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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 [...]

Call for Papers and Registration open

2025-04-03T10:41:41+02:003 April 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Become a speaker at the EBC25, which is taking place on  02 - 03 December 2025, at the Titanic Hotel Berlin, Germany and join us in celebrating 20 years of shaping the future of bioplastics! For two decades, EBC has been Europe’s key platform for business, discussions, and knowledge exchange in the global bioplastics [...]

BIOPLASTICS MARKET DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 2024

2024-12-10T12:18:31+01:0010 December 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document Continuous growth: global production capacities of bioplastics 2024-2029 Bioplastics currently represent roughly half a percent of the almost 414 million tonnes* of plastics produced annually. Overall global plastics production continues to rise steadily. This development is driven by rising demand combined with the emergence of ever more sophisticated applications and [...]

European Bioplastics input to the INC-5 negotiations

2024-11-18T16:43:53+01:0018 November 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document Bioplastics should be complementary tools to help end plastic pollution. The fifth session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-5) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including the marine environment, will be held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 25 November to 1 December 2024. To address [...]

Head of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs, European Bioplastics, Full time

2024-01-10T10:43:11+01:0010 January 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

European Bioplastics is the industry association representing the entire value chain of the bioplastics industry in Europe. Together with our more than 80 members we develop positions and contribute to legislative processes around the topics of sustainability, waste management, resource efficiency, bioeconomy, circular economy, and climate change. The bioplastics industry is a young and [...]

BIOPLASTICS MARKET DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 2023

2023-12-13T10:22:58+01:0013 December 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document Growth resumption: global production capacities of bioplastics 2023-2028 Bioplastics currently represent roughly 0.5 percent of the over 400 million tonnes of plastic produced annually*. After a period of stagnation over the past few years, the overall global plastic production is picking up again in 2023. This development is driven by [...]

Q&A on certified soil-biodegradable mulch films

2025-07-15T10:28:04+02:0024 November 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document What are certified soil-biodegradable mulch films? What are the advantages of certified soil-biodegradable mulch films? Do certified soil-biodegradable mulch films fully biodegrade in soil? Why are mulch films covered in the Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR)? What is the definition of a fertiliser under the FPR? What are the specific benefits [...]

Bioplastics should be complementary tools to help end plastic pollution

2023-11-16T10:21:41+01:0016 November 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document European Bioplastics (EUBP) supports an ambitious instrument, which catalyses the transition to biobased plastics and leverages innovative biodegradable and compostable plastics as complementary tools to help end plastic pollution by 2040 and to ensure a carbon- neutral future. EUBP considers it vital for the instrument to enable and champion innovation [...]

European Bioplastics Debunks Scientifically Questionable Study on Compostable Plastics

2023-11-06T11:51:34+01:006 November 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Last month, through a press statement, European Bioplastics (EUBP) reacted to the publication of a study by Wang et al. claiming that compostable plastics and recycled plastics are more toxic than conventional plastic. The study claimed to have analysed the toxicity of compostable plastic bags, conventional plastic bags, and other recycled plastic bags in zebrafish [...]

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