Sealed Air expands into biobased food packaging

In Texas, Sealed Air Corporation entered into an agreement with Kuraray America, Inc., a Japanese chemical company, to offer food packaging materials derived from...

Kraig Biocraft completes more than 2,500 spider silk microinjections

In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. completed more than 2,500 microinjections using the recently announced new spider silk DNA synthesis methodology. This new method...

Bunge opens state-of-the-art wheat mill in Yucatán

In Missouri, Bunge North America, a food and feed ingredient company, opened its new wheat mill in the southeast region of Mexico. The Del...

Kreussler Inc. Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

In Florida, Kreussler Inc. earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture Certified Biobased Product label. The product, SOLVONK4, is now able to display the USDA...

A better blue jean – Archroma develops new non-toxic denim dye

In Switzerland, Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, presented an aniline-free denim indigo dye at the recent Planet Textiles 2018 Conference...

Sealed Air works with Kuraray America for biobased food packaging

In Texas, Sealed Air Corporation entered into an agreement with Kuraray America, Inc., a Japanese chemical company, to offer food packaging materials derived from...

Green Biologics and Kreussler develop new corn-based dry cleaning solvent

In Florida, Kreussler Inc. is working with Green Biologics and their facility in Minnesota to make a new biobased dry cleaning solvent, called SYSTEMK4,...

UN Report looks at alternatives to conventional plastics for World Environment Day

In Kenya, UN Environment today published a report assessing the potential of replacing conventional plastics with alternative materials in certain applications. The report outlines...

Park your butt on a cushion made from cigarette butts

In India, students from Delhi University’s Sri Venkateswara College are making cushions out of discarded cigarette butts. Dubbed CiggB, the project began in 2016 and...

Natalie Portman rocks fennel-based kicks on SNL

In New York, vegan shoemaker Sydney Brown will launch a pair of biodegradable high heels later this summer, just months after A-lister Natalie Portman...

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