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- Issue 04 | 2022
Industrial starch struck gold ... Yukon Gold
Genetic engineering of potato starch opens doors to industrial uses - Issue 04 | 2022
Biodegradation of plastic waste in marine and aquatic environments
Marine litter is a serious problem for our seas and oceans and the intense use of plastic has made this substance one of the biggest ocean polluters. Some of the reasons why plastic materials are so ... - Issue 03 | 2022
Earthworm diet PLA vs. PET
Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more accessible to plants. As worms burrow, they consume almost ... - Issue 02 | 2022
Melt spinning of CO2-based thermoplastic polyurethanes
An environmentally friendly approach for the production of elastic yarns - Issue 06 | 2021
Biobased polymers to fertilizers
B ioplastics can be chemically recycled into nitrogen-rich fertilizers in a facile and environmentally friendly way, as recently demonstrated by scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology ... - Issue 06 | 2021
Clean-up ships fuelled by garbage
Millions of tonnes of synthetic plastics are released to the environment each year. Of this, a fraction ends up in one of several oceanic gyres, natural locations where the currents tend to ... - Issue 04 | 2021
It depends where it ends
How biodegradable plastics perform in the marine environment - Issue 02 | 2021
The polymer of squares
As the planet’s burden of rubber and plastic rises unabated, scientists look to the promise of closed-loop recycling to reduce trash. Researchers in the Chirik Lab, Department of Chemistry at ... - Issue 01 | 2021
New strain of bacteria could make PHB more affordable
The United States generates a colossal seven million tonnes of sewage sludge annually, enough to fill 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. While a portion of this waste is repurposed for manure and ... - Issue 06 | 2020
New findings about the plastic eating caterpillars
They seem not to biodegrade plastics – however more research needed - Issue 03 | 2020
Added-value biobased products from municipal solid waste
Organic fraction of municipal solid waste: a potential source of chemicals and biobased products - Issue 03 | 2020
Biodegradability of microcapsules
I n many areas of life, petroleum-based plastics are being replaced with biobased and biodegradable plastics. This also applies to microcapsules, which are used, for example, to encapsulate ... - Issue 02 | 2020
Alternative composites for marine applications
There is a growing demand for composites for applications in a marine environment due to the growing markets for fish and seaweed farming, energy harvesting, boats, pontoons, anchoring and buoy ... - Issue 02 | 2020
Waste to plastic by enzymes and bacteria
From plastic waste to PHA using enzymes and the bacterium P. putida - Issue 06 | 2018
Compostable plastics’ behaviour in different environmental conditions
Compostable polymers are increasingly found in applications such as packaging, disposable nonwovens and hygiene products, consumer goods and agricultural products. A wide variety of compostable ... - Issue 06 | 2018
New method for high yield FDCS production
enables large-scale production of bio-based plastic bottles - Issue 06 | 2018
Improved biobased fibres for clothing applications
Polylactic acid (PLA) is a material obtained from renewable resources, suitable for obtaining melt-processable fibres. It combines ecological advantages with a good performance in textiles. PLA ... - Issue 06 | 2018
PLA in the post-consumer- recycling stream
The constant increase in global production capacities of biobased plastics [1] results in a variety of products made of biobased plastics that reach the established disposal streams as post-consumer ... - Issue 05 | 2018
Welding of biobased plastics
Plastics based on renewable raw materials are more and more used to manufacture complex and more durable products. This becomes possible through intensive research and development work, which is ... - Issue 04 | 2018
Bioplastic made of cactus
With the juice of nopal, a plant of the cactus family and basic ingredient in Mexican cuisine, a Mexican researcher has created a natural biodegradable plastic that can reduce pollution. - Issue 03 | 2018
Astroplastic – 3D-printable PHB from human waste for use in space
Governments and private enterprises alike are gearing up for travel across our Solar System. Plans to colonize nearby planets are underway, with Elon Musk spearheading the initiative to put a human ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Biobased filler for SMC
Introduction and motivation: In the market of glass-fiber-reinforced polymer composites (GFRPC), Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) has high market relevance, as 20 % of all the glass fibers produced in ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Breaking barrier for clean & green BioPolyols
The French project PolyOil2Industry aimed at the development of a new biobased polymer based on renewable polyol intermediates. This 4 year research project has recently been completed. It was an ...