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• 90% bioplastic substitution possible

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 516
  A new study from the European Bioplastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) estimated that substitution potential of up to 90% of the total consumption of plastics by bio-based polymers are technically possible. Still, that estimate will not be fulfilled in the near future because of low ...
  2 days ago

• Bio-based plastics: New study forecasts enormous potential

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  The associations European Bioplastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence EPNOE published a jointly commissioned study on bio-based plastics today. Forecasts concerning capacity developments and technical substitution potentials are the focus of the investigations. The authors from Utrecht ...
  2 days ago

• Propos de Philippe Starck sur les biomatériaux : les réactions

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  En réaction au billet Bioplastique : Crime contre lhumanité ??? rapportant les propos de Philippe Starck à propos des biomatériaux, plusieurs professionnels ont réagi. Je partage avec vous quelques uns de leurs points de vue. L.B : Oui, nous sommes dans un monde où certains peuvent se permettre de ...
  4 days ago

• Bioplastique : Crime contre lhumanité ???

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  J’ai glané cette citation du designer français Philippe Starck sur le Blog Biopol . « … Dautres, plus à la mode, diront que nous devons utiliser le bioplastique. Le bioplastique implique que nous devrons supprimer des milliards dhectares darbres, de champs où les gens cultivent quelque ...
  6 days ago

• US Company Transforms Algae into Bioplastic: Could Slash Petroleum Use by 50%

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 622
  California-based company Cereplast has revealed that it is developing breakthrough technology to transform algae into bioplastics , and predicts that it could replace 50% or more of the petroleum content used in traditional plastic resins. Cereplast already makes plastic from renewable material such as corn ...
  6 days ago

• Harmless-Dissolve: The incredible dissolving bag?

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  I’m wondering about the composition of this “magic” bag? --- Harmless-Dissolve is made from a hydro-degradable substrate which is 5 times stronger than normal polyethylene. It is a readily biodegradable, water soluble polymer which completely biodegrades in a composting environment, in a ...
  1 week ago

• Bioplastique : Nouvel Débouché, Nouvel Eldarodo?

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  Les agriculteurs misent sur la bio-industrie Acoustique, chimie, bâtiment... Les champs de Beauce pourraient demain produire aussi pour lindustrie. Le premier bioproduit dEure-et-Loir, une chemise en biopolymère, entre en phase de commercialisation. Jusquici, et le slogan est devenu célèbre, dans les ...
  1 week ago

• Bioplastics News: The deal, Cargill and Micromidas

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  What is the deal with bioplastics? Yes, corn-based packaging is better than petroleum-based packaging for absolutely necessary plastics that aren’t already successfully recycled, and for packaging that cannot be made of paper,” he says. “But it’s not as good as asking, ‘Why are we using so many ...
  1 week ago

• Metabolix in tobacco and hospital

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 516
  No, this is not about Metabolix developing genetically modified tobacco so people can smoke it without having lung cancer. Metabolix had two announcements last week, the first one is the use of its bioplastic resin Mirel in disposable hospital products ; and the other is that Mirel has completed a field trial of ...
  1 week ago

• MAP Biodegradable Packaging Prevents Potato Greening

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  Greenvale develops packaging for organic potatoes: new biodegradable MAP extends shelf-life, reduces wastage and cuts greening complaints by 50%. Greenvale AP is the UKs largest supplier of fresh potatoes and Lady Balfour is one of the UKs top selling organic varieties, accounting for almost 10% of all ...
  2 weeks ago

• BioDigest – Metabolix

  
  BIOtech Now — Authority: 113
  Take a tour of Metabolix, a Cambridge, Mass. based company that specializes in the production of bioplastics.  Metabolix staff will explain how the bioplastics are created and utilized, particularly their Mirel ™ Bioplastics, a sustainable and biodegradable alternative to petroleum-based plastics.
  2 weeks ago

• Bioplastics News : Cereplast, Metabolix and niche market

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  Cereplast develops algae-based bioplastics Bioplastics maker Cereplast Inc. plans to launch a line of bioplastic resins based on all-natural algae by the end of 2010. Cereplast algae-based resins could replace 50% or more of the petroleum content used in traditional plastic resins. Currently, Cereplast ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tesco not taking compostable packaging “any further”

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  Supermarket giant Tesco has said that it will not be taking compostable packaging "any further" and that it could even remove it from its stores altogether. Speaking at the LARAC conference in Liverpool earlier this month, Sion Stanfield , head of waste and recycling at Tesco, outlined the work that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water makes rainwater storage practical and easy

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 440
  The Dutch Design Week saw yet another work of novelty and inventiveness. A graduate from Design Academy Eindhoven displayed his ingenious creations at school’s Graduation Galleries exhibition, which began in Eindhoven yesterday. Bas van der Veer’s two projects named ‘A Drop of Water’, a rainwater storage butt ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Eco Products on the market

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 516
  Heres a Friday treat that Ive been compiling for several months now. If youre really into eco-products, you might want to try these newly launched stuff and let us know if you consider them really green or if theyre just pure greenwash. COUNTERTOP Cosentino launched in April its ECO by Cosentino , a new ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bioplastic keeps Teijin busy

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 516
  Japanese chemical company Teijin has been very busy last month with its bioplastic business. After rolling out in early September its first bioplastic eyeglasses in partnership with eyewear manufacturer Tanaka Foresight, Teijin also rolled out (literally) its green carpet (also literally and figuratively) at the ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Phone Made Out of Corn

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 723
  By Peter Z. Scheer The Samsung Reclaim is an odd little device that raises the question: Why isn’t everything made out of corn? READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries October 8, 2009 German Socialists Make Do Without Socialized Medicine October 7, 2009 Keith Olbermann: Saving American Lives ...
  4 weeks ago

• Is New Biodegradable Plastic the Answer?

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  ENSO bottles claims that their bottles are "biodegradable in both landfill and compost environments and can also be successfully mixed with standard PET plastic recycling." How is that possible? The Risks of Degradable Plastic 1) Increased consumption: Consumers will use more disposable plastics. This ...
  4 weeks ago

• Metabolix targets bioplastic bottle

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 516
  Metabolix announced yesterday about a $350,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop biobased biodegradable HDPE-alternative plastic bottle. The biodegradable resins are expected to be used for blow molded bottles and other containers. Metabolix cites that over 2 million of high density ...
  4 weeks ago

• Pebax® Rnew100, des élastomères thermoplastiques haute performance intégralement bio-sourcés

  
  PakBec — Authority: 124
  Fort de son expertise dans la chimie du ricin, Arkema développe aujourd’hui les Pebax® Rnew100 , une gamme d’élastomères thermoplastiques entièrement issus de matières premières renouvelables. --- En associant un polyol bio-sourcé à la chimie du ricin, Arkema prolonge sa démarche de substitution ...
  4 weeks ago

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