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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Chromogenic materials change colour or transparency depending on temperature, electrical voltage, pressure or exposure to light. In thermochromic materials, a pre-determined temperature change ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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