All bioplastics articles – Page 5
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ArticleWhat’s causing a shift from traditional materials to flexible packaging types?
Smithers Pira identifies the key reasons why flexible packaging is continuing to increase in popularity with consumers and brand owners.
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ArticleEcoCortec® Announces Partnership in European BIOCOMPACK Project
EcoCortec® d.o.o. is proud to announce that it is the first bioplastics plant in Croatia and is a partner in the €1.95 million European BIOCOMPACK project.
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ArticleIndustry responds to EU Plastics Strategy
On the backdrop of blanket calls for elimination of plastics, major packaging industry stakeholders have reacted positively to the European Commission’s holistic strategy, released yesterday, for integration of polymers into the Circular Economy.
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ArticlePackaging in Europe at Epicentre of Bioplastics Explosion
Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes was among the 330 delegates seeking to map the future of a sector that looks to have an increasingly prominent role in packaging
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ArticleFirst Major Retailer Goes Plastic-Free
The UK’s leading frozen food specialist announced that it aims to eliminate plastic packaging by 2023. Iceland’s head of packaging Ian Schofield spoke to Tim Sykes about the implications.
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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.