Bioplastics News
Member portrait: BioBag Group
Mr Kjell Ivar Bache, CEO of BioBag Group In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Mr Kjell Ivar Bache, CEO of BioBag Group, shares some information on a world-leading company in the development, production, and marketing of certified compostable and biodegradable products. 5 facts about BioBag Group, [...]
14th European Bioplastics Conference: Become a sponsor!
European Bioplastics Conference has been published last month, and we have started receiving highly relevant abstracts for the programme. The conference registration is set to open very soon, but there is no need to wait in line if you would like to make this edition of the conference a special one for your company: as a sponsor, there are many [...]
News in brief: February 2019
Global Plastic Leak Project kicks off to tackle plastic and microplastic leakage Key stakeholders from the private and public sector have become members of the Plastic Leak Project (PLP), which intends to develop robust metrics to locate, measure and map plastic and microplastic pollution across the value chain and define effective actions to fix the problem of plastic leakage into the [...]
Member portrait: Mosca GmbH
Mr Axel Beyer, Plastic Engineer at the strap production of Mosca GmbH In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Mr Axel Beyer, Plastic Engineer at the strap production of Mosca GmbH, shares some information on one of the leading machine and strap manufacturers. 5 facts [...]
NatureWorks announces 100 percent third-party certified sustainable feedstock by 2020
NatureWorks Ingeo plant (c) NatureWorks A new initiative at NatureWorks will ensure that, by 2020, 100 percent of the agricultural feedstock for Ingeo™ PLA and Vercet™ performance chemicals (lactides) will be certified by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification System (ISCC) according to the ISCC PLUS system of best practices in agricultural production. NatureWorks was the first biopolymers manufacturer to become [...]
Biome Bioplastics and Futamura partner to demonstrate compostable multilayer packaging
Biome Bioplastics and Futamura have partnered to demonstrate a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films. The materials offer competitive performance, while tackling the negative environmental impact of traditional oil-based, non-recyclable multilayer packaging. Sustainable alternatives to challenging packaging formats such as multilayer pouches will be key to meeting the UK Plastics Pact target of 70% of plastic packaging being effectively recycled or composted [...]