14 November 202412 November 2024 Counteracting greenwashing and increasing consumer trust – next free webinar on bio-based certification The second episode of the certification webinar series by the EU-funded research projects BioReCer and 3-CO presents talks by DIN CERTCO and ECOS
30 September 202427 September 2024 Key Insights from two 3-CO Project Interviews: Focus on Labels, Certification and Social Innovations The Horizon Europe 3-CO conducted two insightful interviews with the project partner Margaux Le Gallou from ECOS and the project’s advisory board member Nelo Emerencia from the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
17 April 202415 April 2024 EuRIC, FEAD and NGOs back “polymer-only” allocation method for plastic from chemical recycling Several organisations sent a joint letter to policy officers of the European Commission’s DG Environment last week urging them to consider amending the proposal’s allocation rules
10 April 202415 April 2024 Best practices in sustainability communication What brands and label holders need to know
24 April 202320 April 2023 The term recycling must not be watered down by pyrolysis and gasification Two new studies set the wrong priorities and could encourage problematic policy decisions on pyrolysis and gasification of plastic packaging waste
1 February 20231 February 2023 Bio-basierte Systeme durch verständliche Verbraucherkommunikation stärken – Das 3-CO Projekt Im Februar 2023 startet das Horizon Europe Forschungsprojekt 3-CO, das darauf abzielt, Konsum nachhaltiger zu gestalten und die Leistung und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit europäischer bio-basierter Systeme zu verbessern. Hauptaugenmerk liegt dabei auf verbesserten verbraucherorientierten Kennzeichnungs- und Zertifizierungssysteme für industrielle bio-basierte Produkte
28 June 202221 June 2022 Position Paper: “Composting of packaging and products made from compostable or biodegradable plastics is no recycling” – Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. We like to note that biodegradable/compostable plastics could be made from renewable raw materials, but there are also many biobased plastics that are not degradable
3 August 20219 September 2021 Time for EU law to mainstream reusable bottles and containers Manufacturers who wish to set up systems for reusable bottles and containers face a barrier which is difficult to overcome: there are no common standards for reusable packaging at EU level.
28 July 20219 September 2021 “Design for Chemical Recycling” kills Innovation Upstream Zero Waste Europe, together with RPa and ECOS, has published the report Designing for real recycling, not plastic lock-in
5 August 20201 August 2020 Chemical Recycling legislation should take a precautionary approach to ensure prevention measures remain at the core of the EU’s Circular Economy promises Janek Vahk blogs about the new joint statement on chemical recycling from the Rethink Plastic alliance, ECOS, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Zero Waste Europe
29 April 201924 April 2019 Biobased Spring Cleaning Spring is in the air, so it's time for a spring clean. Here are ten of the foremost biobased cleaning products on the market