Demand for cellulose-based solutions appears promising due to increased environmental awareness, the impending ban on single-use plastic products, especially in Europe, and restrictions and labeling on products containing plastic fibers.
The market, and in particular retailers, are looking for ...
On May 23, eBay UK announced that from June 1, 2022, sellers will be banned from selling single-use plastic products on the platform.
eBay said the new ban will come into effect on June 1, 2022 in the United Kingdom. After that, if the sale of related single-use plastic products on the eBay UK ...
The Biosmart project aims to reduce discarded food by developing bio-based compostable or recyclable packaging, including sensors to monitor food shelf life and functional and barrier coatings, as explained by Dr. Amaya Igartua of Fundación TEKNIKER.
Keywords: European Commission, BBI research,...
Humble Bee Bio's mission is to create a biodegradable alternative to plastic by synthesizing the biology of honeybees, according to TechCrunch. While the New Zealand-based company is still in the early stages - it's halfway through its proof of concept - if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplas...
Environmental protection is the theme of the times, with the arrival of the concept of health and organic, consumers are increasingly concerned about green product packaging design, and businessmen have mastered the psychology of customers. On the shelves of supermarkets and convenience stores, the ...
There is an everyday proverb that says "what you sow, what you get". The plastic water bottles we discard now may become polluting trash, but put another way, if they can be reused, those bottles may soon be turned into treasure and become part of our next car. Sustainability has beco...
The millions of tons of plastic swimming in the world's oceans has attracted a lot of media attention. The latest report shows that plastic pollution may pose a more serious threat to terrestrial plants and animals, including humans, than its impact on the oceans.
Every day, only a tiny fractio...
Techstyle and agri-food innovation platform Mills Fabrica have released a new report detailing the role and impact of single-use plastic packaging in the fashion and food sectors. Rethink Packaging aims to provide guidance to brands seeking to solve this problem by considering the entire lifecy...
UK to introduce first-ever biodegradable plastics standard to stop jargon from misleading the public
Standards apply only to land-based plastic pollution
PAS 9017, entitled "Biodegradation of polyolefins in an open-air terrestrial environment," involves testing plastics to demonstrate ...
On April 27, Nature published a paper by Professor Hal Alper's team at the University of Texas at Austin on how modifying an enzyme with the help of machine learning could reduce the degradation time of plastics measured in centuries to 24 hours to a few days. The news has sparked concern becau...
