On April 21, Santan, the catering arm of NextBuy Group (Capital A), announced that it is transitioning from single-use plastics to biodegradable plastics, and that all disposable items onboard, including cups, lids and cutlery, will be made from polylactic acid (PLA)- - a renewable resource derived ...
On April 2, 2025, the Italian Ministry of the Environment, in an effort to clarify one of the most controversial points of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUP Directive), submitted to the European Commission a proposal for a technical regulation on the definition of requirements for the reusabili...
Suzano Ventures, the venture capital arm of Brazilian pulp giant Suzano, recently led a $12 million Series A round of financing for Simplifyber, a bio-based materials company.It also follows the company's $4.2 million seed round that closed in July 2022 . The funding will support Simplifyber's growt...
After the United States raised the overall tariff rate on Chinese exports to the U.S. from 54% to 104% on April 9, it recently raised tariffs on some goods to 245%, a move that not only hit the costs of its own importing companies, but also led to sharp fluctuations in the global economic and trade ...
In this critical period of global consensus on sustainable development, the business community is exploring innovative paths to minimize the burden on the environment with unprecedented enthusiasm.
Tetra Pak, a leader in the packaging industry, has taken a landmark step forward by joining force...
Recently, TotalEnergies Corbion (TEC), a producer of polylactic acid (PLA), and Benvic, a French producer of modified plastics, announced a partnership aimed at expanding the use of Luminy® PLA-based plastics in durable goods applications in the automotive, healthcare, cosmetic packaging, home appli...
In December 2024, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) released the report The State of Bioplastics in Australia, which provides an overview of Australia's bioplastics system and analyzes the current state of bioplastics The report presents an overview of Australi...
TotalEnergies Corbion, a producer of polylactic acid (PLA), and Benvic, a French composites producer, are teaming up to expand the use of Luminy® PLA-based plastics in durable goods applications such as automotive, healthcare, cosmetic packaging, home appliances, and electrical and electronic produc...
SK Chihshin (SKGC) and Herion (China) announced that they have joined forces to promote sustainable packaging of health food products.
Headquartered in Weybridge, UK, Haleon's mission is to “put people at the center of every day's health”, serving consumers in more than 100 markets around the world. ...
Recently, a group of researchers at the University of Alabama stumbled upon a revolutionary way to recycle plastics.
This approach, which uses imidazolium to break down plastics, improves on traditional recycling processes and has the potential to produce higher quality recycled materials. This...
