If we want to move away from petroleum and sustainably combat plastic pollution, it is essential to accelerate innovation in bio-based materials, compostable solutions, and reuse. This innovation-driven approach requires ...
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Betting on Innovation to Integrate Biodegradable and Bio-Based Polymers into Industrial Processes
Lactips responds to a need from packaging manufacturers and expands its range on its paper coating platform
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez (France), 24 February 2025 – Lactips, a French company producing 100% biobased natural polymers that are water-soluble and biodegradable in various environment, is expanding its paper coating range. Our ...
Lactips raises €16 million
This funding will allow Lactips to accelerate its commercial growth and expand internationally with its 100% biosourced natural polymer, which is water-soluble and fully biodegradable in all environments
This funding round ...
Lactips and Walki Group announce strategic partnership in food packaging
Lactips, a French company specialising in the production of natural polymers that are 100% biobased, water-soluble and biodegradable in various environments, and Walki, a leading Finnish packaging converting company, announce ...
Substituting Petro-sourced with Bio-based Polymers: What Are the Requirements?
As by-products of petrochemicals, synthetic polymers consume a huge amount of oil each year: 44 million tons in Europe alone! In response to the climate emergency, the plastics industry is ...
Are bio-based materials rare?
Industrials using bio-based materials often encounter supply difficulties. Does this mean that bio-based materials are rare?
In this article, we will see that this is not the case. On the contrary, ...
PFAs, a regulatory overview
Controversial for several years now, PFAS are a group of artificial chemical substances manufactured and used in various industries worldwide.
The OECD defines them as “fluorinated substances containing at least one fully fluorinated methyl or ...
What innovations for affordable biodegradable materials?
The packaging industry is gradually turning towards more sustainable packaging solutions, composed mainly of bio-based and/or biodegradable materials. Although this transition is necessary, finding a balance between environmental and economic ...
What are the bio-based alternatives to polyolefins ?
To reduce the amounts of petroleum used by the plastic industry, there are several complementary strategies:
Elimination of plastic unnecessary for essential needs
Lightening of parts and packaging
Integration of recycled materials (MPR)
Use of ...
Bio-based and biodegradable packaging for a petroleum-free world
In the face of environmental challenges, we urgently need to move away from our dependence on fossil fuels, particularly petroleum. Fortunately, the packaging industry now has a range of alternative ...
[WHITE PAPER] Boosting the Biodegradability of Plastic Products is Possible!
Plastic materials vary in terms of properties, functions, origin, and the nature of their end of life. Petro-sourced polymers impose a significant dependence on fossil fuel whereas bio-based plastics provide ...
Bertrand Dupeyroux’s view of the future of plastics processing through bioplastics
Pioneer in natural polymers based on proteins since 2014, Lactips rethinks plastic by developing and manufacturing a plastic without plastic, 100% bio-sourced, fully biodegradable in all environments and water-soluble without ...
