The recently published leak of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) revision proposal sent a shock wave to the affected industries within Europe and beyond. The bioplastics industry finds itself confronted with a factual ban on most compostable plastics packaging. The ban has the potential to shut down wide sections of the industry concerned in Europe. The draft Proposal also shows the European Commission’s strong reluctance to support the uptake of bio-based polymers to substitute fossil-based virgin material.  

With the industry standing at a crossroads, European Bioplastics addressed the urgency of this matter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.