plastic biodegradation News
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Oxo-biodegradable plastics industry under fire
European Bioplastics’s wish to distance itself from the oxo-biodegradable plastics industry has sparked criticism from some in the oxo-biodegradable industry. In a position paper launched on 22 July, the oxo-biodegradable industry - according to trade association European Bioplastics - has failed to live up to international standards that substantiate the industry’s claims on biodegradation and ...
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Plastics industry trade association releases report simplifying bioplastics
On April 1, 2016, The Plastics Industry Trade Association's SPI Bioplastics Division released a new report explaining and defining bioplastics. The report, Bioplastics Simplified: Attributes of Biobased and Biodegradable Products, educates consumers on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Green Guides), and what this means in terms of ...
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New ASTM International standard Biodegradability of Plastics in the Sea
Laboratories will soon be able to use a new ASTM International standard to test and better understand biodegradability of plastics in marine environments. The new standard (soon to be published as D7991, Test Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastics Buried in Sandy Marine Sediment Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions) provides ways to simulate how plastics degrade in ...
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Biodegradable Plastic, Bioplastic, Compostable Plastic- What ?
A lot of terminolgy has been floating around these days- Biodegradable Plastic, Bioplastic, Compostable Plastic- what does it all mean? Let's start with Compostable Plastic. This is a plastic that undergoes biological degradation when it is composting that yields carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic compounds that leaves no visual distinguishable or toxic residues. You may be familiar with ASTM ...
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Visitors witnessed fair growth and see the show as an effective sourcing platform for eco products and technologies
Visitors also witnessed the growth of the fair. Ms Philine Bracht, Visiting Associate Professor, School of Design of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University said, “This is my fourth time to visit Eco Expo Asia, and each year the fair has grown bigger and more professional. On display is a good range of products and technologies, some of which are useful for my industrial design project.” Another ...
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Bio-Tec Granted Patent in U.S.
Bio-Tec Environmental, LLC has been granted U.S. Patent 8,222,316 directed to a method of creating a layered polymeric plastic or composite. Foreign equivalent patents have also issued. Products that combine the patented method with Bio-Tec Environmental's patent pending formulations are under development. Bio-Tec Environmental has received a US notice of allowance for an admixture that when ...
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EUBP welcomes world’s first Plastics Strategy in Europe
But European Commission misses chance to fully embrace circular benefits of bio-based plastics and biodegradable plastics Berlin, 17 January 2018 – The European Strategy for Plastics, published on Tuesday by the European Commission, sets clear goals to curb plastic waste, increase resource efficiency, and to create value and job growth in Europe, but falls short on presenting a ...
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EcoSafe Explained: Is BC Banning Compostable Film Products
British Columbia’s Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation The BC Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation provides a framework to phase out certain single-use plastic items, as well as address waste and pollution in BC. This initiative is intended to complement the federal government’s Single-Use Plastics Regulation. This regulation in British Columbia affects ...
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Biodegradable Additive from BioSphere Plastic
Biodegradable Additive produced by BioSphere has been tested to increase the biodegradation of regular synthetic polymers. The additives which are proprietary to BioSphere are showing test results of 15-25% biodegradation of synthetic polymers within 30 days. biodegradable plastic company BioSphere has tested their product within polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene and PET to enhance the ...
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Ban on plastic bags broadened in San Francisco
San Francisco’s unique plastic bag ban has been extended to include pharmacies operating five or more locations in the city, according to NBC. The ordinance went into effect in November, first banning grocery stores from giving customers non-biodegradable plastic bags. The stores must use recyclable paper bags, reusable bags, or bio-plastic bags made of corn or potato starch. Now the ban also ...
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Producing environmentally friendly biodegradable plastics from vegetable waste
Using vegetable waste to produce bioplastics can provide sustainable alternatives to non-biodegradable plastic, new research has found. The biodegradable plastic developed for this study, produced using parsley and spinach stems, cocoa pod husks and rice hulls, have a range of mechanical properties comparable to conventional plastics which are used for products from carrier bags to kitchenware ...
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Single-use plastics directive fails to acknowledge potential of biodegradable plastics
Berlin, 20 December 2018 – The European institutions have reached an agreement on a directive to curb the use of a number of single-use plastic products in the EU, which aims to prevent and reduce marine litter of these products. European Bioplastics (EUBP) fully supports the transition from a linear to a ‘no-leakage’ circular and bio-based economy in Europe. “This ...
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Plants will be a `green` source of plastics, predict scientists
Scientists will be able to mass produce plant-based biodegradable plastic that completely degrade in landfill, new research suggests. Plants have been used to produce plastics for some time, with plastics made from plant starches and soy protein. However, scientists have recently genetically modified a plant, Arabidoposis thaliana, so that it produces an organic plastic that is similar to ...
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APR responds to biodegradable additive lawsuit decicsion
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers, the leading trade organization representing the plastics recycling industry in North America, urged caution today in response to a recent decision by an Administrative Law Judge regarding claims by a manufacturer of biodegradable additives and their use in the marketplace. (Note: On January 28, 2015, D. Michael Chappell, chief administrative law ...
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DOE Announces Funding for Plastics Recycling R&D
On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of over $27 million in funding for 12 projects supporting research and development (R&D) efforts toward advanced plastics recycling technologies and new recyclable plastics. These efforts are part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, which aims to improve existing recycling processes that break ...
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GIG Karasek part of Agrichemwhey Projects
AgriChemWhey will seek to build a first-of-a kind, industrial-scale bio-refinery which will take by-products from the dairy processing industry - excess whey permeate (WP) and delactosed whey permeate (DLP) - and convert them into cost competitive, sustainable lactic acid. This lactic acid can in turn be used to make value-added bio-based products for growing global markets, including ...
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GIG Karasek Part of AgriChemWhey Projects
AgriChemWhey will seek to build a first-of-a kind, industrial-scale bio-refinery which will take by-products from the dairy processing industry – excess whey permeate (WP) and delactosed whey permeate (DLP) – and convert them into cost competitive, sustainable lactic acid. This lactic acid can in turn be used to make value-added bio-based products for growing global markets, including ...
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GIG Karasek part of Agrichemwhey Projects
AgriChemWhey will seek to build a first-of-a kind, industrial-scale bio-refinery which will take by-products from the dairy processing industry - excess whey permeate (WP) and delactosed whey permeate (DLP) - and convert them into cost competitive, sustainable lactic acid. This lactic acid can in turn be used to make value-added bio-based products for growing global markets, including ...
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Project - AgriChemWhey
AgriChemWhey will seek to build a first-of-a kind, industrial-scale bio-refinery which will take by-products from the dairy processing industry – excess whey permeate (WP) and delactosed whey permeate (DLP) – and convert them into cost competitive, sustainable lactic acid. This lactic acid can in turn be used to make value-added bio-based products for growing global markets, including ...
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PET Recycling: 360° program
Instead of throwing plastic away and polluting our land and water, we can optimise the lifespan of plastics by recycling and reusing them. Plastic recycling refers to the process of recovering waste or scrap plastic and reprocesses it into useful products. Since plastic is non-biodegradable, it is essential to recycle it as part of the global efforts to reducing plastic and other solid waste ...
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