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bioplastics
December 14, 2018
13th annual European Bioplastics conference discusses impacts of plastics pollution, elements of EU circular economy package, food contact regulations, bioplastics market development, life cycle assessment, new building blocks
Reading time: 4 minutes
December 6, 2018
Nestlé launches Institute of Packaging Sciences to advance development of ‘functional, safe and environmentally friendly’ food packaging
Reading time: 1 minute
October 15, 2018
EU Commission publishes updated strategy for developing ‘sustainable and circular bioeconomy’ in Europe
Reading time: 1 minute
September 26, 2018
Industry group European Bioplastics hosts annual conference on December 4-5, 2018, in Berlin, Germany
Topics: bioplastics, events
Reading time: 1 minute
September 24, 2018
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture calls for projects to develop new bio-based plastic food packaging; project proposals can be submitted until January 31 and March 31, 2019
Topics: bioplastics
Reading time: 1 minute
September 18, 2018
European Parliament votes to approve Commission’s plastics strategy, adopts resolution on hazardous chemicals and recycling
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August 17, 2018
Swiss and Austrian researchers show that soil microorganisms fully metabolize biodegradable polymer polybutylene adipate terephthalate; European Bioplastics deems doubts about biodegradable plastics clarified
Reading time: 2 minutes
August 16, 2018
Position paper by nova-Institute highlights why chemical and plastics industry should switch to renewable carbon sources and illustrates how this could be achieved
Reading time: 1 minute
August 14, 2018
Article by Environmental Health News discusses increasing challenge of plastic waste driven by economic pressure and growth; recycling and bioplastics deemed ‘simple solutions’ incapable of meeting problem’s scale
Reading time: 1 minute
July 12, 2018
EU Parliament’s Environment Committee supports EU Commission’s overall plans for plastics in circular economy, suggests further measures on microplastics, single-use plastics, hazardous chemicals
Reading time: 2 minutes
