Bioplastic bags are for sure the most visible and known application made with these biobased and biodegradable materials. It’s difficult today to not see them: market stands, small businesses, supermarkets, they are everywhere. Their use received recently a boost from the industrials due to increase of the regulation and the obligation for the sector to … Lire la suite
The revised legislation on waste recognizes the key role of bioplastics to reach European goal on recycling. The European council and the parliament have taken position on the waste legislative package published by the commission in 2015 by recognising the benefits of bioplastics. Indeed, this new legislation acknowledges their benefits, notably their efficiency when it comes to waste management … Lire la suite
Lego, the giant of construction toys wants to keep moving forward on reducing the environmental impact of its plastic little bricks. Steps have already been taken to lower the carbon footprint: reduction of the packaging size and investment in an offshore wind farm: Burbo Bank Extension. In September 2017, the group has announced the construction … Lire la suite
New materials, new players, scientific breakthroughs and mainstream applications, the field of bioplastics is in constant evolution for more than 15 years. Expertise, bioplastics training or techno-economic study can update you quickly and efficiently on this business area. With more than 10 years of experience, NaturePlast positions itself as a bioplastics market Expert. It owns the most … Lire la suite
NaturePlast participates at the European project MYPACK! This innovative project supported by HORIZON 2020 (call SFS-2016-2017) about new innovative solutions for sustainable food packaging has officially started the 1st of November 2017 and will last 42 months. MYPACK general objective is to help sustainable food packaging technologies to reach or to extend their market. MYPACK must provide general guidelines to select the … Lire la suite
Sewage contains valuable substances that can be used as raw materials for biobased products. However, in North West Europe this potential is hardly exploited yet. This results in loss of valuable materials. The Interreg North-West Europe project WOW! – Wider business Opportunities for raw materials from Waste water (sewage) – aims to make the transition to a more circular approach … Lire la suite
From July 2015 to June 2018, NaturePlast has participated to the COPROPLAST project (with the funding of Normandy region and FEDER) with the partnership of AGRIAL cooperative. The purpose of the COPROPLAST project was to propose to the different actors in the field of plastics industry, alternative solutions integrating the use of local waste / by-products as filler into different polymer … Lire la suite
A message in the mood of the time: Stop plastic! Single-use plastic has never had such a bad press as it is now. Indeed, appalled by the amount of plastic waste found notably in the ocean, general public and governments have decided to stop this phenomenon. Today, 6.5 to 8 million tons of plastic wastes are estimated … Lire la suite
For more than 20 years, biodegradable plastics have been a part of our everyday life. Bags, packaging, daily products, they represent a market of approximately 1 million tons at global level. Nonetheless, the notion of biodegradation which describes their end-of-life properties is often confused or misused. HOW TO WELL DEFINE THIS TERM? Biodegradability is a property … Lire la suite
Everyone at NaturePlast-BiopolyNov wishes you and your family a happy new year 2019! May this new year bring you health, joy, personal and professional success. During the last year, the growth of NaturePlast activity allowed us to expand the team through the recruitment of a Workshop Manager. Deborah has joined us last July and is responsible for … Lire la suite