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Basics
Bottle Applications
Today it is widely accepted that the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions is a very important factor in the prevention of global warming. Therefore T... [more]
Closures made from Bioplastics
Motivation: In 2000 there were 180 million tonnes of plastic used worldwide. For 2010 the forecast is for a demand of 260 million tonnes. The packagin... [more]
Impact of Dry and Wet Sterilisation on PLA Bottles
If aseptic cold filling is required to ensure the quality and shelf life of juice, ice tea, dairy products or flavoured water the impact of either dry... [more]
Pure, Light, Mountain Water – Bottled in Ingeo™
Italian mineral water company Fonti di Vinadio Spa, which bottles and sells Sant’Anna di Vinadio mineral water is located in the North-Italian Piedmon... [more]
Primo Water offer Mineral Enriched Water in PLA bottles
Primo Water Corporation, a privately-held company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA manufactures mineral enriched bottled water. According t... [more]
Not only Celebrities like New Zealand’s PLA-bottled “Good Water”
It may be one of the little guys competing against the larger players but as it celebrates its first birthday The Good Water Company has found over th... [more]
Bio-Bottle Meets Private Label Water
Two complementing niches in a fast growing market... [more]
Australia’s First Natural Spring Water in PLA Bottles
Cool Change Natural Spring Water from Australia is owned by the Paterson Family, Helen, James and Richard. Cool Change was set up in March 2008 to lau... [more]
Editorial
Materials
Against the backdrop of global warming, curbing CO2 increase in the atmosphere has become a pressing issue. As conventional plastics are manufactured ... [more]
News
Arkema Introduces New PLA Processing Lubricant
Plantic to Establish European Manufacturing Operation
PLA Production to be Established in Germany
PLA-Biofoam Production to be Established in The Netherlands
Non Food
Non-food stock bioplastics were the very beginning... [more]
Proteinous Bioplastics from Bloodmeal
It is almost impossible to remember a world without plastics; however, environmental concerns over the origin, use and disposal of plastics have creat... [more]
PHA from Switchgrass – a Non-Food-Source Alternative
Scientists and engineers have been at it for years, trying to crack the code for an economically viable and agriculturally available resource that can... [more]
Bioplastic Products from Biomass Waste Streams
The exploitation of non-food biomass resources and industrial waste streams in bioplastic products has been a major theme of research and development ... [more]
Politics
India as everyone knows, has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, at around 7-8% per annum.... [more]
Sustainable “Zoom-Zoom” with Non-Food-Based Bioplastic
Japanese Mazda Motor Corporation will launch the “Mazda Bioplastic Project” together with Hiroshima University (see bM 04/08).... [more]
Review
The 1st PLA World Congress hosted by bioplastics MAGAZINE (September 9th and 10th in Munich, Germany) attracted about 170 experts and interested deleg... [more]
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