Tag: bioplastic

Changsu Industrial, TotalEnergies Corbion collaborate to advance adoption of biobased BOPLA films

May 26, 2023 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In The Netherlands, Xiamen Changsu Industrial and TotalEnergies Corbion have announced a strategic cooperation agreement that will further advance the polylactic acid (PLA) industry. Under the partnership, both firms will work together in the market promotion, product development, and research and development of new technologies and applications of biaxially oriented polylactic acid (BOPLA). “The bioplastic […]

LAPP uses new biobased plastic from BASF for its Ethernet cable

April 21, 2023 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Germany, chemical giant BASF said that LAPP will now be presenting the first Ethernet cable with a bio-based sheathing at the Hannover Messe fair in Germany. The compound was developed by BASF. BASF noted that the ETHERLINE FD P Cat.5e for Industrial Ethernet has been part of the LAPP portfolio for a long time […]

Study shows bioplastic processing via AD reduces environmental impact

January 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Belgium, the study “Anaerobic digestion of organic waste allows recovering energy and enhancing the subsequent bioplastic degradation in soil” illustrates that the processing of bioplastics through anaerobic digestion contributes to prevent bioplastics accumulation and reduce their leakage into the environment. According to the paper, the residual bioplastic remaining in the digestate, a co-product of […]

Korea-Spain joint research team recreate bioplastic from steel mill gas waste

December 22, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In South Korea, a Korea-Spain joint research team recently recreated bioplastic from wasted byproducts from gas fermentation from steel mills. Through joint research with Spain’s Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), a research team in the Department of Chemical Engineering at POSTECH has developed a technology to generate artificial enzymes from E. coli. The […]

Röchling Group launches new bioplastic and recycled materials product families

October 26, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, with Röchling-BioBoom and Röchling-ReLoop, the international Röchling Group is launching two new sustainable product families for bioplastics and recycled materials. The sustainable products and concepts will be presented for the first time at K 2022 in Düsseldorf. The new product families aim to strengthen the Group’s own sustainability activities and to support customers […]

Genecis Bioindustries raises $7M in Series A funding for waste-based bioplastic

August 23, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Canada, Genecis Bioindustries Inc. announced that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures and BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice. The round includes participation from Gullspang Re:food, with returning investors such as AME Cloud Ventures, IT Farm, and Heinz Group. Genecis has also secured a $3 million credit facility from […]

Cellular ag book, soy golf balls, Bota Bio, Novomer, Danimer and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of August 5th

August 4, 2021 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

As many students around the world are in or preparing for school, a new children’s book, “Where Do Hot Dogs Come From,” is tackling the topic of cellular agriculture in the hopes that future generations will eschew resource-intensive animal farming in favor of sustainable, slaughter free alternatives like lab-grown meat. Other innovations this week include […]

Carbon-negative bioplastic made from air, invasive plants turned into yoga mats, cultured chicken progress, renewable fiber innovations, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of July 2nd

July 1, 2021 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

We’ve covered food made from air here, but Germany-based company Made of Air has developed a bioplastic derived from burnt plant and forestry waste, or biochar, that can be used in many ways. So far, H&M’s sunglasses and HexChar panels installed on the facade of an Audi dealership in Munich uses their carbon-negative bioplastic and […]

Researchers look at old baked goods as basis for bioplastics

April 25, 2021 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

In Germany, University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer WKI researchers succeeded in extracting the basic chemical hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from old baked goods that can no longer be marketed as food as a way to use HMF as a starting material for biobased plastics. With HMF, a starting material is available that can, for example, replace […]

A Sweet Soy Story – World’s 1st bioplastic from soy molasses

March 27, 2021 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

Four companies developed the first process in the world to produce compostable bioplastic from food and feed production side streams. A biopolymer plant will be built in Uusikaupunki, Finland, in which bioplastic production will be piloted on an industrial scale. Finnfoam, Brightplus, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Nordic Soya have explored together the […]