EUBP criticises biased interpretation of EEA study on biodegradable and compostable plastics: consumers do understand value and proper end-of-life of compostable plastics

10 Sep 2020
Bhaskar Ch

Berlin, 9 September 2020 – In response to the new report “Biodegradable and compostable plastics – challenges and opportunities” by the European Environment Agency (EEA), European Bioplastics (EUBP) highlights the need to acknowledge successful precedents in the deployment of these innovative materials in collaboration with a receptive community of consumers. Unfortunately, several media outlets made use of a biased interpretation of the report to draw a distorted picture of biodegradable and compostable plastics.

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Cicular Packaging Design Principles by DS Smith

01 Jun 2020
Chhavi Aggarwal

The principles have come as a new study uncovers that European adults admit to throwing 41% of their recyclable material into general waste. In fact, 74% said they were not clear which types of packaging can and can’t be recycled. A total of 51% of Europeans cited unclear information on packaging as the reason why they were unsure whether to recycle a piece of packaging or not.

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