Compared to conventional plastics, the bioplastics market is a fairly young one. Currently, there is no common systematization for bioplastics statistics available. The consequence: Diverse reports ...
The nova-Institute carried out the study ‘Biobased Polymers in the World; Capacities, Production and Applications: Status Quo and Trends towards 2020’ in collaboration with renowned international ...
Look at this issue of bioplastics Magazine and you will see nearly all things bio are not hyphenated. They are one single word, biobased, biodegradable, bioplastics, biopolymer, biorefineries, and ...
Communicating the benefits of biobased content is often tricky. Biobased represents all of green marketing’s traditional challenges – including greenwash — but has additional, unique challenges all ...
Bioplastics represent a new class of materials with advantageous origin mostly from renewable resources and with advantageous recovery qualities. Both, energy recovery (incineration with exploitation ...
In the world of packaging, bioplastics are one of the most exiting innovations. The consumers seem motivated for “greener“ shopping and like the idea of biopackaging… .
Sustainability has become the new buzzword in our modern and environmentally aware society. Government authorities, organizations and companies all over the world are increasingly coming up with ...
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can be a useful tool for evaluating a product’s net environmental impact. But don’t assume it’s going to be easy, or that you will get the answer that you want.
In our modern consumer society especially for short life cycle products, their end of life phase becomes a key issue and providing as many flexible and environmentally friendly recovery options as ...
Galactic is a Belgian company involved in the world of green chemistry with its lactic acid being produced by fermentation of a biomass such as beet or cane sugar. Lactic acid is used in different ...
In different committees in Brussels there is an ongoing discussion about how to define and measure the bio-based content of bio-based materials and products. Examples are the CEN/BT/WG 209 M/429 ...
Fossil-fuel-derived plastics are non-renewable, often threaten public health, have devastating impacts on marine life, and increase reliance on imported fossil-fuel-based feedstocks in many countries.
The European Hemp Association (EIHA) welcomes and supports the discussions on European targets for different bio-based products, such as bio-polymers, bio-lubricants, and certain chemical building ...
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PRO EUROPE (Packaging Recovery Organization Europe), the umbrella organisation for the packaging and packaging waste recovery schemes which mainly use the ‘Green Dot’ ...
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