Non biological degradation materials: Degradation of plastics, rubber, fibers, adhesives, additives, etc; Buyer Analysis Visitors from the bio based and degradation industries will be present at the exhibition: material manufacturers, equipment suppliers, investors, packaging industry (food, beverage, cate...
Let’s look at some industry definitions. According to the SPI Bioplastics Council: (Plastics Industry Trade Association Glossary) Bioplastics: plastic that is biodegradable, has biobased content, or both. Biodegradable Plastic: a plastic that undergoes biodegradation (a process in which the degradation...
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies globally, in partnership withFinland-based energy company Neste recently announced a world-first in the biobased polymer industry, jointly announcing the first parallel production of biobased polypropylene and biob...
Cobalt Technologies and process development firm American Process will build a demonstration-scale n-butyl alcohol plant in Alpena, Michigan. Genomatica has joined with the Italian plastics maker Mossi & Ghisolfi to make 1,4-butanediol in Italy.MCCOYMICHAELChemical & Engineering News...
Due to environmental concerns, the global community is opting for biomass-derived plastics instead of conventional plastics. Data shows a 36% growth in the upcoming years for the bioplastics industry, which is a good indication for companies to choose bio-based plastics to reduce their carbon foot...
Although plastic brings us many conveniences in life, it also brings the problem of plastic waste, which is one of the biggest impacts brought by mankind on the environment. Different types of plastics take different lengths of time to decompose in the natural environment. PE plastic bags decompo...
Many consumers want more biodegradable plastics because we already have so much non-biodegradable plastics polluting our lands and oceans. We want to see plastic that you can throw into your green waste bin where it can be composted with your food waste. I appreciate that this concept is ideali...
Our customers depend on the high performance and reliability of the plates used in their high-throughput processes. However, increased throughput results in a higher carbon footprint due to the use of single-use plates made from fossil-based plastics. There is now a growing demand for ...
(3-HP),which can be dehydrated into acrylic acid.The plant will use LG Ghem's fermentation process and separation technology from GS Caltex.3-HP can also be used to make biodegradable plastics,the companies say.In 2019,LG Chem announced a partnership with ADM to make acrylic acid from corn...
The economic, political and social demands for biobased chemicals, materials and energy are expected to radically transform the materials industries, particularly the plastics industry as well as the biofuel industry. These changes will be based on the principles of sustainability, eco-efficiency, ...