On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Scientists at the University of Konstanz have claimed to develop a ‘self-healing’ mineral plastic that can be formed and reformed in water, now enhanced with bio-based building blocks for degradability in the natural environment.
Spark Sourcing has developed eco-shell, a certified recyclable bio-calcium compound derived from eggshells that claims to reduce plastic content by up to 50% in a range of packaging applications.
Researchers at the University of Washington have led the development of new bioplastics that apparently break down at the same rate as a banana peel in a home compost bin – a breakthrough hoped to prevent plastics from creating microplastic pollution if they escape recycling streams.
The European BeonNAT project claims to have demonstrated the viability of cultivating biomass from poplar, elm, birch, and other organic materials to produce bioplastics for bioactive cosmetics, biochar, activated carbon, and pet litter with essential oils.
Spark Sourcing’s GEX bio-calcium has been granted a US patent that recognises the material – which is derived from eggshells – as environmentally friendly, waste-saving, and a manufacturing method that reportedly reduces plastic content by up to 50%.
Avantium and Origin Materials are combining their technology platforms to produce FDCA – a key building block in the production of PEF – from sustainable wood residues on an industrial scale, aiming to increase PEF supplies for the production of bottles, films, and other packaging applications.
AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, has manufactured a plastic film from used coffee grounds to be used in flexible packaging applications in the wider pursuit of converting urban biowaste at scale.
European Bioplastics (EUBP) has presented a positive outlook for the global bioplastics industry at the 17th EUBP Conference, with the global capacity of bioplastic production expected to increase by 4.7 million tonnes between now and 2027.
Sustainable progress oftentimes compliments a brand’s marketing, but environmentally friendly packaging innovations can be copied by other companies without the appropriate legal protection in place. Reddie & Grose partner Gillian Taylor and associate Adam Kelvey tell us how patents, trademarks,…
The results of European Bioplastics’ (EUBP) annual market data update, presented yesterday at the 15th EUBP Conference, project that the global bioplastics market will grow by 36% over the next five years.
