Tag: Paid Content
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Perstorp Increases Production of Green Polyols
Perstorp makes major increase in production of Pro-Environment Polyols
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Update on EU Environmental Claims Directive
Environmental claims: Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to empower consumers to take action for the ecological transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information
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NGOs Sue California County for Biofuel Plants
Communities for a Better Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity sued Contra Costa County on Tuesday over its rushed approval of two proposed biofuel refineries in the Bay Area using incomplete and misleading environmental reviews — Biofuel plants are heavy industries. You don’t want them in your street.
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The Plastic Protein Powder Solution
Plastic-sourced protein powder developed by Michigan Tech researchers could help solve two prominent global issues: hunger and plastic pollution — While the European Commission is flushing EU taxpayer money down the drain, US scientists are coming up with disruptive solutions.
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Should Ireland Tax Coffee Cups?
Levy needed ‘to target dumping of coffee cups on streets’
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Using PLA to Make Clothes
Tokyo firm finds use for Chinese biodegradable plastic in clothes
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Highest Inflation Rate in 30 years
Inflation rose 8.6% in May, highest since 1981 — What if the current inflation was not the consequence of market mechanisms (demand & supply), but purely the consequence of major corporations surfing on the wave of “greed” ?
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Plastitar
Plastic pollution now combining with tar to form ocean-threatening ‘plastitar’ — When will the great masters of this world finally stop talking and start organising the “industrial” collection and removal of the garbage patches in the oceans?
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Absolut Vodka Goes Biobased Cap
The Absolut Company, part of Pernod Ricard, is working with Blue Ocean Closures (BOC), a start-up based in Sweden, to develop an innovative natural fibre-based closure cap for Absolut Vodka’s iconic bottle.
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New Method to Recover PHA from Bacterial Cells
Potential of mealworms used in polyhydroxyalkanoate/bioplastic recovery as red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) feed ingredient
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UPM Plywood Goes Lignin Wisa Biobond
UPM Plywood is taking another step with WISA BioBond to help builders meet sustainability targets
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CropEnergies Buys Stake in LXP Group
CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, has acquired a stake in LXP Group GmbH, Teltow (Germany), at the end of May 2022. For approx. EUR 2 million, CropEnergies secured just under 20 percent of the Brandenburg-based biotech startup as part of a capital increase.
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Masonry Block Made from Algae
Masonry blocks from microalgae-based bio-cement offer zero carbon alternative
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Superworms That Can Eat Polystyrene
Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered the common Zophobas morio ‘superworm’ can eat through polystyrene, thanks to a bacterial enzyme in their gut.
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Adidas Greenwashing with Floatable Ocean Plastic Tennis Court
Adidas Creates Floating Tennis Court Made of Ocean Plastic to Raise Awareness — There has been a greenwashing avalanche since the EU launched the circular movement.
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SKC Sells PE Film Business to Focus on PBAT
SKC sells plastic film business to private equity — It’s completely nuts to gamble everything on PBAT. Especially, when PE may well be the first and only plastic to reach circular status.
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Pakistan Goes Vermicomposting
Growers advised to focus on vermicomposting for organic farming
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Fisher Price Joins Mattel Toy Takeback Program
Fisher-Price Joins Barbie, MEGA, and Matchbox in Mattel PlayBack, a Toy Takeback Program Designed to Recover and Reuse Materials in Mattel Toys
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US Secretary Issues Order to Phase Out SUP
Secretary Haaland Issues Order to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics, Protect Public Lands and Waters
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Ineos Receives Permit for Project One
Flemish Minister of Environment Zuhal Demir grants INEOS Olefins Belgium permit for Project ONE
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P&G Goes Shampoo Bars
P&G continues to raise the bar in sustainability, announcing its first high-performing shampoo bars across its European haircare portfolio: Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Herbal Essences and Aussie.
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EU Commission Celebrates World Ocean Day
World Oceans Day: Joint Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius — There’s not much to celebrate. The oceans have become more acid, the water temperature is raising, over-fishing, microplastics, garbage patches …. But still, the EU Commission believes there’s more business potential.
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Norway Asks Retail Data on Microplastics
Norwegian clothing firms told to share microplastic pollution impacts
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Plastic Recycling is Working says Bloomberg Columnist
Plastic Recycling Is Working, So Ignore the Cynics says Bloomberg columnist — The columnist only speaks about PET and HDPE. Maybe we could also ignore the plastic continents in the oceans? I wonder who’s whispering in his ears? Or maybe, he was winter sleeping for the last 4 years? Unfortunately, End-of-life is plastics’ achilles heel.
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Financial Sector to Push for Net Zero
GFANZ Launches Asia-Pacific Network to Support Asia-Pacific Financial Institutions’ Move to Net Zero — The Net Zero initiative is to monetise the environment, biodiversity and ecosystems. It’s the apogee of greed. Net Zero is a greenwashing scheme like the “recycling” movement of the 1980s and 1990s. It’s more about making money than really solving environmental…
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EPR Checklist for Flexible Packaging
Positive signs of momentum and urgency to make the circular economy a reality for flexible packaging materials — An EPR Checklist? And they’re going to call it a major step forward? And we’re supposed to celebrate this?
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US Clothing Label Goes for Compostable Clothes
Brooklyn-Based Clothing Label Wants Its Clothes To Be Fully Compostable — Compostable clothes? Compostable has become a synonym for greenwashing
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Transforming the Plastic Production System
Transforming the Plastic Production System Presents Opportunities to Tackle the Climate Crisis
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French Researchers Develop New Degradable Polymers
A research team has synthesized new degradable polymers by incorporating fragile bonds into their structure.
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BlackRock Officially Enters the Circular Business
Closed Loop Partners’ Leadership Fund Continues to Buy and Build Circular Economy Businesses that Mitigate Waste and Strengthen Circular Supply Chains — The Circular Movement has never really been about the environment; it’s about business …. as usual. Greed is deeply rooted into human nature …. it’s our achilles’ heel.
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ReciChain Expands to Alberta
The reciChain™ program expands to Alberta with the goal to position the province as a leader in plastics circularity — There’s always a risk for greenwashing when BASF is leading an initiative.
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VTT Develops Transparent Cellulose Film
VTT develops transparent cellulose film to replace traditional plastic in food packaging — When it comes to using “wood” to produce packaging, there’s the risk of deforestation. However, Finland may be an exception as they have different forests and forestry management experience.
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South Korea to Develop Seaweed Bioplastics
State project launched to develop biodegradable marine bioplastic materials using seaweed — South Korea is quickly becoming a leading nation in bioplastics.
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rPET Used in Racing Cars
Titan race car features rPET honeycomb in front wing to withstand forces 1000 times its own weight — What looks like a details, is a giant leap
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CBE JU Funding Priorities for 2022
Today CBE JU published its Annual Work Programme, including information about the 2022 call for project proposals — Or shall we say … how to give money to friends and friends of friends? A remake of the feudal system.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Goes GreenToken Blockhain
Mitsubishi Chemical goes for blockchain technology to make their supply chain more circular — However, the technology is non-user friendly and non-agile. I wouldn’t have gone fo that specific technology
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How Nepal Deals with Plastic Waste
Instead of just complaining about garbage, an organisation is recycling plastic waste in Kathmandu and Bharatpur — This article caught me off guard with the term “environmental elite”.
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Plastic Waste to Triple by 2060
Global plastic waste set to almost triple by 2060, says OECD
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FPAC National Forestry Innovation Awards
Two Recipients Named for National Forestry Innovation Awards
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Agar Biopolymer Films
Agar Biopolymer Films for Biodegradable Packaging: A Reference Dataset for Exploring the Limits of Mechanical Performance
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EU Authorises GMO Soy and Corn
On May 19, 2022, the European Commission (EC) approved two genetically engineered (GE) crops (1 soybean and 1 corn/maize) for food and animal feed — It’s always bad news when human try to play god. GMOs aren’t more resistant than normal crops; It’s just patenting of genes and genome.
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Lanxess and Advent Buy DSM Engineering Materials
LANXESS and Advent International establish a leading global joint venture for high-performance engineering polymers
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Corona India Goes Biodegradable and Compostable Packaging
Corona India Launches New 100% Biodegradable And Compostable Packaging Using Barley Straw
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Origin Materials Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product label
Origin Materials Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for Additional Carbon Negative Materials
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Worn Again Technologies to Build Chemical Recycling Plant in Switzerland
Worn Again Technologies announces plans to build a new textile recycling demo plant in Winterthur Switzerland
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Gizmodo Covers Bioplastics
Behind that green sheen, biodegradable and compostable plastics have serious problems.
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EU Green Funds are Harming the Environment and Biodiversity
EU spends billions in renewable and green recovery project that results in the destruction of the environment and biodiversity due to systemic lack of scrutiny says new report.
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Relement Fundraising for Bio MPA
Relement raises 1 million Euro seed round to scale-up renewable coating ingredient
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Danone and Lanzatech Partner on Carbon Capture for PET
LanzaTech, with the support of Danone, Discovers Method to Produce Sustainable PET Bottles from Captured Carbon
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Search Warrant in the 3M PFAS Case (FREE)
The federal judicial police have carried out a search on a government body (environmental inspectorate) in Antwerp. This is a FREE article
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Sun Chemical Increases Price on Inks, Coatings, and Adhesives
Sun Chemical to Increase Prices on Inks, Coatings, Consumables and Adhesives in North America
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Can Canada Make the Paper Industry Circular?
Bacteria could transform paper industry waste into useful products
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NSW Bans Bioplastic Bags
Retailers embrace lightweight plastic bag bans, but call for national alignment
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Consultation on Circular Economy in Scotland
This consultation seeks views on the Scottish Government’s proposals for legislation to develop Scotland’s circular economy.
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Why Is Plastic So Nondegradable?
Article on Newsweek as to why plastic is non biodegradable
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Bioplastics from Potatoes
Waxy potatoes are high in amylopectin content, and have applications in the production of bioplastics, food additives, adhesives and alcohol.
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Chrysal Compostable Sachet Receives Home Compostable Certificate
Chrysal Compostable Sachet Receives Home Compostable Certificate
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Independent Testing of PLA, PBAT and BDP Residues in Compost
NatureWorks Ingeo PLA, BASF Ecoflex PBAT and more compostable plastics were independently tested by a team of researchers. The compost was tested after the biodegradation of compostable plastics. The researchers did a remarkable job.
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Engineering Nonphotosynthetic Carbon Fixation for Bioplastic Production
Engineering nonphotosynthetic carbon fixation for production of bioplastics by methanogenic archaea
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How Are Chemicals Trapped in Body?
By studying polar bear poop, researchers aim to learn how chemicals are trapped in the body
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Boston Goes Curbside Food Waste Collection
Boston to launch curbside food waste collection in August
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TerraCycle Receives Recycling Certification
Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services granted recycling company TerraCycle the Recycled Claim Standard certification, which verifies the Trenton company’s recycling operations and adherence to the RCS as published by the nonprofit Textile Exchange.
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Handelsbanken Goes Ocean Plastic Cards
Handelsbanken goes for payment cards made of recycled ocean plastic
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Earth & Wheat and Treetop Biopak Partner on Compostable Packaging
‘Wonky’ bread subscription service Earth & Wheat has teamed up with Treetop Biopak to switch to compostable packaging.
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Leipzig University Research on PET Biodegradation
Newly Discovered Enzyme Breaks Down Pet Plastic In Record Time
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New Reactive Chemical Found in Atmosphere
New type of extremely reactive substance in the atmosphere
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EU Consultation on Revision of Waste Framework Directive
Waste and recycling: Commission seeks views on revision of the Waste Framework Directive
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Toys and Furniture Made From Popcorn
Forest scientists at the University of Göttingen are developing bio-based, environmentally friendly material
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Converting Agricultural Waste into PHA
Upcycling agricultural waste to biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates by combined ambient alkaline pretreatment and bacterial fermentation
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Investor Capital at Risk Because of Plastic Industry
Eur 678 Billion Of Investor Capital At Risk From Eu Plastic Industry’s Business-As-Usual Model
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Philippines Goes for Plastic Money
BSP Releases Polymer Banknotes to Banks for Circulation
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New Hope and S&B Partner on Chemical Recycling
S&B Selected as Contractor for New Hope Energy’s Advanced Plastics Recycling Unit
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rPET Shortage in EU
Soft drinks industry faces a recycled plastic shortage, says Ribena maker
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TU Dresden Research on Biosynthesis of Cyanobacterin
Biosynthesis Of Cyanobacterin Opens Up New Class Of Natural Compounds For Applications In Medicine And Agriculture
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Californian School Discovers Problem with Compostable Packaging
Compostable School Lunch Packaging Isn’t Actually Compostable
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Debunking Bioplastics
The environmental impact of consumer items is complicated and the prefix “bio” does not necessarily mean better.
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Bioform Technologies to Replace Plastic with Kelp, Wood Fibre and Minerals
Small Vancouver startup believes it’s created the solution to plastic pollution
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GPCA Talks About Circular Plastics
The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) represents the downstream hydrocarbon industry in the Arabian Gulf.
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Tipa and G Mondini Partner on Compostable Wet Food Container
TIPA Partners with G.Mondini to Produce Home Compostable Wet Food Container
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Natrify Raises Millions to Develop Bioplastics
Egyptian Startup raises millions to develop biodegradable plastics
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NZ Startup Uses Bees to Make Bioplastics
New Zealand’s Humble Bee Bio is using bees to create bioplastics
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Hong Kong Introduces Polluter Pays for Beverage Containers
Polluter Pays Principle Introduces New Levies on Beverage Containers
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EU Paper Industry Not Happy With EU Parliament Vote
A series of EU Parliament votes on Fit for 55 sends wrong signals on industry decarbonisation & bioeconomy development
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Indonesia to Build First Bio Propylene Glycol Plant
OASA to Build Indonesia’s First Bio Propylene Glycol Plant
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Phillips 66 Has a Plastic Middle Life Crisis
The resolution requests that Phillips 66 publish a report describing how it could shift its plastic production business from virgin to recycled plastic polymers
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Retailers Greenwashing on Plastic Report
Check out new Changing Markets Foundation and Break Free From Plastic report investigating where European #supermarkets stand on #plasticpollution crisis.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Results
Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022
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World Sugar Report
This biannual report, published in May and November, includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in sugar.
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University of Bath Makes Plastic UV Degradable
Scientists at Bath found that incorporating sugar units into polymers makes them more degradable when exposed to UV light.
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UV Degradation of PLA
UV degradation of poly(lactic acid) materials through copolymerisation with a sugar-derived cyclic xanthate
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NatureWorks and CJ Bio Partner on Bioplastics
CJ BIO and NatureWorks Working Towards a Master Collaboration Agreement to Commercialize Novel Biopolymer Solutions
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Bio Base Mobile Pilot Plant Starts its Journey
Bio Base Mobile Pilot Plant leaves construction site and travels to first temporary host
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Is Amazon Palm Oil Sustainable?
Amazon palm oil: sustainable fuel or deforestation driver?
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Tallgrass and ADM Partner on Carbon Capture
Tallgrass to Capture and Sequester CO2 Emissions From ADM Corn Processing Complex in Nebraska
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