14 November 201710 November 2017 Over 150 organisations back call to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative has published a statement calling for a ban on oxo-degradable plastic packaging.
24 January 201720 January 2017 Industry endorses plan to recycle 70% of plastic packaging globally New report outlines how a solution could be reached
28 June 201627 June 2016 New Plastics Economy initiative launched by Ellen MacArthur Foundation New report provides the first comprehensive vision of a global circular plastics economy
29 October 201526 October 2015 World first – PHA from sewage sludge On October 22, 2015, at Oerlemans Plastics in Genderen, the Netherlands, three water authorities and partners proudly displayed a world first: a kilo of PHA produced by sewage bacteria
17 September 201516 September 2015 A New Way To Make Plastic Organic residual streams containing all necessary ingredients to create biopolymers
11 September 20159 September 2015 How to Turn an Old Sofa into Biofuel A Dutch initiative explores methods on how to use solid urban waste to produce liquid biofuels and biochemicals
12 June 201511 June 2015 A Dutch initiative investigates how waste can be used to produce biochemicals New PPP's aim is Enerkem’s technology to manufacture synthesis gas from waste and use it as feedstock for products such as methanol and ammonia
15 April 201514 April 2015 ‘Revolutionary’ tech makes plastic from wastewater Belgium-based Aquiris seeking partners to bring the project from pilot phase into reality
19 August 201418 August 2014 Pilot project turns wastewater to bioplastic Sewage treatment plant in Brussels uses bacteria to create plastic polymers
3 February 20142 February 2014 Creating Bioplastics from Wastewater: Inauguration of pilot plant in Leeuwarden Joint initiative of the Swedish company AnoxKaldnes, KNN Bioplastic, the Province of Friesland and Friesland Water Authority
