On November 6, Dutch PEF producer Avantium announced that it had signed an agreement with Parfums Christian Dior to use the new bioplastic in its packaging.Avantium has been working for three years on applied research with LVMH Recherche, the research center of Dior Perfumes and luxury goods giant L...
A recent study by British academics on the toxicity of biobased fibers may overturn the original perception of “biobased” proponents. The authors suggest that bio-based fibers (viscose and lyocell) may be more harmful to earthworms and more harmful to the environment than petrochemical-based fibers ...
Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 6, and while his campaign focused largely on isolationism, immigration, crime and inflation, his previous record in the White House shows that he has ramped up domestic fossil-fuel production, weakened laws aimed at curbing pollution and overha...
Starting in November 2024, the global beverage industry giant, Japan's Suntory Group (SUNTORY), launched PET bottles produced using paraxylene (Bio-Paraxylene), which is extracted from waste cooking oil. This will be the world's first commercially available bioparaxylene PET bottle and will hel...
OXMAN, a U.S.-based design lab, recently launched O° (pronounced “O-Zero”), a biomaterials, digital and robotics platform. The lab's first product made using the O° platform is a line of shoes made entirely of polyhydroxy fatty acid esters (PHA).
Computationally Designed, 3D Printed PHA Shoes ...
Three students in Turkey have created a company that produces plastics from recycled olive kernels and are exhibiting their products at the FAKUMA plastics fair (Oct. 15-19) in Germany. The company is called Biolive Biyolojik ve kimyasal teknolojiler san tic a.s. and is based in Istanbul, Turkey....
October 15, 2024 - Fortum Recycling & Waste, Finland's leading waste management and recycling solutions company, has successfully produced biodegradable plastics from carbon dioxide (CO₂) generated by waste incineration at its plant in riihimki, Finland.
The new “plastics born from CO₂” brand wil...
Recently, PA Consulting (PA Consulting) and Searo Labs partnered to develop seaweed-based plastics and disposable items for global brands that can be used in consumer products and packaging in the food, personal care and home care sectors.
Searo's material is reportedly compostable at home, hea...
Recently, Envalior announced the launch of a new line of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) composites, Pocan® X-MB, based on biorecycled 1,4-butanediol (BDO).
The sustainable components of this thermoplastic have been certified and classified according to the ISCC PLUS (International Sustainabil...
Recently, Carbios and Sleever launched SeelCap Onego, the world's first tamper evident seal for at-home composting.
What revolutionizes this innovation is the direct integration of CARBIOS Active, the biodegradable solution developed by CARBIOS for PLA, into the production process, making these PLA-r...
