Cosmetics packaging provider taps Braskem for biobased polyethylene
In Texas, plastic fabricator FKuR will now offer cosmetics tubes made from Braskem’s biobased polyethyelene.
Biobased PE can be used for extrusion blow molding and...
Luke Perry buried in mushroom suit, daughter reveals on Instagram
In Tennessee, 90’s teen heartthrob Luke Perry was buried in a mushroom suit after dying of a stroke in March. In a recent Instagram...
Fish-gut bioplastic under development in Newfoundland
In Newfoundland, graduate chemistry student Courtney Laprise has developed a process to turn fish guts into plastic. Laprise tells CTV that oil from fish...
Get high and be green with hemp-based cannabis packaging
In Colorado, Sana packaging is developing hemp-based bioplastics that can meet the regulatory and cost requirements of the cannabis industry.
James Eichner and Ron Basak-Smith...
PETA praises Jaguar Land Rover, Ford for their biomaterial innovations
In Virginia, animal rights non-profit PETA says car manufacturers are increasingly enabling consumers to swap leather interiors for biomaterial substitutes in elements such as...
Maine wood composites partnership awarded $20-million DOE grant
In Maine, a partnership between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center to create produce 3D printing materials...
Arkema picks Singapore for castor oil polyamide plant
In Singapore, Arkema has chosen Jurong Island to build a manufacturing facility for its biobased amino 11 monomer and Rilsan polyamide 11 resins, which...
New production process could lower cost and capital risk of HMF production
In Wisconsin, researchers have produced high yields of platform molecule 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in an economically viable process. The team, comprised of scientists from the Great...
Hempcrete project awarded EPA grant
In California, EPA has awarded $12,000 to a lab at the University of California, Riverside to evaluate an alternative hempcrete production process.
The work will...
3-D printed, biodegradable prototype dwelling unveiled in Italy
In Italy, 3D printing studio WASP has unveiled a prototype house made from soil, rice products, and hydraulic lime. Dubbed Gaia, the 320-square-foot home...