While biodegradable plastics and recycling technologies have received widespread attention, a quieter revolution is taking place in the form of plant-based coatings for plastics. These innovative ...

— -- Here is one word about an up-and-coming innovation in plastics: cornfields. Bioplastics — most of which are now made from corn — are poised to grab a bigger share of the plastics market as ...

A Balsam Hill plant-based plastic Christmas tree on display in Braskem's booth at K. One of Balsam Hill’s most recent new trees – the Aspen Silver Fir ™ – is and always has been made with plant-based ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory has engineered poplar trees to produce valuable chemicals that can be used to make ...

It would seem unlikely for clothing designers to get their wheels turning by thinking about what happens to garments when people are through with them, but that’s exactly the sort of backward thinking ...

A joint venture between material firm Braskem SA of Brazil and Japanese industrial conglomerate Sojitz Corp. plans to build a $400 million plant making bio-based plastic feedstocks in Lafayette, Ind.

A new $300 million facility in Eddyville has begun producing a corn-based chemical that will be used to make consumer goods. Jon Veldhouse is the CEO of Qore, a joint venture of Minnesota-based ...