Posts including "anaerobic digestion":

Article 9 PPWR – Why certain packaging formats should be compostable

2025-07-17T14:24:24+02:0017 July 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document Industrially compostable products, certified according to the harmonised European standard EN 13432 for the organic recovery of packaging, contribute to efficient waste management and circular preservation of resources by: Supporting the separate collection of biowaste (collection of more valuable resources from the waste that represents the highest fraction of municipal [...]

Home composting of Bioplastics

2025-07-08T10:14:58+02:008 July 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Home composting is a private gardening practice that allows individuals to transform their kitchen and garden waste into valuable compost for personal use. While not considered recycling under EU law, it plays a valuable role in reducing the amount of organic material entering traditional waste systems. European Bioplastics (EUBP) views home composting as a [...]

EUBP publishes positions on Anaerobic Digestion of certified compostable products

2024-06-28T10:43:25+02:0028 June 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

European Bioplastics believes that certified compostable plastics are essential in achieving a circular economy and calls for the recognition of their important role within municipal biowaste management: They are designed for organic recycling. They help to safeguard separate waste streams. They help to increase the collection of biowaste. They help to ensure the quality [...]

Anaerobic Digestion of certified compostable products

2024-06-20T12:02:07+02:0011 June 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document Industrially compostable plastics play an essential role in putting the envisioned circular economy into practice. With reference to the European waste hierarchy, industrially compostable plastics provide added value through organic recycling. This includes both industrial composting and anaerobic digestion. Certified industrially compostable plastic products such as biowaste bags or fresh [...]

PRESERVE Training on Biodegradation by Normec OWS

2024-06-18T15:15:06+02:0031 May 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On 24 May 2024 at 10:00 am CET, the PRESERVE project organised an online training, delivered by EUBP member Normec OWS and moderated by European Bioplastics. The training on “Biodegradation: one concept, many environments” is the second webinar of a training series which touches upon key topics of interest in the realm of sustainable packaging [...]

EUBP Participates to a Breakfast With Environmental Attachés

2023-11-06T09:45:25+01:006 November 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On 20 October, European Bioplastics supported the organisation of an informal breakfast event at the Italian Permanent Representation in Brussels that could influence the Council negotiations on the PPWR in relation to compostable plastics. The purpose of the event was to foster information sharing among environmental attachés, from various diplomatic missions, on the Italian [...]

The fate of compostable plastics in post-consumer recycling streams 

2025-02-04T13:34:58+01:0027 April 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Industrially compostable plastics can play an essential role in putting the envisioned circular economy into practice. They have the unique potential to promote and increase the separate collection of biowaste. The more biowaste is being collected separately, the more is not only diverted from incineration but also from mechanical plastic recycling streams to organic [...]

Biodegradable plastics and the circular economy in Europe

2023-04-20T15:33:40+02:0019 April 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Open the document European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the EU Commission’s efforts to replace the traditional linear economy model (make, use, dispose) by implementing an ambitious circular economy throughout Europe. Bioplastics, and biodegradable plastics in particular, can play an essential part in putting the envisioned circularity model into practice. This paper refers to biodegradable [...]

Biodegradable and compostable bioplastic bags in anaerobic digestion

2023-04-20T15:45:09+02:0018 April 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document Biodegradable and compostable products that are certified according to the harmonized European standard EN 13432 (or EN 14995) are suitable for organic recycling and will completely biodegrade in an industrial composting plant, with no adverse effects on the process or on the final product (compost). These materials are working well [...]

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