News- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has today unveiled a demonstration tire made using with 70 percent sustainable-material content, including soy bean oil, rice husks and plastic recycled from old bottles The innovation saw the new tires produced using 13 ingredients that all boast significant sustainability benefits compared to conventional tires, such as carbon […]
Do you know what the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) is The World Packaging Organisation is a non-profit, non-governmental, international federation of national packaging institutes and associations, regional packaging federations and other interested parties including corporations and trade associations Founded September 6, 1968 in Tokyo by leaders from the global packaging community, the purpose of the […]
News- A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US, has developed a ‘smart’ food packaging material that is biodegradable, sustainable and kills microbes that are harmful to humans. It could also extend the shelf-life of fresh fruit by two to three days The […]
Do you know VTT’s technology uses pectin-containing waste for the production of FDCA (2,5-furandicarboxylic acid) FDCA is one of the monomers of Polyethylene Furanoate (PEF). PEF is a biopolyester that could, in the future, replace PET in a wide range of applications. PEF is a fully recyclable and renewable high-performance plastic. Therefore, it opens up […]
News-When plastic is broken down into micro- and nanoparticles, it poses an increasing problem not only for the oceans and their inhabitants, but also for lakes, rivers and soils. For a long time, it was barely possible to track these particles, which are as small as a few millionths of a millimetre in size. Denise […]
Do you know what Spintex is Spintex Engineering Ltd. (Spintex) is a University of Oxford spinout, which has developed a unique technology for producing strong and pure ‘spider-like’ fibers. The fibers self-assemble from a liquid feedstock, with energy efficiency 1000x greater than synthetic polymers A combination of low temperatures and pressures, with water as the […]
News- Today, DSM Engineering Materials announces that Ford Motor Company, HellermannTyton, and DSM earned an Innovation Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) for the use of Akulon® RePurposed recycled ocean plastic in the Ford Bronco Sport The Akulon® RePurposed material is made using nylon fishing nets collected from the Indian Ocean. The nets are […]
Do you know what “Nature Fresh” is Winner of the 15th Global Bioplastics Award was Gruppo Fabbri Vignola (Vignola, Italy) for their innovative Home Compostable Nature Fresh cling film Nature Fresh is the first cling film worldwide suitable for both manual and automatic food packaging. The film, which is certified as Home Compostable and Industrial […]
News- Fossil-based packaging is a major contributor to pollution, accounting for 40% of the world’s plastics. Today fossil-based materials, such as plastic wrap or polystyrene foams, are widely used as insulating materials in packaging Stora Enso is extending its packaging offering with a new portfolio of bio-based foams from wood. The products are fully recyclable […]
Do you know global bioplastics production will more than triple within the next five years At the 16th EUBP Conference, taking place on 30 November and 1 December- 2021 in Berlin, European Bioplastics presented a very positive outlook for the global bioplastics industry e.g. PBAT, PBS, PLA Production is set to more than triple over […]
