4 November 202529 October 2025 More than €18 million in grants awarded to circular plastics projects CPNL 2025 sets €100 million in co-funding in motion
13 March 202010 March 2020 Lloyd’s Register helps create a new standard to tackle plastic waste For example: The Project 'Standard will work by establishing a framework to measure the true impact of the recovery and/or recycling of waste activities
18 September 201914 September 2019 Wie aussichtsreich sind biobasierte Verpackungen? Laut einer Studie des nova-Instituts hat sich die Produktion von biobasierten Polymeren in den letzten Jahren deutlich professionalisiert und differenziert
13 September 201910 September 2019 Total Corbion PLA at K: showcasing biobased innovations Company will be showcasing a number of partner applications based on PLA to illustrate the range of possibilities offered by this versatile biopolymer
3 April 20193 April 2019 Die grüne Zukunft der Verpackung Biobasierte Kunststoffe sind eine wichtige Komponente für eine nachhaltigere Wirtschaft
12 November 20187 November 2018 ‘A line in the sand’ – Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to eliminate plastic waste at source Global Commitment aims to create ‘a new normal’ for plastic packaging
8 November 20185 November 2018 Danone accelerates the transition towards a circular economy of packaging 100% of packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025
1 February 201830 January 2018 Circular economy in the limelight in Davos The first Circularity Gap Report indicates that merely 9% of the world’s exploited natural resources are re-used. EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports
2 June 201731 May 2017 PEF to be integrated in European PET recycling PEF has been touted with having improved barrier properties for gases like carbon dioxide and oxygen which leads to a longer shelf life of packaged products
22 March 201717 March 2017 Sofinnova Partners announces the successful IPO of Avantium, a front runner in renewable chemistry, which raises €103 M on Euronext Funds raised will be used to further commercialise Avantium’s inventions into viable production processes
Avantium completes “oversubscribed” €103M IPO: heads for first commercial The company’s first world-scale plant is a 50,000 tons per year FDCA production unit planned for Antwerp as part of a joint venture with BASF
24 January 201720 January 2017 Industry endorses plan to recycle 70% of plastic packaging globally New report outlines how a solution could be reached
12 December 20168 December 2016 Grüner Gegenentwurf – Biokunststoffe bieten nicht nur ökologische Vorteile EU prüft Verbot von oxo-Additive enthaltenden Kunststoff-Tragetaschen und unterstützt Standardisierung und Einsatz kompostierbarer Produkte
28 October 201626 October 2016 New joint venture Synvina to take a “globally leading role” in FDCA production Cooperation platform aiming to develop a complete supply chain for PEF as sustainable bio-based packaging material
13 October 201611 October 2016 Synvina: Joint venture of BASF and Avantium established Bio-based furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) as main building block for the new polymer polyethylenefuranoate (PEF)
23 September 201624 September 2016 Lux Research: New Bio-based Materials and Chemicals Offer Performance Advantages Over Petro-Based While bio-based solutions earned past skepticism, the next generation can offer high value in specialty chemicals, biopolymers and advanced materials
31 August 201527 August 2015 The Bioeconomy Gets to the Fridge: Packaging is 100% Biobased Northern European countries are the leaders in packaging made from renewable sources
9 August 2013 Industrial biotechnology: Chemical building blocks from renewable resources Companies need to understand how to bring new biopolymers to market
1 November 2011 Actimel launch new bioplastic bottles Bottles are non-biodegradable but 100 per cent recyclable
