Recently, FANCL has adopted PLA (polylactic acid), a plant-derived biodegradable plastic processed by Takako Chemical Co., Ltd. for cosmetic display racks. These displays, which are made of 100% PLA, have been installed in all directly managed stores since April.
PLA is made from biomass, such as cor...
Following in the footsteps of Spain and the UK, Germany is introducing its own "plastic tax". The German Primary Plastics Fund Act (act) was established in May 2023, thus putting the Article 8:1-7 Primary Plastics Directive into legal effect and establishing the legal basis for the im...
The sale of microplastics in all areas of the European Union will be gradually banned, DPA Brussels reported on September 25th. According to a new regulation by the European Commission, the sale of microplastics per se, as well as products to which microplastics have been added and which releas...
An enzyme recently unearthed from the depths of the ocean is capable of breaking down PET plastics, an important discovery in the fight against the plastic pollution that plagues our coasts and oceans.
The groundbreaking discovery came from a collaborative study led by the research team of Prof...
In industrial settings, engineered yeasts are often used in fermentation to convert sugars into valuable products. Yeast biomass is one of the main by-products, but its value as a commodity is low. One way to maximize the value of yeast biomass is to co-produce high-value animal feed ingredients suc...
In order to achieve the "carbon neutral goal", China will step up its efforts to promote the clean and low-carbon development of its energy system, and to promote the substitution of low-carbon energy for high-carbon energy and renewable energy for fossil energy.
And among renewable e...
On September 23, the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou opened. Hangzhou Asian Games uphold the "green, intelligent, thrifty, civilized" concept of organizing the games, and make every effort to build the world's first large-scale "no waste" event.
The unprecedented scale of this ...
Polylactic acid fiber, commonly known as "corn fiber", named after the Japanese bell spinning in the 1990s introduced a blend of polylactic acid fiber and natural fibers (CornFiber).
As the name suggests, PLA and corn are "relatives", the first generation of raw materials for PLA ...
Recently, Tipa Israel established a new partnership with Charter Next Generation (CNG), a U.S. specialty film manufacturer.
Tipa, an Israel-based manufacturer of compostable packaging solutions for food and fashion, has joined forces with U.S.-based specialty film manufacturer Charter Next Gene...
I: Material overview
Plant staple fiber - bio-based composites is a new type of material emerging in recent years, the main raw materials taken from crop straw staple fiber, bamboo staple fiber, hemp staple fiber and so on.
By compounding with bio-based resins such as modified starch, soy protei...
