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By Dominic Cansdale (ABC Ballarat ) PHOTO: Ellen Burns spent around three years finding home-compostable packaging for her products. If you take one of Ellen Burns’ energy bars, eat it and throw the wrapper in the compost bin, 13 weeks later you will find nothing but dirt. As Australia stares down a recycling crisis that threatens […]
Biodegradation Of Synthetic Polymers In Soils: Tracking carbon into CO2 and microbial biomass Plastic materials are widely used in agricultural applications to achieve food security for the growing world population. Thin mulch films made of polyethylene are used in agriculture in numerous countries, where they cause extensive soil contamination. The use of biodegradable instead of nonbiodegradable polymers […]
Currently, bioplastics represent about one percent of the about 320 million tonnes of plastic produced annually. But as demand is rising and with more sophisticated biopolymers, applications, and products emerging, the market is continuously growing. Dynamic market growth According to the latest market data compiled by European Bioplastics in cooperation with the research institute nova-Institute, global bioplastics production […]
AORA Demonstration Day Proves ABA Certified Compostable Materials Meet Australian Composting Requirements. The Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA) and its Members participated at the 2018 Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA) Annual Conference Demonstration Day Held in Brisbane by putting certified compostable bags and food service ware to the test. Participating ABA members supplied their certified compostable […]
The Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA) welcomes and applauds the announcement from Federal Energy and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg that by 2025, 100 per cent of Australian packaging to be recyclable, compostable or reusable. Minister Frydenberg has been pushing the plan to ensure packaging is recyclable, reusable or compostable, which would eliminate much of household rubbish. […]
A Plastics Market Watch report released 10 May, entitled Watching: Bioplastics – the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) reports bioplastics are in a growth cycle stage and will outpace the economy as a whole. New investments and entrants in the sector and new products and manufacturing technologies are projected to make bioplastics more competitive and dynamic. The […]
Europe to ramp up funding for bio-based plastics The European Commission will increase the funding for research and development of innovative bio-based plastics and to further improve plastic recycling. During the press conference on the European Strategy on Plastics earlier this month, the Commission’s Vice-President Jyrki Katainen said: “we are also ready to finance or […]
China’s Waste Ban May Just Be An Opportunity From March 1, China is no longer importing certain “foreign garbage” from countries including Australia and New Zealand. China has been the world’s largest importer and recycler of plastic, paper and scrap metal, a decision that has wide-reaching impacts. Up to now China has imported recyclable materials, […]
Recycling Crisis: True Goal Is Zero Waste Going To Landfill Article by Richard Fine Founder from BioPak After years of doing the right thing by separating our garbage so that our glass bottles, newspapers and plastics can be recycled, Victorians are now being told that all that recycling could be, well, a waste of time. According to the […]
Big Brands Embracing Bioplastics We all love the convenience of easy to buy, easy to use products that fill our supermarkets. Convenience means packaging and that means that there are no escaping plastics in our life. Packaging is the single biggest application of plastic globally with most packaging being disposable, single-use items. Unfortunately, even though […]
