{"id":35316,"date":"2016-06-10T07:32:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T05:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=35316"},"modified":"2016-06-09T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T11:07:19","slug":"eu-parliament-report-on-revised-waste-legislation-emphasises-the-role-of-bioplastics-in-the-transition-to-a-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/eu-parliament-report-on-revised-waste-legislation-emphasises-the-role-of-bioplastics-in-the-transition-to-a-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Parliament report on revised waste legislation emphasises the role of bioplastics in the transition to a circular economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bioplastics – closing the loop (source: European Bioplastics, 2016) – Zoom –<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the bioplastics industry in Europe, welcomes the draft reports on the revised EU waste legislation by MEP Simona Bonaf\u00e8, Rapporteur of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on the Environment, which was published last week. The reports lay out the legal measures needed for a paradigm shift from a linear to a circular economy where waste is considered a valuable resource, and the transformation to a low-carbon bioeconomy, which uses resources more efficiently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome the strong and ambitious positions of Rapporteur Bonaf\u00e8 on encouraging better market conditions for renewable raw materials and promoting the use of bio-based materials in packaging,\u201d says Fran\u00e7ois de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics, \u201cbecause it sends the right signals to our industry and investors in the bioeconomy\u201d. The report on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive further asks the Commission to assess the feasibility of gradually replacing food packaging with bio-based and\/or biodegradable and compostable packaging solutions. \u201cWe hope that this will encourage Member States to recognise the benefits of, and create a level-playing field for, bio-based and\/or biodegradable products,\u201d says de Bie.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the report on the amendments to the Waste Framework Directive places particular emphasis on the definitions of bio-waste and recycling. It supports the inclusion of organic recycling (in the form of composting and anaerobic digestion of organic waste) in the definition of \u2018recycling\u2019 and suggests a future-oriented definition of bio-waste by taking into account \u2018other materials with similar biodegradability and compostability properties\u2019. \u201cThese amendments are essential to achieve higher recycling targets by making use of the enormous but yet untapped potential of organic waste and compostable products in Europe. The largest fraction of municipal waste (up to 50%) in Europe is bio-waste, only 25% (*1) of which are currently collected and recycled,\u201d says de Bie. The report calls for a mandatory collection of bio-waste by 2020 supported by measures to increase the organic recycling of bio-waste to 65% by 2025. The proposed amendments also foresee limiting the amount of residual municipal waste landfilled to 25% by 2025 and to 5% by 2030.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome the connection that the report makes between the bioeconomy and the responsible use of non-fossil feedstock in packaging, and the strong focus on resource efficiency along the entire industrial production cycle, from bio-based materials and products, to collecting and recycling bio-waste. The measures and actions proposed by MEP Bonaf\u00e8 will help the bioplastics industry and the entire European bioeconomy to unfold its full environmental, social, and economic potential to provide new business opportunities and to create quality and long-term employment in Europe while protecting the environment and foster the efficient and sustainable use of our resources,\u201d says Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director of European Bioplastics. \u201cOn the basis of these reports, we will continue to discuss with the European Parliament and all other relevant stakeholders on how to ensure Europe can decouple the economy from fossil resources and move towards a circular economy,\u201d von Pogrell concludes.<\/p>\n

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More information<\/h3>\n

Position of European Bioplastics concerning Bioplastics and the Circular Economy<\/a><\/p>\n

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(*1)<\/sup><\/strong> Source: European Compost Network (ECN) e.V., 2016<\/p>\n

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About European Bioplastics<\/h3>\n

European Bioplastics is the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry along the entire value chain in Europe. Its members produce, refine, and distribute bioplastics, i.e. plastics that are either biobased, biodegradable, or both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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