Compostable market news

Japan’s Mitsui eyes building $550m U.S. bioplastics plant

Japan’s Mitsui eyes building $550m U.S. bioplastics plant

Bio-PET factory, one of world’s largest, would cut carbon emissions tied to drink bottles.   TOKYO — Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. will decide next year whether to build a ...
New Zealand to mandate compostable stickers for imported fruit starting mid-2025

New Zealand to mandate compostable stickers for imported fruit starting mid-2025

The Government of New Zealand has passed legislation that will restrict a wide range of plastic products to be sold in New Zealand, including non-compostable produce stickers. Produce stickers for ...
Prepping bio-based nanomaterials for the market

Prepping bio-based nanomaterials for the market

An open call issued by an EU-backed project is giving SMEs and other companies the chance to make their bio-based technologies and solutions market-ready.  Spanish plastics technology company AIMPLAS has ...
More single-use plastics banned in New South Wales (Australia)

More single-use plastics banned in New South Wales (Australia)

Single-use plastics (designed to be used once and disposed of) may be cheap and convenient, but the cost to the environment is enormous. The New South Wales (NSW) Government is ...
Maha govt (India) tweaks policy on single-use plastics, allow products made from compostable materials

Maha govt (India) tweaks policy on single-use plastics, allow products made from compostable materials

The Maharastra government has permitted the production of straws, cups, plates, forks and spoons made from ‘compostable’ materials by making changes to the policy on single-use plastic, a senior official ...
HMSHost introduces BIOLO biodegradable straws to US airport dining venues

HMSHost introduces BIOLO biodegradable straws to US airport dining venues

USA. Global travel restaurateur HMSHost has partnered with BIOLO to introduce PHA biodegradable straws in numerous dining venues at US airports across California, Washington, Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. The ...
LVMH and Dow intend to collaborate to improve sustainable packaging across major perfume and cosmetics brands

LVMH and Dow intend to collaborate to improve sustainable packaging across major perfume and cosmetics brands

Dow (Midland, MI, United States) and LVMH Beauty, a division of LVMH (Paris, France), the world leader in luxury and home to 75 iconic brands, will collaborate to accelerate the ...
BASF's third largest integrated production site in the world is located in Guangdong

BASF’s third largest integrated production site in the world is located in Guangdong

On September 15, after more than four years of hard work, BASF Group and China Chemical Engineering Group signed a construction partnership framework agreement in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, to jointly ...