Tag: Biodegradable

New Plastic Innovation Prize for a new class of biodegradable and compostable material

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Humankind has already produced more than eight billion tons of plastic. Every year, we add another 80 million tons of plastic packaging to the total, only half of which is recycled. The rest ends up in a garbage incinerator or as trash that pollutes forests, meadows, lakes and oceans. Dr. Sabine Amberg-Schwab from the Fraunhofer Read more about New Plastic Innovation Prize for a new class of biodegradable and compostable material[…]

Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea

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Specific Challenge: Decoupling of plastics production from fossil feedstock is necessary. In addition to the recycled plastics waste, alternative feedstock such as biomass is part of a more resource-efficient, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) neutral solution. The shift towards biomass-sourced plastics will only make sense in the framework of a circular plastics economy where plastics reuse Read more about Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea[…]

A new unique packaging material fully biodegradable

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Skipping Rocks Lab is an innovative sustainable packaging start-up based in London. Our mission is to provide sustainable packaging technologies to companies as an alternative to plastic packaging. We are pioneering the use of natural materials extracted from seaweed, to create materials with low environmental impact. Our first product, Ooho, is disrupting the hydration-on-the-go market. Read more about A new unique packaging material fully biodegradable[…]