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Plant or plastic? How to decode vegan leather alternatives - Kyna Intel, 2023-03-07T10:23:05+07:00

"From cork to pineapple to mushrooms, there are plenty of plant-based leathers available today. But many come wrapped in a layer of polyurethane." ...

Plant-based dye innovator secures funding - Kyna Intel, 2022-12-06T09:05:38+07:00

"Textile dye innovator Stony Creek Colors has secured US$4.8 million in funding led by long-standing partners Levi’s and Lewis & Clark AgriFood." ...

Plant-based materials on rise - Kyna Intel, 2022-02-18T15:09:15+07:00

"Fabrics made from plant-based materials are set to boom in collections for the autumn/winter 2022/23 season, according to “Survey of the European fabric fairs ...

Plant-based technologies from Moonlight - Kyna Intel, 2022-05-30T17:05:09+07:00

"Moonlight Technologies has launched five new, sustainable, plant-based technologies, which the New York based company says, reinforces its foundation mission, ...

Plastic bags: Repurposing over recycling? - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-22T15:25:43+07:00

"Scientists recently created textile fabrics made out of polyethylene – the polymer used in plastic grocery bags as well as many other everyday items – to ...

Plastic bottles threaten children’s health; not just a waste problem - Kyna Intel, 2022-07-25T10:26:49+07:00

"Laboratory testing of popular beverages, including Pepsi and Coca-Cola brands, found unsafe levels of a highly toxic chemical used to make the plastic bottles ...

Plastic for profit: Tracing illicit plastic waste flows, supply chains and actors - Kyna Intel, 2021-11-10T17:43:15+07:00

"The shipping of different types of waste from Western countries to Asia and Africa has been an ongoing phenomenon since the 1970s. In fact, ever growing waste ...

Plastic packaging might be biodegradable after all, say German scientists - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-07T13:20:46+07:00

"Leipzig researchers have found an enzyme that rapidly breaks down PET, the most widely produced plastic in the world. It might just eat your old tote bags." ...

Plastic recycler to establish plant in France - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-27T16:15:40+07:00

"Chemical recycling specialist Loop Industries has selected a site in France on which to build its first European processing and manufacturing plant. Working ...

Plastic waste trade: The hidden numbers - Kyna Intel, 2023-03-13T12:19:18+07:00

"Though they only account for 16 percent of the world’s population, high-income countries generate about 34 percent of the world’s waste.1 A large portion of ...