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Should Bioplastics Be Allowed in Organic Compost?
From Plants to Plastics: Understanding Bioplastics and Their Impact
From Plants to Plastics: Understanding Bioplastics and Their Impact
19/04/2024
The USDA will soon decide if synthetic, biodegradable food packaging and service ware should be allowed as a feedstock in certified organic compost.
From Plants to Plastics: Understanding Bioplastics and Their Impact
From Plants to Plastics: Understanding Bioplastics and Their Impact
From Plants to Plastics: Understanding Bioplastics and Their Impact
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.
Are Bioplastics Finally Ready for Take Off?
From Plants to Plastics: Understanding Bioplastics and Their Impact
Canada's single-use plastic ban faces its first legal test
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.
Canada's single-use plastic ban faces its first legal test
Plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you
Canada's single-use plastic ban faces its first legal test
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.
Plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you
Plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you
Plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you
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.
Bioplastics as an Alternative to Single-Use Plastic Waste
Plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you
Plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you
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.
What Are Bioplastics? Overview and Impacts
Government of Canada takes next steps forward on better plastic recyclability
Government of Canada takes next steps forward on better plastic recyclability
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.
Government of Canada takes next steps forward on better plastic recyclability
Government of Canada takes next steps forward on better plastic recyclability
Government of Canada takes next steps forward on better plastic recyclability
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.
Canada’s Wasteful Plan to Regulate Plastic Waste
Government of Canada takes next steps forward on better plastic recyclability
Bioplastics Packaging Market Technology Progress, Business Opportunities and Analysis 2022 to 2030
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.
Bioplastics Packaging Market Technology Progress, Business Opportunities and Analysis 2022 to 2030
Bioplastics Packaging Market Technology Progress, Business Opportunities and Analysis 2022 to 2030
Bioplastics Packaging Market Technology Progress, Business Opportunities and Analysis 2022 to 2030
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.
Self-cleaning bioplastics repel liquid and dirt
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.
Outlook on the Bioplastic Global Market to 2027
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.
Scientists develop recyclable plastics based on sugars
Ban of single-use plastic bags, fee for disposable cups now in effect in Vancouver
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.
Ban of single-use plastic bags, fee for disposable cups now in effect in Vancouver
Ban of single-use plastic bags, fee for disposable cups now in effect in Vancouver
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.
The Global Market for Bioplastics and Biopolymers 2021
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).
An ecological alternative to plastics, made in Quebec
23/06/2021
BOSK Bioproducts inaugurated its first REGENᵀᴹ bioplastic production line, a 100% biobased, non-toxic and compostable material, installed in Quebec City.
Canadian government invests in five projects to reduce plastic waste
Canadian government invests in five projects to reduce plastic waste
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.
Canada Supports Innovation for Compostable Bioplastic
Canadian government invests in five projects to reduce plastic waste
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.
Everything You Need To Know About Canada’s Single-Use Plastics Ban
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.
Bioplastics and biodegradable plastics
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.
Global Bioplastics Market Report 2020 with Profiles of 180+ Companies
Toy firm Mattel aims to construct a sustainable future with new bio-plastics building sets
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.
Toy firm Mattel aims to construct a sustainable future with new bio-plastics building sets
Toy firm Mattel aims to construct a sustainable future with new bio-plastics building sets
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.