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...
Givaudan buys AMSilk’s cosmetics business
In Germany, flavor, fragrance and cosmetics giant Givaudan has acquired the cosmetics business of AMSilk GmbH, a producer of vegan silk biopolymers, for an...
UK produce packager introduces renewable option
In the United Kingdom, produce packaging supplier Evesham Specialist Packaging Ltd has introduced sugarcane-based packaging.
Sales Manager Paul McReynolds tells Fresh Plaza that though the...
Amyris raises $34 million as it pursues skin care, sweeteners, and CBD
In California, renewable chemical company Amyris has closed most of a $34-million private placement of its common stock and warrants to purchase common stock...