March 2020

Biodegradable Plastics

EUBP raises concerns over biased EASAC report on bio-based and biodegradable plastics

Berlin, 18 March 2020 – “If we wanted to condense the gist of the report, we could say that EASAC discourages all the innovations that appear in the industrial sector currently dominated by fossil-based plastics”, says François de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics (EUBP) in response to the report ‘Packaging plastic in the circular economy’ recently published by the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC).

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Circular Economy

“India Needs a Robust Green Dot Program” To reach Sustainability Goals & Establish a Circular Economy”.

“India Needs a Robust Green Dot Programme” To reach Sustainability Goals & Establish a Circular Economy. Mr. Suresh Gupta. President IFCA & Former CMD Huhtamaki PPL, shares deep domain knowledge & insights on the key issues facing the packaging industry.

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HDPE containers

Novel findings for functional barriers in HDPE containers

Compatibility of the ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) barrier in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers with the recycling process was tested by an independent laboratory. A compatibilizer layer was originally put into the structure, in order to test how an embedded solution could improve the recyclability of a structure usually considered difficult to recycle.

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