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TotalEnergies Corbion stimulates recycling of PLA
(Sustainable Plastics)
31/10-2022 |
| TotalEnergies Corbion is stepping up its efforts to close the recycling loop for PLA. The company has now started to actively buy ... |
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TotalEnergies Corbion uses a chemical recycling process to ... |
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AIMPLAS to develop bioplastics for the BeonNAT Project
(PCNE.eu)
28/10-2022 |
| The Plastics Technology Centre will generate lactic acid and then PLA from fermentable sugars in biomass waste for use in packaging with ... |
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| ... AIMPLAS to develop bioplastics for the BeonNAT Project ... |
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BASF invites to Sustainable Beauty Days 2022
(indianchemicalnews.com)
28/10-2022 |
| The topics covered include future sustainability trends and challenges, possible ways to address the climate crisis, advances in biopolymer ... |
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| ... the climate crisis, advances in biopolymer research, and insights into circular design of botanical supply chains. BASF’s long-established ... |
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Avantium and Sphera cut GHG emissions with Dutch sugar beet-based plantMPG
(Packaging Insights)
27/10-2022 |
| ... 27 Oct 2022 --- Avantium has partnered with software company Sphera to perform an LCA on plant-based mono propylene glycol (plantMPG), ... |
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Meanwhile, Avantium’s shareholders gave the company the green light to construct the world’s first FDCA flagship plant for PEF bioplastic ... |
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Sorona® Carves Circular Path to a Sustainable Future
(Women's Wear Daily)
26/10-2022 |
| Sorona ® , now part of CovationBio, is building on more than 20 years of success in driving sustainability forward for its bio-based ... |
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| ... resulting in circular textile solutions.
Sorona ® , a bio-based, high-performance polymer that delivers sustainably sourced fabrics, is one ... |
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TotalEnergies Corbion purchases reprocessed PLA waste for production of rPLA
(Packaging Europe)
26/10-2022 |
| TotalEnergies Corbion has announced that it is buying reprocessed PLA waste to recycle into its Luminy rPLA brand, which claims to share ... |
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| ... , Sansu is said to utilise TotalEnergies Corbion’s Luminy PLA for its own water bottles. Unlike NaKu’s, its PLA is reported to undergo ... |
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New project aims to create active packaging based on biomass from shrubs
(Packaging Europe)
25/10-2022 |
| Longstanding AIPIA member AIMPLAS is working on developing bioplastics for active packaging for cosmetics and absorbent litter for the pet ... |
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| ... , AIMPLAS will produce PLA from lactic acid, which will be obtained from fermentable sugars in plant biomass waste and used as a bioplastic ... |
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Food packaging leading the way
(Food & Drink Business)
12/10-2022 |
| There are numerous forces at play in the ready-made and take-away food industry that are demanding change. And food packaging looks set for ... |
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| ... BASF to produce certified compostable DualPakECO trays. The trays are made in Australia using compostable ecovio biopolymer coating by BASF. |
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Automotive-industry – Bioplastics 05-10-2022
(Polyestertime)
5/10-2022 |
| Automotive-industry – Bioplastics
-Novel System Produces Color on Demand
Ampacet’s FluxQF technology features a quick-dispersion ... |
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| ... have not changed for the producer of bioplastics.
The Italian producer of bioplastics and biochemicals Novamont has announced that it will ... |
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| About Bioplastics
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Agri-Biodegradable Mulch Films Derived from Lignin in Empty Fruit Bunches
(MDPI)
1/10-2022 |
| Mulch films increase soil temperature, maintain soil moisture, improve water and fertilizer absorption, and reduce weed growth. This work ... |
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| ... , J. Hybridized sustainability metrics for use in life cycle assessment of bio-based products: Resource efficiency and circularity.
Green ... |
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Your burger may soon be wrapped in seaweed
(Audacy)
25/10-2022 |
| Climate-conscious burger joints for diners on the go have long faced a conundrum.
The paper that they wrap their meals’ main courses in ... |
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| ... expect: seaweed.
Scientists on the project say a next-generation biopolymer material made of seaweed extract could be the solution they’ve ... |
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Finalist Interview: UPLIFT recyclable plastics solution
(Packaging Europe)
25/10-2022 |
| The UPLIFT project, a finalist in our pre-commercialized Recyclable Packaging Sustainability Awards category, is a multi-stakeholder ... |
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| ... to renewable building blocks for plastics: The main idea is to integrate the fossil-based (depolymerized) plastic monomers with bio-based ( ... |
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Chemical versus mechanical recycling: an ongoing debate
(Packaging Europe)
14/10-2022 |
| In this edition of The Brief, we revisit the discussions held around chemical recycling in 2022 and look for common ground upon which key ... |
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| ... should be a ‘last resort’ in the process of recycling plastics.
Even if renewable sources are burned in the pyrolysis oven, the remaining ... |
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Biodegradation of Plastics Accurately Tracked in Soil
(Technology Networks)
14/10-2022 |
| Modern agriculture uses a lot of plastic, especially in the form of mulch film that farmers use to cover field soils. This keeps the soils ... |
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| ... microbial biomass.
The ability to determine exactly how much polymer remains and how much polymer carbon has been incorporated into biomass ... |
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Biopolymers Are Flourishing
(Sustainable Packaging News)
7/10-2022 |
| Ceresana Examines the Global Market for Bioplastics ... |
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| Policy Issues
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Revision of the Waste Framework Directive - position paper
(Zero Waste Europe)
27/10-2022 |
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| The revision of the Waste Framework Directive, therefore, comes at a key time to organise the work for the coming decades. Zero Waste Europe, therefore, calls for the following measures to be adopted - Reinvent EPR schemes; mandate quantitative waste prevention targets (adopt a residual waste target |
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The rigid plastics economy: Can industry recycle its way into full circularity?
(Packaging Insights)
26/10-2022 |
| ... 26 Oct 2022 --- Rigid plastics like PET bottles are recycled at a far higher rate than flexibles like PE films. However, achieving a fully ... |
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| ... of first refusal in the forthcoming revision of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to grant us priority access to the recycled ... |
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Keynote speech EVP Timmermans at EU Hydrogen Week 2022
(Europa Rapid - European Commission)
25/10-2022 |
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| ... is we will use - delegated act or an amendment to the Renewable Energy directive - we must make sure that we listen to Parliament and then ... |
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Definition of ‘recyclability’ takes centre stage in draft EU packaging law
(EurActiv)
18/10-2022 |
| Defining what counts as “recyclable” has become a point of contention in the EU’s overhaul of its packaging waste law, with recyclers ... |
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| ... , the European Commission plans to table its revision of the packaging and packaging waste directive to bring the previous law in line with ... |
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‘Biomass availability gap’ looms large over EU’s green bioeconomy
(EurActiv)
14/10-2022 |
| Growing demand for biomass is putting pressure on industry to deliver sufficient quantities without destroying the environment, the ... |
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Catia Bastioli, the CEO of Italian biochemicals and bioplastics giant Novamont, insisted that bioeconomy policies must be rooted in ... |
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Green 28: Class of 2023
(POLITICO)
13/10-2022 |
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| Welcome to POLITICO’s annual ranking of the 28 power players behind Europe’s green agenda. In addition to an overall No. 1, the list is divided into three categories — rul… |
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EU official: Further efforts needed to address ‘ecological limits’ of biomass
(EurActiv)
12/10-2022 |
| Demand for biomass is only expected to grow in the coming years, be it for bio-materials or bioenergy, while there is only so much biomass ... |
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| ... targets the production of a range of bio-based products including: encapsuled fertilisers, biodegradable bio-based plastics, self-repairing ... |
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Towards greater plastics circularity
(ieep.eu)
11/10-2022 |
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| This briefing is one of a series assessing social and environmental spillovers associated with
the EU’s circular transition. Sections 1 and 2 summarise the material flows associated with the
consumption of plastics, and their principal environmental and social impacts. Section 3
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The bioeconomy: doing more with less
(EurActiv)
11/10-2022 |
| The EU’s bioeconomy strategy, first adopted in 2012, aims at several objectives – from ensuring food security and reducing dependence on ... |
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| The EU’s bioeconomy strategy, first adopted in 2012, aims at several objectives – from ensuring food security and reducing dependence on ... |
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EU’s upcoming ‘digital product passport’ will include packaging, official says
(EurActiv)
6/10-2022 |
| Although packaging as such won’t be regulated as a separate product category under the EU’s proposed eco-design rules for everyday consumer ... |
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| ... s March proposal, as it is already being addressed in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), which is coming up for revision on ... |
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EU ministers challenge Commission’s ‘green products’ regulation
(EurActiv)
4/10-2022 |
| EU-27 ministers met last week to discuss the European Commission’s proposal for an EU regulation aimed at lowering the environmental impact ... |
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| ... by making them easier to repair, reuse and recycle.
The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), tabled on 30 March, is a key ... |
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