Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a very common polymer used in everyday life, often as an outer packaging material for mineral water bottles, beverage bottles, fruit and salad packaging and various household appliances.
The amount of PET waste currently accounts for 12% of the total global w...
Recently Dutch sustainable chemicals company Relement raised €1 million in a seed round to expand its startup product bio MPA. the investment will also be used for pre-commercial trials with selected leading coating resin customers.
Relement, a subsidiary of the Netherlands Organization for App...
Last year the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released the report Assessment of Agricultural Plastics and Their Sustainability: A Call for Action, which presents the results of a global study of the different value chains in which This report presents the results of a study o...
Demand for cellulose-based solutions appears promising due to increased environmental awareness, the impending ban on single-use plastic products, especially in Europe, and restrictions and labeling on products containing plastic fibers.
The market, and in particular retailers, are looking for ...
On May 23, eBay UK announced that from June 1, 2022, sellers will be banned from selling single-use plastic products on the platform.
eBay said the new ban will come into effect on June 1, 2022 in the United Kingdom. After that, if the sale of related single-use plastic products on the eBay UK ...
The Biosmart project aims to reduce discarded food by developing bio-based compostable or recyclable packaging, including sensors to monitor food shelf life and functional and barrier coatings, as explained by Dr. Amaya Igartua of Fundación TEKNIKER.
Keywords: European Commission, BBI research,...
Humble Bee Bio's mission is to create a biodegradable alternative to plastic by synthesizing the biology of honeybees, according to TechCrunch. While the New Zealand-based company is still in the early stages - it's halfway through its proof of concept - if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplas...
Environmental protection is the theme of the times, with the arrival of the concept of health and organic, consumers are increasingly concerned about green product packaging design, and businessmen have mastered the psychology of customers. On the shelves of supermarkets and convenience stores, the ...
There is an everyday proverb that says "what you sow, what you get". The plastic water bottles we discard now may become polluting trash, but put another way, if they can be reused, those bottles may soon be turned into treasure and become part of our next car. Sustainability has beco...
The millions of tons of plastic swimming in the world's oceans has attracted a lot of media attention. The latest report shows that plastic pollution may pose a more serious threat to terrestrial plants and animals, including humans, than its impact on the oceans.
Every day, only a tiny fractio...
