NNFCC News Review: Biobased Products Issue 96, March 2020

Foreword

Compostable packaging is that which will biodegrade in certain conditions, either in a home composter or in industrial composting conditions. Compostable packaging innovations have the potential to help alleviate some of the problems associated with plastics that don’t biodegrade – their disposal and intended end-of-life helps to prevent the degradation of the natural environment. However, in practise, the compostable packaging industry hasn’t really been fully optimised. For one, the increase in compostable packaging available hasn’t been met with an appropriate scale up of facilities able to collect compostable waste. Secondly, there is quite often confusion between home compostable and industrially compostable, and often, the generic label ‘compostable’ is used, which doesn’t clarify how to dispose of the material correctly. Industrially compostable packaging requires specific conditions, therefore wrongly assuming........

Other News this Month Includes:

Policy

Environment Strategy for Scotland
UK Environment Bill 2020 Policy Statement

Markets

Biochemical investment from UPM
Collaboration for circular acetate
Avantium sells off bioaromatics branch

Research & Development

Isosorbide potential review
Compostables break down study
Biobased automotive industry

Polymers

SCF Packaging gets compostable
Freudenberg launches biodegradable padding
Milestone for nylon
Compostable cling film developments
Nanocellulose dispersion composite innovation
Residue to supply biobased plastics
MATER-BI certified plastic