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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 [...]

Policy News: November 2022

Policy News: November 2022

Content Manger2022-12-01T17:35:45+01:001 December 2022|Tags: biobased, biodegradable, bioeconomy, circular economy, compostable, European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), European Commission, feedstock, Green Deal, innovation, packaging, policy, PPWR, renewable, sustainability, waste|

More is needed to embrace the benefits of the bioeconomy On 30 November, the Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) and a Communication for a policy framework for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics. The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), representing 13 leading European organisations from various sectors active [...]

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

Sandrine Ishimwe2022-11-30T16:10:28+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. [...]

Commission proposal for a new packaging and packaging waste legislation could counteract Green Deal, warns industry coalition

Commission proposal for a new packaging and packaging waste legislation could counteract Green Deal, warns industry coalition

Sandrine Ishimwe2022-11-16T15:59:53+01:0016 November 2022|Tags: biobased, bioeconomy, bioplastics, compostable, EU waste legislation, Green Deal, innovation, packaging, PPWR, recyclable, reuse, sustainability, waste|

Recently, the discussion about the European Union’s future packaging and packaging waste legislation gathered momentum since a leaked version of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) became public (October 2022). The bioplastics industry is concerned by the proposal’s ignorance towards the significant role of the bioeconomy and its products, including bio-based and compostable [...]

BON Europe comments on revision of PPWD

BON Europe comments on revision of PPWD 

Sandrine Ishimwe2022-09-30T11:24:14+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 [...]

EU legislation needs to stronger acknowledge important role of bioplastics within circular economy

EU legislation needs to stronger acknowledge important role of bioplastics within circular economy

Sandrine Ishimwe2022-04-29T12:02:33+02:0029 April 2022|Tags: applications, ban, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, Directive, European Commission, Green Deal, Japan, market data, members, oxo-degradable, packaging, PPWR, single-use, SUPD, sustainability, waste, Waste Framework Directive|

Read below a guest article by Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director of European Bioplastics which was recently published in the anniversary edition of the Japanese BioPlastics Association journal. During the past years, the environment for bio-based as well as biodegradable and compostable plastics in the European Union (EU) has become more and more dynamic. [...]

Revision of PPWD puts key legislation for plastics industry on the spotlight

Revision of PPWD puts key legislation for plastics industry on the spotlight

Sandrine Ishimwe2021-10-29T14:13:08+02:0029 October 2021|Tags: biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, circular economy, compostable, Directive, European Commission, Germany, Green Deal, industrial compostable, packaging, PPWR, recyclable, single-use, Studies, SUPD, waste, Waste Framework Directive|

At the end of last year, the European Commission has started to revise the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) and its Essential Requirements. After the implementation of the Single-use Plastics Directive (SUPD) which came into effect in July, this revision could mean additional far-reaching changes for the whole plastics industry. In a three-month [...]

Essential Requirements for Packaging should consider benefits of bioplastics

Essential Requirements for Packaging should consider benefits of bioplastics

Sandrine Ishimwe2021-10-08T10:38:55+02:0031 August 2020|Tags: biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, compostable, Directive, European Commission, Green Deal, packaging, policy, PPWR, recyclable, reusable, reuse, standard, Studies, waste, Waste Framework Directive, waste management|

The European Commission (EC) is currently revising the Essential Requirements for Packaging as part of the amendment of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD). They relate to the manufacturing and composition of packaging, its reusable and recoverable nature as well as to the minimization of hazardous materials. These requirements, and the associated [...]

EU study lacks acknowledging benefits of compostable packaging

EU study lacks acknowledging benefits of compostable packaging

Sandrine Ishimwe2023-10-19T15:57:00+02:0029 May 2020|Tags: bags, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, compostable, Directive, EN 13432, European Commission, Germany, Italy, microplastics, Netherlands, packaging, PPWR, recyclable, research, separate collection, standard, Studies, waste, waste collection|

In the course of implementing the European Strategy for Plastics, so far, the European Commission (EC) initiated a remarkable number of research studies. The recently published study on the ‘Relevance of biodegradable and compostable plastic products in a circular economy’ ranks amongst the most important ones for the bioplastics industry. It aims at contributing [...]

EUBP urges European Council to support bio-based packaging

Claus Hoffmann2021-10-08T10:42:11+02:0024 April 2017|Tags: beverage cartons, biobased, bioeconomy, bioplastics, certification, circular economy, Directive, European Parliament, feedstock, fossil-based, members, packaging, PPWR, renewable, sustainability, waste|

The ongoing revision of the European Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC) represents a concrete opportunity for the bioeconomy sector in Europe and the transition to a circular economy. Earlier in March this year, the European Parliament voted, for the first time ever, for an amendment of this directive that requires Member States [...]

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