Here’s your weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ended March 18, 2023.

TerraCycle Discovery, a division of TerraCycle, in partnership with one of the world’s leading diaper brands is introducing tiniest Biome, a new service that evaluates the microbial content of a baby’s poopy diaper. Parents are provided with simple-to-do recommendations on nutrition, physical activities and skin health that can help influence the first three years of microbiome development to set up their baby’s wellness for life. With tiniest Biome, parents can simply drop a poopy diaper into an at-home diaper collection kit to start the process of discovery.

In other news, Ahlstrom has launched a consultation process with employee representatives at its Stenay plant in France about the possibility of divesting or closing the plant, if a buyer cannot be found for it. The Stenay plant produces one-side coated specialty papers for specific uses in the packaging sector which has been hit by an overcapacity situation in Europe. The site’s plants have a less competitive cost structure than similar facilities in the market. The plant has an annual capacity of approximately 55,000 tons of specialty paper and has 127 employees.

Here are our top 3 most viewed stories from the past week:

1. TerraCycle Launches Program to Evaluate Poopy Diapers

2. Ahlstrom to Divest or Shutter Stenay, France Facility

3. Indorama Ventures, Polymateria Partner on Biotransformation Technology