Single-Use Material Decelerator (SUM’D) releases new version of food packaging assessment tool UP Scorecard; featuring expanded regionalization capabilities including Europe, functionality to add new customized containers, a simplified scoring system, and a streamlined presentation of results
Biocides in FCMs: legal follow-ups needed
Authorization of biocides discussed at the Biocides Symposium ’15 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Quantifying migration of whitening agents from plastics
EU reference laboratory for FCMs develops analytical method for quantification of fluorescent whitening agents migrating from plastic beverage cups
Printing ink exposure from FCM significantly underestimated
New study investigates occurrence of photoinitiators in carton board packaging, finds benzophenone present in 50% of samples, surface to mass ratio 6 times higher than in EU legislation
Circular economy stakeholder conference
European Commission and European Economic and Social Committee host 2019 conference on circular economy, focus on success stories and new challenges
BPA and childhood obesity
New study finds association between prenatal BPA exposure and body fat outcomes in New York City children
Forums on sustainability of plastics
Plasticity Forums to discuss sustainable end-of-life solutions for plastics on April 21 and May 9, 2017 in Texas and California, respectively; registration available online
Reproductive nanotoxicology under review
Scientific paper reviews endocrine disrupting effects of engineered nanomaterials
EU health policy platform
EU Commissioner speaks on chronic diseases and ways to prevent them; announces launch of EU health policy platform intended to enable a broad stakeholder dialogue
Extending the use of bioplastics in food packaging
New study reviews the application of bioplastics in food packaging: coating, blending and chemical/physical modification can improve functionality, migration issues still to be resolved