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Bacardi, the world’s largest family-owned spirits company, has unveiled plans to put the world’s most sustainable spirits bottle on the shelf by 2023.

LG Chem has successfully developed a new biodegradable material potentially with mechanical properties and transparency equivalent to synthetic resins such as PP, the company announced October 19.

Nordmann, the international chemical distributor, assumes responsibility for sales and marketing of the Biofibre product range in a large number of European countries*. The partnership will begin with immediate effect.

Fabbri Group has been awarded the honour of “Best Technological Innovation” for its new Nature Fresh cling film and wrapping machines Automac NF at the 2020 “Oscar dell’Imballaggio” in Italy. Nature Fresh is the world’s first bioplastic compostable cling film for automatic and manual applications.

ReSolute, the Flagship EU project focused on creating a new, sustainably-sourced, safer alternative to traditional, fossil-based solvents, launches today.

Marchon Eyewear, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of quality eyewear and sunwear, has announced an industry-first partnership with Eastman, a global specialty materials company.

Inovyn, a leading producer of vinyls, is pleased to announce its partnership with Pipelife Sweden to provide sustainable PVC pipes made using Biovyn to ‘The Hope Project’.

Green materials ensure sustainable mobility: The automotive industry is increasingly working on aligning vehicle production with the principles of sustainability. The development of appropriate materials plays a decisive role in this process.

Lactips, a French company specialized in producing a soluble plastic with zero environmental trace, is moving into a new industrial development phase with the launch of its project to build its new plant in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, in the Loire region of France.

Valedor Partners, LLC, a Houston-based private equity and merchant banking firm, today announced its completion of Newlight Technologies, Inc.'s Series F financing round.

Five Dutch water companies have joined hands with the STOWA knowledge center, technology company Paques and sustainable waste and energy company HVC, to build a pilot plant in Dordrecht for the production of PHBV, a fully degradable and sustainable bioplastic.

Perstorp is pioneering the Oxo-market by launching the first partly renewable carboxylic acids - 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid Pro and Valeric Acid Pro. 2-EHA Pro is based on 25% renewable raw materials, and Valeric Acid Pro contains 20% renewable content.

PHA manufacturer Danimer Scientific announced today that it has agreed to a business combination that will result in Danimer becoming a public company. The company has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Live Oak Acquisition Corp., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company.

Poland Spring Brand 100% Natural Spring Water has announced a collaboration with the University of Maine and its Forest Bioproducts Research Institute to evaluate and develop bio-based solutions that could serve as alternative packaging for Poland Spring products.

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.

Conagra Brands, a leading branded food manufacturer, has used plant-based fiber packaging bowls for the past 3 years. The company has now introduced to its portfolio new Hungry-Man Double Meat Bowls and P.F. Chang's Ramen single-serve meals.

Scientists at NREL - the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy – have come up with what they claim is a ‘groundbreaking method for producing renewable polyurethane without toxic precursors’.

The LEGO Group has announced it plans to invest up to US$400 million – covering ongoing costs and long-term investments – across three years to accelerate sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

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.

Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, announces its intention to build its second PLA plant with a capacity ramping up to 100,000 tons per annum.

Evonik and Siemens Energy have started up a pilot plant sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals.

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.

As a branch of Akro-Plastic GmbH, Bio-Fed is the specialist for innovative and application-oriented biocompounds.

Borealis’s new portfolio of circular products, called Bornewables, is produced with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams. The polyolefins offer the same material performance as virgin polyolefins, yet with a reduced carbon footprint.

EuropaBio’s General Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Topen as the new Chairman of the association.

thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business recently won another order to build a bioplastics plant based on the patented PLAneo technology. It will be built in South China and will produce 30,000 tons of polylactide (PLA) annually.

Stora Enso is making an investment in dispersion barrier technology at its Forshaga site in Sweden, as a step forward in its innovation agenda.

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

International Polymer Compounding Group Hexpol TPE have added more grades to their Dryflex Green family of Biobased TPE Compounds. The series now includes grades based on Styrenic Block Copolymer (TPS) and Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) technologies, with amounts of renewable content to over 90% (ASTM D 6866-12) and hardness from 15 Shore A to 60 Shore D.

A new European project called ELIOT project, in which, among other partners, Dutch research centre TNO is taking part, has been launched to study and develop at large scale the most promising recycling methods for biocomposites – especially the materials now being used in the aerospace industry.