In December 2023, PRESERVE, an EU-funded project, kicked off a co-design process to build a Roadmap for sustainable biobased packaging with key stakeholders. The goal: 60% food and drink packaging to be upcycled and made from renewable resources by 2030. Since 2021, PRESERVE has been working on the development of technologies to upcycle biobased [...]
European Bioplastics Calls for Action to Accelerate Biopolymers Industrial Growth Brussels, 25 January 2024 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) released its Policy Manifesto today, calling on the European Union (EU) to develop a comprehensive Biopolymers Industrial Action Plan to accelerate the growth of the bioplastics industry. EUBP believes that an actionable EU Bioeconomy Strategy, supporting a [...]
Open the document The recent EU Bioeconomy Strategy Progress Report (2022)* provides the most relevant and publicly available data on the EU’s biobased chemicals, pharma, plastics, and rubber sector. According to the report, the role of bioeconomy sectors in generating economic wealth has improved in the past decade in the EU-27. One of [...]
European Bioplastics is the industry association representing the entire value chain of the bioplastics industry in Europe. Together with our more than 80 members we develop positions and contribute to legislative processes around the topics of sustainability, waste management, resource efficiency, bioeconomy, circular economy, and climate change. The bioplastics industry is a young and [...]
Helen Mathieson Managing Director at Vegware. Every month, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This time, Helen Mathieson, Managing Director at Vegware, shares some interesting insights on her company. 5 facts about Vegware Founded in Edinburgh in 2006, Vegware is a global specialist in plant-based, compostable foodservice packaging. [...]
European Bioplastics reacts to the General Approach adopted by the Environment Council on the proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste. Brussels, 18 December 2023 – European Bioplastics (EUBP) regrets the position adopted today by the Environment Ministers in the Environment Council, deeming the failure to recognise the role of bioplastics a [...]
Berlin, 13 December 2023 – European Bioplastics wraps up two days of insightful sessions, policy panel and market data analysis at EBC23. 380 attendees gathered in Berlin and online to attend the 18th edition of the European Bioplastics Conference, EBC23. In their opening remarks, Lars Börger and Mariagiovanna Vetere, Acting Co-Chairs of EUBP, mentioned [...]
Open the document Growth resumption: global production capacities of bioplastics 2023-2028 Bioplastics currently represent roughly 0.5 percent of the over 400 million tonnes of plastic produced annually*. After a period of stagnation over the past few years, the overall global plastic production is picking up again in 2023. This development is driven by [...]
Berlin, 13 December 2023 – European Bioplastics unveils the 2023 edition of the market development update during EBC23 taking place in Berlin, Germany. Main findings show that after a period of stagnation, the overall plastic production is picking up again. The global production for bioplastics is taking off after a few years of stagnation, [...]
Berlin, 27 November 2023 – EUBP reveals the speaker line-up of the 2023 edition of EBC, the leading business and networking event for the bioplastics industry in Europe. On 12-13 December in Berlin and online, experts and researchers in the bioplastics sector will be presenting the latest development and market updates of bioplastics. EBC (European [...]
