6 September 20243 September 2024 Polylactic acid doesn’t discharge microplastics to the environment We need to choose more responsible materials for the products we rely on, and to develop a better plastic collection and waste processing infrastructure
19 August 202415 August 2024 PLA Industry Buzz Monitoring Sustainability within the Chemical Industry
3 July 20242 July 2024 New Meta-Study Highlights That Hydrolysis Prevents the Formation of Persistent PLA Microplastics in the Environment A systematic review of published scientific literature conducted by HYDRA Marine Sciences finds that in the presence of water or humidity, the bioplastic polylactic acid (PLA) will fully hydrolyze, and no persistent nano- or microplastics will remain or accumulate in the environment
28 February 202026 February 2020 Compostable plastics break down in less than 22 days in real life industrial composting New study shows that the tested objects have the same disintegration and degradation rate as regular biowaste or are even faster
Praxistest: Kompostierbare Kunststoffe zersetzen sich bei der industriellen Kompostierung in weniger als 22 Tagen Neue Studie zeigt auf, dass die getesteten Produkte die gleiche oder sogar schnellere Zersetzungs- und Abbaurate wie normaler Bioabfall aufweisen
10 January 20207 January 2020 Recyclable or compostable still an issue: Bioplastics on course The heated debate about bioplastics is all about the waste phase. Everyone is convinced that bioplastics are not the answer to the plastic soup
3 September 20152 September 2015 Bioplastics Organisations Network Europe launched European Bioplastics and national organisations join forces to promote bioplastics in Europe
11 August 201510 August 2015 Growing demand for compostable packaging Huib Burggraaf of Van der Windt Verpakking and Patrick Gerritsen of Bio4Pack talk about compostable packaging
29 May 201528 May 2015 Holland Bioplastics: Netzwerk für Biowerkstoffe gegründet Partnerprojekt will allen Playern der biobasierten Ökonomie eine offene Plattform bieten
22 May 201521 May 2015 Biodegradable or biobased: an on-going debate Bio!Pac conference showed that bioplastics are by no means all biodegradable. Is that a problem? Will that be an obstacle to their acceptance?
15 May 201513 May 2015 Holland Bioplastics shares knowledge and connects parties around bioplastics Participation open to all involved producers, manufacturers, researchers and / or marketer of bioplastics
7 May 20156 May 2015 Holland Bioplastics aims to put bioplastics on the map in the Netherlands A new Dutch initiative has been launched that proposes to give bioplastics a stronger voice in the plastics industry