1:20 min Food grade PET
rPET pellets

Starlinger, Dentis: Italian PET recycler launches new food-grade rPET brand REPETER

With two Starlinger recoSTAR PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines, Piedmont-based ...
1:38 min Biobased Material
PLA

TotalEnergies Corbion presents rPLA grade at Interplas

TotalEnergies Corbion, makers of Luminy® PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) and leaders in ...
0:46 min Additives
Specialty Masterbatches

Polyvel introduces rBOOST PET chain extender

Polyvel’s ReVal product line of additive masterbatches has been specifically ...
1:20 min Biobased Material
Bio-based materials

Neste to enable PET bottles produced with bio-based materials with Suntory, ENEOS and Mitsubishi Corporation

Cooperation marks the first time renewable Neste RE is used for production of PET, ...
1:38 min Biobased Material
Grant

Avantium awarded €0.76 million EU funding for its participation in the Rebiolution project

Avantium announces that it has been awarded a €0.76 million grant by the EU Horizon Europe programme for its participation in the research and development programme Rebiolution1. This programme aims to design and synthetize biobased and biodegradable polyester blends based on FDCA ...
4:19 min Biobased Material
PLA

MSU School of Packaging researchers make a sustainable plastic more compostable

Researchers led by Rafael Auras in the Michigan State University School of Packaging ...
2:10 min Biobased Material, PET preforms
Hybrid PET polymer

Origin Materials and Husky achieve commercialization milestone for advanced packaging

Recyclable PET polymer incorporating FDCA successfully processed into preforms using ...
1:50 min Biobased Material, Sheets & Films
Bio

Ceresana releases bioplastics films market study

Wafer-thin films, often less than 1 millimeter thick, are one of the first areas of application in which bioplastics are able to establish themselves. Although casings made from petroleum products are still usually sold cheaper and in larger quantities, biobased materials do not only ...
0:41 min Additives
Additive

Ampacet introduces AA scavenger for PET and rPET bottles

Ampacet has introduced AA Scavenger 0846, an additive designed to reduce the level of acetaldehyde in PET and rPET bottles and preserve the organoleptic properties of water.
1:55 min Biobased Material
PLA

Compostable Plastics: Unlocking the Potential in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Plastic packaging waste has become one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. In the recently published European Commission’s Early Warning Report, 18 Member States are at risk of missing the 55% target on municipal waste reuse and recycling preparation. Regarding ...