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EuPC/PCE Food Contact Plastics Seminar 2018 took place in Brussels

24/04/2018 - 12:00

On 19 and 20 April 2018, EuPC with the support of Polymer Comply Europe held its annual Food Contact Plastics Seminar in Brussels. The seminar was attended by a broad spectrum of participants from the plastics food packaging industry, food industry, laboratories, and regulators. The theme of the seminar was Ensuring Safety of Products with panellists providing valuable insight into the current and future regulatory framework.

Independent LCA of grocery carrier bags materials: plastics prove to be the material with the overall lowest impact to environment

20/03/2018 - 13:06

On March 14th, 2018 the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen) has published a study that analyses the life cycle environmental impacts of production, use and disposal of grocery carrier bags currently available in Danish supermarkets. The aim of the study being to identify the bag with the best environmental performance, the recommended number of reuse and best disposal option of a grocery bag.