On April 2, 2025, the Italian Ministry of the Environment, in an effort to clarify one of the most controversial points of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUP Directive), submitted to the European Commission a proposal for a technical regulation on the definition of requirements for the reusabili...
Suzano Ventures, the venture capital arm of Brazilian pulp giant Suzano, recently led a $12 million Series A round of financing for Simplifyber, a bio-based materials company.It also follows the company's $4.2 million seed round that closed in July 2022 . The funding will support Simplifyber's growt...
After the United States raised the overall tariff rate on Chinese exports to the U.S. from 54% to 104% on April 9, it recently raised tariffs on some goods to 245%, a move that not only hit the costs of its own importing companies, but also led to sharp fluctuations in the global economic and trade ...
The Synthetic Biology Promotion Act, which was born in South Korea on April 2, 2024, not only set a new record for science and technology legislation with an overwhelming approval rate of 93.75%, but also signaled that the global race for the bio-economy has entered a deep-water zone of institutiona...
In this critical period of global consensus on sustainable development, the business community is exploring innovative paths to minimize the burden on the environment with unprecedented enthusiasm.
Tetra Pak, a leader in the packaging industry, has taken a landmark step forward by joining force...
On April 3, 2025, the European Association for Bioplastics (EUBP) published a position paper on the relationship between “biodegradable plastics” and “material recycling”, which makes it clear that there is no contradiction between the two. Biodegradable plastics can be sorted efficiently and are su...
Recently, TotalEnergies Corbion (TEC), a producer of polylactic acid (PLA), and Benvic, a French producer of modified plastics, announced a partnership aimed at expanding the use of Luminy® PLA-based plastics in durable goods applications in the automotive, healthcare, cosmetic packaging, home appli...
In the global automotive industry's transition to sustainability, the environmental friendliness of plastic materials has become a key challenge. The high carbon emissions, resource dependence, and recycling challenges of traditional fossil-based plastics have prompted automakers to seek alternative...
In December 2024, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) released the report The State of Bioplastics in Australia, which provides an overview of Australia's bioplastics system and analyzes the current state of bioplastics The report presents an overview of Australi...
TotalEnergies Corbion, a producer of polylactic acid (PLA), and Benvic, a French composites producer, are teaming up to expand the use of Luminy® PLA-based plastics in durable goods applications such as automotive, healthcare, cosmetic packaging, home appliances, and electrical and electronic produc...
