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Proposed new packaging rules acknowledge environmental and climate benefits of compostable plastic packaging – Commission misses opportunity to fully embrace necessary shift to biobased feedstock

Proposed new packaging rules acknowledge environmental and climate benefits of compostable plastic packaging – Commission misses opportunity to fully embrace necessary shift to biobased feedstock

Content Manger2022-12-02T14:46:53+01:001 December 2022|Tags: applications, bags, ban, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, European Commission, feedstock, France, Germany, industrial compostable, innovation, land use, packaging, policy, PPWR, recyclable, sustainability, tea bags, waste|

Yesterday (30 November), the European Commission adopted the first parts of its long-awaited proposal for the second Circular Economy Package including a policy framework for biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics as well as a proposal for a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the included new rules on packaging [...]

New EU standard and requirements for home compostable carrier bags

New EU standard and requirements for home compostable carrier bags

Oliver Buchholz2022-12-01T17:38:49+01:001 December 2022|Tags: bags, ban, biobased, biodegradable, certification, compostable, Directive, ecotoxicity, EN 13432, France, Germany, home composting, industrial compostable, kitchen waste, packaging, PLA, standard, starch, waste|

Source: Verbund kompostierbare Produkte e.V. A new standard has been published this summer to establish the requirements and specifications for home compostable carrier bags. This should put an end to the debates around home composting, which we all know takes place under less controlled conditions and lower temperatures than industrial composting processes. [...]

Member portrait: BIOTEC

Member portrait: BIOTEC

Content Manger2022-12-01T17:38:19+01:001 December 2022|Tags: applications, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, BIOTEC, certification, compostable, crops, EN 13432, Germany, home composting, industrial compostable, Member Portrait, members, packaging, renewable, sustainability, waste|

Erik Pras, Global Director Sales & Marketing at BIOTEC In each issue of the European Bioplastics Newsletter, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. In this issue, Erik Pras, Global Director Sales & Marketing at BIOTEC, shares some interesting insights on his company. 5 facts about: BIOTEC, Germany BIOTEC [...]

Proposed new packaging rules acknowledge environmental and climate benefits of compostable plastic packaging

Oliver Buchholz2022-11-30T16:10:28+01:0030 November 2022|Tags: applications, bags, ban, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, European Commission, feedstock, industrial compostable, innovation, land use, packaging, policy, PPWR, recyclable, sustainability, tea bags, waste|

Commission misses opportunity to fully embrace necessary shift to biobased feedstock Berlin, 30 November 2022 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the proposed new rules on packaging and bioplastics adopted today by the European Commission. “We appreciate the Commission’s first comprehensive policy framework on innovative bioplastic materials, acknowledging their potential to provide genuine environmental benefits. [...]

Transition to climate neutrality needs accurate accounting for biogenic carbon

Transition to climate neutrality needs accurate accounting for biogenic carbon

Oliver Buchholz2022-09-30T11:26:59+02:0030 September 2022|Tags: applications, biobased, biodegradable, bioeconomy, biomass, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, crops, end-of-life, European Commission, fossil-based, Green Deal, industrial compostable, PEF, recyclable, renewable, reuse, waste|

The Product Environmental Footprint method could become the EU’s guiding approach for environmental impact assessment; to be fit for purpose, it should appraise the carbon footprint of bio-based products. As the European Commission increasingly plans to rely on the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) method as the guiding approach for environmental impact assessment, an accurate [...]

BON Europe comments on revision of PPWD

BON Europe comments on revision of PPWD 

Oliver Buchholz2022-09-30T11:24:14+02:0030 September 2022|Tags: anaerobic digestion, applications, bio-waste, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, Directive, EN 13432, food waste, industrial compostable, innovation, members, packaging, policy, PPWR, recyclable, separate collection, standard, sustainability, waste, waste collection, Waste Framework Directive|

The current revision of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), as well as the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) review and the forthcoming framework on bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics provide crucial opportunities to fully acknowledge the role of bioplastics in a circular economy. The Bioplastics Organisation Network (BON) Europe, a collaboration of [...]

PLA compostable bioplastics, towards a circular economy

PLA compostable bioplastics, towards a circular economy

Oliver Buchholz2022-09-30T11:23:08+02:0030 September 2022|Tags: biobased, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, EN 13432, end-of-life, food waste, industrial compostable, landfilling, Netherlands, packaging, PLA, recyclable, reusable, separate collection, Studies, sustainability, TotalEnergies Corbion, waste, waste management|

Maelenn Macedo-Ravard, Regulatory and Sustainability Manager at TotalEnergies Corbion BV Read below a guest article by Maelenn Macedo-Ravard, Regulatory and Sustainability Manager at TotalEnergies Corbion BV. Plastic recycling is far from reaching its targets included in the different waste legislations worldwide. Of all plastic produced since 1950, only 9% has ever been [...]

Revision of Waste Framework Directive should promote the use of bio-based and compostable plastics

Revision of Waste Framework Directive should promote the use of bio-based and compostable plastics

Oliver Buchholz2022-08-31T11:31:11+02:0031 August 2022|Tags: applications, bags, biomass, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, coffee capsules, compostable, Directive, European Commission, food waste, fossil-based, Green Deal, industrial compostable, mechanically recyclable, members, packaging, PE, PET, PLA, recyclable, reusable, separate collection, sustainability, tea bags|

In January 2022, the European Commission had initiated the revision process of the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD) with a Call for Evidence for an impact assessment of the EU waste management. In summer, the Commission opened the process for the broader public consultation that just recently closed on 24 August. The revision of [...]

How bioplastics can help to make the medical sector more sustainable

How bioplastics can help to make the medical sector more sustainable

Oliver Buchholz2022-08-31T11:26:18+02:0031 August 2022|Tags: anaerobic digestion, applications, biobased, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, certification, compostable, corn, crops, EN 13432, end-of-life, feedstock, fossil-based, industrial compostable, innovation, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), PLA, PP, recyclable, renewable, research, single-use, standard, starch|

Constance Ißbrücker, Head of Environmental Affairs at European Bioplastics e.V. Bioplastics are nothing new to the medical sector. In fact, it’s one of the sectors where bioplastics have been in use for a very long time because they offer significant benefits in terms of specific properties and functionalities. They also provide opportunities [...]

Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive – a cornerstone in the regulatory environment for bioplastics

Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive – a cornerstone in the regulatory environment for bioplastics

Oliver Buchholz2022-06-30T16:56:21+02:0030 June 2022|Tags: applications, bio-waste, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, Directive, end-of-life, European Commission, feedstock, Green Deal, industrial compostable, innovation, kitchen waste, low-carbon, packaging, policy, recyclable, renewable, reuse, single-use, SUPD, sustainability|

In its efforts to tackle the challenges related to waste, overpackaging, and sustainable production, the European Commission not only introduces additional regulations, such as the Single-use Plastics Directive, but also focuses on revising existing legislation. A milestone in the EU’s approach to respond to the environmental challenges we are facing is the revision of [...]

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