Bioplastics News
Recommendations for bio-based products in public procurement
Op-ed by Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director, European Bioplastics On 12 April 2016, at the bioeconomy stakeholders’ conference BioEconomyUtrecht2016, the Working Group on Public Procurement of the European Commission’s Expert Group for Bio-based Products published 15 recommendations for an increased uptake of bio-based products in public procurement programmes. The report includes a range of promotional campaigns targeting specific materials, regions, [...]
Register now! – European Bioplastics Conference 2016
Registration is now open for the leading bioplastics event in Europe. Register before 31July 2016 to take advantage of the early bird rate! To register, please click here. Bioplastics – Rethinking Plastics: Over 350 stakeholders of the entire value chain of bioplastics will come together for the 11th edition of the annual European Bioplastics Conference on 29/30 November 2016 [...]
EP Intergroup discusses the future of plastic materials in the circular economy
On 7 April 2016, the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’ invited a group of policy-makers and experts from regional authorities, NGOs and other stakeholders along the plastics value chain to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the role of plastics in the circular economy at a meeting entitled "The Future of Plastic Materials in [...]
Updated JRC report on the environmental sustainability assessment of bioeconomy products and processes
In 2013, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) was entrusted to set up a Bioeconomy Oberservatory with the task to perform a comprehensive environmental sustainability assessment of various bio-based products and their supply chains using a life-cycle perspective. In November 2015, JRC published its report on the 'Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Bioeconomy Products and Processes', which compiles the [...]
Member portrait: Fraunhofer Institute for Silicat Research ISC
In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. In this issue, Dr Sabine Amberg-Schwab, Materials Chemistry, Head Functional Barrier Coatings, Fraunhofer ISC shares some information about the research institute. Dr Sabine Amberg-Schwab, Head Functional Barrier Coatings, Fraunhofer ISC 5 facts about Fraunhofer Institute for Silicat Research ISC, Würzburg, Germany [...]
New products and innovations (May 2016)
Partnership between BASF and Avantium to produce FDCA and PEF Earlier this year, BASF and Avantium announced their plans of a joint venture for the production of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and polyethylenefuranotate (PEF) from renewable resources. FDCA is the essential chemical building block for the production of PEF, which is particularly suitable for certain food and beverage packaging, for example [...]