Bio-on Confident In Natural, Biodegradable PHA Prospects As EU Takes Aim At Plastics
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Italian firm’s polyhydroxyalkanoate microspheres are naturally derived, high-performing and 100% biodegradable in water in less than two weeks, it says. Consultancy Frost & Sullivan sees Bio-on as a potential leader in the cosmetic industry’s “bio-polymeric ingredient revolution,” provided that regulations cooperate.
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