Recently, Zhengdao Tire Co. Ltd. said that it has successfully developed an innovative tire with a bio-based material content of up to 30 per cent. The environmentally friendly tire has now passed all applicable legal and regulatory tests, and its performance indicators are comparable to those of ma...
With the massive use of plastic packaging, it poses a serious threat to the environment and the sustainability of petroleum resources. The development of green, safe and biodegradable bio-based packaging materials is crucial. As a traditional packaging material based on lignocellulose, paper pr...
Indorama Ventures of Thailand recently announced that it is advancing sustainability efforts by producing 100% bio-based polymers for tires and other specialty applications. The high-strength PA4,10 yarn is produced at the plant in Obernburg, Germany, from “quality-balanced” 100% bio-base...
Recently, GALY, an American biotech company focused on cellular agriculture, announced the completion of a $33 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and other investors included well-known fashion groups H&M and Inditex. The funding...
Recently, Tesla leather supplier Ultrafabrics and its partner Tapis introduced AV Bio bio-based performance fabrics that set a new standard for sustainability without compromising performance or comfort. Incorporating renewable plant materials into its multi-layer structures, replacing some of ...
Polylactic acid, also known as PLA, is a thermoplastic monomer. It comes from renewable organic sources such as corn starch or sugar cane. This means that PLA is different from most plastics. Instead of breaking down into persistent microplastics, it degrades completely in the presence of water (hyd...
At the end of August, Professional Pickleball Partners of Kansas City, Kansas, USA launched a Compost-a-Bal (compost ball). In recent years, a kind of pickleball has become popular in the U.S. Bill Gates is said to have been a veteran pickleball player for decades.
Pickleball, which also means ...
In a world awash with petroleum-based plastics, scientists are looking for alternatives that are more sustainable, more biodegradable and less toxic to the environment. Two new studies by biologists at Washington University (WashU) in St. Louis, USA, have found a purple bacteria that, with a little ...
Recently, FILA (Italian fashion sports brand) launched a “natural symbiosis T” T-shirt, each T-shirt using low-energy dyeing process and biodegradable materials. The main fabrics are all made of biodegradable fibers: 60% cotton + 40% CELYS™ polyester, and the woven labels, combinations of label...
On September 2, an AU$8 million (RMB 38.42 million) bioplastics innovation center was officially opened in Australia. The center is developing 100 percent compostable bioplastics from food waste such as cooking oil, including producing bioplastics that can decompose in compost, land or water. T...
