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Applications
‘Naturalmente‘ is a brand created and registered in Europe in 2004 by the Italian company Artec, whose logistic and head offices are based in Brescia ... [more]
Green Cups in the Skies over Asia
High technology lies behind a seemingly simple innovation led by All Nippon Airways (ANA), which aims to be the number one airline group in Asia and a... [more]
New Sunglasses made from Clear Bio-Polyamide
Sport and fashion sunglasses (photo) have become high performance objects by being adapted to consumer‘s comfort and fashion evolution.... [more]
Hair Care Products in PLA bottles
Nature‘s Organics began in the late 1950‘s as a small business pioneering naturally based products, such as bath cubes, hair colourants, and various t... [more]
A Magic Powder in a PLA Powderette
In Austria a new product was launched in October based on an aromatic powder which puts the consumer in a state of ‘relaxed alertness’, according to R... [more]
Green Nordic Walking – with Biobased Polyamide
The first commercial, injection-molded use of renewably-sourced DuPont™ Zytel® RS polyamide in Europe is for the hand grip, tip, cap and inter-locking... [more]
Basics
Anaerobic digestion: another way of biological solid waste treatment Within biological solid waste treatment a distinction can be made between two m... [more]
Evaluating Quantity, Quality and Comparability of Biopolymer Materials
Rather than biodegradability the focus of current material development in the field of biopolymers is increasingly on a biobased raw material input to... [more]
Editorial
This has been a busy autumn, with lots of exhibitions and conferences, the biggest one that I attended being the European Bioplastics Conference with ... [more]
Electronics
The North American telephone company Sprint Nextel, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, USA is making it easier than ever for customers to ‘go gre... [more]
New ‘Eco.‘ Cordless Telephone
The latest innovation for Ingeo™ bioplastic is Telecom Italia’s environmentally friendly ‘Eco.‘ cordless telephone. NatureWorks PLA material forms the... [more]
Vacuum Cleaner Housing
In early 2009 the Dutch company Philips started to use a durable PLA-based polymer for the housing of the Performer EnergyCare FC9178 vacuum cleaner. ... [more]
Biomass-based Bathroom Scale
Unitika Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, has successfully developed a new blend of biomass-based resin, which has unprecedented properties such as mouldability, ... [more]
Films, Flexibles, Bags
Responding to the increase in the demand for biodegradable and compostable films and packaging Oerlemans Plastics bv, a packaging producer from Gender... [more]
High-Performance and Biodegradable
At the 4th European Bioplastics Conference (see page 10) BASF presented a new biodegradable plastic branded as Ecovio® FS. BASF has optimized this new... [more]
Compostable Film Structures, New Performance Profiles for Food and Non-Food
The demand for compostable bioplastics has been steadily growing for many years at an annual rate of between 20 and 30%. The research related to these... [more]
PLA Films are a Team Sport
As the supplier base has grown recently, a wide diversity of Ingeo™ films are being used in bags, wraps, lids, and labels. Among all the products in t... [more]
PLA Film Applications
The trend toward using biopolymers and environmentally friendly films continues to expand into traditional plastic film applications. The flexible pac... [more]
Carbon-Neutral and Compostable Films - A Holistic Approach
Sustainability has long been more than just a buzzword at the packaging film manufacturer alesco from Langerwehe, Germany. The business is committed t... [more]
Deep-Freeze Bio Packaging
Deep freezing is a method of preserving foodstuffs containing water. During deep freezing the storage temperature of the food is set significantly bel... [more]
Materials
I have been asked by Symphony Environmental Technologies (UK) to respond to a request from Bioplastics Magazine for an article about their d2w Control... [more]
News
The highly innovative technical team at Ultimate Packaging believes it has produced a world first environmentally-friendly product as part of a joint ... [more]
New Eco-Label: OK biobased
Halfway through the 1990s, Vinçotte developed the OK compost conformity marks for products meeting the European EN 13432 standard, thereby playing a p... [more]
Biomaterials Services from Finland
Based on the long experience in biomaterials Hycail Finland has evolved from a R&D department into an independent company offering development and ana... [more]
Field Trial of Bioplastic-Producing Tobacco Crop Successful
Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company from Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, focused on developing sustainable solutions for plastics, chemicals and ener... [more]
Plastics in the North Pacific Gyre
Commenting on Project Kaisei‘s findings on plastics in the North Pacific Gyre, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) believes that plastics litter is ... [more]
Design and Technology Award
Biograde® is a transparent, injection mouldable bioplastic based on cellulose.... [more]
New Joint Venture in India
A new bioplastics joint venture will be the first of its kind in India, where Earthsoul India Private Limited, through its promoters the Bilimoria fam... [more]
Bioplastic from Algae
California (USA) based Cereplast Inc. recently announced that it has been developing a breakthrough technology to transform algae into bioplastics and... [more]
Multilayer Films Breakthrough for Food Contact Market
Global sustainable resins supplier Cardia Bioplastics, headquartered in Mulgrave,VIC, Australia, has announced a new range of Cardia Biohybrid™ based ... [more]
100% Bio-Sourced Thermoplastic Elastomers
Capitalizing on its long-standing experience in castor oil chemistry, France based Arkema has now developed Pebax® Rnew100, a range of thermoplastic e... [more]
Bio-Based Plastics: New Study Forecasts Enormous Potential
New bio-based polymers have been available in the market for approximately one decade. Recently, standard polymers like polyethylene, polypropylene, P... [more]
Review
“Where will the industry be in five years‘ time?“, ... [more]
Conference on Technical Applications
Biobased materials are today finding a wider usage, especially for technical (non-packaging) applications.... [more]
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