The innovation tackles a pressing issue: over 30 per cent of the world’s food supply is lost after harvest, according to global estimates, enough to feed more than 1 billion people In a groundbreaking development aimed at reducing post-harvest food waste, researchers from MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research[Read More…]
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Starbucks launches Green Planet biodegradable, plant-based straws in Japan
The new straw is made from Green Planet, a plant-based biodegradable biopolymer Starbucks has introduced new biodegradable, plant-based straws to stores in Japan, another important action in support of the company’s environmental promise to be resource-positive and commitment to reduce waste by half by 2030. The new straw is made[Read More…]
Angel Yeast continues to tackle plastic pollution challenges with bio-based material
The 80,000-square-meter PHA factory in Yichang, Hubei Province is an integrated PHA industry chain covering R&D, production, and sales Angel Yeast has established a joint venture with Beijing PhaBuilder Biotechnology Co., Ltd (PhaBuilder) to carry forward the industrialisation project of PHA with the opening of a PHA factory. PHA (polyhydeoxyalkanoates), a polyester produced[Read More…]
SKP to expand sustainable food packaging and cutlery range in Singapore
Moving towards a more product-innovating direction, further expanding and diversifying eco-friendly product range Seow Khim Polythelene Co (SKP), Singapore’s largest and leading supplier of disposable food packaging, has announced its intentional step to meet and serve the growing B2B and B2C need for food packaging through the manufacturing of its eco-friendly[Read More…]
