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SK Korea just announced the merger of its PBAT polymerization and modification plants.

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...

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15.10.24 11:22 AM - Comment(s)
Antares, Launches Biodegradable Sports T-Shirt

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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15.10.24 11:19 AM - Comment(s)
Heavyweights! Indonesia scraps plastic tax plan, Germany delays for a year

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...

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15.10.24 11:16 AM - Comment(s)
Chanel, launches new cap packaging made of bio-based materials!

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...

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14.10.24 11:52 AM - Comment(s)
Bio-based TPU! Another new material solution launched!

SABIC and Lubrizol have developed a compatible material solution that is ideally suited for a variety of applications in consumer electronics and mobile mobility. The solution, which combines soft and rigid materials, can help customers advance their sustainability goals, enhance protection for thin...

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14.10.24 11:10 AM - Comment(s)
Prospects for the application of degradable biomass composites

Since the 21st century, the development and utilization of biomass materials have gradually gained importance worldwide. The shortage of forest resources in China has necessitated the expansion of horizons to include crop residues, bamboo and wild plant stalks. Biomass broadly refers to natural...

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14.10.24 11:08 AM - Comment(s)
American Plastics strongly opposes! Major shift in White House position! It's turning its back on the livelihoods of a million people!

The fifth and final round of INC negotiations for the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty is scheduled for November 25, 2024 in Busan, South Korea. The White House administration has decided to change its position in favor of limiting virgin plastics production. 

On August 19, the Plastics Ind...

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14.10.24 11:06 AM - Comment(s)
Superwood! Dramatically improve performance through gene editing

On August 12, 2024, Professor Liangbing Hu (now at Yale University) and Professor Yiping Qi of the University of Maryland published a paper in the journal Matter in an interdisciplinary collaboration entitled “Genome-edited trees for high-performance engineered wood The paper “Genome-edited trees fo...

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14.10.24 11:04 AM - Comment(s)
The Paris Olympics, bringing fire to the bio-based trillion dollar industry! Macron Strongly Supports

Recently, the Paris Olympics officially came to an end. Under the main theme of green environmental protection, all kinds of bio-based products in the current Olympic Games to brush a wave of presence. 

From the venue to the decoration, from the clothing to the food, the “bio-manufacturing” elem...

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14.10.24 11:02 AM - Comment(s)
Bio-based TPU! Another new material solution launched!

SABIC and Lubrizol have developed a compatible material solution that is ideally suited for a variety of applications in consumer electronics and mobile mobility. The solution, which combines soft and rigid materials, can help customers advance their sustainability goals, enhance protection for thin...

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28.08.24 08:57 AM - Comment(s)