Packaging made from vegetable waste helps reduce Australia's reliance on single-use plastics.
Researchers at Victoria University (VU) in Australia have been investigating how affordable, easily compostable packaging made from vegetable waste such as zucchini, broccoli, celery and lettuce can help r...
While Nespresso's current capsules are made from 80% recycled aluminum, the launch of compostable paper-based capsules aims to expand sustainable options for consumers.
Nestlé's Nespresso coffee brand recently launched a new range of compostable paper coffee capsules. The new capsules will be piloted...
From Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, representatives from governments, the private sector and civil society will begin work on a legally binding international instrument to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, a document they hope to complete by 2024.
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With the support of world newspaper mogul Murdoch and others, California-based Cove (Cove) recently launched a fully biodegradable bottle of the same name that will debut in Erewhon stores across Los Angeles beginning Dec. 1. The bottled water will retail fo...
A recently leaked draft of a new EU packaging law has caused an uproar in the industry, which says it threatens to undermine years of effort and billions of euros worth of recycling investment.
The EU's original packaging directive, EU 94/62/EC, will expire on November 30, 2022, and the new draft i...
On November 21, the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled BioHome3D, the first 3D printed house built entirely from bio-based materials. BioHome3D was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Hub and Spoke program, a collaboration between ...
South Korea's environment ministry said Nov. 23 that it will ban the sale of plastic bags at convenience stores and the use of plastic straws, disposable cutlery and cups at restaurants and other establishments from Nov. 24. However, during the one-year transition period, violators of the new rules ...
The European Bioplastics website has a paraphrase of the outline set out in the European Green New Deal: Europe needs to become a more sustainable, resilient and competitive economy. The bioeconomy has great potential to contribute to the transformation of the Green New Deal, as it covers all sector...
The European Commission is working on a new soil health law, and the European Bioplastics Association lobbied for compostable plastics to be taken into account.
The European Commission (EC) is currently working on a new EU soil health law that aims to clarify the conditions for soil health and soil...
This paper briefly introduces two types of bio-based plastics: non-biodegradable bio-based plastics such as bio-based PE, bio-based PP, bio-based PET and degradable bio-based plastics such as starch-based degradable plastics, PLA, PHA, summarizes their cases in the packaging industries of cosmetics,...
