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 [...]

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:003 May 2016|Tags: biobased, bioeconomy, bioplastics, European Commission, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), PHA, PLA, policy, research, sustainability, waste|

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 [...]

Content Manger2021-10-07T11:05:27+02:003 May 2016|Tags: biodegradable, bioplastics, Fraunhofer ISC, Germany, Member Portrait, members, research, standard|

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 [...]

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:003 May 2016|Tags: applications, Avantium, BASF, biobased, bioplastics, Danone, FDCA, Germany, IfBB, innovation, Netherlands, packaging, PEF, PET, PLA, recyclable, renewable, research, sustainability|

In Brief – May 2016

InnoviaFilms sells Celophane business to Futamaura: Earlier in April 2016, InnoviaFilms announced it had signed an agreement with Japanese plastics manufacturer Futamura Chemicals Co Ltd to sell its Celophane business and assets, including its NatureFlex bioplastics film production. Innovia Group, which manufactures high-tech film products for industrial applications and banknotes says it will further strengthen [...]

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:003 May 2016|Tags: applications, bags, ban, biobased, bioplastics, certification, compostable, DIN CERTCO, France, Futamura, home composting, Japan, renewable, Royal DSM, single-use, standard, starch|

Redesign of our website

Dear subscribers of the Bioplastics Bulletin, You might have noticed the new design of our website, including our bimonthly newsletter, the Bioplastics Bulletin, which now comes in the form of a blog. The new website can be reached at the URL www.european-bioplastics.org. Due to a third party attack a few weeks ago, our website [...]

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0015 March 2016|Tags: bioplastics, research|

Bio-based plastics play an essential role in the future circular plastics economy

The recent report by the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation on ‘The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics’ provides an overarching vision of a global circular plastics economy in which bioplastics play an essential role in decoupling the economy from fossil resources and help to return nutrients to the soil. [...]

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0015 March 2016|Tags: applications, biobased, bioeconomy, bioplastics, circular economy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, end-of-life, feedstock, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), market data, packaging, renewable, standard, sustainability, waste|

Save the date for the 11th European Bioplastics Conference on 29/30 November 2016 in Berlin

Following on from the successful events of the past years that reflected the growing confidence in plastics solutions that are bio-based, biodegradable, or both as a viable alternative to conventional plastics, the 11th European Bioplastics Conference has now been confirmed to take place on 29/30 November 2016 at the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin, Germany. The [...]

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French decree supports bio-based and home-compostable bags

The new wording of the French implementation decree on single-use plastic bags, which was published by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy on 1 February 2016, sets out clear requirements for the reduction of single-use plastic bags in favour of bio-based, biodegradable and home-compostable bags, in line with the EU Directive. [...]

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0015 March 2016|Tags: bags, ban, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, Directive, European Commission, France, home composting, research, separate collection, single-use, standard, sustainability, waste|

The benefits of separate organic waste collection

Since January 2015, separate collection of organic waste is mandatory in Germany. The implementation, however, has been rather slow, and not all municipalities provide separate biowaste collection schemes yet. The German association for compostable products ‘Verbund kompostierbare Produkte e.V.’ therefore recently called for municipalities to implement the separate collection of biowaste and support the [...]

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0015 March 2016|Tags: anaerobic digestion, bags, bioplastics, compostable, Directive, European Commission, food waste, Germany, industrial compostable, Italy, kitchen waste, members, Novamont, recyclable, separate collection, waste, waste collection, waste management|

Member portrait: ISCC System GmbH

In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. In this issue, Dr Norbert Schmitz, Managing Director of ISCC Systems GmbH shares some information about his certification system. Dr Norbert Schmitz, Managing Director ISCC System GmbH 5 facts about ISCC System GmbH (International Sustainability [...]

Content Manger2021-10-07T11:05:27+02:0015 March 2016|Tags: biobased, bioplastics, certification, feedstock, ISCC, Member Portrait, members, research, sustainability|