{"id":15329,"date":"2011-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20110803-01n"},"modified":"2011-08-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T22:00:00","slug":"clearer-guidance-call-on-bio-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/clearer-guidance-call-on-bio-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearer guidance call on bio-plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Clearer certification and labelling schemes are needed to ensure the public understand what is meant by biodegradable, compostable or eco-friendly, according to a briefing report published for the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General Environment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Future Brief\u201d on &#8220;Plastic waste \u2013 redesign and biodegradability\u201d looks at current research into the redesign of plastics and developments in biodegradable plastics. It assesses the implications of redesign and increased use of biodegradable plastics, as well as policy options to maximise benefits and minimise risks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Full text: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsrecycle.com\/news\/latest-news\/plastics\/clearer-guidance-call-on-bio-plastics\" >www.letsrecycle.com\/news\/latest-news\/plastics\/clearer-guidance-call-on-bio-plastics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Further information<\/b><br \/>The full Future Brief &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-images\/20110803-01\/Future_Brief_1.pdf\" >Download here<\/a> (PDF-Document).<\/p>\n<p>Keywords: Biodegradable, compostable, degradable, oxo-degradable, oxo-fragmentation, EN 13432, EN 14995, PHA, PLA, European Commission, DG Environment<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Clearer certification and labelling schemes are needed to ensure the public understand what is meant by biodegradable, compostable or eco-friendly, according to a briefing report<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[2317],"class_list":["post-15329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-european-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15329"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=15329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}