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“Certified compostable organic waste bags improve quality of organic waste” experts confirm, contradicting recent misleading media reports on organic waste collection

“Certified compostable organic waste bags improve quality of organic waste” experts confirm, contradicting recent misleading media reports on organic waste collection

Oliver Buchholz2023-10-19T15:52:39+02:0029 March 2021|Tags: bags, biodegradable, biomass, certification, compostable, DIN CERTCO, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, EN 13432, Germany, industrial compostable, members, microplastics, research, Studies, waste, waste collection, waste management|

Contrary to popular belief, certified, industrial compostable organic waste bags neither bear harm for soil or human health, nor do they contribute to the problem of microplastics, as experts underline. On the contrary, they convey chances for a higher quality and quantity of collected organic waste. Read in the following a guest commentary by the Verbund kompostierbare Produkte e.V. (Association for Compostable Products / “Verbund”). For many years now, the [...]

Member portrait: Sulapac Ltd., Finland

Member portrait: Sulapac Ltd., Finland

info2021-10-07T10:56:07+02:0030 October 2020|Tags: applications, biobased, biomass, bioplastics, compostable, EN 13432, Finland, industrial compostable, Japan, Member Portrait, members, microplastics, packaging, recyclable, Sulapac, sustainability, waste|

Maija Pohjakallio, Sustainability Director at Sulapac Ltd., Finland In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present some facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Maija Pohjakallio, Sustainability Director at Sulapac, shares some interesting insights on her company. 5 facts about Sulapac Ltd., Finland Sulapac® accelerates and inspires the plastic [...]

News in brief: April 2020

News in brief: April 2020

info2020-04-30T15:34:34+02:0030 April 2020|Tags: applications, Austria, biobased, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, compostable, EU waste legislation, European Bioplastics Conference, feedstock, innovation, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), market development, packaging, policy, recyclable, research, reusable, sustainability, waste|

15th European Bioplastics Conference: call for papers This year’s European Bioplastics Conference will take place on the 1/2 December 2020 at the Trend Hotel Savoyen in Vienna, Austria. The conference’s 15th edition will focus on the latest innovations in bioplastics as well as on environmental aspects and opportunities for growth in the bio-based plastics [...]

EUBP raises concerns over biased EASAC report on bio-based and biodegradable plastics

info2021-10-08T10:38:55+02:0018 March 2020|Tags: applications, bags, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, coffee capsules, compostable, EN 13432, European Commission, food waste, fossil-based, innovation, packaging, policy, recyclable, renewable, research, reusable, sustainability, tea bags, UK, waste, waste collection|

Berlin, 18 March 2020 – “If we wanted to condense the gist of the report, we could say that EASAC discourages all the innovations that appear in the industrial sector currently dominated by fossil-based plastics”, says François de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics (EUBP) in response to the report ‘Packaging plastic in the circular [...]

Bioplastics industry with a crucial role in implementing the European Green Deal

Bioplastics industry with a crucial role in implementing the European Green Deal

Oliver Buchholz2021-10-08T10:38:55+02:0018 December 2019|Tags: biobased, biodegradable, bioeconomy, biomass, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, European Commission, feedstock, food waste, Green Deal, innovation, packaging, policy, recyclable, reusable, reuse, single-use, sustainability, waste|

On 11 December 2019, the European Commission published the long-awaited Communication on the European Green Deal, which highlights the new EU leadership’s climate and sustainability ambitions. This includes ambitious measures directly tackling green house gas emissions reduction targets, carbon pricing and the decarbonisation of the energy system. Besides, the Commission foresees the adaption of [...]

European Green Deal: Bioplastics to play a crucial role in making the deal become reality

info2019-12-13T14:36:05+01:0013 December 2019|Tags: biobased, biodegradable, bioeconomy, biomass, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, feedstock, Green Deal, innovation, packaging, recyclable, sustainability, waste|

Berlin, 13 December 2019 – European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry, welcomes the communication on the European Green Deal, which was recently published by the EU Commission. “This roadmap marks Europe’s way to become a resource-efficient and competitive economy with zero net green house gas emissions by 2050. [...]

FEAD position ignores role of compostable plastics in achieving circular economy

EUBIO_Admin2021-10-08T10:43:18+02:0013 September 2019|Tags: applications, bio-waste, biobased, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, Directive, ecotoxicity, EN 13432, European Commission, industrial compostable, mechanically recyclable, packaging, PE, PET, recyclable, single-use, standard, Studies, SUPD, waste, waste management|

Berlin, 13 September 2019 – Regarding FEAD’s (European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services) latest position paper “Biodegradable and Bio-Based Plastics”, European Bioplastics (EUBP) believes that FEAD displays an incomplete perception on how a circular economy can be achieved. Unfortunately, the association exclusively focuses on mechanical recycling while at the same time refusing [...]

nova-Institute explores ways to achieve a renewable carbon chemical industry in the European Union

nova-Institute explores ways to achieve a renewable carbon chemical industry in the European Union

Oliver Buchholz2023-10-19T15:59:49+02:0031 May 2019|Tags: agriculture, applications, bio-waste, bioeconomy, biomass, bioplastics, circular economy, European Commission, feedstock, fossil-based, innovation, land use, members, policy, recyclable, renewable, research, Studies, sustainability|

The European chemical industry faces enormous challenges to meet the climate goals set by the European Commission in the framework of the Paris Agreement. This agreement aims at keeping a global temperature rise below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5°C. In this context, the position paper [...]

The debate: biodegradable and compostable plastic bags

The debate: biodegradable and compostable plastic bags

Content Manger2019-05-23T14:08:11+02:0023 May 2019|Tags: bags, ban, bio-waste, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, Directive, EN 13432, EU Plastics Strategy, European Commission, industrial compostable, marine litter, microplastics, oxo-degradable, packaging, PE, policy, recyclable, research, Seedling, separate collection, single-use|

Hofer’s certified compostable shopping bag with the seedling logo (c) VictorGroup In April, the University of Plymouth published the study "Environmental deterioration of biodegradable, oxo-biodegradable, compostable, and conventional plastic carrier bags in the sea, soil, and open-air over a 3-year period". Days after the publication, European Bioplastics released a press release stating [...]

Member portrait: C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V.

Member portrait: C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V.

Oliver Buchholz2021-10-07T11:05:14+02:0030 April 2019|Tags: agriculture, bioeconomy, biomass, bioplastics, C.A.R.M.E.N., crops, feedstock, Germany, innovation, Member Portrait, members, microplastics, policy, renewable, research, sustainability|

Mr Edmund Langer, Executive Secretary at C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V. In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Mr Edmund Langer, Executive Secretary of C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V., shares some information on an organisation that promotes the development of ecologically and economically competitive techniques for [...]

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