In the article, “Biobased Testing for Renewable Plastics,” co-written by Beta Analytic Marketing Manager Haley Gershon and Maite Lazo of Braskem’s Circular Economy & Sustainability Marketing Europe & Asia, the use of Carbon-14 analysis to validate the biomass content of certain products is ...
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...
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 bioba...
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...
LG Chem Ltd is Korea’s largest diversified chemical company that operates four main business units: Petrochemicals, Energy Solution, Advanced Materials, Life Sciences. The chemical business manufactures a wide range of products, from petrochemical goods to high-value-added plastics. ...
In recent years, bio-based and compostable plastics have seen a rise in both global consciousness and industrial production. In 2021, the growth of bio-based and biodegradable plastics was estimated to increase by a factor of three times from 2.4 to 7.5 million tons produced annually [1]. Add...
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particularly the plastics industry as well as the biofuel industry. These changes will be based on the principles of sustainability, eco-efficiency, industrial ecology, and green chemistry and engineering. In keeping with the growth of knowledge in this field, there is a strong need for a forum...
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, ...