Berlin, 6 May 2025 – The new Horizon Europe-funded GRECO project provides innovative biobased, biodegradable and recyclable food packaging based on novel PLA copolymers, functional coatings, additives and green catalysts. GRECO aims to demonstrate the life cycle and techno-economic feasibility of greener and safer bioplastics value chains for the food packaging sector, based on a [...]
Brussels, 18 December 2024 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the adoption of the European Union’s ambitious Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The adoption by the Council on 16 December represents the final step in the co-legislative procedure before its entry into force. The PPWR places significant emphasis on sustainable packaging solutions, with biobased [...]
Berlin, 11 December 2024 – European Bioplastics concludes two days of insightful presentations, panel discussions and market data analysis at EBC24. Around 350 attendees gathered in Berlin and online to attend the 19th edition of the European Bioplastics Conference, EBC24. In their welcome address, Mariagiovanna Vetere and Franz Kraus, Co-Chairs of EUBP, highlighted the [...]
Berlin 11 December - The PRESERVE Project, an innovative Horizon 2020 initiative, is hosting its final event as a side gathering at the European Bioplastics Conference on 12 December. This milestone event will highlight the project’s groundbreaking achievements, avant-garde breakthroughs, and a forward-looking roadmap for the future of sustainable packaging. The day will open [...]
Berlin, 10 December 2024 – European Bioplastics presented its 2024 edition of the market development update during the EBC24 taking place in Berlin, Germany. The report confirms the continuous growth of the global production capacities of bioplastics. Overall global plastics production continues to rise steadily. This development is driven by rising demand combined with [...]
Berlin, 22 October 2024 – Europe’s leading business and discussion forum within the global bioplastics sector, the European Bioplastics Conference (EBC24), has just released its programme. The conference will be held on 10-11 December 2024, in Berlin and online, bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and experts to share insights on the latest advancements in [...]
European Bioplastics elects new Board with Mariagiovanna Vetere and Franz Kraus elected as Co-ChairsBrussels, 6 June 2024 – European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry in Europe, has elected a new Board during its General Assembly on 4 June. For the next two years, the EUBP leadership team will be headed [...]
European Bioplastics Calls for Action to Accelerate Biopolymers Industrial Growth Brussels, 25 January 2024 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) released its Policy Manifesto today, calling on the European Union (EU) to develop a comprehensive Biopolymers Industrial Action Plan to accelerate the growth of the bioplastics industry. EUBP believes that an actionable EU Bioeconomy Strategy, supporting a [...]
European Bioplastics reacts to the General Approach adopted by the Environment Council on the proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste. Brussels, 18 December 2023 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) regrets the position adopted today by the Environment Ministers in the Environment Council, deeming the failure to recognise the role of bioplastics a [...]
Berlin, 13 December 2023 – European Bioplastics wraps up two days of insightful sessions, policy panel and market data analysis at EBC23. 380 attendees gathered in Berlin and online to attend the 18th edition of the European Bioplastics Conference, EBC23. In their opening remarks, Lars Börger and Mariagiovanna Vetere, Acting Co-Chairs of EUBP, mentioned [...]
