South Korean researchers report biobased polycarbonate breakthrough
In South Korea, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has developed biobased polycarbonate, becoming just the second entity to do so after Japan’s Mitsu...
India to get its first biobased epichlorohydrin plant
In India, TechnipFMC has signed a technology license for its biobased epichlorohydrin process.
The 50,000 metric tons per year plant, the first to use the...
Even pirates arrrrgh going green
In Grand Cayman, an annual festival celebrating pirate culture will keep Davy Jones’s locker clean by using biodegradable single-use products produced from sugarcane and...
JAY-Z’s VC backs flax cellphone case maker
In Canada, flax bioplastic cell phone case startup Pela has received funding from Marcy Venture Partners, a venture capital firm co-founded by rap and...
Make air travel greener by eating your meal tray?
In London, design firm PriestmanGoode has introduced a prototype edible meal tray to cut down on plastic waste from air travel.
The packaging includes a...
Cambodian startup targets cultural change with “I’m a plant” shopping bags
In Cambodia, entrepreneur Kai Kuramoto has founded Cleanbodia to bring biodegradable, cassava-based plastic bags to the country, one of several in the region at...
DSM doubles down on renewable and recycled feedstock
In the Netherlands, DSM has announced plans to introduce biobased or recycled alternatives for its entire engineering plastics portfolio by 2030.
The plan, announced at...
Environmental film festival features mushroom textiles
In Australia, a short film about producing fabric from mushrooms has been included in Environmental Film Festival Australia’s programming.
Fashion designer Amanda Morglund, in the...
DuPont, Lenzing launch renewable fabric collection
In Delaware, DuPont Biomaterials and Lenzing have launched a biobased fabric collection based on blends of DuPont’s Sorona fibers and Lenzing’s TENCEL Lyocell and...
Clariant, Polymateria partner to bring biodegradable plastic to Southeast Asia
In the United Kingdom, biodegradable plastic company Polymateria has partnered with specialty chemical company Clariant to bring Polymateria’s biotransformation technology to Southeast Asia.
Polymateria and...