Korea's HD Modern Chemistry, in partnership with CJ CheilJedang Corp. will produce environmentally friendly bio-naphtha and plastic products.
The partnership has been firmly established in the form of a memorandum of understanding. Under the agreement, HD Hyundai Chemical (HD Hyundai Modern) will ob...
The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) has submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging an update to the National Organic Program's (NOP) decades-old definition of compost.
Currently, USDA organic regulations only allow composting of plant and animal material (7C...
On March 1, local time, the sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) closed in Nairobi, Kenya.
On the closing day, delegates from 193 United Nations Member States voted to adopt 15 resolutions and two decisions covering a wide range of elements to address the triple planetary crisis o...
When worn, washed, and dried, clothing sheds - tiny fibers scattered throughout houses, soil, and waterways that can take centuries to degrade. These fibers, usually made of polyester, are often too small to see and are a major source of microplastic pollution - if invisible at all. Polyester clothi...
MycoWorks USA has announced that they have successfully produced more than 1,000 sheets of this revolutionary luxury leather alternative in their scale Fine Mycelium™ plant and that the quality of these biomaterials has surpassed the levels achieved in their California pilot plant.
This achieve...
Recently, the DeSpar supermarket chain, located in the regions of Triveneto, Emilia-Romania and Lombardy, started selling Mater-bi compostable products, which have a biobased content of up to 50%. The supermarket has also introduced biodegradable and compostable products that comply with the EN...
Playmobil, part of the German manufacturer Geobra Brandstätter Group, has decided to fully utilize bio-based raw materials for mass balance distribution in its children's product line. They first implemented this initiative in the Playmobil Junior toy line with the introduction of bio-distributed pl...
On February 14, 2024, the EU Parliament's Internal Market and Environment Committee adopted new rules on how companies can validate their environmental marketing claims.
The EU Green Claims Directive complements the EU ban on "greenwashing". It defines what information companies must ...
North Carolina-based Keel Labs has teamed up with American environmental advocate Aditi Mayer to launch a T-shirt called "Kelsun". The T-shirt, made from Keel Labs' star product, Kelsun, a seaweed fiber, demonstrates a major breakthrough in the field of sustainable textile alternatives and...
Ohoskin, an Italian manufacturer specializing in bio-based alternatives to animal leather, and ReCarbon, a leading company in recycled carbon fiber solutions, have joined forces. The partnership aims to develop a new material that will revolutionize the automotive, marine and furniture industri...
