Along with the rapid development of the economy, environmental awareness, China's ban on plastic in January 2021 to fully implement, as well as the European Commission guidelines for disposable plastic products, the upcoming revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive will be more favora...
With massive amounts of plastic waste being dumped into the environment, microplastics are polluting the entire planet. A study shows that whales consume millions of microplastic pollution particles every day, making them the largest group of plastic waste consumers on the planet, The Guardian repor...
Made of flax fiber and bio-based polyamide, the brake disc shield saves nearly 70% CO2 and improves recycling performance.
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) award in the "Body Appearance" category has been presented to KTM Technologies (Niederalm, Austria) for the developme...
Egypt will host the next UN Global Climate Conference (COP 27) from November 6-18. Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmin Fuad said Oct. 24 that all stores and food stores in the city will use cloth or paper bags.
On the occasion of the cli...
There is a growing global demand for bio-cycle economy solutions. As the world is moving ever closer to moving away from fossil materials, the demand for sustainable alternative materials is growing. Sustainable packaging, textiles, biochemicals, composites, building materials and cosmetics, to...
India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) issued a notification on August 12, 2022, banning the manufacture, sale, storage and distribution, import and use of identified single-use plastic (SUP) items, including cutlery, thin packaging films, candy and ice-cream bars,...
Flinders University materials researchers and German biomaterials developer one -fıve are using seaweed extracts to develop the next generation of biopolymer coating materials to address the fast food industry's packaging waste dilemma.
New non-polluting biomaterials are designed to replace tra...
Recently, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh stated that India has developed a roadmap and strategy for a bioeconomy that will gradually reach $150 billion by 2025.
The bioeconomy is the production, use and conservation of biological resources, including associated knowledge, science, techn...
Scientists have found microplastics in human breast milk for the first time, and further research is needed to identify potential health risks as infants are highly susceptible to chemical contaminants.
Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy, collected breast milk samples fr...
Plastic waste poses a pressing problem for our planet's ecosystem, and especially our waters. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the Earth's oceans each year, and plastic is found in every part of the ocean, including at the bottom of the deepest trenches. Although some biodegradable plast...
