Origin Materials, Inc., a self-described carbon-negative materials company headquartered in West-Sacramento, California, and Packaging Matters, a manufacturer of packaging solutions have announced plans to develop a new type of packaging based on the next-generation polymer, polyethylene furanoate.
Amsterdam-headquartered renewable chemistry company Avantium N.V. has developed proprietary technology to produce the plant-based glycols plantMEG and plantMPG, both of which have now been produced at its demonstration plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.
Chinaplas 2021 opened today as an in-person event in Shenzhen, PR China. This 34th edition of the country’s most important plastics and rubber trade fair runs through 16 April.
Finnish companies Teknos, a leading coatings supplier and Brightplus, a biosourced materials company have joined together in a collaborative effort to develop new bio-based and biodegradable solutions for food packaging and serviceware.
Specialist PET recycler, Enviroo has received approval from the planning commission to build its first plastic recycling facility in the UK.
LyondellBasell Industries has today officially launched Circulen, a group of materials that officials said will allow brand owners to improve the sustainability of consumer products.
A new report from a shareholder advocacy group says that with consumer brand companies cutting back on virgin plastics, and concerns rising over climate change, financial institutions should be worried about overinvestment in petrochemicals.
Spanish polymer research centre Aimplas has reported on the progress of an ongoing European project, which is aimed at the development of sustainable solutions for the automotive and food packaging industries, which it is coordinating.
At the recent inaugural virtual Global Research Innovation in Plastics Sustainability conference, Physical Chemistry Professor Tony Ryan, OBE, from the University of Sheffield, offered an alternative take on the practice of landfilling.
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