On August 28, Denmark's LEGO, the world's most profitable toy company, announced its first-half 2024 financial results, with plans to have half of the plastic in its building block products by 2026 made from renewable or recycled materials. By 2032, LEGO aims to shift completely to renewable and rec...
At the end of August, California lawmakers passed two identical bills to ban all plastic shopping bags in California. The State Senate passed AB 2236 on the evening of August 28th and the State Assembly passed SB 1053 on August 29th.Both bills aim to completely ban grocers from offering any non-pape...
Recently, DOE's Bio-Optimized Technologies for Keeping Thermoplastics Out of Landfills and Out of the Environment (BOTTLE) scientists, including a team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Colorado State University, developed a series of PHAs with different properties, some of wh...
Currently, the advanced plastics recycling market is focused on technologies such as pyrolysis and depolymerization (thermal, chemical and enzymatic), with some exploring methods such as gasification and hydrothermal liquefaction. However, these technologies are facing increasing scrutiny and restri...
Researchers at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) are exploring the use of leftover 3D-printed PLA and carbon fiber scraps to develop recyclable composites.
Since the invention of plastics more than a century ago, consumption of plastics has been on the rise, generating polluting waste that p...
Recently, nova's team of experts updated its poster on biodegradable plastics, which also includes current standards and certifications as well as the latest scientific findings.
In order to improve the understanding of biodegradability and biodegradability and their certification, a group of e...
On August 21, South Korea's SKC said it plans to merge its biodegradable materials subsidiaries SK Leaveo (polymerization plant) and SK Tbmgeostone (modification plant), with the former absorbing and merging the latter, at a ratio of 1 to 0.0005179, with a merger deadline of October 8th. For it...
Recently, Anta successfully launched its first biodegradable sports T-shirt containing CELYS™ polyester fiber! Under the GB standard test, this T-shirt has a degradation rate of 97.1% in 6 months!
Schematic diagram of off-standardized disintegration of Anta's fully degradable T-shirt
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On August 19, Indonesia's Finance Ministry has abandoned plans to introduce an excise tax on plastic products from 2025, which was initially aimed at curbing the country's severe plastic waste problem. The tax was first introduced in 2016 and was intended to apply to single-use plastic products such...
Recently, the French luxury beauty brand Chanel (Chanel) for the No. 1 red camellia eye serum refreshed packaging, launched a rotating applicator massage head, the design by the Netherlands TNT Group and the French plastic injection molding supplier FaiveleyTech, and has applied for a patent. T...
