First leather company to use lignin modified polyphenolic in its products
In the Netherlands, Smit & Zoon filed a patent application in Europe for lignin modified polyphenolic leather chemicals. The patent is for the industrial...
Eastman’s TREVA bioplastic secures USDA Certified Biobased Product Label
In Tennessee, Eastman Chemical Company secured USDA Certified Biobased Product Label from the United States Department of Agriculture's BioPreferred program for its TREVA product....
Report says biobased biodegradable plastics to reach 1,356.9 thousand tons by 2020
In the United Kingdom, Future Market Insights states in its latest report that the global bio-based biodegradable plastics market is expected to demonstrate a...
Push or Pull – How silk is spun in nature can help industrial processing
In the United Kingdom, University of Sheffield researchers demonstrated that animals spin silk by pulling rather than pushing it out of their bodies. They...
Purell’s newest soaps increase bio-based content and improve environmental impact
In Ohio, GOJO, inventors of PURELL Instant Hand Sanitizer, introduced the expansion of the PURELL® brand with breakthrough soap and surface spray formulations and...
Shellfish derived chitosan proves valuable once again in latest biomaterial innovation
In Pennsylvania, Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences researchers developed a polysaccharide polyelectrolyte complex made from cellulose pulp from wood or cotton and chitosan....
Arkema expands fluoropolymer production capacity in U.S.
In Kentucky, Arkema will increase fluoropolymer (Kynar PVDF) capacity at its Calvert City plant by some 20%. This investment, scheduled to start mid-2018, further...
Cotton industry makes efforts to improve sustainability with new appointment
In North Carolina, Cotton Incorporated, the research and promotion company for U.S. cotton producers and importers, is working towards improving sustainability in the industry’s...
Putting it to good use – Study looks for ways to valorize agricultural and...
In Europe, a European Agrimax study found that the EU produces 700 million tons of bio-waste each year and is looking for ways to...
Gallic acid steals oxygen making it useful for bio-based food packaging film
In Germany, researchers produced a multilayer bio-based packaging film using gallic acid and sodium carbonate that acts like an oxygen scavenger using a three-step...