Our goal is to develop a first draft of the world’s first legally binding treaty to eliminate plastic pollution through a unified…
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NGOs file complaint against Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone for misleading recycling claims
Coca-Cola and Nestle accused of misleading eco claims
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GoPHA white paper for UN Plastic Treaty
Our White Paper Collection delves into various aspects of sustainable alternatives and substitutes to fossil-based plastics. We shed light on natural materials, including PHA, and explore their benefits, properties, and potential roles in enabling positive change.
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The future of Jamaica sugar cane industry
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Franklyn Witter, says the sugar industry in Jamaica requires an overhaul that must be rooted in a complete modernisation strategy.
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Walmart becomes reusable plastic bag fool
Social media is making fun of Walmart’s reusable bags nonsense
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AkzoNobel uses rapeseed and pine rosin to create first bio-based interior coating for KIA Motors
KIA Motors is using bio-based paint supplied by AkzoNobel for the inside of its new EV9 electric SUV. It’s the first time the vehicle manufacturer has specified an interior bio-based coating.
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YutoEco develops transparent plant-based lucent membrane for packaging
YUTOECO’s Plant-based ECO Lucent Membrane: An Eco-friendly Visible Solution for Packaging
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VTT finds unprecedented extensible limits for formable cellulose-based food packaging to replace single-use plastic
Enabled by foam forming technology, VTT’s formable cellulose-based webs with 30% extensibility were used to make rigid packages using an industrial product packaging line. This opens up the manufacturing of a wide range of sustainable packaging solutions.
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EU imposes audit of plastic recyclers in Balgladesh
Recyclers would “not be able to export their products to the EU” without going through the audit, the EU said in a letter forwarded to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) of Bangladesh — What the EU should have done is inquire about what happens to the plastic waste exported from the EU
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Update on New Natureworks PLA plant in Thailand
NatureWorks Announces Next Phase of Construction on New Fully Integrated Ingeo™️ PLA Biopolymer Manufacturing Facility in Thailand
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EU – Food contact material update
Principles that could be applicable to the safety assessment of the use of mixtures of natural origin to manufacture food contact materials
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China – food contact material update
China: National Food Safety Standard of General Safety Requirements of Food Contact Materials and Articles Notified to WTO
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Online delivery is blind spot for Malaysian SUP ban
Online delivery blind spot could foil Putrajaya’s single-use plastics ban, green groups say
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Harnessing Plant Sugars and Spirulina: The Future of Bioplastics
Scientists around the globe are making major strides in the science of biodegradable plastics.
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Imaging Shows How Inorganic-Microbe Hybrids Use Light to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Bioplastic
Scientists develop a multimodal imaging approach to study microbe–semiconductor biohybrids at the single-cell to single-molecule level.
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Huge increase of plastic packaging use by Coke and Pepsi
Coke and Pepsi, both (strategic) members of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, have strongly increased their use of plastic packaging over the last year.
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New Bioplastics Startup in Tennessee
Bioplastics startup launches in Knox County, plans $83M processing plant
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Pakistan develops solution for textile waste
Pakistan develops solution for textile waste
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Sky News article on compostable packaging
Compostable packaging ‘returns to nature’- but which bin does it go in?
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Japan Develops stronger, stretchier, self-healing plastic
Japan: Scientists develop self-healing, stronger and partially biodegradable plastic
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Viral video about toxic chemicals in paper cups
Here’s a video circulating on social media about the toxic chemicals used in paper cups
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Impact of Multiple Reprocessing on Properties of PHB and PP
Impact of Multiple Reprocessing on Properties of Polyhydroxybutyrate and Polypropylene
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Xampla and Elemis partner on plastic-free cosmetics packaging
UK skincare brand ELEMIS has struck a partnership with next generation plant materials brand, Morro – recently launched by Xampla in Cambridge – to launch innovative new biodegradable sampling sachets.
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How ‘climate change’ business has distracted from real priority: clean air
Health impact of air pollution missing from two-thirds of national climate plans
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Rubber is major cause of deforestation
Rubber drives ‘at least twice’ as much deforestation as previously thought
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US Bipartisan Legislation to Support Biorefineries, Renewable Chemicals, and Biomanufacturing
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to enhance the ability of the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Products Assistance program to support the development of biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased products.
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Nestle packaging strategy update
Nestlé makes further headway in shaping a waste-free future
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With no worldwide standards, are ‘plastic credits’ reducing waste or greenwashing?
Companies and other entities are buying ‘plastic credits’ allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment elsewhere — often in poor nations lacking waste management programs.
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Agilyx stock market update
This news is not supposed to be circulating internationally.
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Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET to Adipic Acid
Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products
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Aquapak appoints new COO
Aquapak Appoints Tom Barrett As Chief Operating Officer To Support Global Growth
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Industry complains about online sale of banned SUP
Who is policing the continuing sale of banned single-use plastics by online retailers?
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NGOs ask to end Mass Balance greenwashing
ECOS and the Rethink Plastic alliance ask the EU Commission and its consultants to set limits to the use of the ‘mass balance’ method when measuring recycled content in plastic products.
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Legal action filled against Cargill, founder of NatureWorks
Cargill has been involved in deforestation, human rights abuses … and of course PLA. The road to Cargill headquarter is paved with animal carcasses.
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New report calls chemical recycling a dangerous deception
A new report calls chemical recycling a ‘dangerous deception’ — and a former plastic lobbyist agrees
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The potential of CO2-based production cycles in biotechnology to fight the climate crisis
Rising CO2 emissions have pushed scientists to develop new technologies for a more sustainable bio-based economy. Microbial conversion of CO2 and CO2-derived carbon substrates into valuable compounds can contribute to carbon neutrality and sustainability.
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Bioplastics wins OPPO Inspiration Challenge
Amongst the five winning proposals in OPPO Inspiration Challenge 2023, two were about sustainable packaging.
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Bioplastics wins UNEP award
The winners of the 2023 edition of the “Champions of the Earth” prize organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have been announced.
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Versalis builds chemical recycling plant in Italy
Versalis: construction site for plastics chemical recycling plant opens in Mantua
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Plastics Fact Sheet 2023
Plastics – the fast Facts shows preliminary global and European plastics production data. It also provides European plastics industry’s key economic figures, trade balance, top trade partners, and preliminary estimations of European plastics conversion.
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Sabic, Landbell and Mars partner on chemical recycling
Mars, Sabic And Landbell Partner In Closed Loop Initiative For Kind® Snack Bar Packaging Based On Certified Circular Pp
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More Skeletons in the Chemours PFAS closet (Guardian)
Researchers say discovery of at least 11 new kinds of PFAS in water near Chemours plant indicates more contamination than thought
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation report
The greenwashing foundation admits failure. Poor Ellen, she has associated her name with the plastic waste buffalo bill show.
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Asian plastic rivers – Viral video on social media
This video is getting millions of views on social media. It shows the severity of the plastic waste problem, especially plastic bottles. Responsibility goes to local, regional and national authorities
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Solugen and ADM partner on biomanufacturing
Solugen and ADM Announce Strategic Partnership to Meet Increasing Demand for Sustainable Products with New Biomanufacturing Facility in the U.S. Midwest
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Microsoft uses recycled ocean-bound plastics in Surface dock
Microsoft has taken a step towards sustainability by using recycled ocean plastic in the production of a power supply and dock for its Surface laptop.
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Gozen raises $3.3 million for bio-leather
GOZEN, the revolutionary biomaterials startup that is set to disrupt the fashion, automotive and home furnishings industries, has just announced $3.3 million in a seed funding round.
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New Indian partnership for chemical recycling
PolyCycl and Re Sustainability forge strategic partnership to establish plastic feedstock preparation facilities for chemical recycling and circular economy initiatives
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Using Plant Sugars To Generate Biofuels and Bioproducts
Engineered enzymes that modify grass plants could make the conversion of plant sugars to biofuels more efficient.
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EU-China Liaison officer to promote bioplastics
EU funds are being used to promote plastics …. morally unacceptable…. EU institutions are throwing EU tax payer money out of the window for the profit of multi billion dollar corporations.
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Marin County says no to compostable bioplastics
On Nov. 10, Marin County will begin enforcing the Reusable Foodware Ordinance.
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Sumitomo Chemical to produce propylene from ethanol
Sumitomo Chemical to Establish a New Environmentally-Friendly Process for Producing Propylene Directly from Ethanol: Starting Construction of a Pilot Facility for Demonstration of the Technology as a Green Innovation Fund Project
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Saudi Arabia and China partner on biodegradable plastics
The project will be commercialized in two years, with the next year spent building the facility and producing 1 ton of bioplastics.
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Notpla lands £1 million grant
Notpla, which is developing seaweed-based alternatives to plastic has been awarded a £1 million grant by Innovate UK.
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Goodyear and Visolis partner on bio-isoprene
Goodyear And Visolis To Collaborate On The Production Of Isoprene By Upcycling Materials
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Lignin Coating for Geotextiles
Lignin Coating Makes Geotextiles Made From Environmentally Friendly Natural Fibers Durable
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New Zealand Herald says to avoid compostable PLA coffee cups
According to the article, PLA coffee cups is greenashing
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Hong Kong Ban on SUP Tableware
How effective will Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastic tableware be in reducing waste?
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Aimplas Develops Packaging from ocean by-products
AIMPLAS is developing food and cosmetic packaging products from ocean by-products such as fish gelatine and fishing nets within the EcoeFISHent project
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Fashion Brans Switch from plastic to paper packaging
Analysing data from an exclusive consumer survey, it unpicks shoppers’ real opinions on key sustainability topics. It delves into fashion customers’ evolving mindsets versus their actual purchasing habits, as well as their willingness – or lack thereof – to pay for sustainable fashion.
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Zero Waste Europe Report on Chemical Recycling
This report examines the widely promoted pyrolysis method in plastic waste management, shedding light on its inherent limitations.
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PBPC Reacts to Ag BIO Act
Plant Based Products Council Reacts to Introduction of the Ag BIO Act
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Michigan city no longer accepts BPI certified compostable plastics
The lack of transparency and amateur communication of BPI is just phenomenal. I mean after 10 years of following bioplastics, I’m not sure of what BPI is about.
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ENVI makes sweeping changes to PPWR proposals
The European Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI) has voted on initial amendments to the draft Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), potentially ushering in sweeping changes.
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Products made of plastic falsely claimed to be biodegradable are on sale at Brazilian supermarkets
High incidence of false biodegradability claims related to single-use plastic utensils sold in Brazil
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Algenesis secures new funding
Plant-based material science company Algenesis secures new funding to scale production and fight climate change
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LyondellBasell acquires 25% of Cyclyx
LyondellBasell acquires 25% of Cyclyx joint venture, joining Agilyx and ExxonMobil to accelerate plastic waste recycling
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Oil climate coalition reports higher green spend, lower methane emissions
As CEOs of OGCI’s member companies, we support the goals of the Paris Agreement, limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. And we recognize that there is a real urgency to act.
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Sumitomo Chemical begins building ethanol-to-propylene pilot facility
Sumitomo Chemical to Establish a New Environmentally-Friendly Process for Producing Propylene Directly from Ethanol: Starting Construction of a Pilot Facility for Demonstration of the Technology as a Green Innovation Fund Project
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