Novel wood-based degradable plastic developed by Swedish researchers
A new kind of wood-based degradable material with semi-structural strength could soon replace plastics used in home furnishings and construction materials. The Swedish researchers who developed the new composite material…
Sustana joins UN Global Compact
Sustainable fiber and paper industry leader Sustana has officially joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative; a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business…
Penske Truck Leasing to use Shell’s renewable diesel
Penske Truck Leasing has announced its expansion of use of renewable diesel in California through a preferred supplier agreement with Shell Oil Products U.S. ("Shell"). The move is a continuing…
BioLogiQ announces partnership with Plastrans
BioLogiQ, the American developer of the plant-powered iQ Technology and NuPlastiQ Biopolymers, announced today a distribution agreement with Plastrans, Europe's leading provider of plastic resins. According to the companies, BioLogiQs'…
European consortium takes on 42-month organic waste project
The Horizon Europe Programme addresses green transition and circular economy by proposing novel technologies that cover the whole process of conversion of organic waste to biofuels. Under this programme, we…
BASF TotalEnergies earns International Sustainability and Carbon Certification
BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemicals facility – a 60/40 joint venture between BASF and TotalEnergies, based in Texas, USA – obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS).
CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks work on developing new bioplastics
CJ Biomaterials, Inc., (U.S. office in Woburn, Mass.) a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and leading producer of proprietary PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate), and NatureWorks, the leading global producer of PLA…
Test Valley Packaging and envoPAP reveal sugar cane waste packaging
Test Valley Packaging and envoPAP are working together to launch RAW (Reused Agricultural Waste), a line of packaging products made of by-products from sugar cane farms across India.
EU-backed BeonNAT Project aims to develop packaging from biomass
The Plastics Technology Centre, AIMPLAS is currently working on developing bioplastics that are suitable for active cosmetics packaging made from trees and shrubs, within the EU-funded BeonNAT Project.
Roslin Technologies advances in cultivated meat technology
Cultivated meats are a step closer to being mainstream products as Roslin Technologies has made a breakthrough in scaling up the production of cultivated pork. Ernst van Orsouw, Roslin’s CEO…
Barakat reveals bio-degradable packaging across product range
Barakat, the UAE’s leading produce brand, has launched a biodegradable packaging that will be used across its entire product range. Meaning ‘prosperity’ in Arabic, the company is taking a big…
Pivot Bio joins AIM for Climate as Innovation Sprint Partner
Last week COP27 made history by dedicating an entire day, November 12, to agriculture for the very first time.