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Recipe book for bioplastic from sugar beet
How do you cook a sugar beet to obtain bioplastics? Ola Wróblewska answered this question in…
Confusion about biodegradability of bioplastics
What is biologically degradable, or biodegradable plastic? Is that the same as compostable? And does this…
‘Corbion takes steps in the process for FDCA’
Corbion possibly has an advantage compared with other processes when it comes to the FDCA production…
Toy sector more sustainable
Slowly but surely, more and more (partly) biobased toys are being launched on the market. For…
Stora Enso launches mulch paper
Mulch films have been around for decades. For the last ten to fifteen years, the primary sector…
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Senbis takes new melt-spinning pilot plant in operation
Senbis Polymer Innovations B.V. in Emmen, the Netherlands, has taken a new flexible pilot plant for…
Teijin develops PLA that degrades faster in the ocean
Teijin Frontier has developed a PLA variant that biodegrades faster in oceans, rivers and soil, helping…
Finnish project turns CO2 emissions into climate-friendly plastics
CO2 emissions are a cost for industry, but can also be used as a raw material…
‘Don’t exclude biodegradable plastic from SUP ban’
Following in the EU's footsteps, UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…
‘Boosting biomass as well as recycling turns bioplastics into carbon sink’
Plastics show the strongest production growth of all bulk materials and already account for 4.5% of…
Brussels takes up fight against packaging waste
Eurocommissioners Frans Timmermans (Green Deal) and Virginijus Sinkevicius (Environment) presented a new proposal on Wednesday (30…
