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• The Potential of Bio-based Plastics

  
  Anton Steeman — Authority: 112
  Bio-based plastics can be defined as man-processed organic macromolecules derived from biological resources and used for plastic and fibre applications. Scientists at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation recently published a study, titled: “Product overview and market projection of ...
  4 days ago

• Sprint, Samsung Test Green Waters with Reclaim Phone

  
  greenUPGRADER — Authority: 462
  The new green-themed Reclaim made by Samsung is more than your standard phone with slick green branding — though there’s a bit of that too.What’s green (or blue), smaller than a deck of cards and will remind you to unplug the charger from the wall after charging? The Reclaim, the new green-themed smart phone ...
  6 days ago

• Ford adds wheat straw plastic to a small corner of the 2010 Flex

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 705
  Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Ford Fords wheat straw bio-filled polypropylene - click to enlarge Soy seats arent Fords only way to introduce as many bio-materials as possible into a production vehicle. See also: Mazdas biofabric and Toyotas "ecological plastics. " Ford announced today that a ...
  1 week ago

• Ford Adds Wheat Straw to the 2010 Flex

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 724
  Even in the early heydays, Henry Ford was fond of using plants like hemp and straw to reinforce plastic components for his cars. Now bioplastics are back and turning up in cell phones , forks , and more. Ford Motors started trying out soy-based seat foam a few years back, and is now expanding its palette of plant ...
  1 week ago

• Study: Bio-Based Plastics Could Viably Replace Nearly All Plastics

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 616
  In many ways plastics are simply synthetic compounds that mimic and try to improve upon substances we find widespread in nature—polymers such as you might find in wood, leaves, seeds and fur. Bio-based plastics (those derived from biological sources other than fossil fuels) have been around for more than 100 years. ...
  1 week ago

• Study: Bio-Based Plastics Could Viably Replace Nearly All Plastics

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  In many ways plastics are simply synthetic compounds that mimic and try to improve upon substances we find widespread in nature—polymers such as you might find in wood, leaves, seeds and fur. Bio-based plastics (those derived from biological sources other than fossil fuels) have been around for more than 100 years. ...
  1 week ago

• Cereplast’s Algae-Based Bioplastics Reduce Petroleum Use by 50%

  
  The Green Optimistic — Authority: 138
  Cereplast has already developed some new technologies before, being able to make plastic from renewable materials such as corn starch, tapioca, wheat and potatoes.
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 651
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cereplast to develop bioplastics from algae

  
  Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest — Authority: 563
  In California, Cereplast announced that it is developing a technology to transform algae into bioplastics and intends to launch a new family of algae-based resins. According to the company, algae-based resins could replace 50% or more of the petroleum content used in traditional plastic resins. Currently, Cereplast ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bioplastics from Sewage? Cradle-to-Cradle Roofs? Cleantech Open Competition Announces 6 Innovative Finalists

  
  Topblank — Authority: 165
  Bioplastics from Sewage? Cradle-to-Cradle Roofs? Cleantech Open Competition Announces 6 Innovative Finalists
  3 weeks ago

• BioDigest – Metabolix

  
  BIOtech Now — Authority: 116
  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.
  4 weeks ago

• Radius New Toothbrush Design Lets You Handle The Money Every Day

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 724
  We posted about the Radius companys " Source " model toothbrush in 2007, when all-things corn were still the rage, saying: "The Source toothbrush helps to cut waste by using a reusable handle made of wood fiber, blended with a plastic derived from Nebraska maize. Into this you can put disposable heads, which cuts ...
  4 weeks ago

• Bioplastics. “Algae from a typical photo-bioreactor … used as biofuel or as a raw material source for biopolymer feed stock.”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 128
  Cereplast Inc has reported “… that it has been developing a breakthrough technology to transform algae into bioplastics and intends to launch a new family of algae-based resins …”More from a Release dated October 20:Cereplast to Transform Algae into Bioplastics | Business ...
  4 weeks ago

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