Tag: bio-based plastic
Chilean company create water soluble plastic bag
Roberto Astete and Cristian Olivares, two researchers from Chile, are the masterminds behind a new biodegradable plastic bag. They discovered the formula while experimenting...
Starch can replace normal plastic in food packaging
Eventually, all petroleum-based material in food packaging will have to be replaced with a bio-based material. Research done at Karlstad University shows that a...
Plastics with a built-in self-destruct mechanism
Chemists in search of their Holy Grail: a plastic designed to die
Plastics were designed to last as long as possible, but they’re now blamed...
A super green fuel for fuel cells
Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap by-product from paper manufacture...
Plastics Industry Association releases bioplastics report
Consumer survey points to increased understanding and support for bioplastics, association says.
The Plastics Industry Association, Washington, has released a Plastics Market Watch report titled “Watching:...
Israeli firm says it can turn garbage into bio-based plastic
KIBBUTZ ZEELIM, Israel — Hawks, vultures, and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat....
Ford Goes Greener for Plastics
focus Sustainability and Recycling Summit) the automaker and the ketchup maker are working together on finding the ways and means to use the skins...
