The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Dairy Packaging Redesigned by Arta Plast with Fiber-Based Paperboard
A Swedish packaging manufacturer, Arta Plast, has engineered a new renewable paperboard cup for dairy products and other chilled products from a material called Cupforma Natura (TM), by Stora Enso.
Plastics being "Washed Out" of Big Brand's Packaging
More than 150 companies are asking that governments ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging due to the negative effects it can have on the environment and marine wildlife in a statement organized by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Initiative.
Japan Nanocellulose Exhibition full of Innovation
Vireo Advisors had its first ever booth at the Japan Nanocellulose Exhibition in Tokyo this week.
ACS Nano Publishes Considerations for Safe Innovation: The Case of Graphene
A manuscript published this month in ACS Nano outlines considerations of safety aspects during the various stages of the innovation process.
Update on the USDA’s Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard; Withdrawing Proposed Rule to Revise the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Crops
The USDA has less than a year to release its proposed rule (due in July, 2018) outlining its Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard that will require labelling of bioengineered foods and food containing bioengineered ingredients. The USDA announced in November that they have withdrawn its proposed rule to update regulation of genetically engineered crops after feedback received from stakeholders during the comment period.