PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

Follow-up: European Bioplastics and Assobioplastiche welcome European Council's amendment to Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

EVENTS

“9th European Bioplastics Conference” to be held in Brussels in December

CARRIER BAGS

European parliament approves legislation on lightweight carrier bags / Latest legal hurdle mounted / Decision welcomed by European Bioplastics and Novamont

PLASTIC BAGS

European parliament's Environment Committee signs off on draft rules to reduce plastic bag consumption by 80% by 2019 / Recommends replacing traditional bags with biodegradable and compostable ones

PLASTIC BAGS

Follow-up: Industry associations criticise a "short-sighted" EC proposal / Allowance of individual regulations goes against a united European market

EVENTS

“8th European Bioplastics Conference” to be held in Berlin in December

BIOPLASTICS

EC's industrial policy favours bio-economy / Increasingly dynamic market / Largest global capacity in Asia and South America / Bio-PET drives development / Soft drink producers at the forefront of innovation

EVENTS

BPF seminar on “Bioplastics: A World of Opportunity?”

BIOPLASTICS

Industry association seeks to end false claims about bioproducts / Guide for environmental communications launched

BIOPLASTICS

European Bioplastics industry group claims recent US report not scientifically backed-up / “Unbalanced conclusions”

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

German environmental group sues supermarket chains for misleading customers on biodegradable plastic bags / Carriers said to be problematic to recycle / Compost producers concerned

BIOPLASTICS

European Bioplastics association welcomes EU “Bioeconomy Strategy” / Calls for more specific measures on bioplastics

EVENTS

7th “European Bioplastic Conference” in Berlin

CEREPLAST

Aggressive European growth strategy continues / New distribution deal with Sweden's Mastercolor to tend to Scandinavian market

BASF / PURAC

Negotiations to establish bio-based succinic acid joint venture / World-scale plant to start up by 2013 in Spain

CEREPLAST

Distribution agreement with Turkey's Polimernet Plastik / Capturing the local bioplastics market

BIOPLASTICS

Waste management strategies for renewables / New US and EU reports identify problems, make suggestions / Product redesign and life-cycle analysis should be considered, experts say

ASSOCIATIONS

European Bioplastics elects new board / Andy Sweetman confirmed as chairman

KANEKA

Trial production of new plant oil-based polyester biopolymer / “Aonilex” output to be ramped up successively to 10,000 t/y

BIOPLASTICS

Global production capacity to double by 2015 / Bio-based commodity plastics to overtake biodegradable materials / Study by European Bioplastics

EVENTS

“European Bioplastic Conference”

BIOPLASTICS

European Bioplastics association optimistic / Industry expected to record solid growth rates