A study conducted by Western University researchers found that hemp bioplastics make suitable packaging material. The study showed that hemp is more biodegradable than polyethylene materials. Hemp bio ...

It sounds like a perfect opportunity for collaboration with some hot topics in business, combining a booming business for legal marijuana packaging, recently legalized hemp farming in the U.S. and ...

New research reported in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces examined the potential to use hemp as a bioplastic. Hemp could potentially provide sustainable, economic manufacturing material for ...

As our planet grapples with the burdensome legacy of plastic, it appears we may have been looking in the wrong place for a solution. We turned to complex chemistry and elaborate technological ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Hemp advocates in Tennessee believe farmers in the state could benefit from pursuing selling their products to people who make hemp plastic. Hemp plastic substitutes out some ...

Florence, Ky. — BrightMa Farms Inc. CEO and founder Harold Singletary has reached another milestone in his journey to produce sustainable automotive parts from a composite material containing hemp ...

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A hemp producer based in Dayton, Ohio has a new customer for its crop after the firm signed a deal with a processor in nearby Michigan to provide raw material for hemp-based bioplastics. Under its new ...

Reducing plastic production should be one of the goals of all of us who inhabit the Earth. Two brothers from Nebraska, Andrew Bader and Steve Bader, are doing their part in saving the planet from ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --From toothbrushes at luxury island resorts to 3D printing filament, products made from hemp-based plastics are popping up in consumer products since the crop was made legal in the ...

TUMALO, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Due to its high return on investment, many farmers have begun growing hemp in recent years. There’s now about 500 hemp growing sites in the state, according to Oregon’s ...

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