Bioplastics in agriculture Bioplastics play an important role in modern sustainable agriculture. Different types of bioplastics offer unique solutions to improve the sustainability of the variety of agricultural plastic items in terms of their environmental impacts and circularity. Depending on the application, substituting conventional plastic materials with appropriate [...]
Open the document In 2021, EU consumers spent €1,551 billion on food and drink, underscoring the sector’s economic significance. The food and drink industry, with a turnover of €1,112 billion in 2023, leads EU manufacturing and global exports. However, its reliance on plastic packaging has led to significant environmental challenges. The average European [...]
Did you know that global bioplastics production capacity is expected to increase from 2.18 million tonnes in 2023 to 7.43 million tonnes in 2028? MoeBIOS aims to transform this challenge into an opportunity. MoeBIOS is the new project funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) (grant number 101157652) and coordinated by [...]
Bioplastics are predominantly produced from agriculture feedstock (i.e., plants that are rich in carbohydrates) which is currently the most efficient way to produce bioplastics, as it requires the least amount of land to grow and produces the highest yields. The huge difference between the land used for bioplastics and that for food, feed, and [...]
MoeBIOS is a new R&D project funded by the European Union through the Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking focusing on the improvement of waste management of biobased plastics and on the upcycling in packaging, textile and agriculture sectors. The project will kick off in June 2024 under the lead of ITENE and with 21 [...]
DESTINY is a doctoral network funded by the European Commission through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions. The aim of the project is the training of young researchers in the design and sustainability assessment of innovative biomass production systems and value chains in the bioeconomy. DESTINY is coordinated by AgroParisTech, a French higher education institution, known as [...]
Two new projects funded by Horizon Europe through the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking, MoeBIOS and ReBioCycle, have been recently approved, and European Bioplastics is proud to be on board! Both projects were set up to respond to the challenges of the call on “Recycling bio-based plastics increasing sorting and recycled content (upcycling)” (HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IA-04 [...]
Saloni Sharma – Policy & Advocacy Coordinator at GO!PHA Every month, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This time, Saloni Sharma – Policy & Advocacy Coordinator at GO!PHA, shares some interesting insights on the company. 5 facts about GO!PHA Facilitating Diverse Stakeholder Interaction: GO!PHA brings together over 60 stakeholders, [...]
Alexis von Tschammer, CEO, Lactips Every month, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This time, Alexis von Tschammer – CEO, Lactips, shares some interesting insights on the company. 5 facts about Lactips Founded in 2014, Lactips is the pioneer in natural polymers based on proteins. Lactips manufactures CareTips®, [...]
In a joint effort to offer transparency to EU stakeholders, nova-Institute has worked with European Bioplastics and Plastics Europe to provide the bioplastics production data for the year 2022. The data is based on the nova-Institute polymer production data and adapted to EUBP’s bioplastics scope. Applications include: Agriculture and horticulture, [...]
