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- Issue 04 | 2018
New compound certified as biodegradable in soil
The injection moulding material M·VERA® GP1012 by BIO-FED, Cologne, Germany, a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, Hamburg, Germany), has been tested by TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium and has been awarded the OK ... - Issue 04 | 2018
New biocomposite for thermally formable products
VTT, Espoo, Finland, has developed a thermally formable, biodegradable material, which is 100 % biobased. Its suitability for applications such as furniture makes it an attractive alternative to wood ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Thermoplastic starch from the heart of Europe
The need for green ingredients in bioplastics is becoming an important topic. Efficient resource management that addresses renewable materials and waste recovery is a crucial future step towards a ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Sun protection cosmetics made with PHB bioplastic
Bio-on (Bologna, Italy), recently presented a brand-new line of cosmetic ingredients for sun protection made from its 100% natural and biodegradable PHB bioplastic. The new products are part of the ... - Issue 02 | 2018
The virtues and challenges of the PHA-platform
About 10 years ago the first products of the PHA-platform have been introduced to the plastics market. The initial products were P3HB, P3HB4HB copolymers and PHBV copolymers. These initial ... - Issue 02 | 2018
Green plastic made of milk protein
Lactips, based in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, France, is a young company focussed on the design, development and manufacture of an eco-friendly plastic raw material made of milk protein. The new, ... - Issue 06 | 2017
Biobased adhesives: Requirements and perspective
Biobased adhesives literally constitute an ancient material class. Already 200.000 years ago Neanderthals identified birch pitch as valuable adhesive material, which can be obtained from the bark via ... - Issue 04 | 2017
Flexible laminates
BioPBS offers sealing solution for home compostable flexible packaging - Issue 04 | 2017
Limonene based polycarbonate
A by-product of the juice industry can replace BPA in polycarbonate - Issue 04 | 2017
Biobased aniline for Polyurethanes
Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) has scored a research breakthrough for the use of plant-based raw materials in plastics production: aniline, an important basic chemical, can now be derived from ... - Issue 04 | 2017
New additive grades US-FDA approved
Perstorp (Malmö, Sweden) has acquired food contact use approval for its Capa™ for Bioplastics product grades 6500D and the new 6800D. By adding Capa 6800D to its product portfolio, Perstorp can now ... - Issue 04 | 2017
Green solutions for outdoor life
“The Scandinavian and Nordic countries have long fostered a culture of sustainability and green thinking is not new,” says Klas Dannäs, Global R&D Coordinator at Thermoplastic Elastomers ... - Issue 03 | 2017
New compostable film products
As a leader in manufacturing safer, more environmentally friendly corrosion inhibiting solutions for industries involving metal, Cortec® Corporation has put additional effort into offering a fully ... - Issue 03 | 2017
Bio-Epoxy Resins from Plant oil
INTRODUCTION Uncertainty in terms of price and unavailability of petroleum, in addition to global, political and institutional tendencies toward the principles of sustainable development, is urging ... - Issue 02 | 2017
Sustainable levulinic acid
Promising building block to be produced from sugar-industry by-products - Issue 05 | 2016
The elegance of traditional Japanese lacquerware
NEC Corporation (Tokyo, Japan), in collaboration with the Kyoto Institute of Technology and a representative Japanese lacquerware artist, Dr. Yutaro Shimode, recently announced the development of a ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Mineral plastic
A new class of plastics has been inspired by nature and is easily degradable - Issue 06 | 2016
Improve transparency and performance of PLA
State-of-the-art impact modifier masterbatches for PLA address the ever increasing demands of performance and aesthetics of the market - Issue 06 | 2016
Green PU from olive oil residues
While the olive oil industry is a very important one, it is one that generates large amounts of waste, both solid and liquid. Using the olive oil fractions that are unfit for human consumption ... - Issue 03 | 2016
Using biomass side-streams for bioplastics in New Zealand
Biomass side streams are finding their way into novel bioplastic composites in New Zealand thanks to local industries and innovative and imaginative scientists at Scion. - Issue 03 | 2016
Sugars in wastewater become bio-based packaging
After more than four years of research, the international consortium of the PHBOTTLE project has achieved the first worldwide prototype packaging made from a waste water derived bioplastic material – ... - Issue 02 | 2016
The 100 % bio-PET/polyester approach
The bio-PET bottle is now followed by a bio-PET T-shirt - Issue 01 | 2016
Breakthrough platform technology for new building block
In mid-January, science and agricultural leaders DuPont Industrial Biosciences, Wilmington Delaware, USA and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Chicago, Illinois, USA announced a new breakthrough ... - Issue 01 | 2016
Making Levulinic Acid happen A new (?) building block not only for bioplastics
No. Levulinic acid (LA) is not exactly a new building block or better a new platform chemical. - Issue 01 | 2016
The gluten solution New TPVs derived from wheat gluten
While gluten has got a lot of bad press over the past few years, there is still good news to report. - Issue 06 | 2015
The world’s first bioplastic from sewage
The world’s first PHA from sewage water has arrived. And, while sewage may not sound exactly like the most appealing source of bioplastic, this first kilo of sewage-based PHA represents a truly ... - Issue 06 | 2015
New biaxially oriented sheet product
At this year’s Cartes Secure Connexions digital security trade show, BI-AX International, a US manufacturer of oriented film, teamed up with biopolymer producer NatureWorks for the introduction of an ...