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- 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 ... - Issue 02 | 2018
Keep bugs away with bioplastics
Biobased plastics with natural insecticide functionality - Issue 02 | 2018
A big step toward 100% biobased and biodegradable polyesters
Biobased materials are currently attracting much positive attention across an increasing number of industries. As a leading company in the biodegradable plastics industry, JinHui ZhaoLong, based in ... - Issue 06 | 2017
PEF: an alternative with a future
Within the European project EnzOx2 (New enzymatic oxidation/oxyfunctionalization technologies for added value bio-based products. BBI JU, European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme), research is being ... - Issue 03 | 2017
Bacteria produce polymers and intermediates
Biotechnologically produced building blocks for chemistry and biodegradable plastic - Issue 03 | 2017
Food waste to construction and automotive applications
The European Project BARBARA (Biopolymers with advanced functionalities for building and automotive parts processed through additive manufacturing) is a 36 month research project within the EU ... - Issue 02 | 2017
Thermochromic bio-pigments
Chromogenic materials change colour or transparency depending on temperature, electrical voltage, pressure or exposure to light. In thermochromic materials, a pre-determined temperature change ... - Issue 02 | 2017
Give waste a chance
Shrink film and packaging nets for agricultural products from vegetable waste - Issue 02 | 2017
Biopolymers from municipal waste water treatment plants
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), which are biodegradable polyesters accumulated by more than 300 different microorganisms under nutrient limited conditions are a source for bioplastic production [1, 2, ... - Issue 01 | 2017
Chitosan-based polymer developed to patch wounds
Remember Shrilk, anyone? The chitosan bioplastic made from natural insect cuticle, such as that found in the rigid exoskeleton of a housefly or grasshopper, first developed in 2011 by a team of ... - Issue 01 | 2017
How prawn shopping bags could save the planet
Bioengineers at The University of Nottingham (UK) are trialling how to use shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags, as a green alternative to oil-based plastic, and as a new food packaging ... - Issue 06 | 2016
Polycarbonate from orange peels and CO2
Take some orange peels, deprive them of the natural material limonene, oxidize them, and bind them with carbon dioxide: now you’ve got a bio-based plastic material that can be used to produce ...