TotalEnergies will supply Berry with recycled polymers for packaging
French company TotalEnergies announces that it will supply Berry Global, the plastic packaging company, with polymers obtained through the advanced recycling of post-consumer plastic waste. These polymers will be used…
BASF Announces Adhesives That Don’t Interfere With Paper Recycling
German multinational company BASF, announced it has developed new label adhesives that can be used to coat paper labels and are designed not to interfere with the recycling of paperboard…
Bon Wier Selected For $1.7 Billion Advanced Biorefinery
USA BioEnergy has announced it will develop an advanced biorefinery in Bon Wier, Texas. The facility will convert 1 million green tonnes of wood waste into 34 million gallons of…
Decarbonisation Technology Converts CO2 To Solid Carbon
Australian researchers have developed a way of capturing carbon dioxide and converting it to solid carbon, to help advance the decarbonisation of heavy industries. The February-March issue of Sustainability Matters…
MIT Team Develops Bone-Strong Plant-Derived Composite
An MIT team has engineered a composite made mostly from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) mixed with a small amount of synthetic polymer. CNCs, nature's most abundant polymer, and the main structural…
Germany’s Renewable Energy Investment Drive In Ukraine At Risk Amid Tensions
The amassing of Russian troops at the Ukrainian border has jeopardised Germany’s plans to invest in renewable energy production and help a green transition in Ukraine, the German foreign ministry…
Law and Sustainable Fashion, an Indissoluble Link?
Although in need of further interventions that converge in the birth of an ad hoc protection, the link between fashion, sustainability and law remains a historical, solid, and persistent link.
HP Acquires Choose Packaging
Choose Packaging, the creator of a commercially-available, zero-plastic paper bottle, has been acquired by HP Inc, the tech company announced.
Rapid Growth for Biomethane in Transport
A significant and quick growth was seen in the use of biomethane as a transport fuel in Europe in 2020, according to a recent data report from NVGA (The Natural…
Air Liquide To Develop Its Largest Biomethane Production Facility
French multinational company Air Liquide has announced it will build its largest ever biomethane production unit in Illinois, US. Air Liquide supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including…
UK To Join The Sustainable Protein Race Post-Brexit
The U.K. Government has published a paper entitled ‘The Benefits of Brexit’, in which it has included one six-line paragraph alluding to potential novel food regulation updates.
Light-Blasting Bananas Could Prove to Be Renewable
Scientists have discovered an innovative source for renewable energy, this time by blasting banana peels with a powerful lamp.