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Scientists Make Plastic From Corn

Some call it corn. Others say maize. It originally came from Mesoamerica (now Mexico) and is now the most widely grown crop in the Americas. At Battelle, it’s being converted into plastic by a team of innovative materials scientists

1 Jul 2009

Soy Foam Seat Material Wins Ford Environmental Award

Ford’s innovative use of soy based renewable bio-material in their seats has earned several prestigious awards, including winning the “Environmental” category at the recent 2008 Innovation Awards competition sponsored by the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division

30 Jun 2009

Biofuels, Telecommunications and Bio-Related Nanotechnology The Hottest Research Fields on the Planet

Biofuels based on algae are among the hottest areas of R+D in the global intellectual property marketplace, according to an analysis of world patent activity published today

29 Jun 2009

Dow Releases Biodegradable Surfactants for Cleaning Products

Dow customers now have another reason to select Dow's new biodegradable surfactants for their cleaning formulations. A new surfactant product line from The Dow Chemical Company, ECOSURF EH specialty surfactants, has been successfully accepted and is now listed on the CleanGredients Database

29 Jun 2009

Bioplastic Materials from Metabolix Certified as Compostable Material

Metabolix, announced that Mirel bioplastic resins produced by Telles, its joint venture with Archer Daniels Midland Company, have been certified compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), an independent North American certifier of compostable material.

24 Jun 2009

Environmentally Friendly Natural Rolled Cork Introduced by Outwater for Architectural Applications

Outwater introduces its new line of natural Rolled Cork, ideal for Bulletin Board or Wall Facing Applications. Sold either in full rolls or by the linear foot, Outwater's Rolled Cork is not just an environmentally friendly, green commodity, as it is readily and repeatedly harvested from the bark of Cork Oak Trees, it is an inherently resilient and easy to use product

24 Jun 2009

Bioplastics From Metabolix to be Used in Rubbermaid Products

Metabolix today announced that Newell Rubbermaid, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products whose brands include Rubbermaid, Calphalon and Paper Mate, is the customer that will purchase Mirel bioplastic injection molding grade under a previously announced supply agreement

24 Jun 2009

Solar Cell Components Made From Cotton and Beans Set to Cause a Solar Power Revolution

BioSolar, Inc. has introduced “a robust protective backing for solar cells derived from cotton and castor beans, which may possibly revolutionize the solar power industry as we know it today”

22 Jun 2009

Efficient Vehicles, Environmentally Friendly Packaging and Renewable Plastics Part of the Big Picture from DuPont Performance Materials

2009 is a milestone year for the DuPont Performance Materials (DPM) platform in responding to today's global mega trends - particularly in addressing the need to reduce energy and environmental footprints in important end-use markets

22 Jun 2009

Patent Awarded to Renewable Biomaterial Based Surfactant for Detergents

The Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office has recently accepted a patent of the University of Cadiz to produce a new surfactant component using renewable raw materials, which improves the quality of detergents as they are less pollutant

18 Jun 2009