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Unilever and Alibaba launch recycling machines featuring artificial intelligence
Unilever has worked with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to create a system of recycling machines which use artificial intelligence to automatically identify and sort plastic packaging. The initiative, Waste Free ...
European Bioplastics: Claims on biodegradability and compostability on products and packaging
Claims about biodegradability and compostability are widely used to label products and packaging regarding their endof-life. Biodegradation can take place in different systems (industrial or home composting) and environments (soil, ...
An Phat Holdings to build Southeast Asia’s largest green material manufacturing plant in Vietnam
When the global plastics industry is gradually shifting toward sustainable production, another revolution is taking place among plastic businesses – the “green” revolution. The rapid transition to eco-friendly products along ...
Jakarta to ban single-use plastic bags by June
Shoppers in Jakarta will soon be unable to carry their groceries in single-use plastic bags as the Jakarta administration has issued a long awaited gubernatorial regulation banning such plastic bags from ...
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, ...
Vietnamese enterprise looks to a green future
An Phat Holdings, a leader in the plastic industry, plans to invest in one of the largest compostable material manufacturing plants in Southeast Asia. Nguyen Le Thang Long, General Director ...
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 ...
