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New Plants to Product Program Director
Charlotte Mace recently joined the Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine as Director. Charlotte works at the Environmental Health Strategy Center as the Program Director for the Plants to Products Program. The Plants to Products program, which is closely tied to the activities of the Sustainable Bioplastics Council, aims to develop a road map for advancing bioproducts…
Read MorePlant-Based Water Bottle Rolls Onto U.S. Turnpikes
According to Digital Journal, March 4, 2012: “Category innovator Green Planet Bottling has won an enormous share of the retail travel market with distribution in the HMS Host Motorway Travel Plazas along the turnpikes of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and Illinois. … Green Planet’s unique 100% plant-based bottle…
Read MoreConsortium explores bioplastics potential
By Rebecca Goldfine Mainebiz staff writer MAINEBIZ | 02.22.11 A small group in Maine that is trying to turn potatoes and wood chips into plastics met for its first annual meeting last Friday to discuss its future. And while the Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine is confident it is ushering in a new wave of sustainability…
Read MoreTwo New Bioplastics Projects Put FBRI In A Lead
FOREST BIOPRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 01.28.2010 This opportunity to utilize biomass wood for polymers in leading consumer products is an important new strategic direction for our efforts at the University of Maine. The Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) is now active in two Sustainable Bioplastics projects in collaboration with consortia of private companies and academic collaborators…
Read MoreUMaine's Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative, exploring use of potato starch to make polylactic acid plastics
UMAINE TODAY | FALL 2009 Research by the University of Maine’s Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative continues in collaboration with the Bangor, Maine-based Environmental Health Strategy Center/Tides Center, which recently received a $500,000 Maine Technology Institute Cluster Initiative Award. This is the third part of a project that started with a seed grant to research the feasibility…
Read MoreUMaine’s Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative, exploring use of potato starch to make polylactic acid plastics
UMAINE TODAY | FALL 2009 Research by the University of Maine’s Sustainable Bioplastics Initiative continues in collaboration with the Bangor, Maine-based Environmental Health Strategy Center/Tides Center, which recently received a $500,000 Maine Technology Institute Cluster Initiative Award. This is the third part of a project that started with a seed grant to research the feasibility…
Read MoreBioplastics Cluster Looks to Maine Potatoes
MAINE TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE | MTI grants received: Cluster Enhancement Awards. In 2008 the MTI board of directors approved a Cluster Enhancement Award of $200,000, matched by $459,000, to support a sustainable bioplastics cluster project to make PLA, a biodegradable plastic from Maine potatoes. Over the next 18 months, the cluster members worked together to demonstrate the feasibility…
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