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- Issue 06 | 2019
Multilayer Packaging
The demands on film packaging have increased enormously in recent years. This applies both to the functional requirements regarding actual product protection as well as to its aesthetic ... - Issue 04 | 2019
Compostable Plastics & Home Composting - Food for thought!
Certified, verifiable compostable plastics is the “enabling technology” to efficiently and efficaciously divert food and other organic wastes from landfills & open dumps (mismanaged wastes in the ... - Issue 03 | 2019
Plastic microparticles
Small particles of plastic were first reported in marine environments in the early 1970s. However, it wasn’t until the term ‘microplastics’ was coined in 2004 that the issue started to generate ... - Issue 03 | 2019
Mind the right terms
Biodegradable vs. compostable vs. oxo-degradable plastics: A straightforward explanation - Issue 03 | 2019
Captured carbon vs. biobased
Can products made from captured/recycled CO2 be called biobased? - Issue 02 | 2019
The future of biobased packaging
W orldwide, more and more packaging is being used. Seeking to reduce this, various European member states are looking into options for Plastic Pacts: agreements between governments and the packaging ... - Issue 01 | 2019
Green public procurement
Green public procurement refers to the practice by public authorities of sourcing, where possible, goods, services or works with a reduced environmental impact. From central governments to ... - Issue 05 | 2018
Industrial composters: Where does your shoe pinch
For compostable plastic products international standards, such as EN 13432 or ASTM D 6400, have been in place for many years already. However, the acceptance of – even certified – compostable plastic ... - Issue 04 | 2018
PEF and PET bottle recycling
Last year Synvina, the joint venture of Avantium and BASF, received interim approval from the European PET bottle platform (EPBP) for the market introduction of PEF up to 2 % of the total European ... - Issue 04 | 2018
Biocatalytic process to produce FDCA
PEF has become the popular new plastic on the block, and companies like Corbion (Gorinchem, The Netherlands) are working hard on its market introduction. The new monomer FDCA is key to the plastic, ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Castor oil
Castor oil is the raw material of choice for the production of biobased sebacic acid. A number of biobased plastics, for example several partly or fully biobased polyamides are manufactured using ... - Issue 02 | 2018
Mechanical recycling of bioplastics
Part I: recycling of production waste of biodegradable plastics - Issue 01 | 2018
From the soybean field to the plastics manufacturer
Soy product technologies replace petrochemicals and additives to meet end-user demands for sustainability - Issue 06 | 2017
Blown Film Extrusion
Blown Film Extrusion is an established process which is used to manufacture a wide range of thin commodity and specialized plastic films mainly for the packaging industry, but also for other sectors, ... - Issue 05 | 2017
Biodegradation
The efficient management of plastic waste plays a key role within the circular economy. Good waste management requires the implementation of the waste hierarchy, as set out by EU legislation in the ... - Issue 04 | 2017
Unpacking biobased standards and certifications
How and why should biobased content be measured? - Issue 03 | 2017
Frequently asked questions
One of the most important aims of bioplastics MAGAZINE is to answer any questions that people may have about biobased and biodegradable plastics. However, a number of questions tend to be asked again ... - Issue 02 | 2017
Biodegradability and Compostability: Certification and Standards
AA lot has changed in recent years. Nowadays, shoppers in countries, such as for example Germany, stow their groceries in backpacks; they use paper bags and reusable bags. Yet not all has changed. ... - Issue 02 | 2017
Update on relevant standards for the bioplastics industry in Europe
Standardisation is an effort by industrial stakeholders to define generally accepted criteria and guidelines for the description of products, services, and processes. The aim is to ease competition ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Co-Polyester
PLA is a biobased polyester that enjoys already a significant role in the market. Besides PLA, several other polyesters can be generated from biogenic raw materials. In most cases, these polyesters ... - Issue 06 | 2016
Certification – blessing and curse
Certification is necessary. And within the scope of this magazine we talk about the certification of the compostability of bioplastics (according to e.g. EN 13432, ASTM D6400 or similar) and the ... - Issue 04 | 2016
Do biopolymers need additives? Bioadditives?
„Plastics without additives are not viable“. This pithy phrase opens the “Plastics Additives Handbook” which is a reference book in this field. Therefore, there should be reasons for this valuation. - Issue 03 | 2016
Avoiding confusion between biodegradable and compostable
The terms biodegradable and compostable can be quite confusing words. Both words define biological processes but these concepts have often been misused in the field of marketing, leading to ... - Issue 03 | 2016
PHA – a polymer family with challenges and opportunities
At the beginning of the 21st century the chemical industry undergoes an accelerated and revolutionary change in the conversion from hydrocarbons to carbohydrates as feedstock. - Issue 02 | 2016
Design for recyclability
Plastic recycling not only plays a vital role in increasing resource efficiency, it is essential for the transition to a circular economy. - Issue 02 | 2016
Bioplastics packaging: design for a circular plastics economy
Applying the principles of a circular economy from the onset to the design stage of bioplastic materials and packaging solutions offers a competitive edge for the bioplastics industry.