Public consultation on the Green Paper on Plastic Waste
European Commissioner for the Environment dr. Janez Potočnik has few days ago (on March 7) published The Green Paper on Plastic Waste in the Environment. Guest of the press conference (VIDEO) was actor Jeremy Irons, who recently finished his documentary film "Trashed". You can find the trailer of the movie here and on the web page wwww.trashedfilm.com you can find more information about the movie.
On the same day that the Green Paper was published European Commission also opened the public consultation on the Green Paper on Plastic Waste. Target group of the consultation are all interested stakeholders and the consultation will be opened from March 7 until July 7.
PLASTICS, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, BIOREFINERIES?
National Institute of Chemistry, lead partner of the PLASTiCE project, has in cooperation with Polymer Technology College (VŠTP) from Slovenj Gradec organized a national seminar on plastics, bioplastics, possible use of renewable resources for production of bioplastics and related to the topic, the concept of biorefineries. More information in Slovenian can be found on the links below.
invitation - report - presentations - photos - videos
PLASTiCE conferences and seminars
You can find more information about the past PLASTiCE events here.
What are sustainable plastics?
What exactly we mean when we say sustainable plastics? Is this only the plastics made out of starch? Only the one made with recycling? Find out what a certain word means in a world of plastics in our glossary, or check for certain answers to most frequently asked questions.
PLASTiCE- plastics aligned with nature
The unstoppable growth in plastics use has brought with it a growing environmental burden-from the perspective of resource use, emissions released during the production stage, and waste management. If we want to control and reduce these negative impacts on the environment it is essential that we move to the production and use of plastics with a higher level of sustainability, in particular biodegradable and biobased plastics. By identification and removal of barriers within the complete value chain, Plastice project wants to help towards faster and more widespread use of sustainable types of plastics, particularly biodegradable plastics and plastics based on renewable resources. Read more