]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/bioplastic Blog Articles Tagged with 'bioplastic' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/145920?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Toyota Comes up with a New Way to Green: Plant Based Cars! Seriously. Now, who doesn't love Toyota? Here is one more reason. By 2015, Toyota plans to roll out cars in which bioplastic accounts for one-fifth of all plastic components. Let's hope the p... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/145920?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:23:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/146350?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Toyota Comes up with a New Way to Green: Plant Based Cars! Seriously. Now, who doesn???t love Toyota? Here is one more reason. By 2015, Toyota plans to roll out cars in which bioplastic accounts for one-fifth of all plastic components. Let???s hope t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/146350?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:23:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/138443?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic In a series of environmental research studies, scientists call for regulatory action to prevent dire health effects of man's exposure to petroleum based plastics. Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly ass... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/138443?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:28:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/133828?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic This article was written by Alex Steffen and Sarah Rich in April 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective.Most of the time, we go far out of our way to blog from the sunny side of the street, but today we hav... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/133828?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:21:51 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/127797?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Nikkei. Teijin Ltd. has purchased a bioplastics testing facility from Toyota Motor Corporation that the automaker had installed at its Hirose plant in 2004 and stopped using in March. Teijin will move the equipment to its Matsuyama plant, where it wi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/127797?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:44:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/126783?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Image source: WildGreenYonderWith need (how to ensure all of those alternative plastics - corn, soy, sugarcane- are reused, now that regular plastic is poo-poo'd), comes a market. The Bioplastics Recycling Consortium was created to develop an ef... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/126783?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:17:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/126665?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Filed under: EthanolAside from metals such as iron, steel and aluminum, perhaps the most common material in cars is plastic. Most of the plastic made today is derived from petroleum. Besides the raw materials used, a lot pf greenhouse gases are produ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/126665?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:23:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/125229?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic This is a guest post by Adam Vaughan, editor of CNET's SmartPlanet. Adam also co-founded Hippyshopper, the UK's first green consumer blog and launched Newconsumer.com Image by: ShayanRemember how Nokia's next hipster phone would be 100 per cent recy... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/125229?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:31:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/124953?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Switchgrass plants engineered using Metabolix's multi-gene expression technology have produced significant amounts of PHA bioplastics in leaf tissues in recently-completed greenhouse trials. This represents the first successful expression of a new fu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/124953?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:36:57 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/115838?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Frost & Sullivan has presented a new report titled European Markets for Naturally-Reinforced Plastic Composites , in which it shows that plastics containing a certain fraction of biobased materials are becoming cost-competitive in the EU. The report... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/115838?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:47:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/114926?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Filed under: Diesel, Hydrogen, MPG, Mazda, LightweightMazda has declared that by the middle of the decade they will have replaced their entire powertrain lineup and cut fuel consumption by 30 percent. On the powertrain side, engines will be upgraded... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/114926?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:59:07 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/113905?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic The operating principle of Mazda's Smart Idle Stop System (SISS). Click to enlarge.Mazda Motor Corporation is targeting an average 30% reduction in the fuel consumption of its new vehicles worldwide by 2015. To achieve the reduction, Mazda will apply... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/113905?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:27:22 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/112084?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MazdaFord has been developing lots of different materials from renewable sources including the soyfoam that they introduced in the Mustang seats for 2008. Now Ford's Japanese affiliate Mazda has kicked off a new re... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/112084?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:26:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/111767?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Mazda Motor Corporation and Hiroshima University are collaborating on research to develop a new bioplastic from cellulosic biomass and have it ready for use in vehicles by 2013.The Mazda Bioplastic Project will focus on designing a production process... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/111767?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:07:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/97957?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Bioplastics are biodegradable and can be made from a wide range of different plants. In the future genetically modified plants will need less water and reduce the costs. Bioplastics has the potential to reduce the petroleum consumption for plastic by... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/97957?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:33:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/96657?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Latest in wood design at the Milan Furniture Salon (MocoLoco here) is this wood-clad Fujitsu notebook with the catchy name FMV-BIBLO NX95Y/D, also known as the Woodshell. It is covered in forest-thinned cedar and 30% of the housing and plastic p... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/96657?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:26:14 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/practical-environmentalist/89329?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Photo courtesy of trochaic at Flickr.com.Bottled water has come under a lot of fire lately, but soda bottles are made with some of the same PET plastics. Soda bottles cause the same environmental harms and may even cause greater damage to our health.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/practical-environmentalist/89329?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:45:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/80947?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic A run of programms on British television has created a sudden upsurge of interest in free range chicken, but the supermarkets are still denying that there is a market for the more expensive meat.Nominate your favorites in the inaugural Sunday Times B... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/80947?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:56:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/73830?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic A few years back, as a student at the sustainability focused MBA program at Presidio, we were doing a project to create a mock proposal/presentation to Ghirardelli Chocolates on how we saw them introducing an organic, fair trade line. My component wa... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/73830?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:48:52 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/71215?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic In what could be a move to get back in Greenpeace's good graces, Nokia has unveiled its 3110 Evolve, a new phone that Nokia has evolved into a greener machine. With bio-covers (plastic?) made from more than 50% renewable material, smaller packagi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/71215?rsstype=tag&tag=bioplastic Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:20:55 -0500