17 December 201516 December 2015 The Future of Lego Bricks is Bio-Based Forsaking its partnership with Shell, the Lego Group now wants to reduce its environmental impact and use sustainable materials
9 December 20157 December 2015 The bioeconomy to re-industrialize Brazil An interview with Bernardo Silva, President at ABBI
26 November 201525 November 2015 Genomatica and Braskem Confirm Direct, Single-Step Biological Production of Butadiene Companies have been producing renewable butadiene in a one-pot process at lab-scale
23 November 201514 December 2015 Bioplastics Market is Projected to Reach $30.8 Billion, Globally, by 2020 Rigid plastic application to account for more than 40% of the market revenue
11 November 201510 November 2015 Bioplastics are key to unlock Europe’s potential for a ressource-efficient economy 10th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin attracts more than 350 experts from around the world
EU: Biokunststoffe sind Schlüsseltechnologie für eine ressourcen-effiziente Wirtschaft 10. European Bioplastics Konferenz zieht mehr als 350 Experten aus aller Welt an
29 October 201526 October 2015 Butanol and The Case of a Global Sustainable Society To Be, or Not to Be… By Dr Kapil S Lokare, Special to The Digest
20 October 201519 October 2015 Avery Dennison Introduces Bio-based PE Film for Label Applications Converters can substitute conventional PE for a bio-based PE label film without investing in new machinery
25 September 201524 September 2015 Neue Marktstudie zum europäischen Kunststoffmarkt Von Standardprodukten über technische Hochleistungskunststoffe bis zu Biokunststoffen: Ceresana untersucht den gesamten europäischen Markt für Kunststoffe
15 September 201512 September 2015 Preliminary programme of this year’s European Bioplastics Conference announced 10th edition of the conference will take place on 5/6 November 2015 in Berlin
31 August 201527 August 2015 The Bioeconomy Gets to the Fridge: Packaging is 100% Biobased Northern European countries are the leaders in packaging made from renewable sources
18 August 201514 August 2015 Survey: Environment increasingly important in consumer purchase Here is a recent study from Tetra Pak Environment Research conducted every two years since 2005
14 July 201513 July 2015 Partially biobased PP Compound for injection molding applications FKuR Kunststoff GmbH is now offering a PP compound made from renewable resources which maintains the typical characteristic and performance of PP
Teil-biobasiertes PP Compound für Spritzgußanwendungen Die FKuR Kunststoff GmbH bietet ab sofort ein PP Compound aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen an
3 July 20152 July 2015 European Bioplastics elects new Board – François de Bie confirmed as Chairman European Bioplastics (EUBP) is pleased to announce that the new Board has been elected by the General Assembly of EUBP members on 24 June 2015 to serve a two-year term
European Bioplastics wählt neuen Vorstand – François de Bie im Amt des Vorsitzenden bestätigt Die Mitgliederversammlung von European Bioplastics (EUBP) hat am 24. Juni 2015 den neuen Vorstand des Verbandes auf zwei Jahre gewählt
30 June 201528 June 2015 Renewable plastics can provide the answer to sustainability in a circular economy No wonder people are getting excited about the circular economy - Treating ‘waste’ as a resource and creating reuse and recycling loops for thousands of everyday products will have a dramatic effect on production and value chains, saving energy and materials
29 June 201526 June 2015 LEGO commits $150M to search for sustainable alternative plastics $150 million, 100+ employees, a new sustainable materials center, and a commitment to move off fossil fuels dependency by 2030
22 June 201519 June 2015 Genomatica Advances the Commercial Readiness of Biomass Feedstocks for Chemicals Boosts potential for bioprocess plants worldwide; details published in DOE report
11 June 201510 June 2015 Special Report: Bioplastics and additives becoming mainstream NPE tradeshow spotlighted the increasing role of bioplastics at its own booth at the show
5 June 20153 June 2015 Global Bio-based Platform Chemicals Market 2015-2019 with BASF, BioAmber, Braskem, DSM, DuPont, Ineos, Myriant & Novozymes dominating
29 May 201528 May 2015 Holland Bioplastics: Netzwerk für Biowerkstoffe gegründet Partnerprojekt will allen Playern der biobasierten Ökonomie eine offene Plattform bieten
15 May 201513 May 2015 Holland Bioplastics shares knowledge and connects parties around bioplastics Participation open to all involved producers, manufacturers, researchers and / or marketer of bioplastics
11 May 20158 May 2015 Bioplastic packaging market is expected to witness significant growth over the next six years To say this is a new report published by Grand View Research, Inc.
7 May 20156 May 2015 Holland Bioplastics aims to put bioplastics on the map in the Netherlands A new Dutch initiative has been launched that proposes to give bioplastics a stronger voice in the plastics industry
27 April 201516 February 2018 Plastverarbeiter: Rohstoff-Basis für Biokunststoffe Molekülbaukasten aus erneuerbaren Rohstoffen für biobasierte Kunststoffe
23 April 201522 April 2015 Arla chooses 100% renewable Tetra Rex Bio-based for Eko brand organic milk "Tetra Rex Bio-based offers customers a fully renewable package made from materials that can be traced back to their plant-based source."
10 April 20159 April 2015 Bread bag is 36% bio-based Eureka! Organic Bread switches to bread bags made of 36% sugarcane-based PE when introducing its products to the East Coast market for marketing and sustainability benefits
9 April 20158 April 2015 World’s first fully renewable package available globally after successful introduction Following its successful introduction with Finnish dairy Valio, the world’s first fully renewable package, Tetra Rex® Bio-based, is now being rolled out to Tetra Pak customers worldwide
8 April 20156 April 2015 Netherlands: Plant food packaging goes green Oerlemans and Pokon to collaborate on biobased packaging alternative for fertilizers, aiming for the use of sugarcane based bio-PE from Braskem
7 April 20152 April 2015 Amerplast to market sustainably sourced flexible packaging material Partnership agreement with Braskem aiming to produce Green Polyethylene (Green PE) from sugar cane ethanol
13 March 20154 October 2017 New nonwoven material made entirely from plant-based materials wins 2015 INDA RISE® Durable Product Award Fitesa Simpsonville offering sustainable alternative for diverse applications
2 March 201527 February 2015 Recycling of biobased polyethylene Braskem, Wageningen researchers launched new common study
5 February 20154 February 2015 Bio-Joghurt im Bio-Becher AöL entwickelt Tool zur Verwendung von Bio-Kunststoffen in der Lebensmittelbranche
22 January 201521 January 2015 greenshield organic™ introduces sugar cane-sourced bottles Company has replaced petroleum-based PE bottles with Green PE, blended with PCR
8 January 20157 January 2015 NNFCC’s Review of 2014: Our bioeconomy highlights and heroes Increasing number of biobased chemicals and join established producers on global stage
8 December 201415 February 2018 Effiziente Ressourcennutzung und optimierte Entsorgung mit Biokunststoffen Über 320 Teilnehmer bei 9. European Bioplastics Konferenz in Brüssel
Bioplastics – efficient in use of resources and waste management 9th European Bioplastics Conference connects more than 320 participants in Brussels
22 October 201421 October 2014 Tetra Pak: Erste Verpackung aus 100 Prozent nachwachsenden Rohstoffen Neue Tetra Rex-Verpackung wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit Braskem entwickelt und ist ab Frühjahr 2015 im Handel
20 October 201417 October 2014 Tetra Pak launches industry’s first package made entirely from plant based, renewable packaging materials Environment excellence: Tetra Rex® carton will be commercially available in early 2015
15 September 201411 September 2014 Braskem joins Amyris and Michelin to accelerate the industrialization and commercialization of renewable isoprene Partnership aims to develop and produce renewable isoprene for production of tire and other rubber applications
11 August 20148 August 2014 Route 6,6: Is bio-based the new highway to the old nylon? If you get hip to this nylon tip, and take a California trip, you’ll get a kick from Genomatica’s new route to 6,6
7 August 20146 August 2014 Genomatica confirms nylon intermediates as third set of bio-based processes under development Builds on extensive intellectual property and early results
6 August 20145 August 2014 PE suppliers go after oxo-biodegradable technology in Mexico Parliament had been asked to comment on a proposal by the commission to ban or tax free-issue shopper bags in the EU
12 June 201411 June 2014 Braskem opens new R&D center focused on renewables Braskem plans to invest 200 million real ($88.9 million) company-wide in research and innovation projects this year, on par with its investments from 2013
19 May 201416 May 2014 The packaging industry becomes bio-based Tetra Pak: “All of the packages we produce in Brazil are now bio-based”
16 May 201415 May 2014 Braskem publishes the Life Cycle Assessment of its Green Plastic With a negative carbon footprint from cradle to gate, the study substantiates the biopolymer's potential to mitigate the impacts of global warming