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Bioplastics production offers opportunities for pharmaceutical applications
The search for the ultimate alternative for traditional plastics has been going on for many years.…
“Exciting programme about sustainable plastics”
Sustainable plastics are becoming increasingly more important in reducing CO2 emissions and environmental pollution. That makes…
Wind turbines: bridge to and from the future
Since 2009, Eemshaven has been one of the most important offshore wind ports along the North…
‘Consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective’
‘We need to consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective. Not as waste but as man-made…
New opportunities for PHA
The market for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) is booming. Worldwide there are only a handful of manufacturers who…
New developments in the field of PHA
Sewage water and sludge are raw materials for the production of PHA: biodegradable biopolymers made by…
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Biobased materials ‘super important’ for LEGO
Biobased raw materials are becoming "super important" for LEGO in order to achieve sustainable growth, according…
NatureWorks to build new 75kton PLA plant in Thailand
NatureWorks is going to build a new Ingeo™️ PLA manufacturing complex in Thailand. NatureWorks plans to…
PHA as a ‘miracle pill’ for health and sports performance
PHA is well-known as a biodegradable, bio-based substitute for fossil plastics. But this biopolymer, which occurs…
Covestro turns steel gases into sustainable plastics
German plastics company Covestro has started up a mini-plant at its Dormagen site to research the…
BioSAPS develops biobased and biodegradable superabsorbing polymers
In the last decades, rapid progress was made in the field of superabsorbent polymers/hydrogels (SAP) because…
Students in the north get acquainted with circular plastics
NHL Stenden in Emmen and the Hochschule Osnabrück in Lingen have jointly launched a project in…
