Kicking off this newsletter, we have our feature story on green #packaging and #e-commerce. If you're looking for the best bio-news, we have you covered, with stories on #biobased paint that also cleans the air, all-natural dishwasher detergents, #biopolymers from crops and newest startup #investments
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FEATURE STORY
How can green packaging capitalise on the e-commerce boom?
The e-commerce boom has been one of the biggest mega-trends shaping business and retail over the last half decade. Shopify predicts it’s far from over, saying that around a fifth of global retail sales will be made online by 2026. Of course, there’s no e-commerce without packaging. The digital retail experience has made shopping synonymous with being snowed under on a regular basis by parcels in every shape and size. Efficiency, less bulk, and user experience must be front and center of the green packaging sales pitch
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NEWSROOM
Researchers combine squid tissues and chemistry to create hydrogels
Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have combined natural squid tissues with synthetic polymers to develop a strong and versatile hydrogel that mimics many of the unique properties of biological tissues.
Mowilex presents Indonesia’s first ever bio-based paint
Indonesia’s leading producer of premium paints and coatings, Mowilex, has created a groundbreaking, bio-based paint that contains 28% renewable raw materials and removes formaldehyde from indoor air.
Braskem to evaluate production of bio-based polypropylene
The company announced a project that would utilize Braskem’s proven proprietary technology to convert bioethanol into physically segregated bio-based polypropylene.
The eco-friendly solution will help reduce single-use plastics while cleaning dirty dishes, flatware, and cookware without the use of chlorine, phosphates, dyes, bleach, or 1,4-Dioxane.
Biomanufacture startup Visolis raises 8 million in seed round
The California-based company developed a proprietary technology, which combines new-age synthetic biology and traditional chemical catalysis to produce a portfolio of bio-based chemicals with large application potential.
Yield10 Biosciences is an agricultural bioscience company that is using its differentiated trait gene discovery platform—the Trait Factory—to develop improved Camelina varieties for the production of proprietary seed products.