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Germany – bio-based packaging ready to go The German Packaging Ordinance supports the introduction of bioplastics to the German market. The adoption of the new regulation for bio-based packaging in the amendement to the Packaging Ordinance is particularly welcomed by the International Biodegradable Polymers Association & Working Groups, IBAW. Harald …

Every day several tonnes of food are thrown into the bins of Berlin even though it is still perfectly edible, reports Berliner Zeitung. Sabine Werth, director of the ‘‘Berliner Tafel‘‘ association, estimates that around 20% of all foodstuffs are simply thrown away- a figure, which supported by BSR, who are …

A BRASKEM DESENVOLVEU UM NOVO TIPO DE POLIPROPILENO, o PP ISBM (polipropileno com tecnologia “injection stretch blow molding”), para disputar com o PET o mercado de fabricação de embalagens rígidas para bebidas não gaseificadas e produtos de higiene pessoal. Segundo informações, essa nova resina é mais resistente a impactos, 20% …

Switzerland – clean image tarnished by growing litter problem Fines, prevention and easier disposal have been proposed at a conference in Olten to ease Switzerland‘‘s growing litter problem. Experts pinpoint the cause of problem as a change in public behaviour. The clean image of the Swiss could soon be a …

Australia – guide on healthcare wastes management issued The 4th Edition of the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Waste Management Industry Group (ANZCWMIG) Code of Practice for the Management of Clinical and Related Wastes 2004 has been released following extensive consultation with State/Territory Health, Environment and Occupational Health & Safety …

Germany has increased the R&D budget for renewable bio-materials. The German government will almost double its budget for research and development in naturally re-occurring materials next year, said the ministry for consumer protection, nutrition and agriculture. Plastics & Rubber Weekly reports that the ministry‘‘s parliamentary secretary of state Matthias Berninger …

Recycling of used oil increased by more than 40 per cent during the last three years – from about 160 million litres a year, to over 230 million litres last year, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell said today. “Australians have become very good at recycling …

Koudera Town, in Japan‘‘s Hyogo Prefecture, started using toilet paper recycled from discarded confidential documents, including the town‘‘s, for its town hall restrooms in late May 2004. Japan for Sustainability reports that the toilet paper is manufactured by Nishinihon Eizai Co., a Japanese paper manufacturer that has similar contracts with …

HER inquisitive nature and never-up spirit have propelled Yeo Kim Luang to achieve success in the recycling and oil palm biomass by-products processing business. The Malaysia Times reports that in 1996, Yeo was excited about her invention from oil palm waste, Ecomat after about four years of research. Unfortunately, the …

Kwazulu-Natal is home to the longest recycled plastic boardwalk in South Africa. The boardwalk in Isipingo, south of Durban, is made from a whopping 17 million plastic bottles – which would have covered about four rugby fields 2m deep. Some 650m long, it was a joint project between the Ministry …