Tag: Paid Content
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Honeywell and University of Texas Partner on Carbon Capture and Storage
Honeywell Collaborates With The University Of Texas At Austin For Innovative Carbon Capture And Storage Technology
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Eastman Innovation Day Highlights
Eastman 2021 Innovation Day Highlights Innovation-Driven Growth Model, Circular Economy, and Strong Cash Flow as Drivers of Growth
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Agilyx CEO Promotes Recycling on Euractiv
Without exhausting all recycling capabilities, the push for circular materials is meaningless — “Anti-OXO Biodegradable” campaign was driven by commercial…
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Enzymes Evolving To Eat Our Plastic Waste Video
It appears we have dumped so much plastic waste that micro-organisms are evolving to start eating the stuff. But it’s…
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Tesla Vegan Leather Problems
There are problems with the vegan leather used by Tesla
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Harvard Professor Found Guilty of China Connections
Harvard Professor Charles Lieber (former chair of chemistry dpt) Found Guilty of Lying About China Ties
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Canadian Health Measures Survey Results
Government of Canada announces the release of the latest results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey
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Green Science Alliance Develops Sargassum Bioplastics
Green Science Alliance Developed 100% Biomass Biodegradable Plastic with Sargassum
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Biofuel Reports for Japan and Malaysia
Biofuel Reports for Japan and Malaysia — “Anti-OXO Biodegradable” campaign was driven by commercial interests and unfair commercial practices
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UBQ Wins Seal Business Sustainability Award
UBQ Wins 2021 SEAL Business Sustainability Award
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EU Proposal for Carbon Fiscality
The Commission proposes the next generation of EU own resources
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Bio-Lutions and Zelfo Partner on Agro Fibre
Bio-based tech companies BIO-LUTIONS International AG and Zelfo Technology GmbH announce a fusion of their interests
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OMV to Build Chemical Recycling Demo Plant
OMV scales up innovative ReOil® recycling technology at Schwechat refinery
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Wrap, Asda and Unilever Partner on Reusable Packaging
World-leading research will pave the way for mainstream re-use and refill shopping in UK supermarkets
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Agilyx to be Traded on OTCQX
OTC Markets Group Welcomes Agilyx AS to OTCQX
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EU Proposal to Remove, Recycle and Store Carbon
European Green Deal: Commission proposals to remove, recycle and sustainably store carbon
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Cargill Buys Croda Biobased Business
Cargill to acquire Croda’s bio-based industrial business, expanding natured-derived solutions for customers
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EU Court of Justice Says BPA is Substance of Very High Concern
The Court of Justice of the EU has confirmed that bisphenol A (BPA) – a chemical used to make plastics…
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First Synthetisation of Bio PISAz and PISFAZ
Tuning thermal properties and biodegradability of poly(isosorbide azelate) by compositional control through copolymerization with 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid
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Agricultural Biotech Report for Nigeria, Taiwan and Venezuela
Agricultural Biotech Report for Nigeria, Taiwan and Venezuela
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China and GMO Update
China: Agriculture GMOs Safety Assessment Administrative Measures Notified to the WTO
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Total Corbion Becomes Total Energies Corbion
Total Corbion PLA transitions to TotalEnergies Corbion
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Afyren Announce Big Deals for Neoxy
AFYREN announces the signing of two strategic contracts for AFYREN NEOXY in the nutrition and health markets
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BioAccelergy and ExxonMobil Partner on Biobased
BioAccelergy and ExxonMobil to Explore Commercial Scale Development of Bio-Base Stocks
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Oceanium Raises 1 Million $
Vote of confidence in the emerging seaweed industry: Oceanium funding reaches new heights in 2021
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Horizons Ventures Invests in Notpla
Notpla Secures £10M To Industrialize Sustainable Packaging Made Of Seaweed, Including Flexible Films, Coatings And Paper
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Indian Newspaper Covers Bioplastics
Is bio-plastic a huge step towards solving a menace?
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Industry Calls for EU Rules on Consumer Sorting Instructions
The packaging industry advocates for the creation of an EU harmonised model for consumer sorting instructions
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Ineos and Plastic Energy Partner on Hard to Recycle Plastics
Ineos And Petroineos At Grangemouth Partner With Plastic Energy In An Important Breakthrough In The Recycling Of Plastic
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Anellotech Bio p-Xylene, Toluene and Benzene Ready for Commercialisation
Anellotech’s Bio-TCatTM technology for making Bio p-xylene, toluene and benzene from woody biomass is ready for commercialization
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Lignin Industries Funded by EU Innovation Fund
The European Union co-funds Lignin Industries expansion to create a green industry to replace fossil-based plastics
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Cyclyx Goes Chemical Recycling Gulf Coast
Cyclyx developing first of its kind specialized high volume plastic recovery facility on Gulf Coast to support advanced recycling
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Lanzatech and Zara Partner on Recycled Carbon Fashion
LanzaTech and Zara Collaborate to Create a Capsule Collection Made from Recycled Carbon Emissions
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UN FAO Recommends Bioplastics
United Nations recommends bioplastics as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics
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4WK Coffee Pods Goes for Tipa Packaging
4WKS Chooses TIPA Compostable Packaging to Revolutionize How to Enjoy (and Compost) Coffee Pods
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Scotland Goes Deposit Return Scheme
Recycling scheme will go live in 2023
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Chevron Phillips Goes Chemical Recycling
Six Pines Investments LLC purchases stake in top plastics recyclers to accelerate transformation to a circular economy for plastics
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Amazon Plastic Impact Exposed
Group calls on Amazon to commit to reduce use of plastic packaging worldwide, as it has announced it will do…
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Plastic Degrading Enzymes Correlate with Pollution
Microbes across the globe are evolving to eat plastic pollution
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UBQ Materials Raises Millions
UBQ Materials Raises $170 Million!
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Indian Egg Bioplastic Promotional Video
Now easy-to-destroy Biodegradable Plastic can be made from egg and nut shells
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Tapioca Bioplastics at Commercial Scale
Ho Ren Hua Leads Thai Wah To Launch First Tapioca-Based Bioplastics At Commercial Scale
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Alpla and Glatfelter Partner on Biobased
ALPLA partners with Glatfelter to develop sustainable packaging solutions
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Agricultural Biotech Reports for Belgium, Ecuador and Peru
Agricultural Biotech Reports for Belgium, Ecuador and Peru
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Dow Wins 2 ICIS Innovation Awards
Company recognized for Best Product Innovation and Product with Best Benefit to the Environment and Sustainability
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H&M Goes Paptic
Hennes & Mauritz brand COS chooses Paptic® material for t-shirt pouches
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EPA Authority Questioned at US Supreme Court
Questions presented at US Supreme Court regarding EPA
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Dow and WasteAid Partner on Circular Economy in Egypt
Dow and WasteAid launch new plastics partnership in Egypt
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Sustainability Buzzwords 2022
We made it to the sustainability buzzwords of 2022
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Cellulose Nanofiber Production for Biomedical Applications
Production and Characterization of Cellulose Nanofiber Slurries and Sheets for Biomedical Applications
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US Congress Hearing on PFAS in Food
Forever Chemicals: Research and Development for Addressing the PFAS Problem
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Recyclable Soybean Epoxy Adhesives
Strong and recyclable soybean oil-based epoxy adhesives based on dynamic borate
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Machine Learning Analysis in Catalytic Lignin Depolymerization
Machine learning based analysis of reaction phenomena in catalytic lignin depolymerization
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Monolith and Goodyear Partner on Sustainable Materials
Monolith Signs Letter Of Intent And Collaboration Agreement With Goodyear On Carbon Black For Its Tire Production
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Calyxt BioFactory Update
Calyxt Identifies More Than 15,000 Unique Chemical Signatures in Lab-Scale BioFactory™ Production Run
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Industry Calls to Unite Against Fruit and Vegetable Bag Ban
Ban on plastic packaging for fruits and vegetables: Plastalliance calls for the unity of the sector.
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The Chinese Solar Panels Fairy Tale (FREE)
Presentation made on the topic of photovoltaic panels (solar panel) in the french Senate. This is a FREE article.
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ZWE Report on Chemical Recycling
Chemical recovery ‘not recycling’ say campaigners
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Australia Waste, Recycling and Jobs Fund
Queensland recycling investment will help ocean plastic pollution crisis
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PLA vs Paper Cups LCA
Comparison between PLA and Disposable Paper Cups
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Vegan Spider Silk as Plastic Alternative
‘Vegan spider silk’ could be an eco-friendly replacement for plastics
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Plant Based Indigo for Denim Dyeing
Plant-Based Indigo Presents a Solution for the Future of Denim Dyeing
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California Goes Composting
California pushes composting to lower food waste emissions
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Bhopal Goes Compostable Bags
Bhopal Municipal Corporation comes up with ‘Dular Kits’, homemade compost and compostable carry bags
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Making Flexibles Recycling Happen
Closing the loop on difficult to recycle plastics: Introducing a Quality Recycling Process
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Danimer Video on Breaking Ground New Plant
See more from the recent groundbreaking of our Greenfield Facility in the following video, featuring Danimer Scientific’s CEO Stephen Croskrey…
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Alliance to End Plastic Waste Progress Report 2021
The third edition of the Progress Report was inspired by the collective action of our partners around the world, and…
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Agricultural Biotech Reports for Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Hong Kong and Israel
Agricultural Biotech Report for Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Hong Kong and Israel
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Finnish Susbinco Project for Biobased Packaging
The SUSBINCO project aims to make Finland a global leader in bio-based packaging
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BIO-FED Biomass Balanced PP Compounds
BIO-FED expands portfolio with biomass-balanced polypropylene compounds
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MCM and Agilyx Chemical Recycling Trials Results
Mitsubishi Chemical and Agilyx announce successful trial results for advanced recycling collaboration
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Goldman Sachs on Nature Based Solutions
Accelerating Transition: Nature Based Solutions
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Single Celled Fungus Yeast for Fermentation
Biologists find genetic variation that can improve ethanol production
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New Technology to Store Sugarcane Juice for 12 months
Praj’s BIOSYRUP® to enable year-round production of ethanol to boost to the sugar sector
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Partnership to Recycle Bromine and Antimony from Flame Retarded Plastics
NAFRA And Two Universities Launch Project to Develop Processes For Recovering And Recycling Bromine And Antimony From Flame-Retarded Plastics
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Industry Calls for Transparent Certification Process for Advanced Recycled Plastic
America’s Plastic Makers Call for Transparent Certification Process for Advanced Recycled Plastic
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Christian Media on Chemical Recycling
The Christian Science Monitor on Advanced Recycling
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Remade Institute Invests Millions in US Circular Economy
REMADE Announces $33 Million in New Technology Research to Accelerate the U.S.’s Transition to a Circular Economy
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Ford Goes Ocean Plastic
The Ford Bronco Sport contains trace amounts of recycled ocean plastic
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Rapid Degradation of Cellulose Diacetate by Marine Microbes
Bio-based cellulose acetate plastic disintegrates in the ocean much faster than assumed
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Home Compostable Packaging for Potatoes
Luxury potatoes packaged responsibly
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OECD Design Guidance for Sustainable Plastic Products
OECD Offers Design Guidance for Sustainable Plastic Products
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Brazil Research on Converting Waste to Bioplastic for Advanced Industries
Study shows how waste can be converted into materials for advanced industries
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Microplastics Cause Damage to Human Cells
Microplastics cause damage to human cells, study shows
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Ineos Belgian Plastic Plant Project Receives Bad Press
INEOS Project ONE in Antwerp conflicts with EU’s aggressive program to reduce plastics use
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World Agricultural Production Report December 2021
Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide
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Developing Compost and Digestate Standards in Ireland
Cré Research Project ‘Developing compost and digestate standards in Ireland’, funded by the EPA
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PLA and PBAT Blended with Lactic Oligomers and Epoxy Reactive Plasticizers
Polylactic Acid and Poly(Butylene Adipate-Co-Terephthalate) Blends Plasticised with Lactic Oligomers and Epoxy Reactive Plasticizers
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Chemical Companies Ranked on Hazardous Chemicals
Who are the greenwashers and where are the skeletons in the closet when it comes to hazardous chemicals?
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First Biodegradable and Soluble Velcro
A first biodegradable version of velcro has been created, drawing inspiration from climbing plants, to safeguard the environment
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US Partnership to 3D Print Plant-Based Housing
Black Buffalo 3D Announces Pact to 3D Print Plant-Based Affordable Housing
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Japan Today Covers Bio PET Bottles
Suntory and Anellotech Partner on Bio PET
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Can We Build a House like Lego?
Is this “lego-inspired” technique the most sustainable construction method?
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Canada Bio Concrete Laboratory
Canada has a new bio concrete lab
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Agricultural Biotech Report for Angola, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mozambique and Nicaragua
Agricultural Biotech Report for Angola, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mozambique and Nicaragua
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Eastman and Amorepacific Partner on Sustainable Packaging
Amorepacific and Eastman partner to make meaningful advances in sustainable packaging, reducing plastic waste
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Adidas Accused of Greenwashing by French Watchdog
Adidas has been accused of greenwashing
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IBB Netzwerk and Biobased Nano Materials
IBB Netzwerk GmbH will act as central contact point for bio-based nanomaterials in Europe
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Veolia and L’Oreal Partner on Recycled Content
Veolia supplies L’Oréal with recycled plastic to promote the circular economy
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Scotch & Soda Goes Tipa Compostable Packaging
Scotch & Soda teams up with Tipa on compostable packaging
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Bio-on’s Collapse: Novamont, Short Sellers, Amber Capital and the Unanswered Questions
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America Recycles Day: Recycle textiles, batteries, bulbs, and e-waste
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Raul Gardini: The Enimont Scandal, a Controversial Death and Novamont’s Road to ENI
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INEOS Founder Warns the UK Is on the Slide
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Covestro CEO Attempts to Speak Italian with His Hands