All bioplastics articles – Page 6
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Rethinking wood: what can a tree do?
What if I told you that every material that’s made with fossil fuels today can be made from a tree tomorrow?, asks Karl-Henrik Sundström, CEO of Stora Enso
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MeetingPack is Consolidated as an International Meeting Point of Food Plastic Packaging
Technological innovation is the key to provide a personalised and functional response to convenience or comfort criteria that prevail in the purchase decision of the final consumer.
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European Bioplastics Elects New Board
European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry in Europe, has elected a new Board on 21 June 2017 to serve a two-year term.
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All Grades of Novamont MATER-BI Bioplastic Grades to be 40% to 100% Bio-based by End of 2017
At the G7 environmental summit in Bologna this past weekend, Novamont has announced it has taken a unilateral decision to introduce a 40% minimum threshold for bio-based content in all of its MATER-BI bioplastics.
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Reifenhäuser Open House: Technology Know-how for Production with Biopolymers
During the interpack trade fair Reifenhäuser Blown Film invited its customers to an Open House in Troisdorf.
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Feathers from Poultry Slaughterhouse to be Used for Chicken Packaging
The European project KARMA 2020, where AIMPLAS participates, will develop a waste valorization technology in the poultry industry to obtain new biodegradable packages.
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Meetingpack2017 Gathers Entire Plastic Packaging Value Chain in Valencia
On 30 and 31 May, Valencia will be again the meeting point of the food plastic packaging sector with the celebration of the third edition of MeetingPack.
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Novamont Partners with the City of Paris for the Collection of Food Waste
Eighteen months on from COP 21, the city of Paris is honouring its commitments by launching the first phase of the separate collection of food waste produced in Parisian households with the support of Novamont.
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The Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards Return!
Packaging Europe today launches the third edition of its prestigious Packaging Sustainability Awards. The winners and shortlisted submissions across multiple categories will be announced in the July edition of Packaging Europe magazine.
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NatureWorks and Partners Showcase Ingeo Bioplastic Breakthroughs
At interpack, NatureWorks and other exhibitors showcase the latest functional innovations for Ingeo™, a naturally advanced plastic made from renewable resources.
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See Box Introduces Its New Digital Printing Capability for Ingeo Food Serviceware
The latest in Swiss digital printing technology applied to cold cups by See Box not only provides an entire new level of vibrant graphics, but also eliminates a minimum order quantity and offers the ability for mass customization – lot size of one.
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Sukano and Total Corbion PLA Announce PLA Masterbatch Range at interpack 2017
Sukano and Total Corbion PLA announce that a range of functional and optical PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) masterbatches to further improve the performance of PLA will now be available from Sukano.
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Total Corbion PLA to Showcase Innovative Biobased Packaging at interpack
Total Corbion PLA will be exhibiting at the interpack trade fair from 4 – 10th May in Dusseldorf within the Bioplastics area.
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Bioplastics at interpack
European Bioplastics MD Hasso von Pogrell talks to Tim Sykes about the state of the industry and EUBP’s expectations from interpack.
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FKuR: Focus on Resource Efficiency and Compostability
At the interpack 2017 trade fair, FKuR will be presenting numerous newly developed and advanced biopolymer compounds for the resource-efficient production of films as well as for hard and soft packaging.
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Cost vs Functionality vs Sustainability: Unavoidable Trade-Offs?
The director of Aquapak Polymers Ltd, the design manager of RPC Group and the marketing manager of Futamura talk about how their companies deal with balancing the sometimes clashing priorities of cost, functionality and sustainability in pack design