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Closed-Loop PLA: High-Performance Bioplastics You Can Recycle Forever
Bioplastics have always traded performance for sustainability. Materials that biodegrade tend to soften early and break under load, which keeps…
DNA-Polysaccharide Hydrogels: Recyclable Bioplastics From Waste
A new family of DNA bioplastics crosslinks plant-derived polysaccharides with DNA from natural sources to make hydrogels that biodegrade, recycle…
Ocean-Grown Bioplastics: The Rise of Algae-Based Materials
Plastic alternatives that need farmland or freshwater trade one problem for another. Algae bioplastics avoid both, using microalgae and cyanobacteria…
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,…
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…
PLA Gets 30x Stronger With New Blending Breakthrough
A PLA strength breakthrough published in Nature Materials reports a 30-fold increase in polylactic acid’s impact resistance, achieved through reactive…
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…
PHA Market Set to Double: From $124M to $265M by 2030
Market analysis projects the global PHA market to grow from $124 million in 2024 to $265 million by 2030, a…
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.…