In Japan, Aeon Co. announced that they will use sugarcane based polyethylene plastic grocery bags at their outlets. The polyethylene is sourced from ethanol made from the waste liquid that is left over after extracting the sugar from sugarcane juice. The bags will be sold from all of their 750 supermarket stores at a cost […]
In New Zealand, Caffe Prima, a coffee roaster in Christchurch, has possibly become the first supplier of coffee packets that are totally compostable. The company had to find a solution to a problem unique to coffee beans, which is the release of carbon dioxide gas over time, which was solved by using a vent system […]
In Italy, Eni and Novamont Spa signed a joint venture to build new production facilities for bio monomers, bio lubricants, bio fillers, bio intermediates/additives for elastomers and bioplastics. Novamont’s contribution to the NewCo will be to provide its proprietary technologies for the design, building and operation of the new facilities. Eni will provide the site, […]
