ENSO Plastics announces solutions to make plastics more responsible, giving brands more environmental possibilities for plastic packaging. Mesa, AZ — (SBWIRE) — 05/07/2013 — In the ongoing pursuit to address the growing global plastic pollution issue, environmental plastic solution provider ENSO Plastics announces two new technologies ENSO RENEW™ and ENSO RESTORE™ that have change the [...]
Europe continues to be largest consuming region for biodegradable polymers, with more than half of global total “The biodegradable polymers market is still young and very small, but the numbers are off the charts in terms of expected demand growth and potential for these materials in the coming years,” According to a new IHS Chemical [...]
There was a recent press release issued by Media Juice titled “Biodegradable Plastic – Compostable Not So Fast Says Stanford Daily.” The press release reviews a study performed by students at Stanford University regarding compostable utensils and their performance in “real world” environments. The study points out that what the company markets as a compostable [...]
Did you know that using the methane gasses generated from landfill sites are the least expensive form of clean energy we currently have available to us? It’s true, our waste when biodegraded anaerobically produce methane which is a flammable gas. Landfills are packed very tight and therefore do not allow oxygen to be used in [...]
Most people understand standard plastics to be resistant to the biodegradation process, but did you know that research from back in 2005 isolated a microbial strain called Brevibacillus borstelensis that is capable of utilizing polyethylene as the sole carbon and energy source? So what does all that mean and how did they do this? Soil [...]
The “Green” movement is growing at a breakneck speed. Brands are positioning themselves around their environmental initiatives in many ways, but whatever they do, addressing their use of plastic seems to be the most prevalent step in having a greener footprint on the environment. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation and confusion in the [...]
In response to the recent media coverage regarding the California Attorney General filing a lawsuit against companies doing business in California that are labeling their product packaging as “biodegradable”. At this time ENSO Plastics is unable to comment specifically about the details of any such lawsuit as we have not had the opportunity to [...]
Plastics Environmental Council to Develop Biodegradation Standard for Plastics Additives and New Certification Seal Biodegradable Additives Play Critical Role in Helping Solve the Plastics in Landfill Issue Milton, GA, OCTOBER 24, 2011 — The Plastics Environmental Council (PEC) today announced the sponsorship of a research study to produce the first standard specification for the landfill biodegradation [...]
Looks like another consumer is starting to see the reality of the issues with traditional plastics. I find it interesting that the consumer sees such a issue with the biodegradable pellet option which claims to break down in around a year? A year is a heck of a lot faster than 500-1000+ years. Unfortunately they [...]
Bioplastics production from microalgae http://www.agra-net.com/portal2/isj/home.jsp?template=newsarticle&artid=20017913128&pubid=ag043 Friday October 21 2011 Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is biodegradable and is not dependent on fossil resources, this bioplastic has been traditionally too expensive to produce to replace petroleum-based plastics. Research led by Franziska [...]