Tag: Paid Content
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South Korea Steel Industry Goes Green
South Korea finds a circular solution to make the steel industry greener
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Skoda and the Circular Economy
At ŠKODA, the circular economy follows four key principles – minimising negative impacts on the environment, input resources and the loss of these resources, and conversely maximising the circulation of resources
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Pogis New Compostable Poop Bags
I like to read these poop bags press releases because those products are marketed directly to the end consumers.
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Mitsubishi Chemical and University of Nottingham Partner on Acrylic Recycling
Mitsubishi Chemical partners with University of Nottingham to explore microwave PMMA recycling technology
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Versalis invests in Mechanical Recycling
Versalis to acquire technologies and plants for the new mechanical recycling hub at Porto Marghera
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The Most Sustainable Drink Carton
Elopak announces the more environmentally friendly aseptic carton – the Pure-Pak® eSense
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Biophilica Wins Manufacturing Futures 2021
Biophilica Transforms Green Waste Into A Plant-Based Leather Alternative That Is Compostable, Recyclable, Estimated Carbon Neutral, And Made Locally
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University of Manchester Invents Cosmic Concrete
Affordable housing in outer space: Scientists develop cosmic concrete from space dust and astronaut blood
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LyondellBasell Gets ISCC for PE and PP
LyondellBasell gains ISCC PLUS certification to extend Circulen product line to North America
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ALPLA Partners on PET Recycling in Romania
ALPLA, Ecohelp and UPT launch joint PET recycling operations in Romania
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Agricultural Funding Harms the Environment
Most agricultural funding distorts prices, harms environment: UN report
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Lidl Goes Compostable Fruit and Veg Bags
Lidl Gb Builds On Plastic Reduction And Recycling Programme With New Compostable Fruit And Veg Bags And Plastic Packaging Trial
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Covestro CEO Goes GreenWashing Wahnsinn
The greenwashing price of the year goes to Covestro CEO, Markus Steilemann. You need to watch this video and show your CEO how not to do it!
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PepsiCo New Sustainability Strategy
PepsiCo Announces Strategic End-To-End Transformation: pep+ (PepsiCo Positive)
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NY University Canteen Switches from Compostable to Reusable
Trailhead Café Steps Up Sustainability Effort New to-go containers will reduce compost costs
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Dow and Bollore Partner on Circular Food Barrier Film
Dow and Bolloré collaborate to develop ground-breaking recyclable food-contact barrier shrink film, containing circular polymers
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US Government Accountability Office on Advanced Recycling
U.S. Government Accountability Office communicates on Advanced Recycling
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Mitsui and PureCycle Partner on Chemical Recycling
Mitsui Signs MOU with PureCycle Technologies to Develop Recycled Polypropylene Production Project in Japan
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Too Much PBSA is Bad for Soil Microbial Ecosystem
Decomposability of a Biobased and Biodegradable Plastic in Field Soil Environments and Its Microbiome under Ambient and Future Climates
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Dow and Crocs Partner on Biobased Shoes
Dow and Crocs announce a new collaboration to help lower the carbon footprint of Crocs’ iconic footwear
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Japan Consultation on Strategic Energy Plan
Japan Opens Public Comment Period for its Proposed 6th Strategic Energy Plan
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LG Chem and ADM Partner on PLA Plant
First Korean company to build a Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in the U.S.
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France Invests to Boost Circular Economy
Investments for the Future: Barbara Pompili And Agnes Pannier-Runacher Announce 370M € To Accelerate The Transition Towards The Circular Economy
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Biopak Sustainability Report 20/21
At BioPak, we believe that reporting is the only way we can take accountability and improve the way we do business. That’s why we are proud to release our
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Smurfit Kappa Green Finance Framework
Smurfit Kappa Announces the Launch of its Green Finance Framework and Commencement of Discussions with Potential Investors on a New Green Financing Transaction
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Agilyx Goes all Plastic Waste
Agilyx Patent for Chemical Recycling of Polystyrene Expanded to Include all Waste Plastics
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Minister Presents New French Recycling, Recyclability and Recycled Content Strategy
French Minister of Ecological Transition presents the New Recycling Strategy
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Nuclear Technology for Controlling Plastic Waste Roundtables
NUTEC Plastics: Ministers from Countries in Africa Discuss Nuclear Solutions to Address Plastic Pollution
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Recycling PLA Cutlery into Insulating Foam
Plastic cutlery can be recycled into home-insulating foam – new NZ research
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LG Chem and TK Chemical Partner on BioPlastics
LG Chem and TK Chemical Teams Up to Produce Biodegradable Plastics
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The Bioplastics Week 2021
The Bioplastics Week 2021 last from 13 to 17 September. Let’s support the Bioplastics Week 2021!
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Sainsburys, Dualit and OPRL Partner on Coffee Caps Recycling
Coffee just got a latte better: Sainsbury’s makes it easier than ever to recycle aluminium coffee pods at home
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Retailers Face Legal Action on Plastic
Supermarkets could face legal action for failure to act on plastic says ClientEarth
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California Adopts Composting Act and Anti PFAS Bill
California adopts Better Composting Standards Act and Anti PFAS bill
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Shell and BlueAlp Partner on Chemical Recycling
Shell Invests In Plastic Waste-To-Chemicals Technology Company Bluealp
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Non Biodegradable Plastic Cause Dengue Outbreak
Dengue Fever outbreak in India caused by non-biodegradable plastic containers
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Taco Bell and TerraCycle Partner on Sauce Packet Recycling
Did you know 8.2 BILLION Taco Bell® sauce packets get used each year in the US ?
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Viridis Chemical to Produce Bio Chemicals in Nebraska
Viridis Chemical Announces Completion of Capital Improvement to Produce USP Grade Bio-Based Ethanol (Phase I) and Begins Construction on Upgrade to Produce Bio-Based Ethyl Acetate (Phase II) at the Columbus, Nebraska plant
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Solugen Raises Millions to Produce Bio Chemicals
Solugen Raises Over $350 Million in Series C Funding Led by Baillie Gifford & GIC to Make Carbon Negative Chemicals
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World Agricultural Production Report Sep 2021
Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide. Sources include reporting from FASs worldwide offices, official statistics of foreign governments, and analysis of economic data and satellite imagery.
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Biomaterials for e-Commerce Packaging
First time I read of this option to deal with discarded PLA packaging. Well, technically speaking it could work
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Danimer Scientific Receives Grant from United Soybean Board
Danimer Scientific Receives Grant from United Soybean Board to Expand Research of High-Oleic Soybean Oil in Biodegradable Plastic Production
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US Governor Announces New Bioplastics Plant
Gov. Kemp Announces Bioplastics Company to Open Facility in Savannah, Creating Over 100 Jobs
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California to Restrict use of Recycling Symbol
California aims to ban recycling symbols on things that cannot be recycled
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Hedoine Biodegradable Tights
To address the issue of the billions of tights that end up in landfill every year
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Plastic Industry Call for Mandatory Recycled Content
European Plastics Producers Call For A Mandatory EU Recycled Content Target For Plastics Packaging of 30% By 2030
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Auburn University Breakthrough on Biomaterial Production
Auburn-led research team develops biochemical breakthrough for renewable fatty acid ester production
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Indian Plastic Pact
India to be the First Asian Country to Launch a Plastics Pact The India Plastics Pact, is a joint initiative between the Confederation of Indian Industry and WWF India The Pact targets to enable businesses to transition towards a circular economy for plastics by 2030
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Citrus Canker Bacterium Used in Bio Manufacturing
Citrus canker bacterium can be an ally in biorenewables manufacturing
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Eastman and Milliken go for Circular Textiles
Eastman and Milliken to Lead Textile Circularity Initiative
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Headphones Made with Treva Bioplastic
New thinksound™ headphones are first to market with sustainable materials
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First PCR Bread Packaging
Sabic, St. Johns Packaging And Kingsmill Launch World’s First Ever Bread Packaging Based On Recycled Post-Consumer Plastic
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The Real Cost of Plastics Report
The cost of plastic to the environment and society is at least 10 times higher than its market price paid by primary plastic producers, generating significant external costs for countries.
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Chemical Contaminants and Food Waste Management Decision Report
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development has issued a report warning about PFAS and toxic chemicals in food waste streams
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Paper Industry is Hijacking the Word Compostable
What if the paper industry was the great winner of the compostable packaging wave?
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Worlds First Flushable Pads
We are certified flushable in the UK. Our materials are still fully biodegradable & water-dispersible anywhere in the world.
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Arkema, Dow and Dupont Win Sustainability Awards
Arkema, Dupont and Dow are amongst the winners of the Business Intelligence Group Sustainability Awards 2021
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Chinese Manage to Upgrade PET Waste
Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel
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IChemE Global Awards 2021 Finalists
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has announced the finalists of its Global Awards 2021
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GSK Carbon Neutral Toothbrush
GSK Consumer Healthcare leads oral care industry with launch of its first carbon neutral toothbrush
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Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers in Liquid Formulations Report
In a world where global challenges and advances in technology bring both uncertainty and new possibilities, the chemical sciences have a critical role to play
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Mexican Students Win International Award with Bioplastics
Very young Mexican students win a gold medal with a bioplastics invention
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New Zealand Invests in Scientific Research
Government invests in scientific research to boost economy, address climate change and enhance wellbeing
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Afyren Goes Stock Exchange
Afyren has initiated the first stage of its IPO on Euronext to accelerate its development
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The Italian Timber Mafia
How Myanmar timber is trafficked through Italy to the rest of Europe despite EU laws
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Copenhagen to Trial Digital Watermarks
AIM – European Brands Association, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and the City of Copenhagen join forces to start semi-industrial trials in the next phase of testing digital watermarks for intelligent sorting of packaging waste
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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Receives Approval for LCO2 Carrier
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Receives Approval in Principle from Classification Society for LCO2 Carrier Cargo Tank from France’s Bureau Veritas
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Cellulose Based Dental Implants
Tougher and lighter dental implant crowns can be made of cellulose-based nanocomposites
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Pilot for Compostable Packaging of Hotel Industry
There will be a pilot to compost the compostable packaging of the hotel industry in France
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Lanzatech and Twelve Parter on CO2 PP
Twelve and LanzaTech partner to produce the world’s first polypropylene from CO2
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Itochu Invests in Paptic
Paptic Ltd Attracts A New International Investment – Itochu Corporation Invests In The Sustainable Packaging Material Company
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High Level UN Meeting on Plastic
UNCTAD, UNEP, the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS), and the Government of Ecuador organised a high-level event ‘How can cooperation on trade contribute to the UNEA process on plastic pollution?
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France to Reorganise Forestry and Wood Business
The Prime Minister called for the re-organization of Forestry and Wood business
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Bio E Renewable Barrier Coating
Bio E takes barrier coatings a step closer to becoming completely fossil free
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Plastic Recycling is a Mirage Says UN
Marcos Orellana, UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights
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Styrofoam Recycling Video
Video on the recycling of styrofoam. It seems a labour intensive activity.
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The Blue Hydrogen Fairy Tale
Is Blue Hydrogen an environmental farce? An expensive distraction? A greenwashing attempt?
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Beauty Brands Go Sustainable Packaging
Beauty brands are looking to shift away from traditional packaging toward biodegradable, plastic-free and refillable options
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LG Chem and Dansuk Partner on Hydro Treated Vegetable Oil
LG Chem to build Korea’s first next-generation Hydro-Treated Vegetable Oil plant with Dansuk Industrial
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Seventh Generation Goes Biobased and Biodegradable
The company’s commitment to sustainability and assessment of progress made toward its ambitious 2025 goals


















