Natural fibers have been used as reinforcing materials for more than 3,000 years. Over the past five years, there has been a resurgence of interest in natural fiber composites due to concerns about improving and stimulating rural economies, reducing dependence on petroleum-based materials, and adopt...
Recently, the DeSpar supermarket chain, located in the regions of Triveneto, Emilia-Romania and Lombardy, started selling Mater-bi compostable products, which have a biobased content of up to 50%. The supermarket has also introduced biodegradable and compostable products that comply with the EN...
Playmobil, part of the German manufacturer Geobra Brandstätter Group, has decided to fully utilize bio-based raw materials for mass balance distribution in its children's product line. They first implemented this initiative in the Playmobil Junior toy line with the introduction of bio-distributed pl...
On February 14, 2024, the EU Parliament's Internal Market and Environment Committee adopted new rules on how companies can validate their environmental marketing claims.
The EU Green Claims Directive complements the EU ban on "greenwashing". It defines what information companies must ...
Starting January 1, 2024, the French government has introduced a new law that requires individuals, households and businesses to compost. It is estimated that 82 kilograms of compostable waste is discarded per person per year, and this law will significantly increase the feedstock pool for the Frenc...
Despite efforts by all sectors of society to improve the collection and recycling of plastics in order to promote a circular economy, some synthetic materials inevitably end up in the environment due to littering, wind, rain and wear and tear.
From summer 2023, Wageningen Food and Bio-based Research...
North Carolina-based Keel Labs has teamed up with American environmental advocate Aditi Mayer to launch a T-shirt called "Kelsun". The T-shirt, made from Keel Labs' star product, Kelsun, a seaweed fiber, demonstrates a major breakthrough in the field of sustainable textile alternatives and...
The RENOLIT Group is a multinational group of companies specializing in the research, development and manufacture of high-quality plastic films and related extended products and services. As early as the beginning of 2023, RENOLIT's "RGC"-"RENOLIT Goes Circular" project replaced ...
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the United States have found that changing the surface area of a product, rather than just the materials used to make it, affects the rate at which it biodegrades in seawater.
In response to plastic pollution, countries around t...
Based on the increasing maturity of the cross-fertilization and application of bio-based material technologies, bio-based products have been widely welcomed for their sustainability and environmentally friendly properties. These products not only bring innovation to various industries, but also play...
