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Editorial<br />
dear<br />
readers<br />
This year is the hottest summer in Germany that I can remember in 15 years. Unbelievably,<br />
we’ve had bright sunshine and high temperatures since the end of May. And one of the<br />
fundamental rules in weather like this is to drink a lot. Preferably water. But I prefer coffee.<br />
As I’m trying to minimize coffee-related waste at my home, I usually drink my<br />
coffee freshly brewed from freshly ground coffee beans in a modern, fully automatic<br />
coffee machine. But I must admit that there are benefits to today’s conveniently<br />
pre-dosed coffee pods and capsules: the wide variety of tastes and flavours, the<br />
different strengths available - with or without caffeine - while at home… the same<br />
coffee in each and every cup… . On the other hand, (traditional) coffee pods and<br />
capsule are causing at least some – to put it mildly – environmental concern.<br />
Could coffee pods and capsules made of biobased and/or biodegradable plastics<br />
offer a sustainable alternative? This is one of the highlight topics discussed in this<br />
issue. We’ve even included an article about a coffee capsule made of (sugar cane)<br />
paper, which are not exactly bioplastics, but in my opinion, still an alternative to<br />
aluminium worth reporting on.<br />
The other highlight topic is Blow Moulding / Bottle Applications which this time<br />
also includes the Basics section, where we have a closer look at PEF.<br />
Two more things I’d like to direct your attention to are:<br />
The 1 st PHA platform World Congress on 4 and 5 September in Cologne. We<br />
are happy to have no fewer that 28 speakers lined up to present the latest PHA<br />
developments and who are looking forward to networking with you.<br />
Second, we’re currently calling for submissions for the <strong>2018</strong> edition of the Global<br />
Bioplastics Award. If you think your product or service from the world of biobased plastics<br />
deserves the award, or you’d like to nominate somebody else’s, please let us know.<br />
Until then, please enjoy the summer - and have a great time reading this latest issue of<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE.<br />
Sincerely yours<br />
Michael Thielen<br />
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