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…
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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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Investment Report for Plastic Waste Solutions
A report for investors in the plastic waste business
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French PS Recycling by 2025
A French Polystyrene recycling network may be feasible by 2025
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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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Cacolac Builds Wine in Can Plant
Are glass bottles meant to disappear in the circular economy?
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Australian Bioplastic Leader
Two Australian entrepreneurs believe they’re world leaders
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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…
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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…
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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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3D Printed PLA and PHA Room Dividers
The bioplastics even has a scent
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Good Natured Goes Meal Kit Industry
good natured® Takes a Bite Out of the Growing Meal Kit Industry
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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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The Future of Stora Enso
Transformation into a renewable materials growth company continues
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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…
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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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Worlds First Net Zero Carbon Football Game
These guys have brought greenwashing to another level.
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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…
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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…
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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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BMW Goes Race to Zero
How The Bmw Group Is Increasing The Pace To Combat Climate Change.
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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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Canada Food Compost Pilot Program with Bag
Ottawa County has launched a Food Compost Pilot Program
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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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New Taiwanese Biodegradable Glue
New glue to help meet green plastics standards
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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…
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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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Indonesia Revokes Permit from Oil Palm Plantations
Let’s hope it’s just a beginning
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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…
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Online Compost Act Petition
A petition to support the US Compost Act
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First Cultivated Biomaterial for Fur Industry
The first cultivated biomaterial for the fur industry
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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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Make 3D Printing PLA Coffee Filament
Not bad at all!
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Yield 10 to Boost Seed Production in 2022
Yield 10 to Boost Seed Production in 2022
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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…
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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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Total Energies CEO Interview
Patrick Pouyanné CEO Total Energies answers your questions
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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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Israel Reviews Agrochemicals
Israel plans to conduct a review of the use of 34 chemicals.
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Brazil Biofuel Annual Report
The Brazilian Low Carbon market framework has successfully been set.
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LyondellBasell CEO Retires
LyondellBasell Announces Retirement of Chief Executive Officer
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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
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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