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Buying new furniture just got more sustainable

2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0028 September 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was one of the most shared news headlines of this month: IKEA and Neste announced their partnership to deliver bio-based plastics for the Scandinavian homeware giant. At the 10th European Bioplastics Conference in November last year, IKEA first announced its ambitious plan to make 100 percent of their plastic products from renewable and recycled [...]

Visit EUBP at K 2016 Hall 7a / Booth B10

2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0028 September 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

At this year’s K’2016, 19-26 October 2016, EUBP will highlight the latest innovations and advancements of the industry and inform visitors about the many benefits of bio-based and biodegradable plastic materials. Bioplastics have long moved from being a buzzword to an economically competitive and sustainable alternative to conventional plastics. The latest market data show a [...]

Rethinking Plastics – Programme Preview for the 11th European Bioplastics Conference 2016

2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0015 September 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

New policy frameworks, market developments, innovative products and materials Press Release Berlin, 15 September 2016. With less than 80 days to go, the preparations for the 11th European Bioplastics Conference on 29/30 November 2016 in Berlin are in full swing and the speaker line-up for the two-day event features some exciting new faces and innovations. The 2016 [...]

First conference speakers confirmed #EUBPConf2016

2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0017 August 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rethinking plastics – first speakers confirmed for this year’s European Bioplastics Conference With less than 100 days to go, the preparations for the 11th European Bioplastics Conference on 29/30 November 2016 in Berlin are in full swing and the speaker line-up for the two-day event is filling up nicely. The 2016 edition of the leading [...]

Bioplastics Week 2016 #bioplasticsweek

2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0017 August 2016|Tags: , , , , , , |

In the week from August 22-26, 2016, the Bioplastics Division of North American SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association and other partnering organisations, including European Bioplastics, Plastics Europe, USDA BioPreferred Program, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and many more bioplastics organisations and companies, will be promoting the Bioplastics Week – a social media-based event to increase visibility [...]

News from our Members – August 2016

2017-01-11T08:00:46+01:0017 August 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

From waste to bioplastics – Ford ‘driving’ the technology forward

2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0017 August 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Car manufacturer Ford recently announced to team up with spirits brand Jose Cuervo to develop bioplastics form agave biowaste leftover from the tequila-making process. An unlikely coalition – usually alcohol and cars don’t mix – that made many people curious about the possibilities of making bioplastics from waste. The technology isn’t new, quite the [...]

In brief – August 2016

2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0017 August 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Open call for Bioplastics Award 2016: Like every year, the winner of the Global Bioplastics Award will be announced at the 11th European Bioplastics Conference in November 2016 in Berlin. The award ceremony is hosted by the bioplastics MAGAZINE and recognises innovations and great achievements by manufacturers, processors, brand owners, or users of bioplastics materials. [...]

Bonafè presents ambitious amendments of the revised EU waste legislation

2021-10-08T10:42:11+02:0027 June 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this month (June 2016), MEP Simona Bonafè, Rapporteur of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, published her reports on the revised EU waste legislation and called for more ambitious waste prevention and resource efficiency targets than presented in the Commission’s initial EU Circular Economy Package. European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the draft reports that [...]

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

2017-01-11T08:00:47+01:0027 June 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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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