The French Ministry of Environment said on Monday that in order to reduce plastic waste, France will ban plastic packaging of almost all fruits and vegetables from January 2022.
To implement a law in February 2020, the government issued a list of about 30 fruits and vegetables that must be sold wit...
Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE), UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe and Zero Waste Europe call on the European Union to establish a new and efficient DRS for beverage packaging through the development of a legal framework to promote the transformation of the beverage industry to circularity.
The DRS sy...
At present, there are four main degradation principles of degradable plastics: biodegradation, photodegradation, photo-biodegradation, and water degradation.
It is generally believed that biodegradation mainly passes through two processes. First, the plastic is broken down into small pieces under n...
On October 7, Korea Samyang Corporation announced that it has begun mass production of biodegradable plastic "PBIAT" at its Jeonju plant. The PBIAT produced by Samyang Company is mainly used for the production of disposable bags, and the scope of application will be expanded to agricultura...
Lawmakers in California, the United States, are very concerned about the packaging of take-out food. They passed several bills that will have a significant impact on the food packaging pattern of restaurants across the state. Several bills that will revolutionize food packaging in resta...
Plastic pollution refers to the accumulation of plastic products in the environment, which destroys the habitat of wild animals and even has a negative impact on humans.
Recently, researchers Robert Newbould and Professor Mick Whelan of the School of Geography, Geology and Environment at the Univer...
Bio-based materials refer to materials derived from natural biomass, including materials that use biomass as raw materials or (and) obtained through biological manufacturing. Bio-based materials are derived from renewable resources and have many advantages such as carbon reduction and sustainability...
Recently, Braskem, the largest polyolefin producer in the Americas, as the market leader and pioneer producer of industrial-scale biopolymers, announced the establishment of a partnership with Gelmart International ("Gelmart"), the world's leading manufacturer of intimate apparel.
Braskem ...
Regarding the question of whether polylactic acid PLA can be degraded in seawater, different experts may come to different conclusions through experiments. Some expert studies have found that PLA can be completely degraded in a specific body of water. The specific water body referred to by the...
Liu Jing, professor of environmental biotechnology at Lund University in Sweden and executive director of Bipu Instruments, introduced commonly used biodegradability test methods and technologies, evaluated and compared various technologies, and pointed out that there will be a lot of degradation te...
