Indian fashion label rebrands as 100% natural
In India, popular clothing line ITC Wills Lifestyle has announced it will only use 100% natural materials. The company—known for minimal, understated designs—has committed...
Amyris adds sweetener veteran to boost ingredients business
In California, renewable chemicals firm Amyris has appointed Oreste Fieschi President of Sweeteners & Ingredients to lead the commercial growth of its sweetener business...
Bioplastics capacity set to grow 4% annually
In Germany, research and consultancy nova-Institute has issued a market report on biobased polymers that predicts strong growth for bioplastics.
The report, entitled “Bio-based Building...
Attis Industries, Iowa State University enter carbon fiber pact
In Iowa, Attis Industries and researchers at Iowa State University are jointly evaluating processes to produce carbon fiber from lignin.
Xianglan Bai, assistant professor of...
IEA takes over as Facilitator of Biofuture Platform
In Paris, the International Energy Agency has taken over administration of a consortium of 20 countries working to accelerate the use of renewable technologies...
Concern for father’s health leads to olive pit bioplastic
In Turkey, researcher Duygu Yilmaz has founded a startup to produce biodegradable plastic from discarded olive pits.
Dubbed Bioolive, the company has its roots in...
Iconic Indian flower used to make biodegradable films
In India, researchers have developed films from lotus stem starch, whey protein concentrate, and psyllium husk.
Unlike films made from starch alone, the films developed...
Packaging material developed from spiky husks of durian fruit
In China, researchers from the Nanyang Technological University have developed a biodegradable packaging material from the spiky husks of the smelly durian fruit.
Professor William...
DuPont, NIPI partner to create new insulation material
In Delaware, DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Natural Insulation Products Inc. have partnered to create a new insulation category by combining NIPI’s Thindown fabric and...
Finding new uses for aquatic weeds in India
In India, efforts are underway to find new uses for water hyacinth, a maligned aquatic plant.
At the Centre for Research on Aquatic Resources (CRAR)...