Roboze accelerates growth with new headquarters, huge hiring push and more

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Double-digit growth expected for biobased biodegradable plastics

In the United Kingdom, a report by Future Market Insights predicts a double-digit CAGR during forecast period 2014-2020 for the global bio-based biodegradable plastics...

Plant based ingredients target skin conditions caused by blue light

In France, BASF’s Care Creations presented several new active ingredients that were derived from the research activities of the company’s innovation platforms on epigenetics,...

Sappi Opens New Demo Plant for Biomaterials Expansion

In South Africa, Sappi has a new demo plant up and running at its Ngodwana mill in Mpumulanga to strengthen and grow their business...

Arctic Biomaterials wins 2018 Innovation Award

In Germany, the Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018” goes to Arctic Biomaterials from Finland for degradable glass fibre reinforced PLA. The...

Life exists in North and South Poles, but we aren’t talking about Santa

In the United Kingdom, University of York researchers found microbes living in the icy north and south poles for the first time. It was...

Bamboo based bandages offer eco-friendly booboo option

In Australia, PATCH has created bandages that are made from 100 percent organic bamboo fiber, and are completely compostable and plastic-free, including all packaging....

Busting the biodegradable balloon bubble

In Massachusetts, a senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Chris Reddy, burst some bubbles when he said that Bunch O Balloon’s claim that...

Fashion For Good expands with four new innovators

In the Netherlands, Fashion for Good welcomes four new innovators to their Scaling Programme: Mango Materials, Algalife, Nature Coatings and Sonovia (previously Nano Textile). Their...

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