Offre d’emploi / SYNTHESE ET EVALUATION DE SUPER-ABSORBANTS PAR EXTRUSION REACTIVE AMIENS, France

Offre d’emploi / Post-Doctorat en formulations des Polymères Alençon

Offre d’emploi / matériaux biodégradables Rennes, France

Offre d’emploi / Post-Doc Proposal AGROmolecules for BARrier packaging / Grenoble

Offre d’emploi / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER – PROJECT MANAGEMENT / Liège

Offre d’emploi / physicochimie des macromolécules / Post-doc / Rouen

Profil : physicochimie des macromolécules

Lieu : Lab. Polymères, Biopolymères et Surfaces FRE 3101 CNRS – Université de Rouen

Offre de thèse / Synthèse et formulation de matériaux à base de polymères pour le conditionnement d’agro-aliments. Etudes des propriétés et des performances lors du cycle de vie

Offre d’emploi / POST-DOCTORAL POSITION / Strasbourg

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION in France (Strasbourg)

The LIPHT (Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Polymères pour les Hautes Technologies – UMR CNRS N° 7165) is a laboratory of ECPM (French Engineering School), associated both to the CNRS and the University of Strasbourg (UdS) (http://www-ecpm.ustrasbg.fr/Polymeres/Interface.index.php)

BIOPLAST Branded Bio-degradable Garbage Bags for Carrefour

Un distributeur de sacs plastiques oxo-additivés.

Bioplast Limited are pleased to announce that recently submitted tender for the supply of BIOPLAST Branded Bio-degradable Garbage Bags to Carrefour SA in Turkey has been successful and this new environmentally friendly Biotechnology has been introduced to the Turkish consumer for the first time and have been available in all Carrefour SA Stores throughout Turkey from 23 January 2008.

L’oridnateur biodégradable ASHELVEA

ASHELVEA

Performant, esthétique, économique L’ordinateur conçu par Ashelvea affiche un beau brelan de qualités. Mais surtout, en termes d’innovation, il est biodégradable

Six lauréats aux Bioplastics Awards

Six lauréats aux Bioplastics Awards 05/12/2008

Les anglo-saxons sont en pointe dans les initiatives récompensées par la revue European Plastics News.

Stanelco, the sustainable packaging technology specialist, has reported a 120% growth

Stanelco, the sustainable packaging technology specialist, has reported a 120% growth in revenue to £12.2m for the nine months to 30 September 2008.

In an interim statement it said direct sales of bioplastics increased by 450% in the period.

BioPak announces launch of BioNet compostable extruded net tubing

BioNet is manufactured in Australia from a starch based biopolymer. According to the company, the material is certified compostable to European Standard EN13432 which means that it will break down into CO2, water and biomass in a compost facility within 180 days.

New cornstarch-based biodegradable shrink film for packaging industry

American manufacturer of high-performance polyolefin films, Clysar has introduced a new, biodegradable shrink film called PLAnet™. The new shrink film is proprietary PLA (polylactic acid) film developed to meet the sustainable demands continuing to grow in the packaging industry. Clysar’s PLAnet is made from renewable cornstarch, which requires up to 50% less fossil fuels than traditional hydrocarbon resins. This corn-based film reduces the output of greenhouse gases during production, and it doesn’t emit toxic fumes when incinerated, according to the maker.

Bioplastic packaging: The promise vs. the reality

Un point intéressant sur les bioplastiques (PLLA principalement)

Bioplastic packaging: The promise vs. the reality
By Editorial Director John Kalkowski — Converting Magazine, 11/20/2008

Judging from the attendance at Intertech-Pira’s recent conference on bioplastics, there is high interest in these materials. However, consumer product goods companies (CPGs) who participated in the conference raised numerous questions about the use of bioplastics. Many participants would agree, I’m sure, that bioplastics’ time has not yet come, but it can’t be far off.

Development of New Crops and Feedstocks for Biofuels and Biobased Products

Submitted by Mr. Pete Nelson
As someone who has worked with a variety of new crops and technologies for over ten years, this is an exciting time to be involved with new crops and diverse feedstocks for the biofuels and broader biobased products industries. A number of factors are converging to foster the development of new crops in a way that is larger in both volume, variety, and commercial viability than ever before.

http://biobasednews.com/node/14466

Biobased Products and the Transition to Sustainable Patterns of Consumption

Submitted by Abby Schwimmer

Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention, please. We’ve got a problem – an oil problem, that is. Constituting approximately one-quarter of the world’s petroleum demand, the United States is unquestionably driven by substance abuse, although our 20 million-barrel-a-day oil habit is both 100-percent legal and widely socially acceptable.

http://biobasednews.com/node/16924

Home-compostable logo launch set for March

A logo denoting home-compostabilility could be rolled out nationwide as early as March, following some 18 months of work by the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC).

Price stabilization of bioplastics expected in 2015

Producers and packaging associations claim improvements to cost, performance and moisture barrier properties of bioplastics as well as more investment in sorting technology to prevent contamination of recycling waste streams will enable the industry to compete more effectively with conventional plastics.

Life-cycle analysis ‘too complex’ to communicate to consumer

Life-cycle analysis is “too complex” to be used to convey information about the environmental impact of packaging to consumers, according to industry association European Bioplastics.

Biopolymer Network Wins International Bioplastics Award

New Zealand researchers have again been honoured on the international stage with a new environmentally friendly biofoam winning a prestigious annual International Bioplastics Awards in the “Best Innovation in Bioplastics” category.

European Bioplastics position paper on Life Cycle Assessment / bioplastic24

European Bioplastics position paper on Life Cycle Assessment

European Bioplastics has released a position paper on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of bioplastics outlining the opportunities and needs of the analytical tool. The paper addresses the careful and knowledgeable use of it and calls for the involvement of the industry. Bioplastics are designed on sustainability criteria thus aiming to improve environmental performance. It is of vital importance that the reliable instrument LCA is guiding the market and technology development of bioplastics and not obstructing it.

Quality Street Wrappers Go Compostable with New Natureflex Coloured Film

Innovia Films’ renewable and compostable packaging film, NatureFlex™ has been chosen by Nestlé UK to wrap one of its signature confectionery brands: Quality Street.

Not Just a Packaging Material Anymore: Conference Sparks New Ideas for Polylactic Acid Use

Rohm&Haas complète sa gamme d’impact modifiers pour le PLA et sort un viscosifiant. Tous sont acryliques, rien n’est dit sur leur biodégradabilité.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081203006269&newsLang=en

DuPont Launches Renewably Sourced Material for Carpet Cushion

DuPont today announced it has introduced DuPont Active Layer RS renewably sourced moisture barrier films for use in carpet cushioning.

Publication / Science Direct / Nano Today / Learning mechanical principles from ancient fish: Biomaterials

Volume 3, Issues 5-6, October-December 2008, Page 8
Michel Fleck

Over 500 million years ago, in the Ordovician period, the first dermal armour among vertebrates developed with the rise of the now long-dead Ostracoderms. Today, researchers from the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering as well as Mechanical Engineering, both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are investigating more recent types of fish body armour with regard to their mechanical properties (Nature Materials, doi:10.1038/nmat2231). In particular, they performed an experimental and computational study of materials design principles in the armour of the ‘living fossil’ fish Polypterus senegalus, a member of the Polypteridae family which appeared in the Cretaceous and has not changed much since.

Publication / Science Direct / Materials today / Building a better gecko: Biomaterials

Building a better gecko: Biomaterials
Materials Today, Volume 11, Issue 11, November 2008, Page 11
Peter Dedecker

Altuglas International develops acrylic resins based on renewable raw materials

Altuglas International, a subsidiary of the French-based chemical provider Arkema Group, is introducing Altuglas Rnew, a new PMMA grade containing 20% of carbon that is derived directly from biomass. This product offers properties comparable to those of conventional grades produced entirely from fossil carbon.

Oregon theory may help design tomorrow’s sustainable polymer

Trouvailles concernant l’étude des mouvements corporatifs de macromolécules.

Theoretical chemist provides focus to years of unexplained behavior of molecules moving in plastics

http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/11235.php?from=127247

Teknor Apex Licenses Innovative Starch-Blend Technology From Cerestech For Producing Bioplastics

Pawtucket, RI – Teknor Apex Company has signed a licensing agreement with Cerestech Inc. on a unique method for blending relatively low-cost thermoplastic starch (TPS) with synthetic polymers or other bioplastics while retaining high levels of key performance properties, the companies announced recently.

Publication / Science Direct / Polymer Degradation and stability / Biodegradability of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) composite reinforced with jute fibre

Polymer Degradation and Stability
Volume 94, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 90-94

Publication / Science Direct / Polymer degradation and stability / Thermal degradation of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) and their blends upon melt processing

Polymer Degradation and Stability
Volume 94, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 74-82

Revolutionary VytexTM Natural Rubber Latex Developed to Help Allergy Sufferers

Comment éviter les allergies dues aux latex synthétique (comme ceux des des préservatifs par exemple)? Une entreprise américaine teste des Latex naturels pour répondre à la question !

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VytexTM Natural Rubber Latex (NRL), a patented specialty chemical that virtually eliminates allergy-causing proteins found in latex, could prevent allergies from developing. Up to 17 percent of healthcare workers and one percent of the general population – three million people – are allergic to latex, according to the American Latex Allergy Association. Symptoms range from skin rash and swollen eyes to hives and life-threatening anaphylaxis.

Cereplast to Supply Bio-Based Plastic Used to Make Products for Chipotle Restaurants and Cadacos Enviro-Blox Building Toys

Up to 800 Chipotle Locations May Feature Environmentally Sustainable Plastic Cutlery

HAWTHORNE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cereplast, Inc. (OTCBB: CERP), manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, today announced a supply agreement between HAVI/Perseco (HAVI), a leader in supply chain management, and Chipotle Restaurants, the restaurant known for providing Food With Integrity®.