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A process that could turn waste plastic into virgin-grade materials an infinite number of times is the unicorn of the circular plastics economy. And Finland’s Olefy says its new gasification process can deliver. Olefy’s one-step process can turn even low-quality plastic waste into high-value virgin-grade plastics, the company says, with a yield as high as 70% of the feedstock. The resulting molecules created are equal to oil-based virgin olefins of…

Today’s Renewable Revolution in biobased polymers points backward to the first major commercial plastic — Celluloid, cellulose nitrate derived from cotton or wood pulp, and used for photographic film stock, shirt cuffs and collars, and pool balls, among others. (Photo: Getty Images/Serg_Velusceac) This blog post started with my refrigerator. I took out a carton of milk for my morning tea and my wife’s breakfast cereal, and it smelled … off.…

Korean biomedical company T&R Biofab has signed a joint development deal with Johnson & Johnson Innovation involving T&R’s 3D bioprinting scaffold technology, reported the Korea Biomedical Review earlier this week. According to the media outlet, the agreement will further the development of implantable devices based on various biomaterials and polymers using T&R’s 3D bioprinting technology. T&R’s proprietary system can print biomaterials, including its hydrogel tissue–derived bio ink, synthetic and biodegradable…

Photo Credit: Getty Images The pandemic has been so hard on so many. Lives lost and life plans, classrooms and places of business completely upended, an unprecedented mental health crisis, a global supply chain in chaos, and the list goes on. As devastating as the last two-plus years have been, the period has not been without its silver linings. One of them is that the rest of the world now knows…