Circular Economy

 

Circular Economy

El impacto ambiental de los residuos orgánicos domiciliarios: ¿qué hacer con ellos?
09/05/2024 - >De acuerdo con el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, cada año se generan más de 7,9 millones de toneladas de residuos sólidos domiciliarios (RSD) en Chile, de los cuales el 58% corresponde a residuos...
Anche PHA semicristallino nel portafoglio PHACT
09/05/2024 - La coreana CJ Biomaterials presenta a NPE un ampliamento dell'offerta di bioplastiche a base di poliidrossialcanoato. 9 maggio...
Mitsui Chemicals Asahi Life Materials Develops Home Compostable Spunbond Nonwoven
09/05/2024 - Mitsui Chemicals Asahi Life Materials Co., Ltd. has developed a spunbond nonwoven using a biodegradable plastic suitable for composting in domestic settings. The move comes in response to...
Formerra becomes AFC Ecoplastics distributor for North America
- Formerra (Romeoville, IL, USA) announced a partnership with AFC Ecoplastics (Stafford, TX, USA) to distribute its compostable products across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. This collaboration...
Esto dice el Reglamento de Envases sobre la compostabilidad
30/04/2024 - El Consejo Europeo alcanzó un acuerdo en relación con la propuesta de Reglamento de Envases y Residuos de Envases. El objetivo es hacer frente al aumento de los residuos de envases...
Crean plástico biodegradable con capacidad de autodestrucción
08/05/2024 - Científicos desarrollan un plástico con esporas bacterianas que se autodestruye tras su uso, apuntando a un futuro sin residuos plásticos.En un laboratorio de la Universidad de...
Stahl joins GO!PHA
- Stahl (Waalwijk, the Netherlands), a leading provider of speciality coatings and treatments for flexible substrates, has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA), a non-profit platform that...
Aimplas podrá evaluar la biodegradación, desintegración y fragmentación de los bioplásticos en el mar
07/05/2024 - Actualmente, el estudio del comportamiento de los bioplásticos en el medio marino tiene limitaciones para predecir, de manera realista, su grado de biodegradación,...
Beavertown launches high-barrier compostable packaging for crisps
02/05/2024 - British brewery Beavertown launches limited edition crisps in compostable packaging sourced from Futamura with a focus on mental health.
CJ Biomaterials' PHA Used for Fully Biodegradable Plastic Bottle Cap by Beyond Plastic
09/04/2024 - CJ Biomaterials, Inc, continues to expand the applications for its advanced PHA technology, announcing that their biopolymers are being used by California-based Beyond Plastic to develop the...
Amcor launches first-ever one-liter carbonated soft drink stock bottle made from 100% post consumer recycled material
24/04/2024 - Innovation in stock packaging options will enable brands to address laws requiring post-consumer recycled content and deliver speed to market.Amcor is launching a one-liter polyethylene...
Circular Economy Win: Reuseable Plastic Cups trialed on Air New Zealand flights.
- Air New Zealand (Air NZ) announced an exciting step towards minimising their environmental impacts last month with the news that they are trailing reusable plastic cups on domestic...
GAIA Biomaterials receives US compostability certificate for limestone based bioplastic
30/04/2024 - GAIA Biomaterials receives US compostability certificate for limestone based bioplastic © GAIA BiomaterialsBiodegradable Products Institute...
From wheat to bioplastics
- Partnership between Tereos (Moussy-le-Vieux, France)and Futerro (Escanaffles, Belgium) boosts green chemistry in a first in Europe. Unprecedented in Europe, two industrial players, experts in...
CJ Biomaterials Introduces Two Revolutionary PHACT™ PHA-Based Compounds for Compostable Film Packaging
26/04/2024 - CJ Biomaterials, Inc, a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and a...
CIPA y China se enmarcan en un intercambio tecnológico
19/12/2023 - El Centro de Investigación de Polímeros Avanzados (CIPA), el Centro Nacional de Servicios y Extensión de Tecnología Agrícola en China (NATESC) y representantes de GHBT, una de las principales...
Biobased Buzzwords: Decoding Eco-Friendly Terminology
22/04/2024 - Definition of the word Sustainability in a dictionaryNavigating the world of biobased products can sometimes feel like deciphering a complex code. From bioplastics to circular economy...