Bioplastics application in Thailand: How the market grow Mr. Somsak - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bioplastics application in Thailand: How the market grow Mr. Somsak Borrisuttanakul Honorable Chairman Thai Bioplastic Industries Association (TBIA) CEO TPBI Public Company Limited

Outline  TPBI Background on Bioplastics  Regulations and waste management in European countries  Consumer behavior and waste management  How to grow bioplastic in Thailand Page 2

TPBI Background on Bioplastics  Supplying bag and film for more than 60,000 MT / year globally  More over than 10 years supplying biodegradable/compostable bag to European countries.  Dedicated production line for bioplastic products Page 3

Regulations and waste management in European countries  EC/99/31/EC – landfill waste  United Kingdom UK  EC/94/62/EC – packaging and France Italy packaging waste  Italy  France Page 4

European Council directive 1999/31/EC on landfill waste  Biodegradable waste, such as food waste or garden waste, quantity should be decreased from total amount in year 1995 by 50% in 2013 and 65% in 2020  Encouraging the separation and collection of biodegradable waste  Force the laws and regulations to support this directive *http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/italy-reluctant-to-tackle-illegal-landfills/ Page 5 *http://www.enviterre.com/services/

UK Waste Management  Landfill allowance trading scheme (LATS)  Weekly food waste collections  Improving recycling schemes  Education: Face to face conversation  Each area council management *Municipal waste management in The United Kingdom, European Environmental Agency, FEB 2013 Page 6 *http://cleanstreets.westminster.gov.uk/general-waste/

UK Waste Management: Biodegradable municipal waste to landfill *UK Statistic on Waste, Department for Environment Food & Rural affairs, AUG 2016 Page 7

European Council directive 1994/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste  Ban the sale of shopping bags not made of paper, natural fibers, polyamide fibers and polymers  Lightweight plastic carrier bag is the plastic bag which is thicker than 50 micron (2015 amendment)  Consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bag not exceed 90pcs/person in DEC 2019 and 40pcs/person in DEC 2025 (2015 amendment) *http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-halve-plastic-bag-use-by-2019/ Page 8

Italy single-use bag ban (no.28/2012)  Allow 2 types of disposable carrier bags  EN13432 certified carrier bags  Over 100 micron for food use  Over 60 micron for other use *Plastic Consult - Milano Page 9

France  PE Carrier bags ban in 2016  Home compostable with over 30% biobased content is allowed  PE with over 50 micron is allowed  PE Fruit and Vegetable bag ban in 2017  Home compostable with over 30% biobased content is allowed *http://www.thecivilengineer.org/news-center/latest-news/item/983-france-bans-common-plastic-bags-from-supermarkets Page 10

Consumer behavior and waste management • Key success factors for growing bioplastic bags • Consumer behavior that affected by regulation By decreasing the biodegradable waste to landfill, the biodegradable bin liner was adopting by consumer and city council to use as a choice for organic waste collection. • Closed-loop waste management By each area waste management, the biodegradable waste had been converted into fertilizer and energy Page 11

How to grow bioplastics in Thailand  Waste management system  Waste separation – mechanism to drive people to separate the waste  Waste collection – entire process cost have been evaluate correctly  Composting site Page 12

How to grow bioplastics in Thailand  Price of bioplastic product  Domestic bioplastic material supplies are available  Compounding technologies  Processing technologies  Comparable replacement (eg. Food packaging) *http://www.ti-films.com/en/nativia/products Page 13

Current Bioplastics application in Thailand PLA yogurt cup Shopping bag Flexible packaging PLA coffee cup Bioplastic coated Paper cup *http://www.ti-films.com/en/nativia/products Page 14

Thank you for your attention