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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EuPC calls on legislator to support separate collection of degradable plastics and ban oxo-fragmentable plastics / Test results show detrimental effect on recycled PE	13.09.2013
TMO RENEWABLES Plan to build PLA plant in UK / Start-up expected in Q4 2014	06.09.2013
METABOLIX Collaboration with Samsung Fine Chemicals formalised / Aim to expand global market for PHA-based biopolymers	23.08.2013
MYRIANT New US bio-succinic acid plant starts up / Process utilises renewable feedstocks	27.06.2013
IMCD Dutch company now distributor for BioAmber in Europe	18.06.2013
BRASKEM Resins company adds LDPE alternative to its green plastics portfolio	23.05.2013
SOLVAY Construction on bio-based PA 6.10 unit in France	08.05.2013
PURAC Feasibility study for Russian PLA project / Cooperation agreement with Rotec	15.04.2013
BIOME TECHNOLOGIES UK grant for research on lignin in bioplastics / Abundant feedstock supply could reduce costs / Initial project focuses on polyester	08.04.2013
LAUREL BIOCOMPOSITE Construction of bio-polyethylene plant in the US completed / Phase one production due to commence in April	19.03.2013
BIOPLASTICS Nova study sees global output as nearly tripling by 2020 / Bio-PET market driver / PP produced completely from biomass?	13.03.2013
PLA MARKET Asia-Pacific remains highest growth region / Major investments in the packaging sector	28.02.2013
GENOMATICA First large-scale commercial production of bio-based 1,4-butanediol / Collaboration with DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products in the US	20.02.2013
BIOPLASTICS Novamont-coordinated ReBioFoam project publishes findings / Microwave process to manufacture 3-D components	07.02.2013
DOW Brazilian biopolymer joint venture with Mitsui postponed / Focus on more profitable shale gas projects	14.01.2013
REVERDIA Commercial production kicks off at new bio-based succinic acid plant in Italy / Focus on footwear and packaging applications	18.12.2012
BIOPLASTICS EC's industrial policy favours bio-economy / Increasingly dynamic market / Largest global capacity in Asia and South America / Bio-PET drives development / Soft drink producers at the forefront of innovation	22.11.2012
MEREDIAN US bioplastics producer opens PHA plant in Georgia / Claimed to be “largest facility of its kind in the world”	30.10.2012
PERSTORP Biodegradable plastics expansion in UK	24.10.2012
BIOPLASTICS Industry association seeks to end false claims about bioproducts / Guide for environmental communications launched	14.09.2012
NATUREWORKS PLA expansion planned at US plant / Introduction of new resins and lactides / Equipment supplied by Sulzer	11.09.2012
CEREPLAST New office in India / Poised to exploit subcontinent's rising demand for bioplastics	03.09.2012
BIOPLASTICS New PLA study predicts global market volume of 800,000 t/y by 2020 / Capacities currently spread across 30 different sites / German nova-Institut poll	10.08.2012
METABOLIX Antibióticos named new manufacturing partner for PHA-based bioplastics / Production located in Spain	01.08.2012
BIOPLASTICS Renewable route to butadiene / Versalis, Novamont and Genomatica cooperate	26.07.2012

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