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UPM to Supply Artigo With UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers for Next-Generation Rubber Flooring

Artigo, an international rubber flooring company, will produce their next-generation flooring collections from 2025 with UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF). By incorporating UPM Biochemicals’ RFF, Artigo has achieved CO2 footprint savings of up to 0.5 kg CO2e/sq. meter and managed to reduce the weight by up to 5% per square meter flooring.

From Artigo 30 May 2024

EcoCortec® Bioplastics Plant Starts State-of-the-Art Compounding Operations for Bio-Resins in New Polymer Processing Factory!

EcoCortec®, a subsidiary of Cortec® Corporation, is proud to announce the launch of its state-of-the-art compounding operations for VpCI® polymers and bio-resins. Utilizing modern, high-tech compounding lines in its polymer processing facility, the plant is now producing premium concentrated masterbatch.

From Cortec® Corporation 24 May 2024

CARBIOS Celebrates the Groundbreaking of Its Pet Biorecycling Plant, a World First, With Its Partners

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, today celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the world's first PET biorecycling plant in the presence of representatives of local authorities, partner brands and industrial partners who all make up CARBIOS’ ecosystem.

From CARBIOS 26 Apr 2024

Earth Day 2024: Angel Yeast Continues to Tackle Plastic Pollution Challenges With Bio-based Material Solutions

Themed "Planet vs. Plastics," the 55th Earth Day serves as a deep reminder for everyone to play a role in environmental protection.

From Angel Yeast 22 Apr 2024

Using CO2 and Biomass, FAMU-FSU Researchers Find Path to More Environmentally Friendly Recyclable Plastics

Modern life relies on plastic. This lightweight, adaptable product is a cornerstone of packaging, medical equipment, the aerospace and automotive industries and more. But plastic waste remains a problem as it degrades in landfills and pollutes oceans.

18 Apr 2024

Hydrogen Week UK: Levidian and United Utilities Shine a Light on Biogas to Hydrogen Pilot

Representatives from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero came to Levidian’s Technology Centre in Cambridge this week to learn more about the world-first hydrogen project with the UK’s largest listed water company, United Utilities.

From Levidian Nanosystems Limited 5 Mar 2024

Dual Control of Kinetics and Thermodynamics with MXenes and Indium Alloying

MgH2's potential for practical hydrogen storage hinges on unlocking both fast hydrogen uptake and release (kinetics) and energy efficiency (thermodynamics).

28 Dec 2023

Gentian Secures $1.6 Million Pre-Seed Investment to Scale AI Biodiversity Monitoring

Gentian, a tech startup specializing in biodiversity monitoring through AI, announced today that it has raised a total of USD $1.6 million in funding, an oversubscription of its first major fundraising effort.

From Gentian Limited 15 Dec 2023

Honduras Launches New Initiative to Rescue the Moskitia Forest at COP28

The Honduran government has unveiled a transformative initiative this week at COP28 in Dubai to rescue and conserve the country’s largest forest, the Moskitia, which is one of Mesoamerica’s Five Great Forests and Central America’s second largest rainforest.

8 Dec 2023