industrial compostable

Joint statement on the importance of the waste hierarchy in calculating recycling targets

Claus Hoffmann2017-07-27T11:37:23+02:0027 July 2017|Tags: anaerobic digestion, biodegradable, bioplastics, compostable, Directive, industrial compostable, recyclable, separate collection, waste, Waste Framework Directive|

European Bioplastics (EUBP) together with the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), European Compost Network (ECN), European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE), Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP), European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA), and European Centre of Employers and Enterprises (CEEP) co-signed a joint statement on the importance of the waste hierarchy in [...]

Recommendations towards the EU Plastics Strategy regarding bioplastics

Claus Hoffmann2021-10-08T10:47:15+02:0029 June 2017|Tags: agriculture, anaerobic digestion, applications, bio-waste, biodegradable, certification, circular economy, compostable, end-of-life, EU Plastics Strategy, European Commission, feedstock, horticulture, industrial compostable, mechanically recyclable, packaging, PE, PET, PLA, recyclable, renewable, standard, sustainability, waste, waste management|

At the beginning of this year, the European Commission published its EU Roadmap for a Strategy on Plastics in a Circular Economy. Consultations and discussions around some of the most important issues to be covered by the Strategy on Plastics have already started, showing the complexity of the initiative as well as the need [...]

Successful test on the use of biodegradable carrier bags in anaerobic digestion plants

Claus Hoffmann2023-10-19T16:01:16+02:0029 May 2017|Tags: anaerobic digestion, bags, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, compostable, EN 13432, food waste, France, Germany, industrial compostable, Italy, kitchen waste, Novamont, renewable, separate collection, Studies, waste|

Novamont, a leader in the development of bioplastics based in Italy, commissioned IGlux Witzenhausen GmbH and Witzenhausen-Institut GmbH to conduct a scientific study into the behaviour of biodegradable carrier bags made from MATER-BI – the bioplastic made by Novamont – in German anaerobic digestion plants. The use of biodegradable bags made from MATER-BI was tested [...]

“Falling in love with bioplastics” – FKuR says it’s time to change the bag

Claus Hoffmann2017-04-24T12:49:28+02:0024 April 2017|Tags: bags, Belgium, biobased, bioplastics, certification, compostable, DIN CERTCO, EN 13432, FKuR Kunststoff, France, Germany, home composting, industrial compostable, packaging, separate collection, standard|

In a new fun video, German bioplastics specialist FKuR Kunststoff GmbH demonstrates the benefits of home compostable bags, which make the separate collection of biowaste more practical and hygienic, raising acceptance levels for the collection at home, and thus increasing the volumes of biowaste collected and the amount of valuable compost produced from it. [...]

Oxo-degradable plastics increasingly under fire in Europe

Content Manger2017-02-28T09:32:26+01:0028 February 2017|Tags: agriculture, bags, ban, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, compostable, Directive, EN 13432, European Commission, fossil-based, France, industrial compostable, microbes, Organic Waste Systems (OWS), oxo-degradable, packaging, PE, PET, PHA, recyclable, research, Spain, standard, waste|

Spain announced plans to ban the sale of lightweight oxo-degradable bags from 2018 onwards under a new law drafted by the Spanish agriculture and environment ministry. The law implements an EU directive to reduce the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags. The draft also includes a minimum price on plastic bags above 15 microns [...]

Bioplastics an important part of the EU roadmap for the strategy on plastics in a circular economy

EUBIO_Admin2017-04-04T12:03:42+02:0027 January 2017|Tags: biobased, biodegradable, biomass, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, end-of-life, EU Plastics Strategy, European Commission, feedstock, home composting, industrial compostable, marine litter, recyclable, research, standard, sustainability, waste|

Berlin, 27 January 2017 – European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the bioplastics industry along the entire value chain in Europe, welcomes the EU Roadmap for a Strategy on Plastics in a Circular Economy published yesterday by the European Commission. “An EU Plastics Strategy is needed to drive continued change in the plastics industry [...]

These were the highlights that shaped bioplastics in 2016

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:44+01:0020 December 2016|Tags: applications, Avantium, bags, ban, BASF, biodegradable, bioeconomy, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, Directive, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, European Bioplastics Conference, FDCA, feedstock, France, Germany, industrial compostable, innovation, NatureWorks, packaging, PE, PEF, PET, PHA|

2016 has been another eventful, promising, and successful year for bioplastics. While the discussions around the EU Circular Economy Package and first regulatory changes in the Members States reshape the legislative and economic landscape for businesses involved in the bioeconomy in Europe, the bioplastics industry continues to drive innovation in new bioplastics solutions and the development [...]

Revised mandate for home composting standard

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0028 September 2016|Tags: bags, compostable, Directive, European Commission, home composting, industrial compostable, packaging, recyclable, separate collection, standard, waste, waste collection, Waste Framework Directive|

The EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste, as modified by the EU Directive on lightweight carrier bags in 2015, tasked the European Commission to adopt specifications for labels of home compostable plastic carrier bags. Accordingly, in June 2016, the Commission asked the relevant European Standardisation Committee, CEN, to develop a standard on home compostable [...]

News from our Members – August 2016

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0017 August 2016|Tags: AIMPLAS, bags, BASF, Belgium, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, compostable, corn, EN 13432, Germany, industrial compostable, Italy, packaging, PE, PLA, recyclable, renewable, research, Spain, standard, sugar cane, sustainability, waste|

AIMPLAS develops biodegradable dairy packaging suitable for pasteurisation FKuR launches new Bio-Flex blends that reduce the thickness of compostable films BASF offers compostable particle foam with high bio-based content Original Food now offers their premium wild coffee in biodegradable coffee capsules AIMPLAS develops biodegradable dairy packaging suitable for pasteurisation The dairy sector will [...]

Biodegradable plastics were never designed to be a solution to marine litter

Content Manger2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0027 June 2016|Tags: agriculture, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, compostable, EN 13432, fossil-based, France, industrial compostable, marine litter, microplastics, mulch films, packaging, policy, recyclable, research, standard, sustainability, waste, waste collection, waste management|

By Karen Laird, Sustainability Editor at PlasticsToday.com Karen Laird, European/Sustainability Editor, PlasticsToday A report from the United Nations Environment Program, or UNEP, entitled Marine Plastic Debris And Microplastic - Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change recently caused quite a stir in the media – for all the wrong [...]

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