
China aims to go as big in bioplastics as it did in solar panels
Chinese material manufacturers plan to dramatically increase their output of biodegradable plastics made from plants in response to China's ban against disposal plastic bags. A single company, China BBCA Group, ...

Plastic straws vanish from China as ban kicks in
While enjoying New Year celebrations, many Chinese residents noticed they had to bid adieu not just to 2020, but also convenient, single-use plastic items at supermarkets, food stalls, and coffee ...

AnBio – Business for a green planet
AnBio does not only supplies compostable materials to eco-friendly product manufacturers, but also assists customers and partners in distributing those products to consumers. As a pioneer enterprise operating in the ...

Coffee firms launch pod-recycling programme in UK
Coffee giants Nestlé (Vevy / Switzerland; www.nestle.com) and Jacobs Douwe Egberts UK (Maidenhead; www.douwe-egberts.co.uk) have teamed up to roll out “Podback”, a recycling programme for coffee pods, set to begin early next year. The two companies ...

Eco-friendly plates made from pineapple will sprout when planted
Colombian company Lifepack is making eco-friendly biodegradable plates and cutlery out of old pineapple tops that would otherwise go to waste. In the same way, you can plant a pineapple ...

Single-use plastics banned in SA after legislation passes parliament
South Australia has become the first state in the nation to ban the sale, supply and distribution of single-use plastics. The Liberal government’s Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) ...

Successfully applying compostable materials Anbio in Vietnam
The compostable materials AnBio have been successfully applied to produce AnEco branded products in Vietnam, welcomed by consumers, hotel chains and F&B businesses. For the past 5 years, plastic waste ...

The global bioplastics market is set to grow by 36 percent over the next 5 years.
The results of the European Bioplastics (EUBP) annual market data update, presented today at the 15th EUBP Conference, confirm the continued dynamic growth of the global bioplastics industry. “Our industry ...