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The VALPLAST Project aims to implement an alternative to the current way that biodegradable plastic packaging waste is managed to align it with circular economy principles.

All about innovation, applications, markets, and end-of-life of PLA was the foundation of a successful 8th PLA World Congress on May 28 and 29.

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of recycling used medical plastic back into the medical materials stream.

CARBIOS (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and De Smet Engineers & Contractors (Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium) enter an engineering partnership for the construction of the world’s first PET "biorecycling" plant.

Scientists at King’s College London, UK, have developed an innovative solution for recycling single-use bioplastics commonly used in disposable items such as coffee cups and food containers.

Straws are one of the most common plastic waste products found on coastlines.

The prestigious two-day conference about everything PHA will start tomorrow, 10th of October in Atlanta, Georgia.

European Bioplastics (Berlin, Germany) supports the development of robust methodologies for assessing the environmental hazards associated with various materials when they become litter. However, elements of the press release may be considered misleading.

On June 30th Bio-plastics Europe and Glaukos hosted a successful project workshop "𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀" within the EuBioNet and the EBRN (European Bio-plastics Research Network (EBRN) network. With 235 registrations, a lot of positive and enthusiastic feedback and a lot of interest, allowed to finally engage more than 120 participants proactively contributing in the different thematic sessions and policy makers to further explore this topic.

Since July 2023, DIN CERTCO GmbH (Berlin, Germany) offers a new certification scheme according to the new standard EN 17427:2022 "Packaging - Requirements and test scheme for carrier bags suitable for treatment in well-managed home composting installations".

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.

Faulty trial design and composting conditions lead to a foreseeable failure of composting experiment

Plastic pollution is a problem that begins long before it reaches the environment, and so must be the solution. To this aim, the RevoluZion project will develop innovative biobased bioplastic material formulations using advanced enzyme engineering techniques.

Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) (UK) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution.

Am Montag, 20.06.2022 hat die ARD eine Dokumentation über den Umgang mit Kunststoffabfällen ausgestrahlt. „Aus dem Vorhandensein von Mängeln und der Existenz schwarzer Schafe aber den Schluss zu ziehen, man müsse generell auf Kunststoffe verzichten ist falsch,“ kommentierte kunststoffland NRW Geschäftsführer Ron Brinitzer, „hier wird das Kind mit dem Bade ausgeschüttet!“

Neste (Espoo, Finland) and Netherlands-based (Den Haag) start-up Circularise have announced a partnership to bring Circularise’s traceability software into circular polymers and chemicals supply chains.

BBI-JU invests in WASTE2FUNC.

Last Friday Members of the US Congress sent a letter to the House Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate advanced recycling technologies as municipal waste combustion units under the Clean Air Act. The following statement may be attributed to Joshua Baca, vice president of plastics at the American Chemistry Council (ACC).

An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin (USA) can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.

Styrofoam egg cartons, hard plastic compact disc cases, red drinking cups, and many other common products are composed of polystyrene, a type of plastic that makes up a third of landfill waste worldwide.

Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders announced that plans for a world-class chemical recycling plant in Europe are progressing rapidly. In late 2021, Trinseo contracted with global technology provider Synova and global engineering services company Worley, and is currently working on an engineering package and preparing Trinseo’ s Tessenderlo, Belgium site for recycling operations.

For over twenty years, Teijin Aramid has been recycling Twaron fibres at its own recycling facilities. In its quest to achieve zero emissions, Teijin Aramid has joined forces with Clariter and is pioneering an advanced recycling solution for Endumax, an Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW-PE).

Geochemist Denise Mitrano has found a way to track how micro- and nanoplastic particles spread through the environment. For this work, she has received this year's Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize from the Swiss National Science Foundation.

The process will use existing refinery operations replacing oil with TACOIL made from waste flexible food packaging to remake virgin plastic for reuse in food and hygiene applications.

Japanese companies Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Microwave Chemical Co. Ltd. have launched a new initiative aimed at commercializing the use of microwave technology in the chemical recycling of plastic waste.

Carbios, a pioneer in the development of enzymatic solutions for the end-of-life of plastic and textile polymers, has announced the nomination of Emmanuel Ladent as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Yesterday, 2 November, Honeywell announced the commercialization of a revolutionary process that expands the types of plastics that can be recycled and can produce feedstock used to make recycled plastics with a lower carbon footprint.

As part of its growth strategy for its biopolymers business, BASF is partnering with WPO Polymers to further advance the fast developing Spanish and Portuguese bioplastics markets. To that end, BASF has appointed WPO Polymers as the distributor of its ecovio product range in Spain and Portugal.

Mura Technology, the UK-based pioneer of an advanced process capable of recycling mixed plastic waste and its global exclusive licensing partner, KBR, have today announced that Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, a core company of the Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (MCHC) Group, has decided to develop its first Hydro-PRT (Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling Technology) project in Japan.

To meet sustainability targets and fulfill commitments to achieving a more circular economy for plastics, plastics manufacturers are turning to the use of alternatives to the traditional fossil-based raw materials they have for decades relied on.