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Dear readers,
We are pleased to share the November issue of the European Bioplastics Bulletin with you, containing the latest news and insights from the bioplastics industry.
If you have any questions, comments, or interesting news or topics to share, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Enjoy the read!
Kind regards from the European Bioplastics team
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Over 150 organisations back call to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging
Oxo-degradable plastics are being produced and sold in many countries, with society being led to believe they safely biodegrade in nature. Yet significant evidence suggests oxo-degradable plastics do not safely biodegrade but fragment into small pieces, contributing to microplastics pollution. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative has published a statement calling for a ban on oxo-degradable plastic packaging. In total, over 150 organisations, including leading businesses representing every step of the plastics supply chain, industry associations, NGOs, scientists, and elected officials have endorsed the statement calling for global action to avoid wide-scale environmental risk.
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r-PLA is an attractive option due to its recycled and bio-based nature
With growing market volumes of innovative bio-based and biodegradable plastics such as PLA (polylactic acid), the recycling of these materials is becoming a more viable option. We spoke to Steve Dejonghe from Looplife Polymers Site, a recycler in Belgium that already successfully recycles PLA for a number of industrial projects, about the recyclability of these materials and the demand and quality of recycled PLA. Steve Dejonghe will also speak at a panel discussion on the second day of the upcoming 12th European Bioplastics Conference on 28/29 November 2017 in Berlin.
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Member portrait: Neste
In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Lars Borger, Head of Product Marketing – Emerging Businesses at Neste shares some information on one of the worlds leading supplier of renewable diesel and products.
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Braskem signs partnership with Haldor Topsoe to develop bio-based MEG
Braskem, the Americas’ leading producer of thermoplastic resins, and Danish-based Haldor Topsoe, a world leader in catalysts and surface science, have signed a technological cooperation agreement to develop a pioneering route to produce monoethylene glycol (MEG) from sugar. The companies invest in the construction of a demonstration plant in Denmark, with operation slated to begin in 2019.
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News in brief
- Perstorp launches world’s first portfolio of renewable polyols
- BPI partners with DIN CERTCO for third-party compostability certification
- European Bioeconomy Manifesto
- Brand perspectives on biomaterials
- Online toolbox for bio-based procurement to make buyers’ lives easier
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