Zen Running Club, an Amsterdam-based company that produces bio-based, plastic-free running shoes, recently launched a new shoe, the Zen Running Club, which it claims is the “most sustainable running shoe” on the market.
Zen Running Club was founded in 2020 by two former Nike employees, Andy Farnworth...
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- AIMPLAS, a Spanish plastics technology center, is researching the addition of microorganisms to biodegradable mulch film to improve crop yields and productivity. This approach specifically involves adding probiotics and hydrogels to agricultural mulch films.
Hydrogels are...
With the wide application of biodegradable plastics in the fields of packaging, agriculture and medical care, the environmental impact of their waste and resource wastage are becoming more and more prominent. Although PBAT has good biodegradability, its production cost is much higher than that of tr...
October 21, 2024 - Germany's Volkswagen Foundation has funded nearly €1.2 million for a technology development project to use microorganisms to recycle PE and PET multilayer films. The project is led by researchers at the University of Kassel and the University of Hamburg in Germany. They hope to us...
Recently, Accredo Packaging introduced 100% bio-based self-sealing bags made from sugarcane resin to provide consumers with compostable, recyclable and sustainable packaging.
Accredo is a leader in the development of innovative, more sustainable packaging solutions for the food and consumer goods ind...
On October 17, 2024, Avantium Nederland announced that it has signed an agreement to produce salad bowls from bio-based PEF material with Royal Vezet, Europe's largest fresh food company specializing in convenience vegetables, fruits, salads, and fresh food products, and that these trays, located in...
On October 17, 2024, LG Chem partnered with a Korean cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredient company to develop 3HP ingredients for functional cosmetics.
The world's fourth-largest chemical maker, South Korea's LG Chem Co. Ltd. on Oct. 17 unveiled a plan to develop the world's first products usi...
Recently, SABIC joined forces with Lamb Weston, a major global brand owner and producer of frozen potato products, to utilize a closed-loop process for the manufacture of lightweight, sustainable pouches using a co-extruded film structure.
Of these, at least 60% of the packaging is made from polymers...
On October 3, 2024, the European Commission decided to initiate infringement proceedings by sending an official notification (INFR (2024) 2096) to France for failing to correctly transpose the Single-Use Plastics Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/904). The Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) is t...
On October 10, 2024, Avantium of the Netherlands signed a conditional supply agreement with U.S.-based packaging manufacturer Plastipak, which uses Avantium-supplied bioplastics of polyethylene furanate (PEF) for food and beverage packaging for the North American market.
Plastipak is a global leader ...
