Economía Circular
Economía Circular
What is the difference between ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’?
24/03/2023 -
Today there is a wide range of biodegradable and/or compostable products. These terms, so often used nowadays, can lead to confusion, so it is necessary to look at each definition in...
Aimplas evalúa la biodegradación, la desintegración y la ecotoxicidad de los bioplásticos en el mar
14/03/2023 -
El plástico es un material imprescindible en el sector industrial por su resistencia, versatilidad y precio. Por otro lado, la demanda de bioplásticos biodegradables se ha...
AIMPLAS acredita nuevos ensayos para productos compostables y sigue impulsando la economía circular.
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Los laboratorios de Biodegradación y Compostabilidad de AIMPLAS han conseguido acreditar sus ensayos de desintegración piloto y ecotoxicidad en plantas...
Researchers Develop Easily Recyclable and Compostable Polyester
01/03/2023 -
How can plastics be designed so they retain their desirable properties but at the same time can be more effectively recycled? This and other questions concerning the eco-friendliness of...
Textile and food waste mixes biodegradation for composite mycelium materials
13/02/2023 -
This article investigates ways to produce flexible mycelium materials through the biodegradation of various combinations of denim textile waste, synthetic…Full text:
SUPA Innovations ofrece detergente en botellas de cartón libres de film plástico en el interior
26/01/2023 -
Según sus informaciones, es la primera botella de cartón del mundo que no incorpora recubrimiento plástico en su interior. Se utiliza para el envasado de detergente líquido...
Investigadores de la Universidad de Konstanz desarrollan un nuevo poliéster de alta estabilidad mecánica, reciclable fácilmente y compostable
23/01/2023 -
La durabilidad y repelencia al agua de los plásticos convencionales dificultan su reciclaje. En el nuevo material, buena cristalinidad y empaquetamiento estructural, repelencia al agua y...
Se amplía el alcance de la acreditación de Aimplas para ensayos de productos compostables
31/01/2023 -
Una auditoría llevada a cabo por Enac en los laboratorios de Biodegradación y Compostabilidad de Aimplas, Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico, ha permitido acreditar...
REPurpose desarrollará elastómeros termoplásticos sin aditivos a partir del reciclado de residuos posconsumo
31/01/2023 -
Encontrar un modo sostenible de dar forma a una economía de residuo cero es primordial para mantener un sistema de consumo consciente de los límites de nuestro planeta, en especial...
Aimplas acredita nuevos ensayos para productos compostables y sigue impulsando la economía circular
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Una auditoría llevada a cabo por ENAC en los laboratorios de Biodegradación y Compostabilidad de Aimplas, Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico, ha permitido ...
New tailwind for renewable carbon plastics in EU policy?
26/01/2023 -
Apples with biodegradable stickers. Source: PixabayThe long-awaited proposals for a policy framework for biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics as well as for the revision of the...
A Smart Factory with minimal effort
17/01/2023 -
Polyethylene has a number of advantageous properties, but biodegradability is not one of them. A team of researchers has now developed a plastic which has similar thermoplastic properties to...
Strong and biodegradable
10/01/2023 -
How can plastics be designed so they retain their desirable properties but at the same time can be more effectively recycled? This and other questions concerning the eco-friendliness of...
AIMPLAS Participates in the EU REPurpose Project on Safe and Sustainable Design of Elastomeric Plastics from Recycling of Post-consumer Waste
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Finding a sustainable way to shape a zero-waste economy is essential to keep the world’s consumption within its planetary boundaries, especially for versatile and widespread...
AIMPLAS Takes Part in REPurpose Project on Creating TPEs from Post-consumer Waste
04/01/2023 -
The global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and minerals is expected to double in the next 40 years, with harmful consequences for humans and the environment. The...
Teijin Frontier Develops Practical, Highly Biodegradable PLA Resin that will Help to Reduce Microplastics
21/12/2022 -
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, announced today that it has developed a practical polylactic acid (PLA) resin that biodegrades...
Balena Steps Out with 100 % Biodegradable Footwear
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Balena (Tel Aviv, Israel), the material science company aiming at transforming the fashion industry, recently announced the debut of its eco-chic BioCir Slides, made of its proprietary, 100 %...
Teijin Frontier Develops Highly Biodegradable PLA
13/12/2022 -
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting...
one·five y Flinders University desarrollan un nuevo recubrimiento basado en algas para aportar barrera a grasa
18/11/2022 -
Pretenden sustituir a los plásticos convencionales aportando barrera a grasa. Ejemplo de aplicación: envases de papel. Modificaciones simples, sin afectar a la reciclabilidad o...
CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks Sign Master Collaboration Agreement, Solidifying Relationship to Commercialize Novel Biopolymer Solutions
29/11/2022 -
CJ Biomaterials, Inc., a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and leading producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), and NatureWorks, an advanced materials company that is the...
CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks Sign MCA to Develop Sustainable Material Solutions
25/11/2022 -
CJ Biomaterials, Inc., a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), and
