The Defense Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) under India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed a biodegradable water bottle designed to reduce the overall carbon footprint in the environment.
The limited production bottles were launched by Union Minister of State f...
Polartec has made great strides in sustainable performance fabrics with the introduction of Biolon, a plant-based nylon fiber and film, to two of its popular product lines: Polartec Power Shield and Power Stretch Pro.
Biolon is a renewable, non-GMO plant-based nylon with a 50% lower carbon foot...
Biopolymers as shells for microcapsules will be the focus of a symposium to be held on November 16, 2023 at the Fraunhofer Conference Center in the Potsdam Science Park, where the platform will present new advances in the microencapsulation of natural and biodegradable materials and invite participa...
Five students from the University of Hohenheim (Alena Fries, Bahar Abrishamchi, Cora Schmetzer, Lina Obeidat and Paulina Welzenbach) wanted to prevent the small plastic bags that contain individual ingredients in many instant foods such as ramen noodle soup, an environmentally harmful waste. A susta...
UMF | PERFECTCLEAN is pleased to announce the launch of new, fully compostable packaging for its entire PERFECT CLEAN branded range. The new packaging is in line with the company's commitment to: providing safer sanitation with less effort, less waste, less carbon footprint and at a lower cost than ...
The PHA and PLA biopolymer combination toothbrush developed by CJ Biomaterials Korea in collaboration with eco-design specialists Revelop has recently won the 2023 German Red Dot Design Award. CJ Biomaterials Korea is a leading producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers.
The toothbrush,...
Introduced to the plastics market in 1998, initially as a fossil-based feedstock and later with partially biobased grades, BASF's biobased polymer ecoflex® (PBAT) is the world's first biodegradable, certified compostable polymer. Since then, customers have come to know and trust ecoflex® for it...
The IPREM laboratory at the University of Paulo is carrying out a research project whose goal is to produce bioplastics in a short period of time using local resources.
They are made from corn crop residues and from microorganisms extracted from the sediments of a port on the Basque coast.
Plas...
The H&M Foundation is working with the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) on the Earth First program to build an industry that is good for the planet. One of the research projects, called reProLeather, has developed a new technology that separates hexavalent chrom...
Calculation of the Carbon Footprint of BASF Products: Certified by TÜV Rheinland as Complying with the Requirements of "Working Together for Sustainability
At the end of September, TÜV Rheinland, the German technical testing organization, confirmed that BASF's methodology for calculating and rep...
