June 21, according to foreign media news, with the growing awareness of environmental protection, global e-commerce giant Amazon recently announced that it has significantly reduced the use of plastic air cushions in its packages in response to the global call to reduce plastic pollution.
Accor...
Polytives Germany (Rudolstadt, Germany), a specialist in the production of polymer additives, and Holzmühle Westerkamp Germany (Visbek, Germany), a wood processing company offering the production and development of biobased plastic compounds under the brand name Arweco, including those based on oat ...
Because of the variety of materials that make up an insect's body, it is able to adapt to a variety of environments. Evolution has provided these creatures with strong exoskeletons and intricately shaped wings. Academic researchers have worked on materials inspired by these natural innovations to cr...
Carbon fiber composites are favored by aerospace manufacturers for their strength, stiffness and durability, and are often produced from fossil fuels.
Of course, they can also be made from sustainable organic materials. Recently, Airbus created an experimental helicopter panel using a "bio...
Recently, a team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP invented a flexible and recyclable plastic film material based on poly(lactic acid) (PLA) bioplastics, which will be awarded the 2024 Josef von Fraunhofer Prize.
Dr. Antje Lieske of the research team said that because...
June 5 - The National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, or CSIR-NIIST, under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alter Wave Eco-Innovations, also known as AWEI. This MoU focuses on the transfer of...
Typically, flexible disposable plastic films used for shopping or garbage bags are mainly made of petroleum-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE). However, these films come with a large carbon footprint and cause environmental pollution.
A team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Re...
The University of Copenhagen has created a new bio-friendly material made from barley starch mixed with sugar beet waste fibers - a strong material that turns into compost if it ends up in nature. In the long run, the researchers hope their invention will help curb plastic pollution while reducing t...
June 10 - The ALEHOOP project, a joint European project based on circular biology, has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of sustainable plant protein extraction. The project developed pilot-scale biorefineries to recover low-cost dietary proteins from algae and plant biomass.
The biorefinery ...
Recently, Dutch biofuel developer and supplier GoodFuels was interviewed by S&P Global Commodity Insights on the topic of biofuels.
01 Changes in legislative policy may lead to a reduction in the capacity of the Rotterdam biofuel bank
From January 2024, the Dutch government is reducing the m...
