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Compostable packaging industrial composting
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Compostable Packaging in Industrial Practice: What the Data Shows

Compostable packaging is supposed to break down alongside food waste. Whether it does so in a working composting plant, rather…

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Biodegradable plastic waste sorting facility
Infrastructure

Managing Biodegradable Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities

Biodegradable plastics get presented as the answer to plastic pollution. A review in Waste Management & Research by Mhaddolkar N,…

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Architectural rendering of bioplastics mega-plant in India with sugarcane fields
Infrastructure

India Plans $238M Bioplastics Mega-Plant From Sugar Waste

India’s Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has announced a $238 million bioplastics plant in Maharashtra that will turn sugar industry…

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Green algae cultivation ponds at sunset for bioplastics production
Infrastructure

Algae-Based Bioplastics Secure Major Government Funding

Government programs in the US, EU and Japan have committed over $180 million to algae-derived polymers. The scale of this…

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Modern biopolymer production facility in Swiss Alps by Sulzer
Infrastructure

Sulzer Opens Biopolymer Scale-Up Center in Switzerland

Sulzer Chemtech has opened a biopolymer scale-up center in Winterthur, Switzerland, aimed at the stage where most bioplastics innovations die.…

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