Packaging

Fate of compostable plastics in post-consumer recycling streams

Fate of compostable plastics in post-consumer recycling streams

Content Manger2023-04-25T11:16:49+02:0025 April 2023|Tags: bioplastics, compostable, PE, PET, PP, recyclable|

Open the document There is a widespread misconception about compostable plastics and their allegedly negative impact on mechanical recycling streams. Currently, only a limited number of plastics are sorted for recycling, those are in general the plastics with the highest market shares, such as PET, PP, PE and, in specific cases, also PS. [...]

Proposal for revised rules on packaging and packaging waste

Proposal for revised rules on packaging and packaging waste

Content Manger2023-04-21T10:41:19+02:0020 April 2023|Tags: biobased, bioplastics, compostable, members, packaging, PP, PPWR, waste|

Open the document European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of around 80 member companies from the entire bioplastics value chain, welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a revised Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR). At EUBP, we believe that our innovative materials can contribute to achieving the proposal’s objectives through the [...]