Tag: Paid Content
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Snapshot of Plastic Recycling in France
Snapshot of plastic recycling in France. A lot of talking but no real changes.
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Bioink for 3D Printing of Complex Free-Standing Structures
Advanced Bioink for 3D Bioprinting of Complex Free-Standing Structures with High Stiffness
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PPE Pollution in UK
Great British Beach Clean 2020 results: PPE pollution on the rise on UK’s beaches
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Carton Event & Awards 2020 Sets the Standard
All events and conferences have been cancelled due to Covid-19. It wasn’t easy to bounce back and find a digital alternative to the events. I found the Carton Events & Awards 2020 quite good. They even added an interview of Eddie The Eagle. Well done guys! You adapted very well to the crisis.
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European Carton Excellence Award 2020
Here are the winners of the European Carton Excellence Award 2020. Some of which are alternatives to plastic packaging.
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Smurfit Kappa Goes Net Zero Emissions
Smurfit Kappa raises Climate Change ambition by targeting at least ‘Net Zero’ emissions by 2050
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The Dutch Saccharide Agenda
The Chemport Europe Saccharide Agenda offers a roadmap for the development of a green chemistry production chain in the Northern Netherlands over the next thirty years.
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Captured Carbon Straws on CNN
CNN Video on Captured Carbon Straws. The Americans are one step ahead of Europeans.
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Ocean Acidification Impact on Plastic Waste Bacteria
Ocean acidification alters bacterial communities on marine plastic debris
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Origin Materials to Build Bio Chemical Plant in Canada
Origin Materials to Build Bio Chemical Plant in Canada
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Selective Valorization of Lignin to Phenol
Selective valorization of lignin to phenol by direct transformation of Csp2–Csp3 and C–O bonds
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Carbiolice and the PLA Home Composting Fairy Tale
Carbiolice claims to have developed a home compostable PLA …. Yeah Right. Have you seen how cold it is in Europe in the autumn and winter? Do you have to place your home composting bin in the sauna?
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Neste and LG Chem Partner on Circular Polymers and Materials
Neste needs to hurry up to develop new revenue stream because its biofuels revenues could melt like snow in the sun due to the corona crisis.
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First Negative Plastic Food Company?
Is this the Worlds First Negative Plastic Food Company?
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Borealis Q3 Results and Corona Update
Borealis keeps employing stringent health and safety measures to prevent spread of COVID-19 while continuing to take steps to maintain economic stability
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Paptic Finalist Best Climate Impact Startup Award
Paptic is a finalist of the Nordic Startup Awards in the category of Best Climate Impact Start-up. You can still vote to support them.
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BGN Technologies and ECOIBÉRIA Partner on Biodegradation of Plastic
BGN Technologies Announces Research Collaboration with ECOIBÉRIA for Biodegradation of Plastic
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Will China Impact Corn Prices?
Corn is currently the most important feedstock for PLA (Natureworks)
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Russia Changes Climate Policy
Putin orders Russian government to try to meet Paris climate goals
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Update on UK Single Use Plastics Bill
The UK SUP Bill has been re-introduced Parliament.
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Drivers of Recycling Contamination
The issue of recycling contamination is costing some local authorities tens, if not hundreds of thousands of pounds each year. Inside the Head of the Contaminator is a collaborative research project, conducted with nine local authority partners, which aims to identify and understand what is driving residents to contaminate and explore the triggers and barriers…
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Can Technology Save the Planet?
Can we trust the silver bullet of technology to fix climate change? The prime minister seems to think so.
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Greta Has a Message for Donald
There’s a love story between Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg. We were able to find the love letter!
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Bioplastic Tableware Harms Marine Animals
Article published in Science Daily. Research also reveals that bioplastics do not degrade rapidly in a marine environment
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NGOs Send Anti Bioplastic Letter to EU Commission
The industry has continuously attempted to exempt bio-based and biodegradable plastics from being defined as single-use plastics, as well as more recently to exempt items made of viscose and cellophane from the scope (and could succeed), despite the protests of citizens
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Mainetti Partner with UBQ on Green Coat Hangers
Mainetti Group Announces Partnership With UBQ
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Sekab to Build Green Chemicals Plant
Sekab is investing in its own technology: wants to build a production plant for green chemicals and biofuels
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NGO Block Construction of Plastic Plant
One of the largest plastic plant may not be build thanks to the opposition of NGOs. It may set jurisprudence.
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Real Yield of Forest Biomass
A eureka moment for forest industry. They finally got to the core of the problem. Now, they know where the money will be.
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EU to Regulate Biofuel Bubble
The European Commission introduces surveillance measures as EU producers warn of massive increases of imports of ethanol for fuel from third countries.
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Worlds First Large Scale Carbon Removal Purchase Tool
The move is aimed at promoting new technologies that still need to prove themselves.
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Breitling Goes rPET
Breitling is introducing a foldable, reusable watch box created entirely from upcycled plastic bottles.
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Britvic France Goes Bioplastics
The aim seems to be to go for fully biobased and bioplastic packaging.
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Toxicity Analysis of Marine Degradation of PLA
A bombshell study on the toxicity of marine degradation of PLA. Are you ready for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth … brought to you by BioplasticsNews.com
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Sulapac CEO Talks About What it Takes to Change the World
Ami Rubinstein is the Deputy CEO of Sulapac. He is passionate about creating ‘another Finnish success story’ and heading Sulapac’s journey to becoming the new standard in sustainable materials replacing plastic
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DSM CEOs Discuss Q3 2020 Results
Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze, co-CEOs at DSM, discuss the company’s third-quarter earnings and the impact of the pandemic on the business.
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Complicity Between European Bioplastics and TUV Austria?
TUV Austria is the platinum Sponsor of the European Bioplastic Conference 2020. Is this politically correct? Should there have been a judgment call?
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Recycled Content Pet Food Packaging
Mars, with SABIC and Huhtamaki, Introduces Recycled Content into Pet Food Packaging to Support a Circular Economy
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Can Wood Make EU Buildings More Sustainable?
Building European cities with wood would sequester and store half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
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Government Issues First Bioplastic Product Recall
The first bioplastic product recall that I know of. What a fiasco and how embarrassing! The fossil industry will probably smile when they read the reason.
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Irish Deposit Return Scheme Supported by Majority
The Irish Government is set to introduce a DRS for drinks containers in 2021. Majority support all drinks containers in deposit-return scheme.
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Recyclable and Biodegradable Banabags
Paper based industry is becoming more and more aggressive in their marketing, and starting to claim they’re more sustainable than plastics. Paper based packaging didn’t win the first plastic war battle because they were too conservative and politically correct. I think it’s changing
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Yield10 Bioscience Starts Winter Camelina Field Tests
Yield10 Bioscience Announces Start of Field Tests of Winter Camelina Varieties
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University of Hohenheim Searches for Blue Bioplastic Packaging
EU research project with the participation of the University of Hohenheim searches for new, sustainable food additives and packaging materials from seaweeds and seagrasses.
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France Invests in Bio Surfactants
SurfactGreen strengthens its financial structure with € 4.7 million, doubles its workforce and starts international sales
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Aliplast and NextChem Partner on Upcycling
Aliplast and NextChem team up for plastics recycling
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Florida Researchers Find Potential Future for Sustainable Plastics
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers find potential future for sustainable plastics
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Sabic Launches Renewable Polycarbonate
We are excited to share the news about the production of the first bags of #LEXAN™ PC resin based on certified, #renewable feedstock from our #Cartagena polycarbonate (PC) plant.
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Sabic Renewable Chips Packaging
Orkla and Irplast join sabic’s trucircle™ initiative for consumer goods packaging using certified renewable plastics
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US Plastic Waste on Land and Ocean
The United States’ contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean
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Are Fibre Packaging Better than Polymers Packaging?
This short communication describes the climate change impacts of using cellulose, and more precisely cellulosic fiber-based materials, in food packaging, representing current and emerging industrial state of the art technology, without specific reference to current scientific advances.
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European Bioplastics Unable to Deal with Toxicity Issue
There’s a news tsunami regarding toxicity problems of bioplastics. European Bioplastics believes the study is clickbait. They seem to have a particular way to deal with these kind of issues. A major mistake in terms of communication.
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Truetzschler Talks about Textiles Recycling
Upcycling, downcycling, recycling and better use of raw materials are only a few terms for different sustainability efforts in the textile industry. The subject is complex and can have many different characteristics.
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UAE Joins Global Ocean Alliance
UAE joins Global Ocean Alliance to achieve 30by30 conservation target
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Plastic Waste of Indian Cosmetic Sector
Unlike some other products (such as drinking water or food packaging), the cosmetics industry has rarely been put on the dock for the plastic waste it generates.
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Captured Carbon Diamonds
Diamonds could now be the environment’s best friend after eco-friendly versions of the stones were made using carbon sucked from the air.
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CNN Covers Masks and Gloves Pollution
Used masks and gloves are showing up on beaches and in oceans
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Aquage Partners with Plastic Bank
A portion of every single Aquage® sale goes directly to our partnership with Plastic Bank®, a social impact company dedicated to reducing plastic pollution and protecting our oceans.
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Pepsi, Nestle and Bacardi Use Same Bioplastic
Rest reassured, there’s not enough production to meet their demands anyway. Unless…
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Japan Invent Highly Heat Resistant Bioplastic
New highly heat-resistant bioplastic can be used in car parts
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Bioplastic Company Keeps Advertising SUP
One bioplastic company has taken a different marketing route than the rest of the world. They’re still promoting (bio)plastic single use cutlery, plates etc. Nobody is doing it anymore. A surprise doesn’t come alone: this company seats on the board of European Bioplastics.
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The Return of TupperWare
The return of Tupperware: Revival in home cooking and storing leftovers during pandemic sparks a £26m surge in profits as shares jump 35% in a day
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Unilever Sustainable Packaging Goals Update
Unilever makes progress on its sustainable packaging goals
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Update on PCR and rPET in US
Increased attention to recycling over the past decade has been positive for the industry, but greater collaboration is needed for further advancement
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Electric Engines to Kill Biofuel Industry
New Study: Gas Car Ban Would Have Disproportionate Impact on U.S. Biofuels & Ag
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Biofuel Market Manipulations and Scheming
The class-action lawsuit filed in July by Green Plains accuses ADM of illegally pressuring ethanol prices
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Bioplastics Meet EU Safety Standards
Bioplastics successfully meet all eu safety standards
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Belgian Recycling Sector on the Brink of Collapse?
The ivory tower of EU institutions versus the real world. Most recycled plastic will be incinerated without being used.
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US Bottle Consortium Getting Stronger
SLAC researchers join effort to make plastic more recyclable
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Self Adhesive Label Recycling Initiative
Self-adhesive label companies launch a broad-based industry recycling initiative
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Lifoam Biobased Alternatives to EPS Packaging
Lifoam Industries Awarded Multiple Patents for Manufacturing of a Bio-based Alternative to EPS Packaging
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Dow First Recycled Plastic Shrink Film
Dow introduces its first recycled plastic resin for shrink film applications in North America
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Mechanically Recycled Food Grade Polystyrene
Styrenics Circular Solutions demonstrates mechanically recycled polystyrene is @suitable for food contact
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The Decade of Action Documentary
In this documentary you’ll hear from academia, scientists, business leaders and people from international institutions how we’re going to pull this off in the next ten years and what the specific role for companies is.
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Air Pollution is Determinant of Plastic Waste
Air pollution as a determinant of food delivery and related plastic waste.
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Biobased Colors for Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses
holland colours’ biobased color concentrates used in the first the ocean cleanup sunglasses.
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First Captured Carbon Cosmetic Packaging
LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal Announce a Worldwide Premiere: The Production of the First Cosmetic Packaging Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions
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A Canadian Bioplastic Champion in the Making?
Is there a bioplastic champion in the making in Canada?
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Antimicrobial, Antibacterial and Antiviral
What is the difference between antimicrobial, antibacterial and antiviral?
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Iceland Replaces Plastic with Paper
iceland trials new packaging that could save over 350 tonnes of plastic every year. ‘If these trials are successful, the impact on plastic reduction will be huge,’ supermarket spokesperson says.
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EU Biodiversity Knowledge Centre
Commission launches knowledge centre to reverse biodiversity loss and protect Europe’s ecosystems
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Henkel Sustainable Packaging for Beauty Care
Henkel advances sustainable packaging in its Beauty Care portfolio.
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World Business Council on Sustainable Development Goes Net Zero Emissions
Today marks an important milestone, for WBCSD and for our member companies.
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Japan Goes Zero Emissions
Japan aims for zero emissions, carbon neutral society by 2050 – PM
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Transparency and Circular Denim in India
By producing a quality product and working with ethical suppliers who pay a living wage, mills can provide the framework necessary for gaining consumer trust.
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Who Owns the Bioplastic Industry?
Have you ever asked yourself: who owns the bioplastic companies?
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US and UK Partner on Plastic Eating Enzymes
US and UK determied to beat the French Carbios.
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