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Niine Sanitary Napkins (Uttar Pradesh, India), a leading provider of premium and affordable hygiene solutions in India, introduces the country's first PLA-based biodegradable sanitary pads.

Jindan will utilize Sulzer’s licensed PLA technology at its new manufacturing plant to produce up to 75’000 tonnes of PLA per year, mainly to be used for food packaging, molded goods and fibers production.

Xiamen Changsu Industrial (Xiamen, China) and TotalEnergies Corbion(Gorinchem, the Netherlands) have announced a strategic cooperation agreement that will further advance the polylactic acid (PLA) industry.

With the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2023”, nova-Institute (organiser – Hürth, Germany) and Covestro (sponsor – Leverkusen, Germany) recognise three particularly exciting and promising solutions that contribute to replacing fossil carbon from the ground.

Given that management of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) can have a major impact on the environment, more than 176,000 tonnes of ELTs are collected in Spain each year according to data from the SIGNUS collection system.

In a significant breakthrough for the medical industry's sustainability efforts, Spanish global multi-energy company Repsol (Madrid) has unveiled its latest solution to reduce CO2 emissions and promote eco friendliness.

The Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany) will start tomorrow and might turn out to be the must-go event of 2023.

At the recent 2023 Rethinking Materials Innovation and Investment Summit, Loliware (San Jose, CA, USA), North America's fastest-growing seaweed materials company, announced the launch of its newest seaweed resin for injection moulding.

TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands) and Coexpan (Madrid, Spain) are launching a PLA biobased cup using recycled PLA, available in both white and high transparency.

Green Dot Bioplastics (Emporia, KS, USA), a leading developer and supplier of biobased and compostable bioplastics is proud to announce that their compostable film resin, Terratek BD3003 has received certification from TÜV AUSTRIA for OK compost HOME.

Recent years have seen a steady increase in the demand for high-performance plastomers and elastomers that combine the physical properties of rubber with the processing advantages of a thermoplastic material.

In collaboration with the project partners CG TEC, Cordenka, ElringKlinger, Fiber Engineering, and Technikum Laubholz, the DITF (Denkendorf , Germany) are developing a new fibre composite material (CELLUN) with reinforcing fibres made of cellulose.

The interpack is finally back and with it comes the nternational hybrid conference on Bioplastics & Packaging – starting tomorrow.

Rhode Island based global compounder, Teknor Apex (Pawtucket, RI, USA) recently announced a new colour masterbatch solution for UBQ Materials’ (Tel Aviv, Israel) biobased thermoplastic, UBQ™.

At Interpack TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands) will exhibit and present its Luminy® PLA portfolio. Luminy® PLA is made from annually renewable biomass, which growth absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere.

In the scope of the COMET programme and in cooperation with the Borealis Polyolefine GmbH (Schwechat, Austria), Wood K plus (Linz, Austria) developed innovative material formulations with wood particle content.

NatureWorks (Plymouth, MN, USA) leading manufacturer of PLA, announces, in collaboration with Jabil (St. Petersburg, FL, USA), a global manufacturing solutions provider, the availability of an Ingeo™ PLA-based powder formulation for powder-bed fusion technologies, including selective laser sintering (SLS) printer platforms.

A step forward in research, a big step for circularity in textiles: REVECOL® (Recycled Vegetable Cooking Oil) represents a new generation of textile chemical auxiliaries, which are high-performing and obtained from vegetable exhausted cooking oil. For the first time, this step of the textile supply chain can thus also make use of materials with a circular approach, contributing to the real sustainability of the finished product.

Trinseo (Wayne, PA, USA), a specialty material solutions provider, has launched its flagship MAGNUM™ ABS Resins with 95 % bio-attributed content.

Danimer Scientific (Bainbridge, GA, USA) and TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands), both leading bioplastics companies focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today announced that they have developed a new compostable coffee pod biopolymer that is in compliance with proposed EU packaging regulations.

Leading biopolymer and PLA manufacturer NatureWorks (Plymouth, MN, USA) has further expanded the performance attributes delivered by Ingeo biopolymer in hygiene applications with the introduction of Ingeo 6500D for nonwovens.

More than 110 participants from 18 countries met last week in Nuremberg (and online) for two days to report on success stories and developments in the realm of sustainable plastics and the toys made from them.

Ingevity (North Charleston, SC, USA) will participate in the European Coatings Show 2023 in Nuremburg, Germany, from March 27-30, to highlight its Capa® caprolactone high performance polyol technology and the company’s expanded vegetable oil-based offerings that can be used to enhance coating formulations.

OrthoLite®, the global leader of sustainable, performance and comfort insoles and footwear materials solutions, and Novamont, the international leader in the development, production and eco-design of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics and biochemicals, announce an exclusive partnership in the creation of OrthoLite Cirql™, the world’s first circular foam material solution for footwear.

Testing service provider Hohenstein (Bönnigheim, Germany) has worked with the project partners Trigema (Burladingen, Germany), Freudenberg Performance Materials APPAREL (Weinheim, Germany), DBL ITEX (Montabaur, Germany), and Paradies (Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany) to create a new standardized test method for detecting and classifying the environmental effects of textiles during washing.

Beauty brands are seeking sustainable alternatives for conventional plastic packaging – but high-end brands have high-end demands.

Lignin is arguably the most abundant component of biomass that most people have never heard of. That may be about to change.

Eco-Products® (Boulder, CO, USA) recently announced that one of its Vanguard® clamshells has earned CMA-W approval from the Compost Manufacturing Alliance (CMA – Port Orchard, WA, USA), making it the first moulded fibre item made with no-added PFAS to be approved by CMA.

Sustainability is “the” topic. A significant contribution to sustainability goals may derive from the use of totally or partially biobased polyamides.

An artificial turf surface made of biobased materials, sustainable, environmentally friendly, suitable for play, is being built for the city of Ellwangen, Germany With a biobased and biodegradable synthetic turf system, the city of Ellwangen wants to reduce the discharge of microplastics into the environment and create a sustainable, future-proof alternative for new sports fields with synthetic turf.