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Commentary: ADM’s 8 Next Big Consumer Trends Include Plant-Based Lifestyle and a Focus on Healthy Pets
ADM released its Next Big Consumer Trends this week, and the number two spot was dedicated to plant-based lifestyle and how pets are now consuming all-natural products. Reference: https://www.adm.com/news/news-releases/adm-unveils-the-next-big-consumer-trends
Commentary: Tesco To Launch Pet ‘tray To Tray’ Recycling Initiative With Faerch
Tesco has joined Faerch, the sustainable packaging company, to collect secondary PET and make it into new food-contact packaging, like pots, tubs, and trays. Reference: https://packagingeurope.com/tesco-to-launch-pet-tray-to-tray-recycling-initiative/
The Netherlands Bets on Hydrogen Energy
Hydrogen is currently considered an important alternative to fossil fuel energy because of the several possible uses in different industries such as mobility and heating in the private sector. Hydrogen can be a viable substitute to oil, coal and natural…
Researchers Engineer Bacteria To Produce Stronger Spider Silk
Spider silk is one of the strongest and most resistant materials known in nature. Now engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have designed amyloid silk hybrid proteins and produced them in engineered bacteria. The resulting fibers are stronger and…
Chanel and Sulapac Develop Biobased Cap for Perfume Bottles
French fashion brand Chanel has announced its partnership with Finnish start-up Sulapac. The new LES EAUX DE CHANEL 125ml perfume bottles will be made with a biobased cap developed with Sulapac. LES EAUX DE CHANEL fragrance was first introduced by…
Glasgow unveils new Green Deal, sets 2030 as date for Net-Zero
Glasgow City Council has launched its new draft Green Deal, which sets a target of achieving net-zero by 2030, and lays out the framework for economic recovery post-pandemic - with environmental and economic stability pitched as the plan’s driving motivators.…