PLA with “20% recycled content” unveiled by Total Corbion
Total Corbion PLA launched a new Luminy PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) made with chemically recycled post-industrial and post-consumer waste, which, according to the company, is the world’s first commercially available bioplastic product of its kind. Luminy PLA grades offer the same properties, characteristics, and regulatory approvals as virgin Luminy PLA, but are partially made from post-industrial and post-consumer PLA waste. The company says it receives and depolymerises reprocessed PLA waste, which is then purified and polymerised into the new Luminy rPLA for commercial distribution.
Scotch & Soda Partner with Tipa to Integrate Compostable Packaging in Supply Chain
Amsterdam-based fashion brand Scotch & Soda announced its partnership with TIPA, a company that creates compostable and biodegradable packaging solutions. The integration of bioplastic TIPA bags is part of Scotch & Soda’s aim to step away from conventional plastic bags for all product categories by 2025, supporting the brand’s sustainability mission to contribute to environmental protection. In 2022, a minimum of one million of Scotch & Soda’s garments will be packed in TIPA bioplastic bags. For Spring and Summer, the first two collections of the year, TIPA bags will represent 21% of the total product packaging and will be used for high volume items, such as T-shirts, jeans, sweatshirts, sweaters, and shirts — throughout menswear, womenswear and kids wear.
Avantium takes positive final investment decision on construction of its FDCA flagship plant
The positive final investment decision was taken after the company fulfilled all three key conditions it had defined beforehand, which include securing sufficient financing, finalising the engineering and establishing the supply chain, and obtaining sufficient offtake commitments for the flagship plant. With the recent signing of a €90 million committed debt financing term sheet, the final outstanding financing condition has now been met. Reaching this milestone will accelerate the commercialisation of PEF (polyethylene furanoate). Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant will be the world’s first factory to produce FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) on a commercial scale, with a capacity of 5 kiloton per annum.