Issue 06/2018

Picks & clicks
Most frequently clicked news
Here’s a look at our most popular online content of the past two months.
The story that got the most clicks from the visitors to
bioplasticsmagazine.com was:
re:thinking
plastic
UK judge finds the case for oxo-degradable plastic ‘compelling’
(05 November 2018)
In a further twist of the oxy-degradable plastics saga, Symphony Environmental
Technologies PLC today (5th November 2018) heard the news that lawyer and
former deputy Judge of the High Court in England, Peter Susman QC, has declared
the scientific case for oxo-biodegradable technologies to be “clear and compelling”.
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Biome Bioplastics, Southampton, UK, has launched a digital educational channel,
#ThinkBioplastic. The platform aims to help government, media and the public
better understand the complexities of plastics and plastic pollution and learn more
about available alternatives.
#ThinkBioplastic will share content about the whole plastic life cycle (production,
use and disposal) and investigate the science behind recent plastic’s headlines.
It will highlight the role of bioplastic in reducing the negative impact of polymer
manufacture and disposal. All content will be in an easily digestible form.
Biome Bioplastics CEO Paul Mines explains the motivation behind the channel:
“The recent extensive coverage on plastic, while increasing awareness of the
problem, has also increased people’s confusion about the existing solutions. We
decided to take the matter into our own hands and form a necessary back-to-basic
approach that puts the emphasis on science and fact. We hope to cut through some
of the noise in this debate and empower people to make their own choices.”
The channel has already received support from experts in the biobased industry.
Professor Adrian Higson, Director at NNFCC, said the #ThinkBioplastic platform
will help inform individuals about the ‘already available solutions’ to the plastic
problem. He added: “In turn, this can shine a new light on the opportunity that
biobased and biodegradable plastics represent, to shift towards a sustainable
bioeconomy - a move that could eliminate dependency on fossil fuels.”
#ThinkBioplastic will also be working with ambassadors, such as award-winning
wildlife photographer Sue Flood, who has spent almost 30 years as a wildlife
filmmaker and photographer, among others as a member of the team that produced
the acclaimed Blue Planet and Planet Earth documentaries. MT
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