On Trindade Island, a three- to four-day sail from the Brazilian coast, geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos reportedly found a large amount of plastic forming the rock. Through analysis, she and her team identified the specimens as a new geological formation that fuses the materials and processes the E...
American researchers have found that a class of anaerobic fungi in the stomachs of herbivores can degrade lignin, the hardest component of plants. The discovery will help develop new ways to produce biofuels or fine chemicals from lignin. The related paper was recently published in the British journ...
For the first time in seabirds, British and Australian researchers have discovered a new disease caused entirely by plastic. The British newspaper "The Guardian" reported on the 3rd citing researchers that this is the first time researchers have found plastic-induced fibrotic disease in wi...
On March 14, local time, researchers at University College London (UCL) published a paper in Frontiers in Sustainability in which they used machine learning to automatically classify different types of compostable, biodegradable plastics and distinguish them from conventional plastics.
"The ac...
According to French media reports, a new study shows that the impact of plastic waste pollution, as of 2019, the global ocean of about 170 trillion plastic particles, marine plastic pollution is becoming increasingly serious. The study, published in the international journal Public Library of Scienc...
On March 3, 2023, the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund announced its investment in Genecis, a Toronto, Canada-based bioplastics company. Luna Yu, the founder of Genecis, is 28 years old and a woman of Chinese descent, based in Yunnan, China.
Genecis is a company that uses food scraps to convert biodegra...
Recently, OQ Chemicals GmbH launched "OxBalance Isonononanoic Acid", the world's first commercially available isononanoic acid produced from bio-based and recycled raw materials, and certified by ISCC PLUS. With a bio-based content of over 70%, the new product offers manufacturers a sustai...
On March 6, 2023, IKEA China released a news release stating that IKEA is gradually transitioning from fossil-based adhesives to bio-based adhesives, aiming to reduce the use of fossil-based adhesives by 40% and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from adhesives by 30% by fiscal year 2030.
It is unders...
Recently in California, outdoor apparel and gear giant Patagonia introduced the SugarDown Hoody, the company's first fully bio-based jacket made with Virent's 100% plant-based paraxylene BioForm PX.
SugarDown hoodies are now available online. Using U.S.-grown sugar from Louisiana sugarcane fields, ...
In 2023 from the European market, OPPO cell phone color box plastic packaging almost completely removed, to achieve 100% natural degradation of cell phone product packaging, and the use of 45% of recycled fiber material in the color box.
At the four-day MWC World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, which...
