CONFERENCE CALLS FOR EU PROACTIVITY OVER BIOPLASTICS
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has been asked to take a proactive role in promoting the use and production of bioplastics at a high level conference and exhibition staged in Brussels by industry body European Bioplastics. 'Plastics and the Bio-Economy - The Evolution of Bioplastics' heard calls from the organisation's chair Andy Sweetman for bioplastics to be added as a priority topic in research and development under the planned EU 'Innovation Union' strategy. He also pressed for bioplastics to be included as power generation feedstock sources within ...
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