European food packaging producer Flo has unveiled new industrial compostable coffee capsule, Gea, which was developed in partnership with functional biopolymers producer NatureWorks. Gea capsule contains Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA), which ...
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Spectra Packaging has designed new eco-friendly bottle for natural skin care brand Pure Lakes. The company used biopolymer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to produce the new tubular design bottle for Pure Lakes. The new bottles have ...
Italian intellectual property firm Bio-on has developed bioplastic material aimed at creating new sustainable and biodegradable food packaging materials in the future. Developed with a budget of €4m, the bioplastic will be featuring ...
A report from Smithers Pira expects global bioplastics for packaging industry to be worth $7.2bn, at an average rate of 17% per year between 2017 and 2022. According to the report - The Future of Bioplastics for Packaging to 2022, ...
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Spanish research institute Aimplas has developed a new method to produce polylactic acid (PLA), as part of the European project InnoREX. The institute has used an extruder as a reactor to produce PLA from lactide without using metallic ...
EEQO and Seesoo have announced a partnership with companies Avery Dennison and Braskem to use biobased polyethylene self-adhesive labels in their packaging. All EEQO's products use mainly natural ingredients, are biodegradable and, in ...
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Tag Packaging has developed foam containers for food packaging, free from carcinogens and fully compostable. Claimed to be world's first 100% biodegradable foam for food packaging, the 100BIO will be showcased at the National Restaurant ...
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Researchers from Bio-on, an Italian company engaged in the bioplastic sector, and the University of Tampere in Finland have created new biodegradable material using paper and bioplastic for food packaging. The development is the result ...
Spain-based plastics technology centre AIMPLAS is spearheading a project called SINTEPOL that aims at finding new ways of biopolymer synthesis and modification routes through reactive extrusion processes. Biopolymers are produced from ...
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The greenhouse gas that is twenty times more harmful than carbon dioxide, methane, may become the feedstock for a material that helps reduce our dependency on plastic in its current form. Methane, as you know, is generated by the natural ...
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Southeast Asia has become a hotbed of activity in the oleochemicals production space. This is due to a combination of factors: the abundant availability of raw materials, escalating consumer preference for vegetable-based products, and low ...
Coca-Cola has won the Technology in Beverage Packaging prize at the 2014 ABRE awards for using Tetra Pak’s cartons with bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films derived from sugarcane. Coca-Cola's Del Valle Reserva brand ...
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Coca-Cola has won the Technology in Beverage Packaging prize at the 2014 ABRE awards for using Tetra Pak’s cartons with bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films derived from sugarcane. Coca-Cola's Del Valle Reserva brand of ...
Global packaging company Tetra Pak has announced the launch of what it said is the first carton made entirely from plant based, renewable packaging materials. Tetra Pak said the new Tetra Rex carton will be the first in the market to have ...
Tetra Pak, a Switzerland-based provider of food processing and packaging solutions, has launched a new carton that is made from 100% plant based, renewable packaging materials. The new Tetra Rex carton is said to be the first plant-based ...
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