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Dear members,
We are pleased to share with you the monthly press clipping October 2021. If you have any questions, comments, or interesting news or topics to share, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Enjoy the read!
Kind regards from the European Bioplastics team
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Neste to open new research and development center in Singapore
(Market Report Company)
28/10-2021 |
| MOSCOW (MRC) -- Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel as well as a forerunner in renewable ... |
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| waste, residues and innovative raw materials into renewable fuels and sustainable feedstock for plastics and other materials. The company is |
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BASF and WPO Polymers cooperate on biopolymers
(Waste Management World)
1/10-2021 |
| The two companies will cooperate to distribute biopolymer ecovio® for certified compostable bags in Spain and Portugal. |
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| , as well as agricultural mulch films and food packaging applications.
Further information: www.ecovio.basf.com and www.biopolymers.basf.com |
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PepsiCo Foods VP of Sustainability: 'Consumers want to be part of the solution'
(FoodNavigator-USA.com)
22/10-2021 |
| PepsiCo's $18bn Frito-Lay food division is making strong strides towards its "bold and important" sustainable packaging goals to make every ... |
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| , PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division introduced industrially-compostable packaging for its Off The Eaten Path better-for-you snack |
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Plastic pollution in aquatic systems may triple by 2040: UNEP
(Down To Earth)
22/10-2021 |
| Around 23-37 million tonnes of waste could end up in the ocean a year by 2040, up from 9-14 million tonnes a year in 2016 |
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| sorting and processing alone is $80-120 billion.
Plastics labelled as biodegradable may take hundreds of years to degrade in the oceans; |
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Coca-Cola announces 100% plant-based bottle prototype for commercial testing
(Packaging Insights)
21/10-2021 |
| 21 Oct 2021 --- Coca-Cola is unveiling a fully plant-based PET (bPET) bottle prototype, excluding the cap and label. The beverage giant has ... |
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At the time, the PlantBottle was a recyclable PET bottle made with up to 30% plant-based material. By 2015, Coca-Cola had distributed |
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Kraft Heinz unveils plans for a circular PET ketchup bottle
(FoodBev.com)
15/10-2021 |
| Kraft Heinz has detailed plans to release a circular PET tomato ketchup bottle by 2022 in its latest Environmental Social Governance report ... |
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| made progress towards its aim of using 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.
This includes its 100% recyclable and |
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Fashion brands at the test of setting sustainable standards
(Euractiv)
15/10-2021 |
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| Consumers’ craving for ever-increasing sustainable products is leaving its mark on the textile industry, creating a shift toward a ‘greener’ manufacturing process that requires new ways to assess its impact on the environment. |
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Barbie Beats Packaging Sustainability Target
(Packaging Digest)
14/10-2021 |
| In 2020, toy champ Mattel exceeded its environmental goal for paperboard packaging. To celebrate, the company is upping its game. |
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• Its goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable, or bio-based plastic materials in all products and packaging by 2030.
• Barbie Loves |
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Survey: Confusion about sustainable packaging revealed
(Packaging News)
14/10-2021 |
| A new series of interviews with British shoppers reveal a clear lack of understanding when it comes to environmentally friendly packaging. |
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| be done with compostable packaging after use, half of them were unsure.
The interviews suggest that the concept of plant-based plastics is |
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Dow to build market development unit for chemical plastic recycling
(Resource Efficient Business)
13/10-2021 |
| Chemical giant Dow is to build a 10,000 tonnes per year market development unit for the creation of chemically recycled polyethylene from ... |
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| solutions or adding recycled or bio-based content into their products.”
ExxonMobil planning global chemical plastic recycling plants, with |
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Walmart to cut virgin plastics use
(Recycling Today)
8/10-2021 |
| Company pledges a 15 percent reduction in its packaging by 2025 following engagement by As You Sow.
Walmart has pledged to reduce the use ... |
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seek to achieve 100 percent recyclable, reusable or industrially compostable packaging for its private brand packaging by 2025;
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Bio-economy new frontier for field crops
(The Farmer)
6/10-2021 |
| Speakers at the Nebraska Ag Technology Summit explore new uses for corn and soybeans, as consumers seek sustainable solutions. |
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| PLA to market.
“PLA is essentially a plant-based polymer — a kind of polyester resin,” said Richard Altice, president and CEO of Natureworks |
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How to save the scientific integrity of the EU’s green finance taxonomy
(EURACTIV.com RSS Feed)
29/10-2021 |
| Decision-makers cannot let economic questions on energy security and cost thwart the scientific integrity of the EU Sustainable Taxonomy, ... |
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| on energy security and cost thwart the scientific integrity of the EU Sustainable Taxonomy, write Elise Attal and Jan Vandermosten. |
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Single-use plastic products banned in Slovakia
(HortiDaily)
28/10-2021 |
| In Slovakia, an amendment of the Act No. 79/2015 Coll came into force on July 3, 2021, prohibiting companies from placing certain single- ... |
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| market:
In addition to single-use plastic products, packaging made from OXO-biodegradable plastics is also banned. In simple terms, this is |
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Restricting exports of raw materials could end the Circular Economy
(Recyclingportal)
28/10-2021 |
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| Nearly 300 European national federations and companies from the recycling industry have issued a powerful warning to European Union leaders over the potentially disastrous effects of a blanket restriction on exports of Raw Materials from Recycling (RMR) in the upcoming Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR). |
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EU’s new labeling scheme threatens to intensify greenwashing amongst brands
(FashionatingWorld)
21/10-2021 |
| Industry leaders fear, European Commission’s new scheme to make every garment and shoe sustainable by 2023 may intensify the greenwashing ... |
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| logic can unleash billions more items made of non-biodegradable petrochemical plastic polymers onto a patchy global waste system, says Livia |
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Italy’s plastic tax postponed again under new budget plans
(The Local)
20/10-2021 |
| A disputed plastic tax has been pushed back for the third time and now won't come into effect until 2023, the Italian government confirmed ... |
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| a tax of 45 cents per kilogram of plastic product.
Products that contain recycled and biodegradable plastic and medical containers would be |
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New shared vision for sugarcane industry
(Bundaberg Today)
12/10-2021 |
| Sugarcane industry peak bodies and the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia, (CRCNA) are partnering to develop the ... |
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| plus’ industry with potential for alternate markets such as biofuels and bioplastics,” Ms Stünzner said.
The roadmap initiative has the |
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One step closer to the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
(Europen)
8/10-2021 |
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| When you last read our newsletter in July, the Commission was working in full speed on the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) to be able to adopt its proposal by the end of 2021. Although the Commission is still working hard on the review and the Impact Assessment study i |
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Preliminary recommendations for technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy
(Europen)
8/10-2021 |
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| On 3rd August 2021, the European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance published its preliminary recommendations for technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy with a focus on circularity, pollution, biodiversity and water, in the form of a Report and Annex. The Platform gathered feedba |
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California Governor signs bills to reduce plastic waste
(Packaging Gateway)
6/10-2021 |
| Governor Newsom has signed bills that prohibit the use of toxic PFASs in products for children and disposable food packaging. |
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| has signed several bills intended to combat plastic waste in the state and promote a more sustainable and renewable economy.
Among the laws |
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