Novomer demonstrates feasibility of its PHA polymerisation process

Shake Shack has announced plans to trial the use of sustainable, biodegradable straws and utensils at its existing locations in West Hollywood and Long Beach in California, Madison Square Park and West Village in New York and Miami Beach in Florida, as well as at a new Shake Shack location in Santa Monica when it opens later in spring.

Single-portion packaging is nothing new. So why are V-Shapes creating a stir?

Distinguishing between PA6 and PA66 has just become considerably less complicated with a new technology developed by Ludwigshafen, Germany-based trinamiX, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF.

A new collaboration agreement between three companies - Repsol, Jokey Group and Cantero de Letur - will see the first use of recycled plastic packing in the organic dairy industry in Spain.

Bio-on, the Italian PHA manufacturer that made headlines in July 2019 when it was accused by U.S. hedge fund Quintessential Capital Management of being a ‘Parmalat in Bologna’, is for sale.

Two years ago, UK-based Goplasticpallets.com – The Responsible Plastic Pallet Company announced its commitment to recycling every plastic pallet and plastic box it supplies to customers at the end of the container's useful life.

Post-consumer polyethylene waste is being used by Novoloop to make a thermoplastic polyurethane.

Biochemicals company Circa Group AS has successfully raised NOK 575 million in gross proceeds - approximately EUR 56 million - through a private placement of 34,300,000 new shares at a subscription price per share of NOK 16.75, equivalent to a pre-money equity value of the company of NOK 1,500 million.

German polymer manufacturer Covestro and Brazilian footwear manufacturer Calçados Beira Rio are working on a range of concept shoes designed to offer a more sustainable footwear solution.

A group of 18 European players in the EPS value chain - raw materials producers, packaging manufacturers and recyclers - have thrown themselves behind an initiative aimed at rehabilitating the reputation of expanded polystyrene, or EPS.