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
12 March 202111 March 2021 PHA: As green as it get The versatility of the PHA family accommodates a wide range of market applications, due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability and green credentials
10 March 20219 March 2021 PHA maker Bio-On’s assets up for auction A court in Italy has set an auction date for May 5 with a minimum bid of $114.5 million
25 January 202120 January 2021 Yield10 Bioscience Announces Achievement of Proof-of-Concept Milestone for Producing PHA Bioplastic in Field Grown Camelina Plants PHA in seed as a co-product with oil and protein meal has the potential to enable production of PHA bioplastics on an agricultural scale
19 January 202116 January 2021 Grand Challenges for Industrializing Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) Next-generation industrial biotechnology is expected to reduce the bioproduction cost and process complexity, leading to successful commercial production of PHAs
19 October 202017 October 2020 Dunkin’ Tests Biodegradable Straws at Select Stores Across the U.S. About 250 Dunkin’ restaurants in select markets throughout the U.S. have begun testing a new biodegradable straw
2 September 202028 August 2020 GO!PHA proudly looks back at the first year and looks forward to what is coming GO!PHA publishes first annual report to inform our members and wider public about our past, current and future activities
12 June 202012 June 2020 GO!PHA #7 – What about recycling of PHA-polymers? White paper shows that PHAs meet the needs of all known end-of-life options
4 March 20202 March 2020 USDA Rural Development, BioPreferred Program and more: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA’s Bioproducts to Market Efforts Check out William Orts, Research Leader of Bioproducts at USDA, presentation from ABLC NEXT in San Francisco
28 October 201929 October 2019 The tussle in Brussels: is PHA a naturally occurring polymer? Or a plastic? As the discussion about PHA becomes increasingly urgent, interest in the material has grown
17 October 201914 October 2019 PHA aus dem Berliner Bioreaktor – Biologisch abbaubarer Biokunststoff aus Abfallfetten Sogenannte Knallgasbakterien sollen künftig den biologisch abbaubaren Kunststoff PHA produzieren – für unter 2 Euro pro Kilogramm
23 September 201918 September 2019 PHA straws will hit the market later this year USA-based WinCup is the first manufacturer in the U.S. to successfully produce commercially sellable straws from Danimer Scientific's Nodax PHA
17 September 201912 September 2019 PHA: A biopolymer whose time has finally come Amid the growing plastic waste crisis, producers of polyhydroxyalkanoate think the world is ready for their biodegradable polymers
18 September 201824 September 2018 Quo vadis PHAs? Plastics politics, in particular, will decide their future Congress report on the “1st PHA platform World Congress”, 04-05 September in Cologne, Germany. Author: Michael Carus, CEO nova-Institute
2 March 201823 February 2018 PHAs Bioplastic in Parma, the construction of the industrial plant starts The choice of the San Quirico (PR) production site will guarantee the bioplastics project to benefit from synergies and common services with the sugar factory
10 January 201822 December 2017 Kartell enters Bio-on to help develop new technologies Strategic and industrial operation aims to accelerate development of Bio-on technologies and gain a leadership position in the new frontier of organic electronics
28 July 201724 July 2017 Start-up turns food waste into PHA plastics New funding will allow a California company to expand production of bioplastic derived from organic waste with an eye toward proving commercial viability
28 July 20165 August 2016 Metabolix rejects Cellulac merger proposal Metabolix Announces New Strategic Direction - Cellulac formally requests shareholders to consider merger proposal
16 March 201617 March 2016 Get in touch with the whole value chain of the PHA platform One of the most important and well established meeting points for the European Bio-based Economy
18 January 2016 Programme of the 9th International Conference on Bio-based Materials (5 – 6 April 2016, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany) almost finalized! Highlights of the worldwide bioeconomy: Policy and Markets – Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Biorefineries and Industrial Biotechnology
12 January 201611 January 2016 World first facility for producing bioplastic from biodiesel co-product glycerol, to be realised in Italy Industrial licence granted
11 January 20168 January 2016 Bioplastic created for the toys of the future, safe and eco-sustainable, child-friendly and environmentally sound Bio-on Minerv PHA Supertoys project has no commercial goal and aims
1 December 201530 November 2015 Waste, repackaged Three resourceful companies are changing the rhetoric on waste by reimagining it as feedstock for innovative bio-based packaging materials
Metabolix Announces Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results Company ramping up pilot production to run at nameplate capacity for 2016, expecting to sell a significant portion of the amorphous PHA (a-PHA) material
29 October 201526 October 2015 World first – PHA from sewage sludge On October 22, 2015, at Oerlemans Plastics in Genderen, the Netherlands, three water authorities and partners proudly displayed a world first: a kilo of PHA produced by sewage bacteria
28 October 201526 October 2015 Vinyltec 2015: PHA Biopolymers as Multifunctional Performance Additives for PVC and Wood Polymer Composites Metabolx highlights many facets of using our PHA as an additive in PVC and in PVC-wood polymer composites
21 October 201520 October 2015 TerraVerdae Makes Major Strides in Commercializing its Line of PHA Biomaterial Products Major milestones in scale up at facilities in Edmonton, Alberta and Wilton, UK this summer demonstrateTerraVerdae's progress toward commercial deployment
Metabolix to Present New Findings on Multifunctional Benefits of PHA Biopolymers in PVC Applications Vinyltec 2015 Presentation Identifies Significant Performance and Economic Benefits of PHA Biopolymers as Additives for PVC
18 September 201516 September 2015 First Brazil-based facility to be realised for producing PHAs bioplastic from sugar cane co-products Granted the second industrial license
16 September 201513 September 2015 Yesterday’s promising ‘green’ materials: Where are they now? A “Then & Now” comparison of sustainable packaging materials for thermoforming applications demonstrates the shift from an interest in biodegradation to an emphasis on performance
4 September 20157 September 2015 Bio-on and University of Hawaii to study how to produce bioplastic from wood and household waste Bio-on invests $1.4 million in wood-to-PHA project
3 September 20152 September 2015 Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials for Hundreds of Products Developing technologies to produce commercial scale quantities of biomaterial products is a milestone for each company
28 August 201526 August 2015 TerraVerdae Achieves Commercial Pilot-Scale Production for PHA Biomaterials Develops commercially viable production process supported by Innovate UK grant
Quo vadis PHAs? Plastics politics, in particular, will decide their future
