Experts at Kobe University in Japan have pioneered an innovative way to produce green plastics. A team of bioengineers is using bacteria to create a plastic modifier to produce green plastics from renewable sources that are more processable. This new sustainable plastic process has the potential for...
SK Chemicals, Hyosung Advanced Materials, and Hankook Tire have jointly developed an electric vehicle tire, "iON", using "recycled polyester tire cord". The innovative tire is made from 45% sustainable materials, including recycled polymers, bio-based silica and round PET tire co...
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology shows that EPS can be used for paper coating, significantly improving water resistance (up to 65%), oil and grease repellency and overall surface quality. Scientists have used sludge left over from wastewater to create paper-co...
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are a major component of the world's fastest growing e-waste. Such items are currently made from non-biodegradable and hard-to-recycle substances, but researchers see great potential in manufacturing them from bio-based components.
What are circuit boards made of?
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For a sustainable future, it is important to replace conventional plastics with eco-friendly options. The EU project Deep Purple Research utilizes wastewater as a source of biomass to create recycled, eco-friendly products using purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB). In addition to making bioferti...
SK Chemicals, Hyosung Advanced Materials, and Hankook Tire have jointly developed an electric vehicle tire, "iON", using "recycled polyester tire cord". The innovative tire is made from 45% sustainable materials, including recycled polymers, bio-based silica and round PET tire co...
Professor Thomas Gries of RWTH Aachen University (Germany) presented a research project that focuses on using pineapple fibers to make clothes. This project aims to study 100 different types of pineapples from Colombia and Thailand to better understand their quality.
The Piñ aFibre project aims...
Danimer Scientific, a leader in the U.S. bioplastics industry, recently completed an expansion of its plant in Rochester. The expansion introduced an innovative thermo-catalytic process that significantly improves production efficiency compared to traditional fermentation methods.
Following the...
Natural fibers have been used as reinforcing materials for more than 3,000 years. Over the past five years, there has been a resurgence of interest in natural fiber composites due to concerns about improving and stimulating rural economies, reducing dependence on petroleum-based materials, and adopt...
The RENOLIT Group is a multinational group of companies specializing in the research, development and manufacture of high-quality plastic films and related extended products and services. As early as the beginning of 2023, RENOLIT's "RGC"-"RENOLIT Goes Circular" project replaced ...
