Plastic bottles have found a new use in the west African country of Nigeria. In the village of Yelwa, north-western Nigeria, a project is underway that will see 25 houses built from recycled plastic bottles filled with dry soil or construction waste.
Sustainability is becoming a major issue for more and more packaging companies. These companies use ecologically optimised value chains, but do so not primarily in order to adhere to legal regulations, but above all because they have recognised the economic relevance of being environmentally active.
Avantium and Coca-Cola have signed a deal to jointly develop Avantium’s patented YXY technology for manufacturing 100% biobased PEF bottles.
Fossil-fuel-based PET's days are numbered in the beverage market if you listen to two of the sector's biggest players, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, both of which launched renewably sourced polyester initiatives that they say will become the material of choice for bottles.
Wittmann Battenfeld – exclusive SKZ partner for inline thermography to ensure the quality of parts.
Lanxess is strengthening its commitment to produce premium synthetic rubbers from bio-based raw materials.
Trellis Earth Products, an American rapidly running manufacturer of branded biodegradable food packaging and plastic bags has submitted two new patents to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The files cover high Performance Hybrid Bioplastic and 100% Petroleum-Free Resin From Agricultural By-Products.
TPE and its role to detect crack in concrete buidlings is the subject of the work of researchers at the American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and German University of Potsdam.
The Dow Chemical Company announced that it has successfully demonstrated the use of recycled plastic to generate energy.
Researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology discovered a nanomedicine breakthrough in which new types of polymers were shown to physically detect and destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and infectious diseases like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA.
At interpack 2011, MAUSER Group, highlights the latest developments of its Sustainability Program.
BASF offers packaging industry innovative barrier solutions against mineral oil residues.
