All bioplastics articles – Page 5
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ArticleInside Coca-Cola’s Sustainability Strategy
Tim Sykes discusses packaging and Coca-Cola's European Sustainability Action Plan with Joe Franses and Ulrike Sapiro, and discovers that alternative feedstocks, refill systems and returnables are all on the table.
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ArticleIs moving to a single polymer the answer?
The M&S Plan A 2025 steps up the retailer's sustainability goals, featuring a One Polymer Road Map & target for 100% of packaging widely recycled. Tim Sykes spoke to Kevin Vyse about the implications & the company's approach to sustainable packaging
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ArticleNew pack improves food preservation without metallised materials & modified atmospheres
AIMPLAS coordinates the European project REFUCOAT, whose main objective is to develop new materials for food packaging in a more sustainable way.
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Article'Bioplastics are Making the Difference'
The 12th European Bioplastics Conference, which took place on 28/29 November 2017 in Berlin, showcased just how bioplastics are making the difference in driving innovations forward for more sustainability, resource efficiency, and functionality.
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ArticlePackaging Design: Appreciation for Sustainable Packaging
Fachpack spoke with Sven Sängerlaub, Business Development Manager Packaging at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), about the part played by packaging design in improving the recyclability of plastic packaging.
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ArticleGlobal Market for Bioplastics to Grow by 20 Percent
The results of European Bioplastics’ annual market data update, presented at the 12th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin, confirm a stable growth of the global bioplastics industry.
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ArticleEurope Needs a Plastics System that Works
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, recently addressed the European Parliament on the EU’s circular economy package.
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Article‘Acknowledging we can be part of the solution is first step’
Head & Shoulders is fighting marine waste with a 25% recycled beach plastic bottle. Tim Sykes spoke to brand owner P&G's Lisa Jennings and SUEZ's Jean-Marc Boursier about the project, lessons learned, extensions and broader waste strategies
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ArticleNew Studies: Biodegradable Plastics Boost Organic Recycling
Biodegradable plastics offer innovative solutions to improve recycling quality by facilitating the means for more efficient separate waste collection.
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ArticleTotal Corbion PLA at Fakuma: Bioplastic Innovations
Total Corbion PLA will be exhibiting at the Fakuma trade fair from 17 – 21st October in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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API Sets New Milestone in Biodegradability of Coffee Capsules
API, an Italian company specialized in the production of thermoplastic elastomeric compounds and bioplastics has introduced a broadened portfolio of APINAT® Bioplastics for single-serve coffee capsules.
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Article'Sky is the limit' for European Bioplastics
Ahead of the forum Katrin Schwede, head of communications at European Bioplastics, spoke to Tim Sykes about the key trends and challenges in the renewable plastics market.
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A Future Beyond Conventional Plastic - The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
By Paul Foulkes-Arellano, head of retail solutions at A Plastic Planet and precipice design head of client programmes.
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Floreon Transforming Packaging Seeks New Collaborative Partners
Having gained patents across globe protecting a range of PLA formulations with improved flow and impact properties, Floreon is looking for innovative collaborative partners.
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ArticleA New Way of Valuing by-products in the Field of Plastics
Natureplast remains since 2006 the only society in Europe to supply all bioplastics produced over the world.
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ArticleSukano Enables the next Generation of Drinking Straw
Sukano, a world leader in the development and production of additive and colour masterbatches and compounds for polyester and specialty has announced the results of its initiative to rethink the materials used to manufacture drinking straws.
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ArticlePLA Bioplastics from Bonsucro Certified Sugarcane Now Available from Total Corbion PLA
Total Corbion PLA, global technology leader and producer of PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) bioplastics and lactide monomers, has announced that PLA resins from Bonsucro certified sugarcane are now available for commercial order.
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ArticlePerstorp Capa™ grades 6500D and 6800D given food contact approval in US
Perstorp has acquired food contact use approval for its Capa™ for Bioplastics product grades 6500D and the new 6800D.
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Biodegradable Mulch Films Supported in Revision of EU Fertiliser Regulation
The European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) adopted its report amending the European Commission's proposal for a revision of the Fertilisers Regulation.
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Smithers Pira: Economic and Demographic Trends Shape the Rigid Plastic Packaging Industry
Economic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging market growth within any particular country. As an economy and real personal disposable incomes grow, then so too does consumer demand for packaged products.