Maintenance of economical balance is a big challenge in bioplastics: Toby Reid

With the day by day changing scenario in the industrial world due to increase in cost of raw materials and scarcity of fossil fuels resources, leading companies are taking interest in development of bio-based plastics. The result is that several companies are finding their fate in the bio-plastic market. Solegear, one of the leading bioplastic manufacturers based in Vancouver has good growth in this field currently. Toby Reid, the CEO and founder of the company has been interviewed on challenges and chances of bioplastic manufacturing in the modern scenario. According to him, during the five year drive of the company in this field, it has done a lot in maintenance of economical balance through bio-based plastics production. Learning more about the global supply chain and working in positive directions using that knowledge was the main challenge in this direction.

Red full interview with Toby Reid here - http://www.plasticstoday.com/articles/Making-it-in-bioplastics-Solegears-Toby-Reid-talks-about-the-industrys-challenges-and-chances-141217


Toby further states that the most important thing to know about bioplastic manufacturing is that it will meet demand of the next generation for better solutions. Getting the right plastic using right application on the right combination of raw materials is not only a challenge but also a significant investment company does to discover the most efficient and eco friendly bioplastic.

Sonoco launched a new green brand on 35th anniversary of it’s establishment

Sonoco, one of the leading packaging companies has launched its reputed green brand in North America on the occasion of its 35th birthday. By developing bio-based plastic bottles for Ecover, the company has offered one more eco friendly product to the new generation. Andrew Moreno, The procurement director of Ecover North America stated that being a leader in the green cleaning space, the company got a smart packaging partner for collaboration on sustainable packaging solutions. This will help them to achieve an extensive level of commercialization. Moreover, the company require near site production services and responsive facility for decreasing lead times and adverse impact on environment.

Read more about this discovery here - http://householdelectronicsproducts.packaging-business-review.com/news/sonoco-develops-plant-based-plastic-bottles-for-ecover-031214-4458080

Sonoco is able to meet all the demands and requirements of Ecover; bearing perfection and efficiency, the company helps in development of a new line of packaging to grab more consumers for Ecover. In order to develop plant based bottles, a proprietary blend of PCR and HDPE is used. This bio-resin is manufactured by utilization of bio-based feedstock claiming 90 percent lesser consumption of energy and emission of up to 75 percent less greenhouse gases in comparison to the petroleum-based resin.

According to Jeff DiPasquale, the VP of Sonoco Blow Molding, the company is proud to have partnership with Ecover for becoming the HDPE bottle supplier brand in North America.

Brussels will host the next BIO-TIC stakeholder workshop on 1st December

Business case stakeholder workshop is being organized by BIO-TIC European funded project on December 1, 2014 at Brussels that will discuss and prioritize the possible hurdles that are currently affecting the use of IB in production of bio-based plastics. Bioplastics and biopolymers have been invited to attend this workshop which will be a type of satellite event for 9th European Bioplastics Conference that will be held on 2nd and 3rd December this year.

http://bio-based.eu/news/bio-tic-stakeholder-workshop-brussels-1st-december-2014/ further mentions that people not having membership of European Bioplastics will be eligible for getting 10% discount at admission fee however; they need to get registered for this workshop before applying to the EBC.

Sole aims of this workshop will be to:

•         Prioritize non-technological, market and technological hurdles affecting the IB’s use in production of bio-based plastics,
•         Recognize genuine solutions to prominent hurdles including action timeframes; and
•         Integrate all the decision makers, innovation agencies and technology providers to IB end users so that better connections and discussing stimulations can be easily achieved.

http://bio-based.eu/news/bio-tic-stakeholder-workshop-brussels-1st-december-2014/ further requires the valuable and potential input from the technological experts, policy makers and market leaders in bioplastics industry so that various recommendations and solutions can be target to serve the industry purposes. More and innovative approaches along with best recommendations and suggestions have also been invited for this project to make it successful and productive.