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Global From Coffee Shops to Stadiums: Why Compostable Plastic Cups Are Defining the 2025 Beverage Boom https://www.newsbreak.com/g-moin-334701038/4285072927444-from-coffee-shops-to-stadiums-why-compostable-plastic-cups-are-defining-the-2025-beverage-boom Bioplastics News · 12 Oct 2025 Global Covation Biomaterials’ CovationBio® bioPTMEG is Promising https://www.cleanthesky.com/innovation/covation-biomaterials Bioplastics News · 12 Oct 2025 Global CDE Publishes Sustainability Report On July 24, 2025, at Earth Overshoot Day – the day in which humanity’s consumption and use of ecological resources and services exceeds what earth can regenerate in that year – CDE, a leader in wet processing solutions for the natural and waste recycling sectors, has published its 2024 sustainability report. The self-declared report centers […] Global Recycling · 12 Oct 2025 Global PureCycle Has Big Plans for the Future American company PureCycle Technologies LLC., a subsidiary of PureCycle Technologies, Inc., holds a global license for the patented dissolution recycling technology (developed by The Procter & Gamble Company) designed to transform polypropylene plastic waste (designated as #5 plastic) into a continuously renewable resource. The purification process removes color, odor, and other impurities from… Global Recycling · 12 Oct 2025 Global New Method Uses Collisions to Break Down Plastic for Sustainable Recycling https://news.gatech.edu/news/2025/10/10/new-method-uses-collisions-break-down-plastic-sustainable-recycling Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global Eni creates diversion with Biorefinery and Advanced Plastic Recycling Hub for Sicily Nobody believes the intentions of ENI are noble .... except the EIB and European Commission ... Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global Natural fibre campaign reaches 70 members https://www.ecotextile.com/2025101060328/radar/natural-fibre-campaign-reaches-70-members Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global Braskem Unveils Updated Life Cycle Assessments for I’m greenTM bio-based Portfolio, Reinforcing Commitment to Sustainability https://www.braskem.com.br/europe/news-detail/braskem-unveils-updated-life-cycle-assessments-for-im-greensuptmsup-bio-based-portfolio-reinforcing-commitment-to-sustainability Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global AgroRenew Suspends Plans to Build Bioplastics Facility Near Vincennes https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/2025/10/10/agrorenew-suspends-plans/ Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global Bamboo bioplastic shows promise as alternative to traditional plastics Bamboo bioplastic shows promise as alternative to traditional plastics Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global Washington state agencies discredit their own plastic bag ban study https://www.mountainstatespolicy.org/washington-state-agencies-discredit-their-own-plastic-bag-ban-study Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global PLASTICS Releases Global Trends Report, U.S. Plastics Remains Driver of Global Economic Growth https://www.plasticsindustry.org/newsroom/plastics-releases-global-trends-report-u-s-plastics-remains-driver-of-global-economic-growth Bioplastics News · 11 Oct 2025 Global Vecoplan: New Area Creates Space for Heavy Machinery German-based Vecoplan AG, a company specialized in machinery and plants for shredding, conveying, and processing, is investing more than five million Euro to expand its main site in Bad Marienberg. It has enlarged its Plant I by a total of 1,900 square meters, while also investing in new production equipment. The engineering company is preparing […] Global Recycling · 11 Oct 2025 Global Plastic pollution treaty not dead in the water: UN environment chief https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251010-plastic-pollution-treaty-not-dead-in-the-water-un-environment-chief Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global Ceasefire must mark the beginning of real peace in Gaza Welcoming today’s ceasefire in Gaza Greenpeace calls for humanitarian organisations to be given unrestricted access to deliver aid in the face of famine and genocide. Greenpeace International · 10 Oct 2025 Global Cost price and blunder of tethered plastic bottle caps in the EU According to a PwC study conducted for Unesda (the EU soft drinks association), the soft drinks industry invested between €2.7 billion and €8.7 billion in the development and implementation of tethered caps for plastic bottles. Blunder I heard a lecture by Bart De Wever (Belgian Prime Minister), who said that because of tethered caps, plastic […] Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global Greenpeace Pictures of the Week From sinking islands to giant barrels, here are a selection of images from our work around the globe over the past seven days. Greenpeace International · 10 Oct 2025 Global Researchers build a compostable computer mouse—circuit board and all Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global New Ocean Tech Turns Captured CO2 Into Biodegradable Plastic New Ocean Tech Turns Captured CO2 Into Biodegradable Plastic Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global This new ‘bamboo bioplastic’ that outperforms traditional plastic breaks down in just 50 days https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/bamboo-plastic Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global Microbial Innovation Enables Fully Bio-Based Long-Chain Polyesters Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global INEOS CEO says EU is killing the chemical industry The European Union is mismanaged by the European Commission. The EU is less than the sum of its part. Western Europe used to run the whole world, now Europe looks like a fancy fair run by WEF bobos. Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global Designing Effective EPR: What to Do About Film & Flexible Packaging Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global BASF and Carlyle reach binding transaction agreement on coatings business to create a leading standalone company https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2025/10/p-25-203?WT.mc_id=P_203e Bioplastics News · 10 Oct 2025 Global IPG Facility Achieves Zero Waste Certification USA-headquartered IPG, a global provider of packaging and protective solutions, reported that its manufacturing facility in Chicago has been awarded GOLD certification under the TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) rating system. This plant “has demonstrated its dedication to best practices in recycling, reusing, and reducing waste, achieving an impressive 91.6 percent diversion rate by […] Global Recycling · 10 Oct 2025 Global 🤒 EUROPE IS MISDIAGNOSED Good morning, Europe got a blood test this week. So, how are its productivity and competitiveness levels? Oh, not that again. We have been measuring Europe’s pulse in GDP ticks since the Draghi report. This time, we ran an actual blood test. On real EU leaders. We took blood samples from 24 senior officials: ministers, commissioners, and top civil servant. PFAS, the infamous “forever chemicals,… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 10 Oct 2025 Global Gefahrstoffdokumentation leicht gemacht Arbeitgeber müssen dokumentieren, wann und wie lange Beschäftigte gefährlichen Stoffen ausgesetzt sind. Diese Pflicht ist in der Gefahrstoffverordnung geregelt. Mit Hilfe der Zentralen Expositionsdatenbank (ZED) lassen sich die Einträge zentral erfassen. Die Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft (BG BAU) stellt dafür eine Eingabehilfe zur Verfügung. Wenn Beschäftigte mit krebserzeugenden, keim… Recyclingportal.eu · 10 Oct 2025 Global „Ohne uns geht es nicht“ – Bau-, Abbruch- und Recyclingwirtschaft legt Positionspapier vor Zum Auftakt der Fachmesse RecyclingAKTIV/TiefbauLIVE (RATL) in Karlsruhe haben fünf Branchenverbände aus Bau-, Abbruch- und Recyclingwirtschaft ein gemeinsames Positionspapier mit dem Titel „Fünf Forderungen der Baubranche, Abbruch- und Recycling-Wirtschaft an die Politik“ vorgestellt. Unterzeichnet wurde es vom Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V. (bvse), dem Deutschen Abbruchve… Recyclingportal.eu · 10 Oct 2025 Global Vroeger was alles beter Wanneer je, zoals ik, in het decennium terecht bent gekomen waarin ook de pensioengerechtigde leeftijd zich bevindt, heb je steeds vaker de neiging om terug te kijken op de jaren die voorbij gegaan zijn. Dit klinkt misschien wat melancholisch maar zie dat alsjeblieft niet zo, het is slechts een constatering. Maar was het vroeger nu […] Het bericht Vroeger was alles beter verscheen eerst op Recy… RecyclePro · 10 Oct 2025 Global Festveranstaltung 35 Jahre Baustoff-Recycling in Österreich Am 2. Oktober 2025 traf sich die Recyclingbranche zu einem Festabend im Museum Arbeitswelt in Steyr: Vor 35 Jahren wurde seitens der österreichischen Bauwirtschaft eine Initiative gestartet, die europaweit vorbildlich war: 14 Unternehmen stellten sich damals der neuen Aufgabe, Bauabfälle nicht mehr zu deponieren, sondern Regelungen für eine hochwertige Verwertung zu initiieren und eine komplett… Recyclingportal.eu · 10 Oct 2025 Global Cirplus AI: Das Rückgrat für den Einkauf von Recyclingkunststoffen Das Hamburger Unternehmen Cirplus GmbH, das sich als Europas größte KI-gestützte Beschaffungsplattform für Recyclingkunststoffe darstellt, baut mit seinem Supply-Chain-Agenten Cirplus AI das Fundament für eine effizientere Beschaffung von Recyclingmaterialien. Die neue Lösung verbindet den Angaben zufolge KI-Agenten, standardisierte Compliance-Daten und automatisierte Workflows, um in einem sta… Recyclingportal.eu · 10 Oct 2025 Global Bio-based coatings to face havoc A discrete news items that tells a lot. Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025 Global Packaging innovations: CJ Biomaterials debuts PHA coatings, CNG’s film goes matte https://www.packagingdive.com/news/packaging-innovations-ball-CNG-CJBiomaterials-Design-Polymerics/761546 Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025 Global EU project FABULOSE receives 3.5 million euros for animal-free leather alternatives https://idw-online.de/en/news859313 Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025 Global Australian Sugar Manufacturers call for $26.3M to boost industry’s role in biobased future Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025 Global GAIA en la VI Conferencia Latinoamericana de la Red Global de Hospitales Verdes y Saludables El 2 y 3 de octubre se realizó en Santiago de Chile la VI Conferencia Latinoamericana de la Red Global de Hospitales Verdes y Saludables organizada por Salud sin Daño […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 9 Oct 2025 Global Byproduct from chemical recycling finds use in rubber industry Byproduct from chemical recycling finds use in rubber industry Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025 Global EPA adds ‘forever chemical’ to toxics reporting database https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/07/epa-adds-forever-chemical-to-toxics-reporting-database-00596525 Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025 Global Nanoparticles could be key to making better bioplastics https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nanoparticles-could-key-making-better-234600626.html Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025 Global L’Occitane en Provence rolls out first bottle made from 100% bio-recycled PET https://www.premiumbeautynews.com/en/l-occitane-en-provence-rolls-out,26431 Bioplastics News · 9 Oct 2025