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Jan 23, 2019 | Industry News
A KAIST research team completed a metabolic map that charts all available strategies and pathways of chemical reactions that lead to the production of various industrial bio-based chemicals...
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Jan 22, 2019 | Industry News
The European institutions have reached an agreement on a directive to curb the use of a number of single-use plastic products in the EU, which aims to prevent and reduce marine litter of these...
Jan 17, 2019 | Industry News
The development of renewable bioplastics is progressing, but relatively few are actually being used. Chemical engineering doctoral student Ping Wang has produced a plastic based on indole, a heavier...
Jan 14, 2019 | Industry News
New study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don't require land or fresh water — resources. The polymer is derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed. It is biodegradable...
University of Nottingham researchers have developed 100 percent biodegradable and edible food packaging made from plant carbohydrates and proteins to replace polluting plastic materials and improve...
Jan 7, 2019 | Industry News
Researchers at Fraunhofer IGB produce a wide variety of chemicals using fungi. It can also be used as a building block for bio-based polyesters. The IGB researchers are currently investigating ways...
Jan 4, 2019 | Industry News
Bio-on and Rivoira has announced a strategic agreement to develop new materials for food packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables with formation of new company ZEROPACK S.p.A...
Jan 2, 2019 | Industry News
A team of researchers, led by the University of Portsmouth, have developed a bio-composite material using date palm fiber biomass (biomass is a term that includes waste material from plants, food...
Dec 13, 2018 | Article
By Sander van Loon
Packing continues to be one of the biggest markets for plastics. But, there are growing environmental concerns due to the origin of petrochemicals and long life-cycles of plastics. Though...
Jul 30, 2018 | Article
By SpecialChem
Learn from the founder and CEO of SpecialChem, Christophe Cabarry, how digitalization is helping developers and suppliers of bio-based products make the easier connection and chose the right...