Bioplastics Archives

News and Trends 27 Oct 2017

French Biotech Gets Together with L’Oréal to Clean up our Streets

Carbios and L'Oréal have had enough of the plastics bags and packaging littering our streets and will form a consortium for the bio-recycling of plastic on an industrial scale. Today,…

October 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

More News! 27 Jun 2017

Green Biotech Enters Partnership to Advance the Infinite Recycling of Plastics

Carbios has teamed up with TechnipFMC in order to move Carbios' enzymatic recycling process for PET plastics from the laboratory to the pilot scale. French Carbios is looking to combat the…

June 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 13 Apr 2017

Belgian Research takes first steps to make Biofuel out of Grass

Researchers from the University of Ghent are using bacteria to turn grass into chemicals for bioplastics and biofuel. Could this process be scaled up to fuel planes? A grass bioconversion project…

April 13, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 17 Mar 2017

This French Startup is Paving the way for Bioplastics from Milk

Can we make plastics out of milk byproducts? The startup Lactips, based near Lyon, is getting ready to make this special kind of bioplastic a commercial reality with its first…

March 17, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 14 Mar 2017

Huge Successful €103M IPO for the Next European Leader in Bioplastics

Avantium has gone public and raised €103M on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Bruxelles with Sofinnova Partner as the main shareholder. Avantium, a spin-off from Shell, is developing renewable bioplastics made…

March 14, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Jan 2017

Will Legos go Bio? The Sustainable Future of ‘Greener Toys’

The LEGO group is spending over €100M to replace its current plastic type for a more sustainable one, and there's a new generation of environmentally-friendly biobased toys cropping up. Are…

January 20, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 11 Jan 2017

Dutch Biotech Takes over Sustainable Coca Cola Bottles Project

Avantium has acquired Liquid Light, getting hold of the last piece of technology it requires to create the next generation of sustainable Coca Cola bottles. Avantium, a spin-off from Shell…

January 11, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Best in Biotech 3 Jan 2017

10 Hot European Biotechs to Observe in 2017 🚀

New year, new list: here are the 10 hottest Biotech companies I will watch closely in 2017 and why. This list is not meant to be comprehensive and is in…

January 3, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

Interview 13 Dec 2016

Meet the French Seaweed Startup rethinking Bioplastics

Algopack is a French startup manufacturing bio-based materials made from brown algae. It is the first to use it to develop a new generation of bioplastics. Founded by Rémy Lucas…

December 13, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Nicolas Sainte-Foie

News and Trends 5 Dec 2016

Rethinking Bioplastics: Future Directions in the Industry

Where are bioplastics going? Last week, 300 experts came together in Berlin to "rethink Bioplastics" and their role in the much-hailed circular economy. The diversity of speakers and exhibitors at…

December 5, 2016 - 6 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 28 Sep 2016

Biotech is one of the biggest Employers in Europe

As part of the European Biotech Week, EuropaBio shared yesterday a study revealing that Industrial Biotech has created 486,000 full-time jobs and contributes €31.6B to the EU. This new data emphasizes…

September 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Sep 2016

This company just turned the lights ON for NanoMed Bioplastic

Bio-ON just patented the first application of bioplastic in nanomedicine with a diagnostic tool for cancer that will grant it access to a whole new market previously inaccessible to this industry.…

September 20, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 7 Jul 2016

Engineered Microorganisms now able to directly produce Bioplastics for 3D-Printing

Carbios made a breakthrough in the production of PLA, a common bioplastic. The lactic acid used as molecular 'building blocks' were already bio-sourced, but now the plastic can be really…

July 7, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 30 May 2016

French Biodegradable Plastics get 2 new key US Patents

Carbios has been granted two key US patents: One for a novel plastic-degrading microorganism, and another for the creation of plastics with a customised lifespan - which could help bioplastics…

May 30, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 30 Dec 2015

Who Tried to Save the World in 2015? The Coolest Developments in GreenTech this year…

Biofuels, bioplastics, Moss-based drugs and algae for food. All of these are pioneering areas of GreenTech progress this year. So what are the major developments in this forward-thinking field? 1.…

December 30, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 3 Dec 2015

Bioplastics Breakthrough: French Cleantech Now Able to Infinitely Recycle PETs!

French Carbios have now managed to adapt their enzymatic bioplastics manufacturing process to make Green PET (polyethylene terephthalate) from the petrochemical PET - one of the most common plastics. Whilst…

December 3, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 3 Nov 2015

Potato Plastics! Biodegradable Plastics from Potato Waste

An Italian company specialized in the production of environmentally sustainable materials has created its Minverv PHAs. These are 'green' biopolymers with the same thermo-mechanical properties of the substances that make…

November 3, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 17 Sep 2015

This new Bioplastic plant integrates breakthrough Biotech innovations

Bioplastics hasn’t replaced plastics yet. One new milestone has now been reached, the French company Carbios has just opened its pilot plant to produce biodegradable plastics thanks to its breakthrough…

September 17, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 5 Aug 2015

The Most Advanced Bioplastic Plant to Be Built in France

Bio-on and Cristal Union will work together to build the most advanced plant producing bioplastics in France. This exclusive process will transform sugar beet co-products in a 100% biodegradable plastic!…

August 5, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 3 Jun 2015

Avantium’s bioplastic, latest Green Hope for the Agribusiness?

After many awards and famous collaborations, the Dutch biotech company Avantium signed a deal with Tereos for the production of its 100% biobased plastic. The Bioplastic provider is moving forward to…

June 3, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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