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- Issue 01 | 2023
Research on biobased polyurethane
The need to get away from fossil resources has triggered the development of biobased thermoset and thermoplastic polyurethanes which can be used for applications in many sectors. - Issue 04 | 2020
Drink the water – keep the bottle
Bottle up to launch in WHSmith stores across the UK - Issue 01 | 2020
Biobased faux fur
After decades of pressure from animal rights organisations and activists, all former supporters of the fur trade have now refused to work with animal fur. - Issue 06 | 2019
Modern laminates
Multiayer packaging offer an unprecedented number of packaging options - Issue 05 | 2019
Cover Story
As society changes and evolves, people are increasingly seeking more convenience and ease in daily life, both at home and at work. This trend is boosting demand for lightweight and high-performance ... - Issue 01 | 2019
PHB for food packaging of fruits and vegetables
The demand for new eco-sustainable materials for packaging is constantly increasing and consumers reward the choices of producers and distributors that respect the planet. Bio-on (Bologna, Italy), ... - Issue 05 | 2018
ICBP Bio Resin: Making a Difference
Where bioplastic becomes a key player in a global game of sustainability - Issue 04 | 2018
Vienna schoolgirls develop home- compostable coffee capsules
Avoid waste, save aluminium: Two students of the TGM Austrias biggest engineering college located in Vienna, developed a biobased material for coffee capsules that actually biodegrades well, even in ... - Issue 04 | 2018
New convenient and compostable waste bags have hit German retail stores
Frankenthal, Germany-based RKW has launched a biodegradable star-sealed bag for organic household waste in Germany. Certified as fully compostable, it is also the first T-shirt star-sealed bag ... - Issue 03 | 2018
The Netherlands looking to ban oxo-degradable plastics
After France and Spain implemented actions in 2017 to limit the production, distribution, sale, provision and utilization of packaging or bags made from oxo-degradable plastics – conventional ... - Issue 01 | 2018
Feeding the world with bio-foam
ICEE Containers Pty Ltd is based in Melbourne, Australia. The company and its affiliates have 30 years’ experience in manufacturing techniques, such as extrusion and airpop® moulding. Recently the ... - Issue 05 | 2017
Meet ICBP; ” Malaysia’s Bioplastic Industry Anchor”
About 100 years ago, plastic was invented. Today, we are reinventing it. - Issue 02 | 2017
JinHui ZhaoLong is promoting biodegradable green packages in China
As people’s consumption habits change, the popularity of online shopping is increasing rapidly, especially in China, with its population of 1.3 billion. This is directly promoting the explosive ... - Issue 06 | 2016
The futura of NatureFlex™
What does Futamura’s acquisition of the Innovia Films’ Cellulose films business mean for the future of the NatureFlex™ films brand? - Issue 03 | 2016
An idea that is changing the world
Have you ever experienced a standing ovation at a technical conference? I certainly never had – at least, not until recently. And that’s a story I now feel a need to share with you. - Issue 03 | 2015
Lovechock Chocolate with love – wrapped in Natureflex
With her presentation at bio!PAC in Amsterdam on the 12th of May, Laura de Nooijer impressed many of the attendees. - Issue 02 | 2015
Present biodegradable plastics development in China
Shanxi JinHui Group–An Important Player on Promoting Biodegradable Plastics in China - Issue 02 | 2014
JinHui’s transition road
Shanxi JinHui Energy Group Co., Ltd (JinHui Group) founded in 1995, is a large scale private enterprises group mainly in coal-coke-chemical and salt-chemical re-circulating industries, with a highly ... - Issue 01 | 2014
PLA foam protects ice cream
Sandro Zandonella, and his ancestors of the Zandonella family, have produced and sold gourmet ice cream for four generations - not in Italy, as the name would suggest, but in Landau, Germany. The ice ... - Issue 05 | 2013
Inherent™ C18 Diacid
Proprietary technology and novel specialty chemicals enable game-changing solutions for plastics industry. Diacids are a commercially important class of chemicals with tens of thousands of tonnes of ... - Issue 03 | 2013
Toys and more…
Markus Swoboda, founder and managing director of the company BioFactur GmbH (Datteln, Germany) produces small things from bioplastics for day to day life. However, the way to market his products was ... - Issue 06 | 2012
The Eco-baby doll
For its hundredth birthday the PETITCOLLIN doll is again biobased and more eco-friendly - Issue 04 | 2012
The world’s next-generation polyester 100% biobased polyethylene furanoate (PEF)
In 2009 The Coca-Cola Company launched its PlantBottle, a (partially) bio-based plastic bottle for its Coca-Cola and Dasani brands. In the same year Frito Lay introduced a bio-based chips bag for ... - Issue 02 | 2012
Fair play commitment to environment
Huhtamaki’s PLA beer cup assortment emerges as a clear winner in stadiums and arenas - Issue 01 | 2012
BioConcept-Car – New approaches into biomaterials
The BioConcept-Car has become a true and faithful companion of bioplastics MAGAZINE. In our first ‚automotive issue‘ in early 2007 we introduced the Ford Mustang racing car with bodywork made of flax ... - Issue 05 | 2011
PROGANIC® - Spinning to new Heights
PROGANIC TEX offers a sustainable alternative to the production of fibres and filaments. - Issue 03 | 2011
Cereplast Launches New Symbol to Represent Bioplastics
Cereplast, Inc., from El Segundo, California, USA, a leading manufacturer of proprietary biobased, compostable and sustainable plastics, announced on April 21st a new symbol to represent ... - Issue 05 | 2010
Innovative Biodegradable and Compostable Cling Film
Novamont continues its development with the Second Generation Mater-Bi® products: at K’2010 (the international trade fair for plastics and rubber), taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany from October ...