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Swedish bioplastics manufacturer Gaia Biomaterials has successfully concluded a $5 million rights issue. The rights issue is backed by the Swedish state owned greentech venture capital fund Almi Invest Greentech, and private international and domestic investors. Funds will be used to expand market penetration in the United States, India, and other targeted markets.

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.

Intek Plastics (Hastings, MN, USA), a leading provider of plastic extruded components for diverse applications, proudly announces the launch of three innovative and sustainable biocomposite plastic materials.

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.

For a sustainable future, it's important to replace regular plastics with eco-friendly options. The EU project DEEP PURPLE investigates using wastewater as a source of biomass to make circular, eco-friendly products using Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB). Along with creating bio-fertilizer, ectoine, and self-healing concrete, the project also works on getting biodegradable plastics from liquid and solid waste in wastewater and this is how they do it.

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.

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.

Biobased aniline represents a significant step toward producing plastics based on plant biomass. In the new process, a customized microorganism helps convert an industrial sugar extracted from plants into an intermediate product through fermentation.

LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) advances with CJ CheilJedang (Seoul, South Korea) on a joint venture plant for bio-nylon (Bio-PA: Polyamide) to penetrate the eco-friendly market.

Balrampur Chini Mills (Kolkata, India) is set to venture into poly lactic acid (PLA) manufacturing with a new fully integrated facility.

The management and treatment of lignocellulosic waste, i.e. plant waste from agriculture and forestry, is a major issue due to the large volume generated in the agri-food, wood and furniture sectors.

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.

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.

CJ Biomaterials (Woburn, MA, USA), a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and a primary producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers, announced yesterday that its semi-crystalline PHA (scPHA) biopolymer branded PHACT™ S1000P is now included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) with the Assigned Food Contact Notification (FCN) 2330.

Specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp ( Malmö, Sweden) has launched Pevalen™ Pro 100, marking a new era in PVC plasticizing technology.

UBQ Materials (Tel Aviv, Israel), climate tech developer of advanced materials made from waste, recently announced its Sustainability Product Portfolio.

The world’s leading biopolymer manufacturer Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil) and bioplastics specialist FKuR (Willich, Germany) are expanding their distribution agreement to include further products from the I’m green™ biobased portfolio.

TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, Netherlands) has just published the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for recycled Luminy® PLA, titled Life Cycle Assessment of PLA through Advanced Recycling - Utilizing Waste Streams as Feedstock for a Biobased Polyester.

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.

Although efforts to improve the collection and recycling of plastics to achieve a circular economy are increasing significantly, some (synthetic) materials will eventually always end up in the environment due to e.g. littering, weathering, and abrasion.

OMV the integrated energy, fuels & feedstock, and chemicals & materials company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and Synthos (Oświęcim, Poland), the biggest synthetic rubber producer in Europe with a global reach, recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Polykemi (Ystad, Sweden) and our subsidiary Scanfill (Sievi, Finland) are now certified according to ISCC PLUS.

Paques Biomaterials (Balk, the Netherlands) and Looop (Venlo, the Netherlands) will collaborate in producing PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate) from agri-food waste streams.

Bioplastics currently represent roughly 0.5 % of the over 400 million tonnes of plastic produced annually (World plastics production 2022, Plastics Europe, 2023).

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.

Circa Group AS (Oslo, Norway), Vataset Teollisuus Oy (Helsinki, Finland), and Kemijarvi Biorefinery (Kemijarvi, Finland) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the establishment of a Circa Furacell™ production facility on the Kemijarvi Biopark in Northern Finland.

Recently, thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) has secured a Basic Engineering Package (BEP) and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) package for the establishment of a bioplastic plant on the Arabian Peninsula.