World of Bioplastic

06/12/2025

 This guide outlines how bioplastics are shifting from niche materials to mainstream industrial solutions by 2026. It examines workforce needs, market drivers, and technology trends that are accelerating adoption across packaging, consumer goods, automotive, and manufacturing.  

26/11/2025

 This analysis outlines how Canada’s bioplastics sector is being reshaped by AI-driven forecasting, data-centric market insights, and expanding demand for low-carbon materials. The piece highlights growth patterns, competitive dynamics, and technological advances influencing sustainable polymers.

01/12/2025

 The Government of Canada has revealed the Phase 2 recipients of the Canadian Plastics Innovation Challenges, supporting companies developing breakthrough solutions to reduce plastic waste and advance circular economy practices. 

16/07/2025

 A student-led project at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia is exploring how seaweed can be transformed into a fully compostable plastic alternative. By experimenting with marine biomass as a renewable feedstock, the team aims to develop materials that break down more easily and help reduce reliance on traditional petroleum-based plastics. 

26/11/2025

 This report provides a long-term outlook on the worldwide bioplastics sector, tracing expected growth patterns, technological breakthroughs, and evolving commercial applications over the 2026–2036 decade. It highlights emerging production methods, shifts in end-use industries, and regional market dynamics shaping the future of bio-based materials. 

09/07/2025

 This piece examines how Canada’s evolving single-use plastic regulations are reshaping the takeout and food-service landscape. It highlights practical, commercially available alternatives — from compostable containers to fibre-based and reusable options — that help businesses comply with new rules while reducing environmental impact. The article also outlines key considerations for restaurants transitioning to sustainable packaging solutions in 2025. 

28/02/2025

 The recent market report by Mordor Intelligence on the Canadian bioplastics market provides a comprehensive analysis of current trends, growth drivers, and future projections across bio-based plastics and related materials in Canada. The report highlights how increasing environmental awareness, government regulations, and demand for sustainable alternatives are fueling the adoption of bioplastics in packaging, automotive, agriculture, and other sectors. 

16/01/2025

 A pioneering Indian startup is transforming discarded seafood shells into high-value bioplastics, turning waste streams into renewable material resources. The approach reduces environmental burden while creating biodegradable alternatives suitable for packaging and other applications. This innovation highlights the growing potential of circular-economy solutions in advancing sustainable plastics. 

17/10/2024

 A new initiative in Abu Dhabi highlights how high-performance biocomposites are being integrated into the construction of modern racing cars. By leveraging lightweight, renewable materials, the project demonstrates the potential of biocomposites to enhance speed, efficiency, and sustainability in motorsport engineering. 

04/08/2024

 This report examines emerging methods for producing biocomposites more efficiently and at larger scales. By refining fabrication techniques and integrating renewable fibers and bio-based polymers, researchers and industry partners aim to improve material performance while reducing environmental impact. 

21/05/2024

This research explores the creation of biobased bottle-brush polyfarnesene using aqueous radical polymerization, followed by molecular dynamics simulations to evaluate its structural behavior. The study highlights how renewable monomers can be engineered into advanced polymer architectures, offering insights that may support future developments in sustainable materials and high-performance bioplastics.

19/04/2024 

This article explores the ongoing debate over whether bioplastics belong in organic composting systems. While compostable plastics are promoted as eco-friendly alternatives, farmers, composters, and certification bodies remain divided on their real-world performance, contamination risks, and compatibility with existing composting infrastructure. 

19/02/2024

Bioplastics are a type of plastic that is made from renewable resources, such as corn starch, sugarcane, or potato starch, rather than traditional petroleum-based materials. These materials are biodegradable and often compostable, making them a more sustainable choice for packaging and other plastic products.

10/01/2024

 Bioplastics, especially biodegradable or, to be more precise, compostable bioplastics, have been in use for the past 20 to 25 years. Initial expectations were high — they became the "great white hope" of the plastics industry — but price, performance, availability, and applicability relegated these materials to specific niche markets, such as flexible packaging or agriculture. 

07/03/2023

Canada's single-use plastic regulations face their first legal test today as the plastics lobby and the federal government head to court. A federal court judge will hear arguments from lawyers on all sides from Tuesday to Thursday in Toronto.

13/02/2023

Canada’s prohibition on the sale of single-use plastic bags doesn’t come into effect until the end of this year, but it’s already getting harder to find them when you’re shopping.

02/12/2022

“It takes 1,000 years for a plastic bag to degrade in a landfill. Unfortunately, the bags don't break down completely but instead photo-degrade, becoming microplastics that absorb toxins and continue to pollute the environment,” a report from the Center for Biological Diversity states.

29/11/2022

Every year, about 9 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into the world’s oceans.

 Even more comes from terrestrial sources, where plastic slowly breaks down into smaller and smaller particles called microplastics. Up to 51 trillion microplastic particles float in our oceans.

25/07/2022

The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, announced the next step in delivering on Canada's commitments on plastic waste and pollution by launching two consultations to:

- Develop rules for recyclability and compostability labelling; 

- Establish a federal plastics registry for producers of plastic products. 

23/06/2022

This Bioplastics Packaging Market report contains detailed information on factors influencing demand, growth, opportunities, challenges, and restraints. It provides detailed information about the structure and prospects for global and regional industries. In addition, the report includes data on research & development, new product launches, product responses from the global and local markets by leading players. 

14/04/2022

This Bioplastics Packaging Market report contains detailed information on factors influencing demand, growth, opportunities, challenges, and restraints. It provides detailed information about the structure and prospects for global and regional industries. In addition, the report includes data on research & development, new product launches, product responses from the global and local markets by leading players. 

08/02/2022

Plastic waste is one of our biggest environmental challenges but the alternatives we develop need to be both eco-friendly and cost-effective, to have a chance of widespread use. 

08/02/2022

The biomass plastic market is growing at a substantial rate, that aids the growth of bioplastics market. On the basis of raw material, the biomass plastic market is segmented into agricultural crop residues, forestry residues, microbes, wood processing residues, recycled food waste and others. 

19/01/2022

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., and Duke University, U.S., have created a new family of polymers from sustainable sources that retain all of the same qualities as common plastics, but are also degradable and mechanically recyclable. 

03/01/2022

As of Jan. 1, businesses are now banned from using single-use plastic and compostable plastic shopping bags, and must charge a minimum fee of 15 cents for paper bags, which increases to 25 cents in 2023.

30/06/2021

Their use is attractive as bioplastics that biodegrade to CO2 and H2O mitigate the negative effects of standard plastic (litter and damage to aqua environments).

23/06/2021

BOSK Bioproducts inaugurated its first REGENᵀᴹ bioplastic production line, a 100% biobased, non-toxic and compostable material, installed in Quebec City.

15/04/2021

In an April 15 announcement by Jonathan Wilkinson, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, five projects that aim to reduce plastic waste will receive a total of $1.3 million.

09/04/2021

The Government of Canada continues to encourage alternatives to plastic waste. We are dedicated to creating jobs and driving innovation by investing in climate solutions. 

13/11/2020

 On October 7, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a federal ban of single-use plastic products, with regulations finalized by the end of 2021. 

25/10/2020

 Good thing about bioplastics is that they're generally compostable: they decay into natural materials that blend harmlessly with soil. Some bioplastics can break down in a matter of weeks. 

06/10/2020

This report covers: analysis of non-biodegradable bio-based plastics and biodegradable plastics; global production capacities, market demand and trends 2019-2025, etc.

29/01/2020

 The new products build on the firm's recently announced commitment to make 100 per cent of its toys recycled and recyclable by 2030.