Tag: France
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Macron on Chemical and Enzymatic Recycling
French president Macron shared his vision on chemical recycling.
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French Fruit and Veg Bags Consultation Results
Summary of contributions – Public consultation on the obligation to present and sale unprocessed fresh fruit and vegetables without packaging made entirely or partly of plastic
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France to Boost BioEconomie
The government wants to accelerate the sector of “biobased products, industrial biotechnologie and sustainable fuels”.
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US and French Partner on First Compostable Diaper
Successful two-year pilot program has demonstrated end-to-end sustainability and nurseries satisfaction across France
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French Law on SUP Products Labelling
Decree n 2021-1279 of 30 September 2021 concerning the labelling of certain SUP products
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TotalEnergies Doubles Recycled Plastic Production in France
TotalEnergies Doubles its Recycled Plastic Production Capacity in France
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French PS Recycling by 2025
A French Polystyrene recycling network may be feasible by 2025
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France Invests to Boost Circular Economy
Investments for the Future: Barbara Pompili And Agnes Pannier-Runacher Announce 370M € To Accelerate The Transition Towards The Circular Economy
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Minister Presents New French Recycling, Recyclability and Recycled Content Strategy
French Minister of Ecological Transition presents the New Recycling Strategy
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France to Reorganise Forestry and Wood Business
The Prime Minister called for the re-organization of Forestry and Wood business
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French Consumer Organisation Covers Green SU Tableware
All sugarcane tableware received red code due to the use of toxic chemicals
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Industrial Hemp in France Report
France is the third largest industrial hemp producer in the world and the top producer in Europe.
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Economical Method to Produce Bio Acrylate Resins
Economical synthesis of polyacrylates and polymethacrylates from biobased materials
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French Sticker Ban Threatens US Fruit and Veg Exports
French legislation threatens millions of dollars of US fruit and vegetable exports
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First Fully Integrated Microalgae Biorefinery
Microphyt Announces Launch of SCALE, the world’s first fully-integrated microalgae biorefinery
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French Law on Waste Sorting
Decree n° 2021-950 of 16 July 2021 relating to the sorting of waste paper, metal, plastic, glass, textiles, wood, mineral fraction and plaster
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France Consultation on National Waste Prevention Plan
French public officials were giving lessons on recycling to their European peers until they discovered waste management in France was one of the worse in Europe. Now it’s panic football.
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French Senate Climate Law Update Press Release
Thanks to the Senate, France is taking a further step towards the low-carbon transition and respecting its international commitments
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McDonalds Testing Reusable Tableware
McDonald’s is testing reusable tableware in France
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France Household Waste Recycling Review 2020
Review of household and paper packaging recycling in 2020
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French Senate Removes Ecocide from Climate Law
French Senate amends draft Climate Change Bill
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New Strategy on Green Waste Collection in France
New strategy regarding the collection of compostable waste
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Pampers, Carrefour and Terracycle Partner on Nappy Collection Scheme
This pilot scheme is a major opportunity to find out if a system to collect used nappies can be set up that would give them a second life
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France Amends Industrial Composting Law
The Order of 27 May 2021 amending the Order of 22 April 2008 lays down the technical rules with which composting installations subject to authorisation must comply pursuant to Title I of Book V of the Environment Code
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Speech Minister on New French Climate Bill
Speech of French Minister of Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili, on the New Climate Bill in the Senate
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French Government Launches ESG Platform
The Government is setting up a platform to allow companies to publish, in full transparency, their environmental, social and good governance (ESG) data
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Deloitte Study on Chemical and Biochemical Recycling
Deloitte is doing a study on chemical and biochemical recycling in France
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French Consultation on Plastic Content for Cups
This consultation concerns the draft decree relating to the maximum plastic content authorized in single-use plastic cups
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French Circular Economy Map
France has released a map with all the French circular economy actors
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Nestle Waters Goes Refillable and Paper Bottle
Nestle Waters Vittel Tests Refillable and Paper bottles in France
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France Waste Management Update
The simplification of sorting continues: more than 50% of French people can sort all their household packaging without exception
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Recyclability Claim Lawsuit in France
Two leading food companies fought a legal battle regarding recyclability claims of plastic food packaging. This is very important in terms of jurisprudence
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New French Method to Evaluate Packaging Recyclability
France launches a new methodology for evaluating the recyclability of packaging
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New French Flax Shives Biocomposite
LA Linière has developed an innovative eco-material based on flax shives
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Future Status of Paper Waste in France
Public consultation that will impact status of paper waste in France
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Total Corbion Starts Design New PLA Plant
Total Corbion PLA enters engineering stage for new 100 kTpa PLA plant in Grandpuits, France
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Ontex Tests Industrial Composting of Diapers
Ontex Tests Industrial-Scale Composting of Diapers
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French Law on Plastic Pellets Loss
The New French Decree on Plastic Pellet Loss was published
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French Plastic Packaging Industry Statement on Rising Prices
Commodities crisis: 96% of plastic packaging companies hit by price and supply tensions
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Public Consultation on Biobased Products and Biofuels in France
The Ministry of Ecological Transition is launching a consultation on the acceleration strategy for bio-based products (and sustainable fuels) until Friday, May 14, 2021.
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French Debate on Packaging Eco Design and Eco Score
We will find a nutri score and eco / CO2 score on food packaging in France; both the packaging and nutritional score will impact purchasing behaviour
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Sustainability Label for French e-Commerce
The French General Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development recommends to set up a sustainability label for e-commerce. Here’s the report
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Public Consultation on Industrial Composting in France
Last day of the public consultation. Here’s the draft proposal of the French ministry of Environment
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French Climate Law Update
French Climate law proposal to be discussed in the French Parliament today. The proposal includes packaging.
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French Court Stops Packaging Law
French Court puts New recycling law on hold. Do you think it’s tuning into a vaudeville or a Comedia dell’arte?
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France Adopts More Plastic Bans
French Senate adopts new ban for four plastic products, including synthetic textiles
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Nestle Waters France Goes rPET
Nestlé Waters France launches new 100% recycled plastic bottle formats for its brands VITTEL®, HEPAR® and CONTREX®
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New French Public Procurement Law on Reusable and Recycled Content
Decree No. 2021-254 of March 9, 2021 relating to the obligation to acquire by public order goods resulting from reuse or incorporating recycled materials
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Industry Meeting to Boost Reusable Packaging in France
A do tank to accelerate the development of reusable packaging
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French Radio Compares Plastic and Tote Bags
Main French Radio “France Inter” compares Plastic and Tote bags; and plastic bags are not doing too bad.
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Leading French Plastic Expo is Postponed
FIP – France Innovation Plasturgie, France’s leading trade fair for the plastics industry, initially scheduled from 15 to 18 June 2021, has been postponed from 05 to 08 April 2022 at Lyon Eurexpo.
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eCommerce Packaging in France
E-commerce packaging: obstacles, levers and solutions to facilitate sorting and reuse
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Tender to Manage On-the-Go Packaging in France
Better collection and recycling of packaging resulting from on the go consumption away from home
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Biobased and Biodegradable Fishing Nets
France is testing fishing nets from biodegradable, bio-based, recyclable materials without the diffusion of microplastics
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French Retailer Innovates Water Bottle Packaging
Leclerc is testing two innovations aimed at reducing its consumption of plastic and littering into the environment
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Plastic Packaging Industry Reacts to New French Law
Elipso calls for more visibility and less contradictions. It doesn’t agree with the role of compostable packaging in the new law.
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Summary Plastic Bans in France
Here’s a list of the plastic items that will be banned in France from 2020 to 2026
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How French Recycling Body Spend its Money
Summary of how French Recycling body spend its money
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Chemical Recycling Reviewed by HuffPost France
Is chemical recycling a real solution or a fairy tale?
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French Parliament Report on Plastic Issues
Here’s the French parliamentary scientific committee report on plastic issues. It provides recommendations and solutions to current plastic challenges. It gives the most recent view of the French MPs involved on plastics
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French Lobby Convinces Producer to Stop Using PLA Packaging
One company will stop using PLA packaging due to anti-bioplastic lobby
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France Saves Recycling Industry from Bankruptcy
Emergency support to help the plastics industry to use recycled materials
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French Biofuel Plant to Cause Massive Deforestation
France is pushing for policy deviations from EU sustainability standards. Is Macron a hypocrite when it comes to the environment?
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French Flax Goes Biocomposites
The first French Flax cooperative is going into composites.
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Snapshot of Plastic Recycling in France
Snapshot of plastic recycling in France. A lot of talking but no real changes.
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Britvic France Goes Bioplastics
The aim seems to be to go for fully biobased and bioplastic packaging.
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First Chemical Recycling Plant in France
This first project in France represents the start of the collaboration between Total and Plastic Energy to deploy chemical recycling.
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First Milk Bottle to Milk Bottle Recycling
First milk bottle to close the loop hit the market
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Public Consultation on Waste Management in France
Public consultation on waste management ends on 25 October.
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French Bioeconomy Competition
The competition runs until March 7, 2021. Three categories of bio-sourced products are identified for the Trophies: bioenergy, bio-based materials and plant chemistry. The application period at the regional level has started and ends on November 15, 2020.
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Report on the Use of Recycled Content in France
Monitoring Platform MORE Announces First Results on the Use of Recycled Polymers in France
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Reviewing Biodegradation Standards in France
Reviewing the standards of biodegradable plastics in France.
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Plastics in New French Recovery Plan
New French Government shares new recovery plan for France. I’ve summarised all measures relevant to plastics industry.
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Polystyrene Waste Recovery in France
The French association, Ruptur (120 members), which promotes a virtuous economy for the environment, has just launched a recovery process for polystyrene waste.
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French Government Says Plastic Bottles are SU and Must Go
Another tweet from French Environment Secretary of State, Brune Poirson, on plastic bottles this time.
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French Government Blames Black Plastic, Plastic Films and Over Packaging
French Secretary of State blames French Retailer for over Packaging. Her cabinet blames black plastic and plastic films.
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France Recycling, Lactips, EU Plastic Pact, EU Biodiversity, Covestro, Huthamaki
Watch the Latest News on “Plastics in the Circular Economy”, Presented by Axel Barrett, Chief Editor BioplasticsNews.com
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Recyqualipso for PS Recycling in France
COEXPAN is participating in the French RECYQUALIPSO initiative led by Syndifrais (French Union of Fresh Dairy Product Manufacturers) in collaboration with Valorplast (experts in the recycling of household plastic packing).
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French Circularity Law
On 10 February 2020, the French law on fighting waste and the circular economy was enacted after months of discussions between the National Assembly and the Senate.
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French Chemical Industry Facing Corona
Interview with Magali Smets, managing director of the French Chemical Federation (France Chimie), on the consequences of the Corona virus on the French chemical industry.
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French Believe to be the Best in Bioplastic Research
From “intelligent” bandages made from shrimp shells to insulation materials from micro-algae, researchers are working on tomorrow’s bioplastics in laboratories in Strasbourg.
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Situation of Recycling in France
Interview with the President of the French Plastic Federation (Fédération de la plasturgie et des composites).
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Plastic Recycling to Finance Glass Recycling in France
The Ministry of Ecological Transition has a particular vision when it comes to recycling.
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Massive Fraud of SUP Ban by French Retailers
To continue selling disposable plastic tableware, which has been banned since January 1, 2020, some French retailers have simply added the mention “reusable” to their products.
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French Composting Startups
Video documentary on a French Composting Startup called “Les Alchimistes”.
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Composting Diapers in France
We knew about composting plants and food. Here is a new kind of composting. 3.5 billion baby diapers are thrown away every year in France, mountains of non-recyclable waste.
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Why Banning SUP is Not So Easy?
The distant expiration of a ban on single-use plastic in 2040, voted by the National Assembly, has been widely criticized. But in a world where plastic packaging is ubiquitous, replacing it is not so easy. Explanations in 5 questions.
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French Secretary of State Speech on New Anti-Waste Bill
Speech by Brune Poirson during the final reading of the anti-waste bill for a circular economy in the National Assembly on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.
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Carbios and TBI Set up Enzyme Research Center for Recycling and Biosynthesis
Carbios and TBI (Toulouse Biotechnology Institute) set up an enzyme engineering research center of international scale on plastic recycling and biosynthesis.
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Arkema and the Made in France Campaign
Arkema’s Rilsan® biosourced powder on show at the “Fabriqué en France” exhibition at the Élysée Palace. On 19 and 20 January 2020 the Palais de l’Élysée celebrates “Fabriqué en France” as part of an exhibition showcasing 120 products or articles emblematic of French know-how, creativity and genius.
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