Bioplastics 
The first commercial scale plant to produce the long-awaited Mirel bioplastics resin has opened in Clinton, and expects to begin shipping its corn sugar-based polyhydroxyalkanoate resin sometime next month
11 March 2010
Biome Bioplastics, formerly the bioplastics division of Stanelco, claims its new BiomeHT 90 has higher temperature capabilities than other bioplastic products on the market
24 February 2010
The Australian bioplastics company says Klöckner Pentaplast Group is to distribute its rigid packaging films in the Americas.
18 February 2010
Europe is edging closer to a standard covering determination and verification of renewable content in bioplastics, but communicating with consumers will be a more difficult task
12 February 2010
Germany-based chemical firm Ter Hell has signed a deal with Sweden’s Add-X Biotech to distribute AddiFlex, an additive system solution that makes standard plastics oxo-biodegradable
12 February 2010
Amcor Flexibles has further extended its Amcor NaturePlus range of compostable packaging films with a new high performance laminate - TDH5 - which it claims can provide an alternative to aluminium foil and metallised PET laminate structures in applications such as fresh coffee packs
12 February 2010
The market for bioplastics is defying the economic downturn as brand owners worldwide continue to invest in the technology, says Andy Sweetman, chairman of the European Bioplastics board
9 February 2010
European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR) has published a report in which it warns of the potential harm oxo-degradables and biodegradable plastics may present to established recovery streams
2 February 2010
The two companies have established a five year research partnership that aims to develop volume PP production technologies based on sugar cane feedstocks
15 December 2009
Novomer will work with Eastman Kodak on the second phase of a project to commercialize plastics made, in part, from renewable feedstocks such as carbon dioxide
15 December 2009
Italian bioplastics manufacturer Novament says it has increased the content of renewable raw materials of its new second generation Mater-Bi polymer
30 November 2009
Packaging giant Tetra Pak has announced a pilot scheme to manufacture plastic caps and closures using renewable HDPE from Braskem
25 November 2009
BASF has added another biodegradable plastic to its Ecovio product line, Ecovio FS, which is available in two grade: FS Paper for coating paper, and FS Shrink Film for packaged goods
24 November 2009
South Korean researchers claim to have developed a genetically-modified bacteria capable of fermenting PLA polymer in a single-step, promising greatly simplified production processing and economics
23 November 2009
Taiwan's government has moved to require that disposable packaging produced from PLA bioplastic is recycled and wants to see infrastructure in place to do this by March 2010
23 November 2009
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