Bioplastics 
The Netherlands-based lactides specialist Purac has joined a research team that hopes to produce lactide feedstocks from paper and pulp industry waste.
12 July 2010
A new PLA moulding compound, used in Panasonic electronics devices, is made from 80% plant-based renewable feedstock
7 July 2010
Ford Motor will use a soybean urethane foam blend in the seats for the next generation of its Explorer sport utility vehicle, which hits the roads later this year, and claims it will use soy in “nearly 100%” of its vehicle fleet by the end of 2010
24 June 2010
The bioplastics industry in Europe is optimistic about the future, as almost half recorded growth in turnover in 2009 despite the recession, according to the European Bioplastics Association
22 June 2010
Bio-based polymers have made some modest in-roads into film and packaging applications but the more demanding property set required for injection moulded parts has presented a tougher challenge. That situation is now changing as new additive and blending technologies come to the market
22 June 2010
Bayer MaterialScience will build a pilot "Dream Production" plant at Leverkusen within the three year project to explore production of plastics from CO2 captured from power station flue gas.
10 June 2010
A study by the US-based Sustainable Packaging Coalition finds composters want better labelling to address contamination issues and to reduce “green-washing” claims.
10 June 2010
Telles says its Mirel bioplastics has gained food contact approval in the US but European approval could still be a long way off.
18 May 2010
A ruling of non-infringement against Sphere and Biotec by the French courts marks a set-back in Novamont’s efforts to enforce its bioplastics patents
5 May 2010
The bioplastics movement continues to roll ahead, with DuPont and Tate & Lyle announcing a 35% capacity increase at their Bio-PDO resin plant in Tennessee, the US, by the middle of 2011
5 May 2010
French chemical company Arkema is working with Toyoba, a Japan-based producer of speciality polyamides, on creating a new generation of high temperature resins made from renewable resources. The polyamides are designed for metal replacement applications such as electronics and automotive
5 May 2010
The two researcher’s behind Tecnaro’s Arboform “liquid wood” bioplastic were among the winners of the European Patent Office’s European Inventor Award, presented in Madrid this week
30 April 2010
Fujitsu is using biodegradable plastics for two parts of its KBPC PX ECO computer keyboard. Germany-based Amper Plastik R. Dittrich, which is supplying mouldings for the project, says the keyboard is the “world’s first ecological keyboard"
21 April 2010
BOPP film producer Taghleef is moving into the bioplastics market with a new range of film, based on NatureWork’s Ingeo polymers. The company is looking to provide the market with transparent films from 20µm to 50µm, as well as metallised and white films
20 April 2010
Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem says it is considering building a second plant to manufacture polyethyelene from renewable resources
30 March 2010
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