Say sayonara to soggy sips: Korean team creates coating for paper straws
In Korea, Researchers at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology have achieved a holy grail in the fight against plastics waste due to...
Red Nose Day isn’t clowning around when it comes to sustainability
In London, the red clown noses associated with the Red Nose Day fundraising appeal have undergone a renewable redesign aimed at improving the sustainability...
Kelpi raises £3 million for seaweed-based coatings
In the United Kingdom, Kelpi has raised £3 million (US$3.6 million) to advance its seaweed-based coatings. Formulated for food and cosmetics packaging, the coatings...
Symrise acquires minority stake in bioactives maker Synergio
In Germany, Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients has acquired a minority stake in Synergio, an Israeli producer of plant-based antimicrobial solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed....
Toray and Idemitsu Kosan sign biobased ABS pact
In Japan, Toray Industries and Idemitsu Kosan Co. are jointly building a supply chain for plastics made from biomass naphtha. Specifically, the two companies...
Teijin obtains ISCC for polycarbonate made from biobased BPA
In Japan, Teijin Limited has received ISCC PLUS sustainable-product certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification for polycarbonate resin made from biomass-derived bisphenol...
LVMH Beauty taps Dow for renewable packaging
In Switzerland, the beauty division of luxury brand owner LVMH has partnered with Dow, Inc. on recycled and biobased packaging for perfume and cosmetic...
Henkel signs FDCA offtake agreement with Avantium
In Amsterdam, consumer products giant Henkel has agreed to purchase unspecified amounts of biobased furandicarboxylic acid from Avantium. Henkel plans to use the FDCA...
Sasol Chemicals and Holiferm expand partnership with two additional biosurfactants
In Germany, Sasol Chemicals and biotechnology firm Holiferm have agreed to produce and market two classes of biosurfactants—rhamnolipids and mannosylerythritol lipids.
The partnership will...
Afyren announces Thailand for second carboxylic acids plant
In France, biobased carboxylic acid maker Afyren has partnered with Mitr Phol, a Thai producer of cane sugar and cane sugar derivatives, to build...