Sustainability 
EcoCradle is a novel bio-sourced material developed by US company Ecovative Design as a sustainable alternative to expanded polystyrene
23 January 2012
German materials companies Henkel and Tecnaro have co-operated to develop polyamide additives, based on renewable raw materials, designed to improve the performance of bioplastics
23 January 2012
The yoghurt maker has switched more than 50% of its German packaging to PLA and bio-HDPE, thereby winning the Bioplastics Award 2011
23 January 2012
BASF has announced a €1bn project to build a single-train 300,000 tpa production plant for TDI, used in polyurethane production, at its Ludwigshafen integrated complex (or Verbund) in Germany
17 January 2012
Bayer MaterialScience has developed a polyurethane-based composite technology for wind-turbine blades, which has been recognised by the US Department of Energy, the company said in a statement
13 December 2011
Bad news for PVC packaging continues to mount as Hasbro plans to eliminate PVC from core product packaging beginning in 2013. The US-based firm has already begun to phase out PVC from some packaging
12 December 2011
The German Green Party has called for a punitive tax on plastic carrier bags in the country, which has drawn a fierce response from the German association of plastics packaging, IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen. The party should "listen to factual arguments", it said.
6 December 2011
Braskem has appointed FKuR as the exclusive distributor of Green PE in Europe. The two companies have already worked with each other and signed a compounding contract in September
29 November 2011
Representatives from the global plastics industry met in Dubai (16-17 November) to discuss the topic of marine litter and to formulate initiatives for tackling the issue
18 November 2011
Actimel, the UK-based producer of probiotic yoghurt drinks, is now using a plastic made out of 95% sugar cane from Braskem
1 November 2011
Pivovarinny Zavod Samko (Samko), a brewery in central Russia, is one of the first companies to supply beer in the new recyclable plastic kegs from Petainer
1 November 2011
An organisation involved with a University of Loughborough report into oxo-biodegradable materials has rejected claims that its conclusions were not supported by evidence
25 October 2011
Rhodia says the 12,000m² of photovoltaic panels on its Bell-Etoile facility in France are in now use
25 October 2011
Artenius PET Packaging Europe, Distrupol and Engel UK were among the winners at Friday’s glittering Plastics Industry Awards, which were held in the London Hilton on Park Lane.
17 October 2011
DuPont has dramatically shrunk its carbon footprint according to the firm’s 2011 Sustainability Progress Report. The company has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 75% – compared with 1990 figures – while at the same time slicing 6% of its energy usage despite increasing production by 40%
12 October 2011
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