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Innovations on Sustainable Materials for Textiles, Coatings, Films and other Wide Use Applications

2023-04-25T14:55:55+02:0025 April 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Düsseldorf, 11 May 2023, 8.30 am-3.30 pm, Maritim Hotel (in-person and online event) Organised by European Bioplastics, ENCO, AIMPLAS Why this conference? While modern economies highly depend on plastics in Europe with consumption in the range of 50 million tons per year, only 25-31% of the plastic waste in Europe is currently recycled, and [...]

Marine litter

2023-04-20T15:32:20+02:0019 April 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Open the document In order to minimise and ultimately prevent further pollution of the marine environment, European Bioplastics: considers the full implementation of EU waste legislation and an increase in the efficiency of waste management crucial; supports the gradual phase-out of landfilling for plastic products in Europe and appropriate measures to expand recycling [...]

EUBP Project request

2023-04-20T15:36:20+02:0019 April 2023|Tags: , , , |

Open the document With a project partnering request you can reach out to members of European Bioplastics that have expressed their interest in co-operative research activities. This project partnering request does not commit you to accepting partnering applications that you receive in response; it is simply a tool to assist you with matching [...]

EBC 23 – Call for Papers

2023-03-31T08:27:31+02:0030 March 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Become a speaker at the EBC 23, taking place on 12/13 December 2023, at the Titanic Hotel Berlin, Germany!   As always, our conference will focus on the latest innovations in biobased and biodegradable plastics, the current political landscape, as well as environmental aspects, and opportunities for growth in the circular economy. You are invited [...]

EEA recognizes role of biobased plastics as a pathway towards circular plastics in Europe

2023-02-28T15:44:48+01:0028 February 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

“Plastics play an essential role in modern society. However, their value chain is currently unsustainable, contributing to the generation of climate changing emissions and increasing waste and pollution. Reducing such impacts while retaining plastics’ usefulness requires a shift towards a more circular and sustainable plastics system”, states the European Environment Agency (EEA) in a [...]

Member portrait: BASF

2023-02-28T15:44:18+01:0028 February 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In each issue of the European Bioplastics Newsletter, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. In this issue, Dr. Afsaneh Nabifar, Head of Global Market Development Biopolymers at BASF, shares some interesting insights on her company. 5 Facts about: BASF, Germany At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We [...]

Half time at BIOMAC: research project provides new opportunities to biobased industry

2023-02-07T08:16:03+01:0027 January 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

On 23 and 24 January, the BIOMAC held its project meeting which marked the completion of the first half of this project. The 35 project partners discussed the progress made in achieving the project milestones as well as the next steps for 2023. A central part of the meeting was the selection of five [...]

European Bioplastics Conference made strong call for close cooperation with EU policymakers on upcoming legislation

2022-12-20T14:55:29+01:0020 December 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was perfect timing for the 17th annual European Bioplastics (EUBP) Conference, which took place on 6/7 December in Berlin. Throughout the whole year, bioplastics already had been a permanent topic in the debate over innovation drivers in the plastics industry and the political discussion in Brussels. Like in any good blockbuster, the story [...]

Open Call regarding nano-enabled bio-based materials technologies and solutions

2022-12-20T14:57:32+01:0020 December 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The “European Sustainable BIO-based nanomaterials Community” (BIOMAC), a Horizon 2020 funded project, launched an open call for SMEs, large companies, research and development organisations working in the field of nano-enabled bio-based material (NBM) technologies and solutions. The official launch started with the online presentation of the Open Call on the BIOMAC´s website on December [...]

Global bioplastics production defies challenges by showing significant increase

2022-12-09T15:02:29+01:006 December 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Berlin, 6 December 2022 - European Bioplastics presented today at the 17th EUBP Conference a positive outlook for the global bioplastics industry. After a stagnation of the overall plastics production in 2020, mainly due to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is now a new momentum for global bioplastics production. Capacity of production [...]

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