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21 July 202116 July 2021

Blue Circle Packaging – new label for biodegradable products

ALPLA will offer its customers packaging solutions that are all biodegradable and thereby contribute to sustainability

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19 July 202114 July 2021

Roquette Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for Biosuccinium

Third-party verification for a product's biobased content is administered through the USDA BioPreferred Program

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16 July 202112 July 2021

Winning the battle of strawberry preservation

Films made of shellfish shells, essential oils, and nanoparticles protect fruit from microbes

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15 July 20219 September 2021

Global Consumer Brands Unveil World’s First Enzymatically Recycled Bottles

Food grade sample bottles produced by Consortium – including Carbios, L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe – using breakthrough enzymatic recycling process

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Recycling: Flaschen aus enzymatisch recyceltem PET vorgestellt

Carbios forscht seit fast 10 Jahren an neuem Verfahren, welches ein in Komposthaufen natürlich vorkommendes Enzym verstärkt, das normalerweise die Blattmembranen abgestorbener Pflanzen abbaut

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14 July 202114 July 2021

Total Corbion is the first company to launch commercial scale Lactic Acid to PLA capability in Europe

The new plant, due to be operational in 2024, will be the first of its kind in Europe

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Researchers create new polymer film from plant protein

New paper is the culmination of more than 10 years’ research into understanding how nature generates materials from proteins

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13 July 20218 July 2021

Horizn Studios launches the world’s most sustainable luxury luggage realized with 100% plant-based materials and designed to be repaired

Made in Europe, this eco-innovation is 100% plant-based and biodegradable, and its design mission is built on the fundamentals of circularity: to repair, and never replace

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8 July 20219 September 2021

Plastipak’s Clean Tech and BioteCH4 form Unique Partnership to Power Recycling Operation

With this new partnership, the electricity generated through the CHP process at BioteCH4 is connected directly to Clean Tech to power the recycling process

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The First Cosmetic Bottle Derived From Enzymatic Plastic Recycling

The first cosmetic bottle made from plastic entirely recycled using Carbios’ enzymatic technology

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2 July 202129 June 2021

Fabbri group nabs BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award 2021

Italian company was recognized for the development of its Nature Fresh film: the world’s first bioplastic compostable cling film for automatic food packaging

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30 June 20219 September 2021

The world’s first ‘infinite’ plastic

The way we normally recycle plastics is a downward spiral of waste and degraded materials, but there is another option – turning plastic back into the oil it was made from

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29 June 202125 June 2021

Clariter recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the 2021 technology innovation leader for Excellence in best practices

In 2021 Clariter excelled in all of the criteria in its commitment to innovation and creativity, commercial success, application diversity, and customer acquisition, as well as in the growth potential space

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28 June 202123 June 2021

TotalEnergies, MPG Manifattura Plastica S.p.A. and Froneri launch bio-based ice cream cups made from Certified Renewable PP

New polypropylene produced from bio-based naphtha offers virgin-like performances with a reduced carbon footprint and is fully recyclable

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25 June 202122 June 2021

Agricultural films, packaging films or garbage bags – Hof University of Applied Sciences makes wood residues usable

With the help of electron irradiation researchers converted residual materials from the paper industry to biodegradable bioplastics

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24 June 20219 September 2021

Kao Aims for Material Recycling of Plastic Bottles for Cosmetics, Begins Using Chemically Recycled PET Material

Joint cooperation with PET Refine Technology to produce chemically recycled PET - achieving material recycling from bottle container to bottle container

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23 June 20219 September 2021

Brightmark to Build World’s Largest Advanced Plastics Recycling and Renewal Facility in Macon, GA

New state-of-the-art plant will sustainably recycle and convert all types of plastic waste into fully circular products

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22 June 202118 June 2021

No more plastic wrap? Students create novel biobased packaging for cucumbers

A dip in the biobased liquid gives cucumbers a protective film. Innovative idea will be presented in the international BioDesign Challenge competition

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21 June 202116 June 2021

Could a natural material replace plastic?

Overcoming obstacles for the bioplastics industry

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17 June 20219 September 2021

Nestlé develops two new packaging innovations for Vittel® natural mineral water bottles

New Hybrid bottle drastically reduces plastic and combines 100% recyclable components with patent-pending snap-apart design to facilitate recycling sorting

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Die Neuinterpretation der Wasserflasche: Jabil Packaging Solutions bringt VITTEL®-Hybridflasche auf den Markt

Neue Hybridflasche reduziert den Kunststoffanteil drastisch und enthält 100% recycelbare Komponenten sowie ein zum Patent angemeldetes Snap-Apart-Design, das die Sortierung beim Recycling erleichtert

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Greiner Packaging produces first cup prototypes made of Bornewables™

A portfolio of premium polyolefins designed for circularity by Borealis

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16 June 202116 June 2021

Lactips is innovating for sustainable packaging

Industrial and commercial partnership with Plastiques Venthenat to replace polluting plastics for consumer and commercial use

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14 June 202116 June 2021

SABIC certified renewable polymers used in new more sustainable Delizio coffee capsules

Delica AG has launched the new more sustainable coffee capsule for use in it proprietary Delizio capsule machines

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RWDC Industries Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Thomas Aebischer brings 18 years of public and private company CFO experience and proven leadership track record to RWDC

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11 June 20219 September 2021

EC Commission stands firm: PHA is a non-natural polymer

GO!PHA: It is disappointing to see that the 2019 impact assessment did not consider polyhydroxyalkanoates and the benefits it can bring to the stakeholders

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Coca Cola signs on as global implementation partner for The Ocean Cleanup river project

The partnership will implement cleanup systems, including the Dutch nonprofit’s solar-powered Interceptor, in 15 rivers by the end of 2022

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10 June 202116 June 2021

US breakthrough for sustainable packaging company PulPac

The US patent office granted a patent that states Dry Molded Fiber is invented and duly owned by PulPac

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9 June 20219 September 2021

Avantium awarded €1.78 million in total from EU grants for the development of electrochemical processes and CO2-based polymers

Company is currently working on scaling up the Volta Technology in pre-pilot units that will be demonstrated at industrial sites in 2021

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7 June 202116 June 2021

DuPont and Regina announce breakthrough technology

Regina will now adopt the new Delrin Renewable Attributed resin portfolio for its applications

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Woodly Ltd. has raised EUR 3 million in growth funding

An exceptional approach to solving the plastic problem convinced both investors and customers

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Stora Enso and Pulpex partner to produce fiber-based bottles on industrial scale

The exclusive partnership leverages Stora Enso’s formed fiber technologies and ability to convert end-products at an industrial scale

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Grass replaces plastic in take-away food packaging

Grass fibres can replace plastic as a 100% biodegradable and disposable material for packaging for take-away food

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2 June 202116 June 2021

INEOS and LACTEL partner to produce the world’s first HDPE Milk Bottles from advanced recycling

LACTEL is the first dairy brand to explore a solution for UHT milk bottles produced with circular polyethylene, derived from post-consumer recycled material

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1 June 20219 September 2021

Berry Global Announces Agreement With Borealis for the Supply of Circular Polyolefins

This announcement allows Berry to further support customers with unmatched access to circular polyolefins

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A kind of magic – Cosmetics packaging without microplastic pollution

World's first jars for water-based cosmetics that biodegrade without leaving permanent microplastics

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31 May 202116 June 2021

EarthFirst Films by PSI Produces First PHA Home Compostable Packaging Film

The new film is designed for a wide range of applications across food, beverage, retail, quick service, stadium foodservice, and many other consumer packaged goods

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27 May 202116 June 2021

Cove & RWDC Industries sign exclusive agreement for over 350 million pounds of PHA

RWDC will supply its proprietary PHA – a sustainably sourced, naturally occurring biopolymer – to produce Cove’s water bottles

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Danimer Scientific Receives Innovation Research Grant to Support Biodegradable Plastic Solutions

Project to be conducted with University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative to investigate pennycress oil in production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biodegradable plastic alternative

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25 May 202116 June 2021

Sanner BioBase®: Sanner expands portfolio of bio-based plastic packaging

The Sanner BioBase^® effervescent tablet packaging is now available in four tube lengths and with five closure options

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21 May 202116 June 2021

TerraVerdae Bioworks Inc. releases new bioplastic product line for blown/cast films, injection moulding and thermoforming

Major milestone in TerraVerdae’s extensive development effort to produce plastic resins that are not just biobased and biodegradable

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Paraexcel – Fighting post-harvest loss with edible coatings

The start-up uses only organic raw materials and organic wastes for their innovation named “Phytorbit”

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Vietnam to need 80,000 tonnes of biodegradable plastics annually by 2025

Several shopping chains have cut already their use of single-use plastic bags and replaced them with other environmentally-friendly packaging

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New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable

New discovery of University of California research found unlocked enzymes to destroy the structure  

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20 May 20219 September 2021

Winners of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2021”: A chair made from hemp fibres and bio-resin, PET bottles made from enzymatically recycled textile waste and CO2-based household cleaners

The new concept of the Renewable Materials Conference generated an outstanding response: 420 participants witnessed a firework of innovations of non-fossil material solutions and voted for the winners of the innovation award

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18 May 202113 September 2021

Bioactive paper coatings to replace plastic for packaging foods

Fraunhofer-researchers have developed an eco-friendly coating for paper packaging that is either saving plastics, but also extends the coating of plant-based proteins and waxes as it extends the shelf life of food

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12 May 20219 September 2021

Mura Announces Partnership with Dow Chemicals

The new partnership will support the rapid scaling of Mura’s new HydroPRS™ process to prevent millions of tonnes of plastic and carbon

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11 May 202118 June 2021

Launched: New book celebrating innovation and creativity in eco-design

The 160-page book features Award-winning projects in double-page spreads, along with interviews with the designers

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A ‘radically sustainable’ partnership

Berlin-based brand i+m chose Sulapac^® Nordic Collection by Quadpack for the new member of its natural cosmetics series

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10 May 202118 June 2021

New contract awarded by Total Corbion PLA to design a biopolymer plant in France

Joint venture between Total and Corbion, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design for their 100,000 tons per annum Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits