Amorphous polyhydroxyalkanoate (aPHA) isn’t widely known yet, but that is about to change. Corporate interest in addressing the problem of plastic waste is higher than ever, being driven by consumer ...
Just as your passport contains information about you and where you have been, digital product passports contain a range of information to track products throughout their entire lifecycle, from ...
Industry experts at the nova-institute have worked tirelessly to provide a structured, in-depth overview and insight into all advanced recycling technologies. While a full report on these ...
Growing awareness around environmental and ethical issues continues to drive demand and need for more sustainable practices and products. In order for companies to be able to prove sustainability ...
Starch is one of the first and most versatile biopolymers used and was cultivated by mankind already in the very first settlements. While first being used for food almost exclusively, starch was one ...
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) is a family of microbial linear polyesters, biosynthesized using multiple species of bacteria including Cupriavidus, Pseudomonas, Alcaligenes, Halomonas, Bacillus and ...
Initially announced as a Basics article, this turns out to be more an opinion article. However, this article shall serve as food for thought. I explicitly encourage stakeholders in this topic to ...
One of the biggest challenges of our time is climate change and how to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of the most talked about GHGs is CO2 (carbon dioxide) giving it a bad reputation as ...
Among the most important and most commonly used plastics are polyolefins (polyethylene PE and polypropylene PP). They are easily recognised by the fact that their density is less than 1 g/cm³ – i.e. ...
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nova-Paper #12 on renewable carbon: “Renewable Carbon – Key to a Sustainable and Future-Oriented Chemical and Plastic Industry.” The full report can be ...
When talking about bioplastics, every now and then the term eutrophication or eutrophication potential is heard. This article will try to explain the term.
The Merriam Webster online dictionary ...
Bioresorbable polymers, such as polylactic acid (PLA), polyglycolic acid, (PGA), combinations of these in the form of a copolymer called poly(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) [1], ...
In an insightful article on page 20, Michael Carus outlines his ‘Renewable Carbon Strategy’ in which he not only makes a compelling case for the need to abandon the use of fossil carbon but also ...
The demands on film packaging have increased enormously in recent years. This applies both to the functional requirements regarding actual product protection as well as to its aesthetic ...
Certified, verifiable compostable plastics is the “enabling technology” to efficiently and efficaciously divert food and other organic wastes from landfills & open dumps (mismanaged wastes in the ...
Small particles of plastic were first reported in marine environments in the early 1970s. However, it wasn’t until the term ‘microplastics’ was coined in 2004 that the issue started to generate ...
W orldwide, more and more packaging is being used. Seeking to reduce this, various European member states are looking into options for Plastic Pacts: agreements between governments and the packaging ...
Green public procurement refers to the practice by public authorities of sourcing, where possible, goods, services or works with a reduced environmental impact. From central governments to ...
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