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Better Earth (Atlanta, GA, USA) has released its Touch-Free Arrow Cutlery Dispenser and Better Earth Arrow Cutlery Collection. This innovative dispenser is designed for convenience and pairs seamlessly with their new BPI-certified compostable cutlery, ensuring a clean and sustainable dining experience.

Mitsui Chemicals Asahi Life Materials Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a spunbond nonwoven using a biodegradable plastic suitable for composting in domestic settings. The move comes in response to increasing global demand for home composting.

Playmobil (Zirndorf, Germany) and McDonald's (Chicago, IL, USA) are taking a joint step in the use of sustainable play material.

DeSter (Hoogstraten, Belgium), a leading global provider of innovative service ware and food packaging concepts for the travel and foodservice industries, and Eastman (Kingsport, TN, USA), a global specialty materials company, are collaborating to bring innovation to the airline industry by introducing reusable inflight drinkware made with Tritan™ Renew.

NatureWorks (Plymouth, MN,USA), a leading manufacturer of polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymers made from renewable resources, has optimized a compostable coffee pod solution compatible with Keurig® brewers for the North American market.

Beyond Plastic is using CJ Biomaterials polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers to develop the world’s first completely biodegradable plastic bottle cap.

Three biobased innovations from Germany and from Sweden, two CCU innovations from Denmark and Hungary and one advanced plastic recycling technology from Canada are nominated for the “Renewable Material of the Year 2024” innovation award.

Ideal for supermarkets, restaurants and bakeries, the new products include a variety of BPI-Certified bags and wraps with no-added PFAS.

Together with TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands), Korean water producer Sansu (Seoul, South Korea) is developing an embossed label water bottle made of Luminy® PLA bioplastics to speed up the adoption of recycled PLA as feedstock.

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

TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands) and Sulapac (Helsinki, Finland) have forged a pioneering alliance to propel the integration of recycled and biodegradable materials into the cosmetic sector.

Eco-Products® (Boulder, CO, USA) recently announced an innovative new product line designed to make it easier for consumers, composters, and the entire foodservice value chain to differentiate between compostable and non-compostable products.

PLAYMOBIL (Zirndorf, Germany), a leading global toy producer, has selected plant-based ABS and plant-based MBS from INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) for their new PLAYMOBIL JUNIOR product lines.

When worn, washed, and dried, clothing sheds – dispersing tiny fibres throughout homes, soils, and waterways that can take centuries to degrade.

CJ Biomaterials (Woburn, MA, USA), a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and a primary producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers, recently announced that it has developed a new PHA-based polybag that has properties similar to traditional polybags made with petroleum-based plastic material.

In its continuing pursuit to develop packaging materials that meet the sustainability goals of its customers, global packaging solutions provider SEE (Charlotte, NC, USA) has developed the first biobased, industrial compostable tray for protein packaging that has been successfully tested to meet the demands of existing food processing equipment.

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

Toray Industries (Tokyo, Japan) recently announced that it has concluded an agreement with Yoshida (Tokyo, Japan) to jointly create materials for Tanker bags employing Ecodear N510, a 100 % plant-based nylon fibre.

Recently, global packaging developer and manufacturer TIPA (Hod Hasharon, Israel) have launched a first-of-its-kind fully compostable high-barrier coffee capsule lid, in collaboration with technology innovation company ATI (Charleston, SC, USA).

Fishing nets lost at sea are a major source of plastic pollution in the ocean [1]. These so-called "ghost nets" drift globally, ensnaring and killing fish, dolphins, seals, birds, and sea turtles. They can last up to 600 years, releasing microplastics as they slowly degrade.

Global sports company PUMA (Herzogenaurach, Germany) has recently announced that it has scaled up its textile recycling innovation, RE:FIBRE, replacing recycled polyester with RE:FIBRE technology in all Puma football Club and Federation replica jerseys from 2024 onwards.

The European Bioplastics Conference is Europe’s leading business and discussion forum within the global bioplastics sector.

Neste (Espoo, Finland) has joined forces with Eppendorf (Hamburg, Germany), a leading manufacturer and supplier of laboratory equipment, to advance the development of lab products made with renewable raw materials.

Wageningen University & Research has assessed the environmental impacts and circularity of different materials for single serve coffee capsules, when subjected to various end-of-life scenarios

Neste (Espoo, Finland), Mitsui Chemicals (Tokyo, Japan), and Prime Polymer (Tokyo, Japan), a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals, are working together to provide more sustainable food packaging solutions for CO-OP, a brand of the Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union (JCCU – Tokyo, Japan).

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt/M, Germany), the global leader in styrenics, recently announced that EdilPlast SRL (Atessa, Italy), part of First Corporation group, has chosen the company’s sustainable styrenics solutions for their latest generation of building products.

Global brand air up® has launched a new reusable bottle line for the European market made with Eastman (Kingsport, TN, USA) Tritan™ Renew that further expands the air up mission to eliminate single-use plastic waste.

Tonies, the global provider of “smart” audio systems for children, selected INEOS Styrolution’s sustainable ECO polymer to reduce the environmental footprint of their new audio product “Clever Tonies”.

Reusable, biobased, and thus environmentally friendly: together, the masterbatch specialist GRAFE from Blankenhain (Germany), the biotechnology company TECNARO from Ilsfeld (Germany), and the tableware manufacturer ORNAMIN from Minden (Germany) have developed a sustainable product solution made of plastic.

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