Upfield has announced the launch of an innovative product that is claimed to be an industry first: plastic-free food containers made of paper fibers for vegetable butter and spreads. This initiative is part of Upfield's commitment to reduce the use of plastic by 80% by 2030 and follows a four-year c...
On March 22, 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Green Claims Directive. The proposal was drafted by the European Union's Directorate-General for the Environment (DG ENV), the body responsible for the EU's environmental policy. The proposal would aim to tackle false sustainabili...
On January 17, 2024, the European Parliament gave final approval to a directive that will improve product labeling and prohibit the use of misleading environmental claims.
The directive is Empowering consumers for the green transition and aims to protect consumers from misleading marketing prac...
Towards zero plastic waste
Global plastic production is still growing, even exponentially; as highlighted in an article on the Wageningen University and Research Institute (WUR) website. But we want to achieve a circular economy by 2050: recycling all plastic waste or using bio-based plastics. ...
Recently, AMSilk, the world's leading supplier of advanced materials for spider silk proteins, announced a partnership with bioproduction company 21st.BIO aimed at taking AMSilk's silk protein production scale to unprecedented heights.
As part of the collaboration, 21st.BIO has successfully dev...
Toray Industries (Tokyo, Japan) recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with Yoshida (Tokyo, Japan) to jointly manufacture tanker bag material using Ecodear N510, a 100 % vegetable-based nylon fiber. Yoshida's Porter brand produces and sells bags under its flagship tanker line, whic...
The logic behind why Bio-based Materials (BBM) has become a hotspot in today's industry, science and technology, and investment world is that BBM does not produce new carbon dioxide, which is conducive to mitigating climate warming and lack of resources.
Let's start by looking at why carbon dio...
Waste feedstock is one of the most sustainable inputs for the manufacture of bio-based materials. Waste from the banana industry has great potential as an industrial input. The biomass fibers left after harvesting can be a textile alternative to resource-intensive cotton.
For some developing co...
Braskem, a leading producer of polyolefins and biopolymers in the Americas, and WEAV3D, a startup in advanced materials and manufacturing, announced that their new door assembly prototype has been selected as one of the top three finalists in the Automotive and Road Transportation - Processes catego...
On December 30, 2023, Novozymes and Chr. Hansen announced that their future combined company will be called "Novonesis". The name is derived from the Greek word "genesis", meaning "new beginning", reflecting the dawning of a new era in bio-solutions. Novalis will u...
