industrial compostable

Leitmotiv of the recently closed calls of the Horizon programme: From recycling to the needs of standardization and social acceptance of biobased products and materials.

Leitmotiv of the recently closed calls of the Horizon programme: From recycling to the needs of standardization and social acceptance of biobased products and materials.

Sandrine Ishimwe2023-10-09T13:10:19+02:009 October 2023|Tags: applications, biobased, biodegradable, compostable, end-of-life, European Commission, home composting, industrial compostable, innovation, packaging, policy, recyclable, research, standard, sustainability, waste|

The Autumn round of Horizon Europe calls has been recently closed. Several challenges recurred in the texts of the calls, setting requirements for the new projects working on the biobased materials of the future and on packaging. EUBP has been involved in several applications submitted in the past days, working specifically on tasks related to [...]

Improved Seedling logo for industrially compostable products

Improved Seedling logo for industrially compostable products

info2023-09-01T13:38:13+02:001 September 2023|Tags: biomass, bioplastics, certification, compostable, EN 13432, industrial compostable, Seedling, standard|

European Bioplastics recently published the updated Seedling Certification Scheme for products made of industrially compostable materials, which came into force in July 2023. The Seedling logo is a registered trademark owned by European Bioplastics. It proves that a product is certified industrially compostable according to the European standard EN 13432. When successfully certified, the [...]

Guidelines for the use of the Seedling logo

Guidelines for the use of the Seedling logo

Content Manger2023-08-15T10:11:51+02:0015 August 2023|Tags: Austria, Belgium, biomass, bioplastics, certification, compostable, DIN CERTCO, EN 13432, Germany, industrial compostable, Seedling, standard, TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium|

Open the document The Seedling logo is a registered trademark owned by European Bioplastics. It proves that a product is certified industrially compostable according to the European standard EN 13432. When successfully certified, the product is compostable in an industrial composting plant under controlled conditions such as temperature, moisture and time frame – [...]

The fate of compostable plastics in post-consumer recycling streams

The fate of compostable plastics in post-consumer recycling streams

Content Manger2025-02-04T13:34:58+01:0027 April 2023|Tags: anaerobic digestion, applications, biodegradable, certification, circular economy, compostable, industrial compostable, Italy, packaging, PE, PET, PP, recyclable, separate collection, standard, Studies, waste|

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

Biodegradable plastics and the circular economy in Europe

Content Manger2023-04-20T15:33:40+02:0019 April 2023|Tags: anaerobic digestion, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, EN 13432, industrial compostable, standard|

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

Biodegradable and compostable bioplastic bags in anaerobic digestion

Content Manger2023-04-20T15:45:09+02:0018 April 2023|Tags: anaerobic digestion, applications, bags, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, compostable, EN 13432, food waste, industrial compostable, recyclable, renewable, standard, waste|

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 [...]

EN 13432 certified bioplastics performance in industrial composting

EN 13432 certified bioplastics performance in industrial composting

Content Manger2023-04-20T15:47:08+02:0018 April 2023|Tags: bags, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, compostable, Directive, EN 13432, home composting, industrial compostable, landfilling, packaging, PPWR, recyclable, reuse, standard, starch, waste|

Open the document The Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWD) was first issued in 1994. Its main purpose was to increase the recovery rate of packaging waste and to cut disposal (landfilling). Apart from mechanical recycling also biological (organic) recycling was defined, and a specific standard for identifying "packaging recoverable by means [...]

“Oxo-biodegradable” plastics and other plastics with additives for degradation

“Oxo-biodegradable” plastics and other plastics with additives for degradation

Content Manger2023-04-20T15:49:26+02:0018 April 2023|Tags: applications, bags, biobased, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, certification, compostable, EN 13432, industrial compostable, microbes, mulch films, standard, waste, waste management|

Open the document Bioplastics are a broad family of materials that are either biobased, biodegradable, or both. The term “biobased” describes the basis of a material being fully or partly derived from biomass. The term “biodegradable” refers to the inherent property of a material that, with the help of naturally occurring microorganisms such [...]

Press release: Why coffee capsules should be compostable

info2023-04-18T11:39:30+02:004 April 2023|Tags: applications, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, coffee capsules, compostable, EN 13432, end-of-life, European Parliament, industrial compostable, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), microplastics, packaging, PPWR, recyclable, separate collection, waste|

European Bioplastics sides with specific EU Commission proposal Berlin, 4 April 2023 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) supports the intention of making single-serve coffee units mandatorily compostable and calls on the EU Parliament and Council to uphold this specific proposal to not undermine its effectiveness. “While we regret that currently only a limited number of [...]

Updated Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Landscape available at EUBP Members Area

Updated Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Landscape available at EUBP Members Area

Content Manger2023-02-28T15:44:27+01:0028 February 2023|Tags: anaerobic digestion, Belgium, biodegradable, bioplastics, compostable, end-of-life, Germany, home composting, industrial compostable, members, recyclable, Spain, UK|

The members area on the EUBP website offers detailed information on composting and anaerobic digestion in several European countries. This Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Landscape is a special service for EUBP members and has just been updated to reflect the most recent developments across Europe. With information on Belgium, Germany, UK, Spain, and many [...]

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