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Two years ago, researchers at the University of Portsmouth in the UK and the NREL in the USA identified an enzyme capable of degrading PET, called PETase. Now, an enzyme found in the rubbish dwelling bacterium that lives on a diet of plastic bottles, has been combined with PETase to speed up the breakdown of plastic.

Newlight Technologies, Inc., a California biotechnology company that manufactures PHB, a type of PHA, has announced the opening of a new commercial-scale AirCarbon production facility in Southern California, called Eagle 3.

NatureWorks, the world’s leading manufacturer of low-carbon PLA biomaterials, today announced a slate of manufacturing technology projects, including lactide monomer purification efficiency, that will increase the availability of the full Ingeo™️ (PLA) biomaterials portfolio by 10 percent.

A recent invention of 3D printable printing material from U.S. Navy scientists could make the underwater equipment strategically left in the ocean biodegradable.

Devan today announces new test results confirming the high performance virus-reducing capabilities of its BI-OME fabric coating technology on both unwashed and intensely washed fabrics. According to independent testing, BI-OME is proven to achieve 99% and higher virus reduction, including of SARS-COV-2, on samples before washing and retains 98.5% even after 25 wash cycles.

Toyochem Co., Ltd., a member of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, has developed a new series of biodegradable pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs).

A viscous biopaste that is easy to process, solidifies quickly and is suitable for producing even complex structures using the 3D printing process has been developed by a research team headed by Prof. Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie from the Chair of Forest Biomaterials at the University of Freiburg.

Sulapac’s new cosmetics jar range from international beauty packaging manufacturer and provider Quadpack is sustainable, using a special material that mimics nature and designs out waste.

Winner developed first-of-its-kind backyard compostable and marine- biodegradable straw

Algenesis announced today that their Soleic 52F bio-foam has proven to biodegrade in the natural environment and the results have been published in a Peer-Reviewed Science Paper.

Sustainable and eco-friendly bioplastics developer SECOS Group Limited has announced that it has secured a strategic supply agreement with JC USA Inc a wholly owned subsidiary of Jewett Cameron Company Limited for the supply of certified compostable pet waste bags.

Aquapak Polymers, an innovative developer of biodegradable polymers and DS Smith, a leading sustainable packaging company have teamed up to develop the next generation of packaging solutions.

As the world's most popular shoe, flip-flops account for a troubling percentage of plastic waste that ends up in landfills, on seashores and in our oceans

Carbiolice, a French start-up developing and producing biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastic solutions has joined forces with agricultural film manufacturer Barbier Group to develop a new PLA-based mulch film.

Avery Dennison has successfully achieved OK Compost certification for a BPA-free and FSC-certified thermal label material combined with the brand new adhesive SX6030, offering brands new options to more sustainable packaging.

Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, is partnering with One Young World for a second consecutive year as a sponsor of Lead2030.

While there are a great many suppliers currently flocking to the market with 3D-printed face shields, the majority require long production times in mass production.

Fresh food on self-service shelves, such as meat, poultry, or fish, must be well packaged so that it reaches the consumer's table clean and germ-free.

Francesco Degli lnnocenti of Novamont comments on the results of a study by Accinelli et al., recently published by Waste Management titled “Persistence in soil of microplastic films from ultra-thin compostable plastic bags and implications on soil Aspergillus flavus population “

BASF and Red Avenue New Materials Group have signed a joint agreement that grants Red Avenue New Materials Group the license to produce and sell certified compostable aliphatic-aromatic co-polyester (PBAT) according to high BASF quality standards.

TÜV Austria, an independent certification company has authorised the laboratories of the Packaging, Transport and Logistics Research Center (ITENE), located in Valencia (Spain), to carry out home compostability tests. This is in addition to the certification of industrial compostability testing obtained by this research centre from the same entity.

A new project launched by Spanish plastics technology centre AIMPLAS, in collaboration with OLIPE, or Olivarera Los Pedroches in full, a cooperative of olive oil producers in Andalusia, is looking at the feasibility of using olive stones to make a new bioplastic.

A recent study by Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Netherlands, analysed the fate of compostable packaging products in a full- scale industrial organic waste treatment facility.

With comfortemp Lyocell padding, Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel has launched the first fully biodegradable padding made from sustainably produced cellulose fibre that completely degrades in soil within just under 60 days.

Novamont has announced a fundamental breakthrough in its range of biodegradable and compostable films for food packaging, five years after the launch of the first Mater-Bi grade for clingfilm.

Kompuestos president Ignacio Duch is attending the 13th edition of the Frankfurt European Midcap Event, which will take place next Tuesday, February 11.

Turbulent times for bio-based polymers in 2019: PLA sold out despite expansion, as did PHA. Bio-based PP became available for the first time, there was increased production of PBAT, PBS, bio-based PE, starch-containing polymer compounds and epoxy resins. The production of, particularly, bio-based PET decreased. At the same time, there is a lack of support from policy makers: bio-based and biodegradable plastics are lumped into the same category as fossil plastics in the Plastic Policy.

Loliware, the world's leading seaweed-based material technology company replacing plastics, announced the close of a $6MM financing round, led by prominent NY venture firm Hatzimemos / Libby.

Kompuestos, a leading producer of sustainable compounds in Europe, has developed a new bioplastic based on potato starch that will degrade ‘on the ground’ within four weeks. It joins the company’s Biokomp range of biodegradable resins made from different starches derived from corn, potato and various types of cereals.

A professor of food science and technology at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, William Chen has invented a biodegradable food wrap made of cellulose and extracted from the waste generated by soybean product manufacturers.