biodegradable News

How the choice in packaging materials makes all the difference

Add-X Biotech and Q-Lab Corporation have teamed up to perform the first outdoor weathering test using an oxo-biodegradable plastic bag.

Biodegradable Food Service, LLC (BDFS) announced today the opening of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Richland, Missouri. Initial production runs are set to commence in January of 2012.

Irish-based company are awarded the USA Parent Tested Parent Approved Winners Seal, for their revolutionary baby care product - DermaH2O WaterWipes.

Biodegradable Food Service, LLC (BDFS) announced today the launch of its Earth-To-Go line of PLA cups, clamshells, portion/soufflé cups, salad bowls, and deli containers. The line should be available for shipment in late December 2011.

Wasabi Warriors are launching their first sushi store in Brisbane in November 2011. They are now searching for Suppliers that can help them eat good, do good and feel good.

Oxo-biodegradable plastic will not only survive competition from other plastics, including bio-based plastics, but looks set to increase its worldwide market share dramatically.

Biodegradable Food Service (BDFS) announced today that its premium single-wall Kraft Earth Cup and Earth Bowl soup container have been certified as compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI).

'Weaker' bags are not from the Oxo-Biodegradable additive

To cope with problems in soft water areas Rational has developed an foam-reducing tablet for use with the automatic cleaning programme in its SelfCooking Centers.

New Manufacturing market report from Business Insights: "The Global Outlook for Biodegradable Packaging"

Cortec® CorrTube™, the premier shipping and packaging tube in the industry can be used to protect, store, or ship raw barstock, cylindrical parts, gears, bearings, and much more simply by using the ideal tube size.

Recently published research from Markets and Markets, "Biodegradable Plastics Market: by Types (Starch, PLA, PHA, PCL, and PBS), Applications, Regulations, Prices, Trends & Forecast (2011 - 2016)", is now available at Fast Market Research

Bioplastics mandate to fight Oxo-biodegradable plastic technology.

Wheatware USA, Inc., with manufacturing facilities in Nebraska, has successfully expanded manufacturing operations of Wheatware™ products over the last 16 months.

Cortec® Corporation, a world leader in innovative, green, sustainable technologies has spent many years of dedicated experimentation to introduce our BioCortec® range of corrosion control products.

U.S. Patent Office grants patent to Eco Vision for the Eco Jar fully home compostable paper-based package. The company is actively seeking licensees worldwide. The Eco Jar has already received a major industry packaging award.

Cortec’s EcoLine® CLP is a “green” multifunctional cleaner/lubricant/penetrant (CLP) that will maximize the life of machine parts by reducing friction and wear, while providing corrosion protection.

A Portmsouth based company has developed an entire range of biodegradable products to be used in the print market, replacing PVC at the same standard, quality and cost.

Can parties be both disposable and eco-friendly? Yes they can! Today Eco Party Solutions Introduces: The Eco Party Box! A convenient and eco-friendly party in a box designed specifically for environmentally responsible parties.

Biodegradable Food Service (BDFS) announced today that its newly re-formulated and green-colored 6400 Series cutlery has been certified to meet the USDA BioPreferred program “bio-based” requirements for disposable cutlery.

Enhance sustainability efforts with FFR-DSI’s new Biodegradable Data Strip® Label Holders. Versatile mounting options are available, for a “green” solution compatible on multiple shelving styles.

Samsill made the shortlist in the Best Products – Core Office Products category with its revolutionary new Speedy Spine binder.

John Masters Organics introduces the Vitamin C Anti-ageing Serum which contains more Vitamin C than over 30 oranges, in its natural amino-acid, polypeptide form.

Compared to other carrier bags, plastic is the better choice when it comes to long term impact on the environment.

The new EarthFiber Lid is 100% compostable in properly maintained facilities (per ASTM 6400D requirements), where available. The lid is GMO- and petroleum-free, and pairs with the Earth Cup to provide a 100% compostable coffee cup combo.

Patent Office grants patent to Eco Vision for the Eco Tube fully home compostable paper-based packaging. The company is actively seeking licensees worldwide. The Eco Tube has already received a major industry award as a home compostable package.

Landaal Packaging Systems will reveal the most eco-friendly insulated wine shipping container available in today's marketplace at two important January 2011 wine events in California

Front of the House Introduces Revolutionary New Platewise Bamboo Plates, Melamine Free. Truly green, eco-friendly, biodegradable, industrial dishwasher safe, break-resistant and beautiful are wise choice for restaurants, caterers, hotels, schools.

GFS BioProtect™ Effluent Remediator (BPER) utilizes revolutionary new microbial technology to remove odour, breakdown waste, and kill the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae in refugee camps

Eco-Orchards, specializing in single use, “to-go” packaging for the food service industry, now produces a superior quality packaging derived from the waste product of highly biodegradable and renewable sugar cane, commonly referred to as Bagasse.

The Natural Products Expo East in Boston, MA (October 14-16, 2010) was the debut for Direct Source Special Products Inc.’s (DSSP), most recent brand, Aussan Natural™ Marine.

Biopack Environmental Solutions Inc. (OTCBB:BPAC.ob), a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of 100% biodegradable and compostable packaging products.

Biopack Environmental Solutions Inc. (OTCBB:BPAC.ob) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Solupack Sistemas de Embalagens Ltda (“Solupack”) for distribution in Latin America.

Biopack Environmental Solutions Inc. (OTCBB:BPAC.ob) has signed an agreement with an expert international coatings and emulsions company to further expand its research and development initiatives and diversify its product applications.

A new partnership sets the standard for an environmentally responsible cold chain package. The gourmet food products inside and insulated packaging itself are eco-friendly and created with sustainable practices.

This little product could meaningfully bring the communities 3 great savings: Saves the Earth, Saves the Money and Saves the Baby (from skin allergy and choking hazard).

Eco-upstart GreenDoggieBags™ debut as the exclusive dog waste bag in HollyWOOF, the celebrity dog gift bag given to luminaries such as Oprah, Ellen DeGeneres, Rachael Ray, Hillary Duff, Miley Cyrus, & Drew Barrymore.

NuEarth Signs Joint Venture Continuation Agreement with Laboratorio Internazionale Agricoltura, S/p/A and Signs Two $750,000 Agricultural Modeling Contracts for a Total of $1.5 Million in New Laboratory Contracts

Sustainable shoes reflect latest trends in footwear

New range showcases latest eco-friendly footwear trends

August 2010, Amazon.com began carrying an evolutionary, USA-made ‘green’ product line called WheatwareBiodegradables, including 7 new music products from Wheatware, the world's first Wheatwind Reeds for Alto Sax and Clarinet.

BDFS announces the Earth Bowl, its series of biodegradable paper food containers with BDFS’s proprietary coating. In addition, the company now offers new “crystallized” PLA (CPLA) hot cup lids for its Kraft Earth Cup and for the Earth Bowl.

Biodegradable Food Service LLC (BDFS) is pleased to announce the introduction of “Earth-To-Go” PLA Straws. Packaged in Kraft-style chipboard containers, the new straight straws come in two different sizes.

More and more people are making a choice to go green in an effort to reduce the damage done to the environment. There’s a variety of actions that can be taken to help stop the destruction of our planet and Ecologic Earth can help.

Biodegradable Food Service LLC (BDFS) is pleased to announce its Local Sponsor status for the Opening Ceremony of Avon’s IN IT TO END IT Walk for Breast Cancer in San Francisco. The event took place July 10-11.

Sunriver, OR: Biodegradable Food Service LLC (BDFS) is pleased to announce that it is supplying disposable tableware for the July 18, 2010 AIDS Walk San Francisco annual fundraising event.

Biodegradable Food Service LLC (BDFS) is pleased to announce that it is supplying disposable tableware for The Saban Free Clinic’s “Extravaganza for the Senses” annual fundraising food and wine event on Saturday, July 17, 2010.

Amy's Place Aromatic Soy Candles are individually blended, poured and packaged by hand. The attention and care that each candle has been given results in a candle unique to any other, environmentally aware and exclusive in its essence.

FIVE MOUNTAINS, a San Francisco-based organic tea crafter and tea-ware manufacturer, push the limits on how “green” tea can be. The all-too-common, disappointing signs of “greenwashing” fail to surface anywhere in their achievement.