UK-based KCC Packaging has set up a pilot production line to manufacture biodegradable food trays for the ready meal market. Claimed to use a waterproof barrier, the company's food trays are said to be made from bagasse, a by-product of ...
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Monthly physical ethanol and advanced biofuel production in the US both declined in September from the month before, according to Environmental Protection Agency data released Thursday. Physical ethanol production -- which the EPA puts in ...
Amyris, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, announced that its farnesene plant in Brazil has achieved the production run rate of 1 million liters over a 45-day period. Amyris's Chief Executive Officer John Melo will speak ...
Bioplastics are emerging as viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. This quiet revolution goes well beyond the standard drivers for sustainably sourced and/or compostable materials. I attended the 2013 BioPlastek conference in San ...
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Brazilian ethanol exports to US plunged in September to 139.4 million liters (37 million gallons), down 51% from August's 2013 peak and down 53% on September 2012, Secretariat of Foreign Trade data Tuesday showed. The volume sent to the ...
Biofilms producer Innovia Films and Corbion Purac have jointly developed a range of transparent, biobased, temperature stable and heat resistant poly lactic acid (PLA) films. The new film is said to exhibit less shrinkage at high ...
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Many Americans believe owning five, 50, or 500 acres is a dream come true. But for America's largest private landowners, the acreage numbers are staggering and tally in the millions — possessing greater square mileage than several ...
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Fitesa, Simpsonville, S.C. — a designer and manufactuer of nonwoven fabrics for hygiene applications — has partnered with thermoplastic resins producer Braskem S.A., Brazil, and Ingeo? lactides and biopolymers developer ...
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Novozymes has entered into a collaboration agreement with Brazil's largest sugarcane crusher, Raízen Energia S/A. As part of the agreement, Novozymes will supply enzyme technology to Raízen's first commercial-scale ...
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Ethanol production in Brazil's key center-south region fell 9.6% in the first half of September compared to the last half of August, but rose 3.9% year on year, data released by trade group UNICA showed Tuesday. Total ethanol output for ...
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Suffolk-based Spectra Packaging has introduced an "environmentally friendly biopolymer" to its range of products. According to the company, it can now offer its customers plastic packaging made from ethanol from sugarcane as opposed to ...
Food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak has signed a supply agreement with petrochemical company Braskem for ‘I'm green’ low-density polyethylene (LDPE) made from sugarcane. The Swedish packaging firm will use the ...
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The Australian cane industry is enjoying a period of rejuvenation, helped by an increase in foreign investment. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen Source: The Australian This year's Australian sugarcane harvest has started in north Queensland ...
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company said it will start using bio-polyethylene bottles (“Bio-PE bottles”) as the primary packaging container for the hypertension treatment product, Azilva. Made from plastic derived from ...
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Amyris announced the selection of Laserson as the new exclusive distributor of Amyris squalane in the European market. The joint announcement was made in Paris at incosmetics. “Since our first sale of Amyris Squalane two years ago, ...