bioplasticsMAGAZINE_1205

Editorial
dear
readers
Are plastics made from CO 2
to be considered as bioplastics? Not
necessarily, I would say. If these plastics are in fact biodegradable
they would fall under our definition of bioplastics (see our revised
and extended ‘Glossary 3.0’ on page 50ff). And if such plastics are
made from CO 2
that comes, via combustion or other chemical processes,
from fossil based raw materials, we should at least avoid
calling call them biobased. Nevertheless, I believe that the use of
such CO 2
to make plastics (or other useful products) and so prevent,
or at least delay, the CO 2
from entering the atmosphere, is a good
approach in the sense of our overall objectives. It will certainly require
further evaluation and even standardisation until CO 2
based
plastics can/will be defined as a new (bio-) plastic class or category.
Plastics produced from CO 2
, definitely one of the major topics in
this issue of bioplastics MAGAZINE, is accompanied by further highlights.
In several articles we report about biobased polyurethanes
and elastomers and we present some articles about fibres and textile
applications.
In this issue we also present the five finalists for the 7 th Bioplastics
Award. The number of entries was not as large as in previous
years, however I doubt that the innovative power of this industry is
flagging. So we kindly ask all of you to keep your eyes open and report
interesting innovations that have a significant market relevance
whenever you see them. The 8 th Bioplastics Award is definitely coming.
The 7 th ‘Bioplastics Oskar’ will be presented on November 6 th in
Berlin at the European Bioplastics Conference.
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Sincerely yours
Michael Thielen
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