Bioplastics part of the next industrial revolution in europe eu industrialpolicy highlights biobased product markets as key priorityberlin, 18 october 2012. The european commissions recent communication onindustrial policy highlights biobased products as a lead market triggeringsustainable growth and job creation. The bioplastics industry represents animportant sector of the biobased products market, and our industry isplaying its part in shaping this century with industrial processes sourcedfrom renewable raw materials and innovative plastic products with a lowcarbon profile, says andy sweetman, chairman of european bioplastics.the european commissions communication states that the biobased marketswith high demand and favourable legislative framework could make asubstantial contribution to the eus transformation into a more sustainableeconomy.
The right legislation and framework conditions will, however, beneeded to encourage uptake of renewable raw materials for industrial use.... European bioplastics warmly welcomes the statement from dgenterprise.the bioplastics industry has commercialised new biobased polymers like pla,ptt or starchbased materials. In a second wave commodity plastics like peor pet are changing their raw material bases from fossil to renewable. Thebioplastic portfolio covers almost everything from shortlife compostable todurable engineering applications. The develoment is driven by leadingedgeindustry and demand from brands which want to innovate and addresssustainability issues like climate change, explains hasso von pogrell,managing director of european bioplastics.
The most relevant question foreu policy makers right now is ,where shall these investments take place.market data from european bioplastics reveal that the bioplastics productioncapacity shows its highest growth in south america and asia.in order to enable a dynamic and wellbalanced development andcompetitiveness of the european industry on the global stage, a supportiveframework is needed at eu and member state level. We call on the europeancommission to implement the proposed lead market inititiativerecommendations via specific policy and market measures. They will fuelthose innovative industries that antonio tajani, vice president of theeuropean commission, sees creating the ,next industrial revolution foreurope, says von pogrell.
