On June 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 54, the first comprehensive law to reduce single-use plastic products in the United States. The new law provides that：
Source reduction: 25% reduction in the use of covered materials sold, offered for sale or distributed in the state beginni...
PLA is one of the biodegradable materials that have received the most attention in domestic and international research, with medical, packaging and fiber being its three most popular applications. With lactic acid of natural origin as the main raw material, PLA has excellent biodegradability an...
As an important link in the industry chain, packaging is an important vehicle for direct communication between dairy brands and consumers. At present, global top dairy companies have joined hands with packaging material suppliers to explore green and low-carbon packaging solutions, to fulfill t...
Chaogwendur Town (Saiwusu Town), Ullat Back Banner, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, China, researchers target the problems of severe wind erosion, poor soil and slow recovery of plants on the exposed traumatic surface of degraded grassland. A rapid restoration technology of degraded vegetation w...
Moving away from fossil fuels and avoiding the accumulation of plastics in the environment are key to addressing the challenge of climate change. Recently, researchers led by Professor Jeremy Luterbach of the Institute of Basic Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have d...
Green sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recyclable or other low-carbon raw materials that are managed in an environmentally responsible manner through recycling and biodegradation at the end of life (EoL).
These include natural, modified and synthetic polymers that are ...
On June 20, the Canadian federal government officially announced - the final regulations for the ban on single-use plastic containers landed! Effective December of this year! This means that now commonly used plastic items, such as shopping bags, cutlery, straws, stir sticks, etc., will all be banne...
June 18 -- The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a government agency under the Indian Ministry of Environment, has released a list of measures and bans to ban the use of single-use plastic products in the country from July 1, 2022.
As part of its comprehensive action plan, CPCB...
Plastic pollution is gradually engulfing the oceans, and finding a solution to the problem is crucial. It is vital to find environmentally friendly materials that can replace plastics. That's where many new materials companies are heading. That's exactly what Evoware, an Indonesian company, is ...
Paper is used as a packaging material due to its natural degradability and sustainable properties. 2019 global paper and paperboard market is close to 425 million tons, compared to 250 million tons in the 90s. Currently, global consumption of packaging materials has increased significantly, and...
