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Foreword
Organic and naturally derived extracts and products are often
marketed as having gentle, soft, and calming effects for babies, thus avoiding
skin irritation, whilst having increased efficacy over their synthetic,
chemical-based equivalents. Hence, a transition towards biobased baby products is
possible, especially in areas like baby wipes, whose market size in 2019 was
around £3.7 billion, according to Grand View Research. Emerging materials in
this field often incorporate lyocell fibres, a form of rayon, which are
generally derived from birch and oak tree wood pulp. Lyocell can be utilised as
a silk, polyester, or cotton alternative.
Moist toilet tissues
from the VEOCEL™ brand, used as baby wipes, integrate LENZING™ Lyocell Short
Cut Fibres into their formulation. Via these fibres, this biobased product
provides a cloth-like hand feel, skin gentleness, durable strength in both a
wet and dry state, and is also biodegradable, with effective liquid management
through natural absorption and release for a homogenous distribution of liquid.
Recently, these moist toilet tissues have been approved as flushable by...
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- Questions and answers on EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
- Green Deal: new proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost EU
resource independence
Markets
- MCC and Toyota Tsusho assess commercialisation of ethylene and propylene
from bioethanol
- ABB to automate bioplastics plant to help meet the growing global demand
for sustainable materials
- More...
Research & Development
- IWSFG verifies wipes made with VEOCEL™ branded fibres are safe to flush
- Keurig Dr Pepper pioneering a new paper bottle prototype
- More...
Polymers
- ECO profile of Luminy® PLA now available to product designers
- Solvay
increases guar capacity in France to support growing demand for clean beauty
- More...
Chemicals
- Braskem and Sojitz Corporation join hands to bring renewable MEG technology
to the market
- Global Bioenergies announces the start of isobutene production at its
Pomacle unit
- More...
Consumer Products
- McDonald’s tests circular clear cups sourced from recycled and biobased materials,
including UCO
- Evolution Music announce the world’s first bioplastic vinyl record
- More...
Patents
- Preparing polyester comprising 2,5-furandicarboxylate units with germanium
catalyst
- Surfactant and detergent composition
Events
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