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Researchers create an AI model that facilitates the development of a new biodegradable plastic

Plastic is durable, versatile and economical to produce. Unfortunately, it is also often harmful to the environment. A team of talented researchers, led by Milad Golkaram, nominated for TNO's Young Excellent Researcher Award 2024, has created an AI model that makes it much easier to develop a new biodegradable plastic. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: Tno

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True circular economy: yoghurt cup to yoghurt cup. No downcycling.

INEOS Styrolution announces first yoghurt cup in supermarket containing mechanical recycling of polystyrene at food contact quality. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: INEOS Styrolution

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BIONANOPOLYS: innovation in bionanomaterials for a more sustainable future

How to make Europe the first climate neutral continent by 2050. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

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Bioplastics: Paving the Way to Meet EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Goals

European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the adoption of the European Union’s ambitious Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The adoption by the Council on 16 December represents the final step in the co-legislative procedure before its entry into force ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: European Bioplastics

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¿How to communicate that my packaging is sustainable?

In an increasingly environmentally conscious global marketplace, sustainability has become a decisive factor for consumers and companies both. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

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New product line of biobased and biomass-balanced compounds

The Cologne-based company BIO-FED, a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC, has launched a new product line under the brand name M·BIOBASE. The plastic compounds in this product line are made partly or completely from biobased and/or biomass-balanced materials. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: BIO-FED

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Redesigning packaging for a sustainable future

Packaging has evolved into one of the foundational building blocks of the modern economy. From the cardboard boxes that protect electronics during shipping to the plastic wrappers that keep food fresh, packaging is everywhere. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: Easyfairs

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Plastic waste: An urgent waste management challenge

Innovative processes for the recovery and reprocessing of delaminated plastics from multilayer packaging. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

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Revolutionising packaging: Navigating towards a sustainable future

Jim Bligh, FDF’s Director of Corporate Affairs and Packaging, on spearheading a sustainable packaging revolution, advocating for innovation, and the need for regulatory clarity in the industry. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: Easyfairs

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Many different approaches for more sustainable packaging solutions

With the new EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) along with increasing demands for climate protection across the board, the packaging industry will have more than enough to discuss at this year’s Fachpack ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: Schubert