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April 18, 2025 17:44 ET | Source: Futamura Group

Futamura Chemical Announces NatureSphere™ - A Forest-Based Revolution in Ecosystem Conservation

Futamura unveils NatureSphere™, 100% natural cellulose beads that replace microplastics, biodegrade in weeks, and support a circular, eco-friendly future.
September 06, 2022 04:10 ET | Source: Future Market Insights Global and Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Biodegradable Microbeads Market is Growing with a Healthy CAGR of 8.7% during the Forecast Period of 2022-2032 | Future Market Insights, Inc.

NEWARK, Del, Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global biodegradable microbeads market is projected to grow at a healthy CAGR of ~8.7% during the forecast period of 2022 to 2032, reaching around...
July 31, 2017 14:00 ET | Source: Purdue Research Foundation

Startup commercializes soy microbead to provide safe, ecofriendly alternative to plastic microbeads used in cosmetic, soap products

West Lafayette, IN, July 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recent graduates from Purdue University have started a company to further develop and bring to market their SoyFoliate innovation, a soy...
March 24, 2015 11:01 ET | Source: University of Waterloo

Disturbingly Little Known About Microbeads and Plastics in the Great Lakes

WATERLOO, ON--(Marketwired - March 24, 2015) - NDP MP Megan Leslie is calling on the federal government to list microbeads, tiny plastic flakes used in cosmetics, as a potential toxic substance....