Tag: Green
Europe: Straw may help create everyday products, says researcher
Glucose from straw may play a big role in the future production of many everyday products.
An award winning PhD project from DTU Chemical...
Europe: Researcher makes durable plastics from plants, clay
A new more sustainable material developed by reinforcing commercial bioplastic using additives from plants such as nanocellulose and oregano extracts can solve the most...
Europe: What’s next for sustainable sourcing, asks summit
Sustainable sourcing has become fashionable in the food industry, with a growing number of companies making such commitments.
However, the increasing number of sustainability...
Europe: KHS dresses beer bottles with interaction
After the successful premiere of Direct Print Powered by KHS at Martens Brewery with their Dagschotel ‘talking bottles’ launch, the Belgian brewery is again...
Europe: Tetra Pak delivers 200B FSC packages
Tetra Pak will have delivered 200 billion packages labeled with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo by the end of April 2016.
Since 2007, the...
Europe: 100M Tetra Rex bio-based packages in 2016
Tetra Pak expects to deliver more than 100 million packs of Tetra Rex bio-based to customers during 2016, reflecting strong demand for the package...
Europe: Researchers deliver green plastics for food packaging
EU-funded researchers have adapted two biodegradable plastics made from crop waste for use as food packaging.
Most plastics currently used to package food are made...
Americas: Johnson Controls advances sustainability with chiller platforms
Johnson Controls is advancing its White House Council on Environmental Quality commitment by enhancing hydro-fluorocarbon or HFC product lines to be fully compatible with...
Asia Pacific: Avantium, Mitsui to offer biobased chemicals for packaging
Avantium signed an agreement with Mitsui & Co to commercialize 100% biobased chemicals furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and polyethylene Furanoate (PEF) in Asia.
As part...
Asia Pacific: Singapore researchers create water purification tool
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Environmental Research Institute have engineered a biomimetic membrane that can purify water at low pressure, thus...