Bio-based Material Mushrooms into EPS Alternative
Mushroom Materials, a New Zealand-based startup, is seeking to upend the expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam market with an innovative...
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Apr 182 min
Ukrainian Cardboard Drones Are Playing Havoc in Russian Territory
Ukraine is using the Australian-made Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) to destroy Russian aircraft behind enemy lines. The...
Mar 152 min
Plastic Chemicals Report: >90% of Quantity Cited Probably Used in Non-Plastics Applications
The latest fearmongering report about plastics is out and it's a whopper! The PlastChem report runs to 181 pages and comes with a...
Feb 93 min
Lignin-reinforced PLA Imparts Antioxidant Effect with Controlled Biodegradability
KraussMaffei Extrusion has tied up with a Polish partner to develop a bio-based injection molding compound with enhanced mechanical...
Jan 162 min
Plastics added $250 billion to U.S. health costs in 2018?
In 2018 global plastics production was valued at $712 billion according to Statistica. Let's conservatively assume that the U.S....
Oct 2, 20232 min
World’s First Injection Molding Machine for Fiber-based Products Debuts
Pulpac, developer of a process for molding dry fibers derived from pulp into packaging and disposable applications such as hot and cold...
Apr 25, 20232 min
Nano Cellulose Filament Plant On Stream in Canada
Resolute Forest Products Inc. has inaugurated its new commercial-scale plant for the production of cellulose filaments at its Kénogami...
Mar 23, 20231 min
Injection-moldable Cellulose Cross-linked Polymer Features in Korea
Last week MLT Analytics visited the Koplas Show in Seoul, Korea, where came across an injection-moldable wood composite dubbed CPX, or...
Mar 6, 20232 min
Unpacking the Complexity of Designing Paper Packaging
The headline cited verbatim here is from a blog posting by leading global electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider Jabil authored...
Jan 4, 20232 min
Bio-based Polyolefin Market Set for Stellar Growth Over Next Decade
· Polymer producer sustainability targets coupled with brand owner and consumer preferences will drive increased consumption of...
Oct 4, 20221 min
McDonald's Japan Dispenses with Plastic Cutlery
McDonald's Japan will adopt paper straws and wooden utensils at all locations starting October 7, a move that the fast-food chain expects...
Aug 3, 20222 min
Recyclable Paper Packaging Gives Window to Premium Pasta
We don’t always agree with claims about the superiority, recyclability and reduced environmental burden of paper-based packaging...
May 11, 20222 min
Plastics to the Rescue Again? Key Enablers in Paper-based Packaging Solution
So here we have it yet again! Plastics come to the rescue of “environmentally-friendly” paper-based packaging solutions, delivering...
May 6, 20222 min
Bio-polyolefin Market Set to Grow as Fast as Sugar Cane
· Market leader Braskem is being joined by a multitude of new sources as suppliers, brand-owners and nations pursuing ...
Mar 15, 20221 min
My favorite cellulose
Cellulosic fibers are good for the environment so the saying goes. One supplier, Eastman, reports they are degradable in the ocean within...
Feb 7, 20221 min
Kaneka to Increase Biodegradable PHBH Production Capacity in Japan
Kaneka Corp. plans to add a 15,000-tonnes/year production facility got its Green Planet bio-based biodegradable polymer PHBH, a type of...
Jan 10, 20222 min
nova-Institute Set to Award Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2022 in February
Germany’s nova-Institute has selected six innovations in cellulose fiber, from cellulose made of orange and wood pulp to a novel...
Nov 5, 20212 min
Paper-based Pallet Stretch Wrap Shows Lower Climate Impact than Plastic
An independent life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing paper pallet wrapping innovation, with conventional LLDPE-based stretch film...
Oct 28, 20212 min
Is biodegradable plastic best chemically-recycled?
Users of polylactic acid (PLA) biodegradable plastics now have one more option when it comes to recycling. Biodegradable plastics were...
Oct 28, 20213 min
Plastics is the new coal? Really?
An interesting report from Beyond Plastics appeared on our computer screens recently espousing plastics as the new coal in terms of...
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