Bioplastics Market will reach more than one billion Euros in 2015 – A market study!
Updated: 2010-07-31 20:19:45
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Global Bio-based Plastics Market, finds that the market earned revenues of €570.6 million in 2008, and estimates this to reach €1.1 billion in 2015.
Improvements in product performance and an expanding product range continue to propel the bio-based plastics into new and high-growth applications despite the challenges posed by the [...]

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, LLC, a joint venture between DuPont and Tate & Lyle, announced an expansion to their Loudon, Tennessee (USA) facility to increase production of bio-based 1,3 propanediol (Bio-PDO™) by 35%. Construction is scheduled to start in June 2010, and the expansion is expected to be complete by second quarter [...]
Food crops are commonly being used as raw materials for plastics, but researchers are now looking out to sea for future feedstocks.
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Cereplast expects to have two algae-based grades ready by the end of this year: one for injection molding, and one for thermoforming. Its algae-based resins will be designed along the same lines as its [...]
As is known to all, plastic causes great effect on environment, it takes hundred years for plastic to decay, at the process of decaying, it emits toxic gas which is bad for people’s health. But now, at the shadow of global economy crisis, everything is changing, these days, people are talking about approval of [...]
As is known from news, Monte Sant’Angelo Mercy College in Sydney’s north has banned the sale of plastic water bottles, and it maybe cause nation wide imitation of this activity.
The canteen will no longer stock plastic water bottles and the school also spent $7,500 installing water bubblers for the students to use instead.
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The confusion over what we can and cannot recycle continues to confound consumers. Plastics are especially troublesome, as different types of plastic require different processing to be reformulated and re-used as raw material. Some municipalities accept all types of plastic for recycling, while others only accept jugs, containers and bottles with certain numbers stamped on [...]
A plastic bag or pouch is a type of flexible packaging made of thin, flexible, plastics film. Plastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods such as foods, produce, powders, ice, chemicals and waste.
Most plastic bags are heat sealed together. Some are bonded with adhesives or are stitched.
Several design options and features are available. [...]