Do you know… Amazon is expanding its renewable energy investments with 71 new renewable energy projects around the world, including its first renewable energy project in South America—a solar farm in Brazil—and its first solar farms in India and Poland. According to the tech giant, once it is fully operational, the global renewable energy portfolio […]
News- Anker (Changsha, China), the world’s #1 mobile charging brand, recently announced its series of USB-C charging cables. These biobased cables, bearing a new “Anker Eco Product” logo, are part of Anker’s eco-innovation effort aimed at reducing petroleum-based plastic in product development. Every year roughly 622 million USB cables are used by people around the […]
Do you know…? According to the report of Grand View Research, in 2021, the volume of the global market of biodegradable polymers was 4.1 billion dollars, of which 61% was related to packaging, 11% was related to agriculture, 11% was related to consumer goods, and 17% was related to other applications. Europe dominated the biodegradable […]
News- Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) (UK) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes. To illustrate the utility of their platform, they have engineered an enzyme that can successfully degrade poly (ethylene) terephthalate (PET), the plastic commonly used in plastic bottles. In recent years, the enzymatic recycling […]
Do you know what FSC stands for FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council which is an international organization established in 1993, and will promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. The council is the leading catalyst and defining force for improved forest management and market transformation, shifting the global […]
News- A new University of Queensland-led training centre is set to become a hub for world-leading research in ‘green’ plastic The Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre is based at UQ’s School of Chemical Engineering, aims to make large-scale plastic pollution Centre director, Steven Pratt said scientists will work toward developing bio-derived and […]
Do you know what the bio-based chemicals market size is The global bio-based chemicals market size was USD 73.16 billion in 2020. The market is projected to grow from USD 77.10 billion in 2021 to USD 144.63 billion in 2028 at a CAGR of 9.4% during the 2021-2028 period The chemicals derived from biomass or […]
News- Nowadays, the size of the nylon industry market is over 22 billion dollars. This polymer is used in the production of clothes, automotives and carpets. Two companies, Geno and Aquafil, have jointly started the pre-commercial production of block caprolactam as a raw material for the production of nylon 6, and are currently investigating the […]
News- The Fraunhofer Institute and Ansmann AG, a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, have developed organosheets with flax fibres in the “BioBattery” project The focus of the project was on production a bio-alternative for the battery housing, which has so far been made from metal sheets. The bio-based product could be lighter and promise interesting […]
Do you know what ISPST is ISPST is International Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology ISPST 2022 is the place where members of academics and industries in the field of polymer science and technology all around the world gather not only to actively participate in the scientific character of the conference but to enjoy the […]
