The global natural fiber composites market was valued at USD 4.46 billion in 2016. It is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.8% from 2016 to 2024. The spiraling growth of the automotive industry for lightweight products and the growing awareness of green products is one of them. Key trends reinfor...
The picture shows Taro Iemoto, associate professor of science and technology at Oita University, Japan, and the fiber material extracted from bamboo. taken at Oita University on Nov. 24, 2021.
Oita University is conducting joint research with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to use...
As packaging manufacturers around the world rapidly abandon the use of virgin plastics, the demand for fiber-based solutions is booming. However, industry associations, producers and consumers can seriously overlook an environmental hazard in paper and pulp use - moisture loss.
The pulp a...
Plastic waste brought about by the "white pollution", has made the earth suffer, people's awareness of the harm caused by plastic products gradually increased, many large enterprises, companies have also acted to seek more plastic alternatives. Paper straws were one of the bold attemp...
Plastic can be seen everywhere in life, whether from milk tea drink cups and straws, or breakfast in the morning to give you a plastic bag, whether it is the outer packaging of cosmetics or some plastic film, in a sense, it does make us feel convenient, but people's uncontrolled use, coupled with th...
At 48.6 percent, just shy of the halfway mark, global e-commerce giant Amazon's plastic reduction plan was not approved by shareholders at its annual meeting. Environmental group Oceana's corporate advocacy effort to "get in close" with Amazon ended in failure.
Oceana is not discourag...
Coffee capsules are becoming increasingly popular, but they are usually disposable and made of pure polypropylene (PP). German coffee producer Tchibo has partnered with Berry and Neste in an attempt to optimize the ingredients in its capsules for its Qbo brand. The result was the introduction o...
On July 1, 2022, India's plastic ban comes into effect, but it also faces difficulties in enforcement. A large number of businesses face fines, and businesses say we need transition time. In fact, not only India, in many countries the implementation of the plastic ban has encountered varying de...
As an important link in the industry chain, packaging is an important vehicle for direct communication between dairy brands and consumers. At present, global top dairy companies have joined hands with packaging material suppliers to explore green and low-carbon packaging solutions, to fulfill t...
Chaogwendur Town (Saiwusu Town), Ullat Back Banner, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, China, researchers target the problems of severe wind erosion, poor soil and slow recovery of plants on the exposed traumatic surface of degraded grassland. A rapid restoration technology of degraded vegetation w...
