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Almost ten months after their announcement, NatureWorks (Plymouth, Minnesota, USA) and IMA Coffee (Bologna, Italy) now accelerate their joint strategic partnership on the first significant trial phase on K-Cup compatible compostable coffee pods.

Avantium (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has published Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data for its bottles made from PEF (polyethylene furanoate): a plant-based, fully recyclable plastic material with superior performance. nova-Institut GmbH recently completed the ISO-certified LCA to assess the potential environmental impact of monolayer PEF and multilayer PET/PEF bottles.

Biopolymer innovator Teysha Technologies have joined the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) to research, test and develop bioplastics for the agricultural industry in the UK.

The new PRW-61 is the first Casio watch to be made with biomass plastics sourced from renewable organic substances.

After 15 years of Cambridge research, Xampla has developed the world’s first plant protein material for commercial use. This revolutionary material uses pea protein to make microscopic capsules that protect vitamins within liquid, stopping them from being broken down by sunlight.

Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ process produces bio-naphtha with reduced CO2 footprint compared to products using petroleum-based feedstocks for use as petrochemical feedstock.

Inspired by the always immaculate lotus leaf, researchers have developed a self-cleaning bioplastic that is sturdy, sustainable, and compostable.

Cellulose Fibre Innovations of the Year Award: Connecting fibres - The cellulose fibre industry impresses with innovation and vision.

Chanel’s N°1 de CHANEL is an eco-responsible beauty line that seeks to minimise its impact on the environment and cut down its carbon footprint with eco-designed packaging and a strict formulation charter.

Sustainable biochemicals company Circa Group AS has been awarded €8.2 million from the French government for the development of its ReSolute plant in Eastern France as part of the ‘France Relance’ programme.

Footwear experts at Huntsman have helped Keen, Inc. develop a breakthrough production innovation – a range of sneakers with plant-based soles. The Field to Foot (F2F) sneakers were created by Keen’s Advanced Concepts Team, utilizing a specially developed bio-based polyurethane system from Huntsman that contains a by-product from agricultural processing.

Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, has introduced LNP Elcrin EXL7414B copolymer, the company’s first bio-attributed polycarbonate copolymer to help advance the consumer electronics industry’s net-zero carbon emissions goals.

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., and Duke University, U.S., have created a new family of polymers from sustainable sources that retain all of the same qualities as common plastics, but are also degradable and mechanically recyclable.

Yoloha is a company that sets out to make things better. In their pursuit of quality yoga mats made from high levels of renewable materials, they chose to work with HEXPOL TPE.

To support its customers’ strong growth, in particular in the sports and consumer goods markets, Arkema will increase its global manufacturing capacity for Pebax® elastomers by approximately 25% through an investment at its Serquigny plant in France.

VistaTek LLC, a leading custom injection molder based in Stillwater, Minn., has developed a plant-based garden pot that is one of the first plantable and compostable pots for the garden market, thus offering major sustainability benefits.

Origin Materials, Inc., the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co., Ltd. today announced a strategic partnership to industrialize advanced carbon negative materials.

Leading Canadian biotechnology company Genecis Bioindustries and innovative Dutch based Helian Polymers announce their collaboration creating PHA based formulations.

The ALPLA Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, and Glatfelter Corporation, a leading global supplier of engineered materials, have partnered with Blue Ocean Closures (BOC), a start-up based in the region of Värmland in Sweden, to develop innovative natural fibre-based closures and other moulded packaging products using dry forming technology.

Last week the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) published a report assessing the sustainability of agricultural plastic products[1] recommending the replacement of non-biodegradable, conventional polymers with biodegradable, bio-based polymers.

Green-tech start-up Melodea, Ltd. is the new kid on the sustainable packaging block. The company has developed MelOx, a high-performance, plant-sourced barrier coating that protects packaged products from oxygen and oil and grease transmission; and Melodea VBcoat, that protects packaged goods from water vapor and oil and grease transmission.

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has taken a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant.

The Cologne-based company BIO-FED, a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, has expanded its portfolio with ISCC PLUS and REDcert² sustainable certified M·VERA® compounds made from biomass-balanced polypropylene (PP). The sources of raw materials for the PP are vegetable oil and fat waste, which is produced in various processes, e.g. in the food industry.

Suntory Group announced 3 Dec. that, as a crucial step toward its aim to use 100% sustainable PET bottles globally by 2030 and eliminate all petroleum-based virgin plastic from its global PET supply, the company has successfully created a prototype PET bottle made from 100% plant-based materials.

Arkema has introduced a new PA11 material that the company says has been developed to replace metal and traditional polymers in medical device applications. The renewably-sourced, recyclable Rilsan MED polyamide 11 is lightweight and biocompatible and offers the resistance to aggressive chemical agents and repeated sterilisation cycles required of medical polymers.

This year marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Global Bioplastics Award, the prestigious annual honour recognising the achievements in the bioplastics over the past year.

Berry Global Group, Inc. has announced its most ambitious sustainable packaging goal to date: 30% circular plastics use across its fast-moving consumer goods packaging by 2030. Circular plastics include recycled and renewable resins like bioplastics.

Israeli companies UBQ Materials,a developer of the most climate-positive thermoplastic material on the market and Polyram Group, a leading international supplier of high performance thermoplastic compounds, have announced a new partnership.

Carbon negative materials company Origin Materials, Inc. and Kolon Industries, Inc., a South Korean chemicals and materials producer have announced a strategic partnership to industrialize novel polymers and drop-in solutions for select applications, with an initial focus on automotive applications.

The European Commission's European Innovation Council has selected 65 innovative start-ups and SMEs in 16 different countries to receive €363 million of funding for breakthrough innovations.