Bioplastics News
Bioplastic Packaging Design: Safe, Sustainable and Recyclable. An overview (White Paper)
Open the document The proceedings of the EUBP side event to the EBC 25 conference focused on the "Bioplastic Packaging Design: Safe, Sustainable and Recyclable". The key question was how to design bioplastic packaging that is safe, sustainable, recyclable, and compliant. Five projects have been funded in 2025 under a specific call of the Horizon Europe programme to [...]
Rethink the circularity of your products! From Biodegradability to Recyclability, Innovators prove you can have both.
Presentations “Rethink the circularity of your products!" From Biodegradability to Recyclability: Innovators prove you can have both. A challenging legal framework is asking packaging producers to rethink their products. The EmpCo Directive makes standalone 'biodegradable' claims illegal without verified evidence of excellent environmental performance. The PPWR mandates all packaging be recyclable by 2030 and at scale by 2035, [...]
Material Solutions: Bioplastics Beyond Packaging (White Paper)
Open the document The proceedings of the EUBP talks 2026 on material aapplications of bioplastics beyond packaging are now available at https://zenodo.org/records/21873105. The proceedings explore how bioplastics are moving beyond packaging into construction, textiles, consumer goods, automotive, agriculture, medical devices and hygiene applications, with contributions from various companies in the sector. The authors of each chapter have summarised [...]
EUBP at the Renewable Materials Conference 2026
Siegburg/Cologne (and online), 22 to 24 September 2026 Meet us at booth 11 and join our workshop in room 2 (24 September morning) The Renewable Materials Conference has become the international meeting place for the chemical, plastics, and materials industries and will take place from 22 to 24 September 2025 in Siegburg, near Cologne. The conference, expected to attract [...]
“The Future of Plastics is Bio – And It’s Recyclable”
A vibrant discussion at the event "The Future of Plastics is Bio - And It's Recyclable!" held in Berlin on 1 July 2026 and organised within the framework of the MoeBIOS and ReBioCycle project. This event format combines accessible introductions to bioplastics with the latest recycling results from three EU-funded projects, ReBioCycle, MoeBIOS, and PROSPER, an open expert Q&A, [...]
Circular, Sustainable and Biobased Coatings: Sustainable Materials for Coatings (White Paper)
Open the document European Bioplastics, within the framework of the BLUECOAT project, has recently organised an online workshop on Sustainable Materials for Coatings, featuring contributions from four outstanding expert innovators and EU-funded projects. The workshop was held on 14 April 2026 and is the second of 10 online events to collect input from the biobased, circular, and sustainable [...]