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40 bioplastics MAGAZINE [04/23] Vol. 18 EcoComunicazione.it r1_01.2020 Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/bioplasticsmagazine bioplastics MAGAZINE [01/21] Vol. 16 3 bioplastics MAGAZINE [04/23] Vol. 18 5 Best Of 12/05 15/06 2022 The Evolution to Renewable Carbon Plastics 16/06 The term “renewable carbon” was already mentioned for the first time in issue 03/2008, and in 2012 we asked for the first time “Are plastics made from CO 2 to be considered as bioplastics?” 3 years later (in 2015 and 2016) we published our first reports on CO 2 -based plastics. After Alex’s first “dear readers” editorial in 21/01, we officially announced to broaden our scope to include more topics from the other areas that fall under Renewable Carbon in issue 2021/02. A special edition in 2022 comprised the first articles in the new categories. 21/01 dear readers The last year has been a difficult one with the coronavirus raging across the globe and governments scrambling to find solutions to stop its spread. Many of us are currently in one form of lockdown or another as the second, and in some countries even the third wave washes over us. However, 2021 is starting hopeful, vaccines are approved and being distributed, yet normalcy seems to be still out of reach as new mutations seem to be popping up left and right. During the crisis, we had to adapt and change our behaviour, to protect us and others we had to innovate to fight this new threat. Some of these changes will probably stay with us for a while as the vaccination process might take a bit and even then, it is not guaranteed that we will completely eliminate the corona threat. But it makes me proud that many such life-saving innovations came from the bioplastics community. In issue 03 of 2020, we even had three full pages that focused entirely on covid related application news. We also had to adapt, had to go digital or postpone events. And we plan to make our three events planned for 2021 hybrid events. While we still hope to see most of you in person at the 2 nd PHA platform World Congress (July 6-7), the bio!TOY (September 7-8), or the bio!PAC (November 3-4), we are aware that for some of you it might not be possible to attend physically for one reason or another. Therefore, these events will be both physically and digitally available. But amidst all these changes it is good to have some constants. For example, that the first issue every year features the topics of Automotive and Foam. Yet even here we cannot stop the winds of change – and in this case, we would not want to. We are happy to see the growing interest of the automotive industry into more sustainable solutions, which include more sustainable materials. Last, but not least we look at the whats, hows, and whys of enzymes in our Basics section. We hope that in these trying times bioplastics MAGAZINE can give you some respite. Hang in there, we are all in this together. WWW.MATERBI.COM as orange peel adv arancia_bioplasticmagazine_01_02.2020_210x297.indd 1 24/01/20 10:26 bioplastics MAGAZINE Vol. 16 ISSN 1862-5258 Cover Story Luca, the world’s first Zero-Waste car | 16 Highlights Automotive | 14 Foam | 26 Basics Enzymes | 40 ... is read in 92 countries Follow us on twitter! . is read in 92 countries www.twitter.com/bioplasticsmag Jan / Feb 01 / 2021 Editorial From 100 to 1 – the start of a new era Bioplastics MAGAZINE has been an established source of information about and for the bioplastics industry for over 15 years. The global trade journal was for a long time focused exclusively on bioplastics (i.e. biobased and/or biodegradable and compostable plastics). Now, with its 100 th edition, the magazine wi l rebrand to “Renewable Carbon Plastics” starting with the current issue. Plastic materials are indispensable for our current modern society. While some applications could be replaced with other materials, e.g. steel, wood, or glass, it is not possible in many areas – and often, even if possible, not advisable. Plastics are great materials due to their light weight, their mouldability into almost any shape imaginable, and their low cost. However, the last point of low cost has come at a price. Plastic pollution and the contribution to global warming are the result of decades of ca lous mismanagement on a global showing a huge end-of-life problem. The beginning of life of from fossil-based resources, be it oil, gas, or coal, and their negative environmental impact. scale. We a l know the pathetica ly low recycling rates by now, most plastic materials isn’t much be ter as they are made Plastics made from biogenic sources (crops or waste streams) can be a great alternative. There has been a plethora of inventions and developments tha the editorial team of bioplastics MAGAZINE never worried about having enough content. However, we also recognized tha these raw materials are no the only possible alternative. The main objective is to avoid the new excavation o fossil resources from the ground. So, in addition to using biogenic (CCU = Carbon Capture & Utilisation) is another viable way to resources, plastics made from direct carbon capture avoid new fossil resources being used. Here carbon dioxide (CO 2 from the atmosphere or exhaust processes or methane (C 2 H 4 ) e.g. from biogasification, can be used to make plastic raw materials. Another alternative is certainly recycling, which has seen a revival of sorts in recent years. That is why the editorial team of bioplastics MAGAZINE started abou two years ago to broaden their scope of topics into plastics made from CCU and from Advanced Recycling. 23/04 The la ter comprises technologies such as chemical recycling, enzyme-based recycling, solvent-based recycling and the like. Together with the we l-established topic of bioplastics, it completed the concept of renewable carbon in plastics. So, it comes as no surprise that the team behind bioplastics MAGAZINE has decided to change the title of the publication, as with this expanding range of topics, the name "bioplastics MAGAZINE" didn’t ring true any longer. Carbon Plastics – RCP". The milestone of the 100 th edition This lead to the new name of the publication – "Renewable of bioplastics MAGAZINE seemed like a natural starting point for this transformation. From 100 to 1, this issue is both the 100 th issue of bioplastics MAGAZINE as we l as the first issue of “Renewable Carbon Plastics”. Content-wise, not much wi l change, as we have already been reporting about a l renewable carbon sources for plastics for a couple of years now. “We a l know that bioplastics won’t be able to solve the problems we are facing by themselves”, says Alex Thielen, new Editor-in-Chief of RCP and son of founder Michael Thielen, “but cooperation and a combination of technologies wi l lead to the change we all hope to see – the name change is supposed to represen that philosophy”. www.renewable-carbon-plastics.com daily updated News at www.bioplasticsmagazine.com News 08/03 Sincerely yours Alex Thielen
www.twitter.com/bioplasticsmag Michael’s slice of life Cover-Story 14/06 C loning a hand-carved hand-puppet Autodesk 123D catch generates a CAD-file... From a series of about 40 photographs ... The undefined neck is cut off in Netfabb... And a new neck, consisting of cylinders and a conical bore is added in Autodesk 123D Design More than once Michael’s private life made its entrance into bioplastics MAGAZINE. Be it the support of Philipp and Alex already as teenagers or his passion for glove puppet theatre (a “family tradition”), where he cloned a figurine in 3D printing. As Minister in a Red Hussar’s uniform during a Schützenfest, he organized PLA beer cups with a takeback scheme and as a beekeeper, he clarified some of the nonsense published about the polyethylene eating wax moth. Now the head can be 3D-printed from FKuR/Helian woodFill PLA material with wood fibre filling. Miss Schniedermeyer on stage bioplastics MAGAZINE [06/14] Vol. 9 21 08/04 13/03 Editorial dear readers Michael and Jenny (Covergirl 05/2011) bioplastics MAGAZINE has already reported a couple of times about the PLA beverage cups that are collected and recycled at large festivals, sport events or rock concerts. “So why not do it myself?” I thought earlier this year. During a rather small local festival in my home town of Mönchengladbach in Germany I succeeded in convincing the organizers to sell beer in PLA cups (Ingeo cups supplied by Huhtamaki). And just like at the other festivals or concerts, the guests were offered a free drink for each ten returned cups. The collected cups will be sent to Purac to be recycled during one of the next uses of the Perpetual Plastic Project’s recycling machine (see p. 54). The festival is a typical German Schützenfest (see http://bit.ly/Y1SmVP for an nation), and this year I was one of the two Ministers to the King of Marksmen, , wearing explaa traditional red hussar’s uniform. Now… after combining job and leisure… back to business: And back to recycling of 17/03 PLA, which is one of the highlights in this issue, even though we could not obtain the latest news about the future of the chemical recycling system LOOPLA in time to include it. The project will be continued by Futerro after Galactic decided to orient its development towards more specific solutions for the food and pharmaceutical sectors, and we still offer our readers a lot of other articles and news around the recycling of PLA. We will certainly keep you updated on the future of LOOPLA… The other editorial focus is on injection moulding of components for use in durable applications. Because durable applications have become an increased focus of attention in the bioplastics world, we also decided to dedicate the third day of our Bioplastics Business Breakfast, during the upcoming K’2013 trade fair, to durable applications. Finally this issue is once again rounded off by another of our basics articles, this time on succinic acid, and lots of industry and applications news. As usual, our events calendar provides an overview about forthcoming conferences and trade shows. I’m looking forward to seeing one or more of you at one of these events. Until then, we hope you enjoy reading bioplastics MAGAZINE Sincerely yours Michael Thielen Follow us on twitter! Be our friend on Facebook! www.facebook.com/bioplasticsmagazine bioplastics MAGAZINE [03/13] Vol. 8 bioplastics MAGAZINE [04/23] Vol. 18 3 41
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