Production de bio-ethylene pour le developpement de nouveaux thermoplastiques verts
Updated: 2011-11-08 10:21:08
Total Petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) et sa filiale Axens annoncent la conclusion d’une alliance visant à développer une nouvelle technologie optimisée pour la production de bio-éthylène par déshydratation de l’éthanol. Cette technologie propriétaire sera destinée aux unités de production à grande échelle, et la qualité des monomères sera conforme à celle exigée par [...]
Should bioplastics be banned from organic compost heaps? Intervale Compost Products no longer accepts biodegradable utensils, because certain brands of “compostable cutlery” don’t actually break down as advertised. Forks, knives and spoons made from cornstarch were showing up barely changed after years of being buried in the dirt mounds, says general manager Dan Goossen. [...]
The algae production plant of the IGV GmbH Potsdam (Germany) was handed over ready for production and accepted by the Spanish Aurantia-group. The site is situated in the sun-drenched Andalusia in Southern Spain, near to Jerez. The photobioreactor = PBR has a total volume of 85.000 liter and is therefore the world’s largest closed [...]
Le sujet principal de BIOPOL 2011 sont les polymères biodégradables et/ou biosourcés. Cette conférence internationale se tiendra à l’ECPM, à Strasbourg (France), du 29 au 31 Aout 2011. Elle en est à sa troisième version. Le site Web de la conférence est ici. La date limite pour soumettre un résumé est le 29 Avril, [...]
Plastic food storage containers are preferred by a lot of people because of many reasons. Here we will go through each of them so that you will understand why you should invest some of your money to buy them especially if you are a food lover or in the food business. Let us know what [...]
Most people find it more convenient to use plates made of plastic, or sometimes even paper plates, than ceramics because they are disposable and easy to use. However, there are only certain occasions when these kinds of plates should be used. When do we use plastic plates, then? Plastic plates are often used in parties. [...]
Try to avoid it and you quickly find that it is impossible. In today’s world just about everything comes in some type of plastic wrapping or container. The oceans and everything alive is drowning in it as the chemical nature of the substance does not break down and particles are becoming the new covering [...]