Myriam Moeyersons Sales Manager Biome Bioplastics KRP Annual - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Myriam Moeyersons Sales Manager Biome Bioplastics KRP Annual Conference - 19th September 2019

• BBIA
• Biome Bioplastics
• What are bioplastics
• Start-of-Life and End-of-life
• Opportunities
• Hurdles

Bioplastics explained, , opportunities & hurdles

BBIA

Biobased and Biodegradable Industries Association

• Founded in 2015
• Goal: to promote the circular bio-economy model in the UK
• Aim: to make UK world-leading production base for biochemicals & their products +

market development for these products

• BBIA represents:

Bio-based & biodegradable polymers manufacturers, the converters (packaging, lubricants, insecticides, tableware ,...), commercial enterprises and others

Biome Bioplastics, BASF, Biotec, Novamont, NatureWorks, FKuR, Matrica, AQUAPAK, KCC, TIPA, FutaMura FILMS, Biobag, Fuchs, VegWare, Ecospray, Woolcool, SNOW BUSINESS, ECOSAC, SOLUTIONS 4, PLASTIC, REA (the renewable energy association), IBIOIC Scotland

Biome Bioplastics

• UK

UK-based (Southampton) company, listed on the AIM stock market of the London Stock Exchange

• Employees ca. 50; Group turnover 2017 ca. £6 million and growing fast (~40% per year)
• Activities: design and manufacture functional biodegradable biopolymers
• Formulations

are developed with focus

• n

start-of

• f-lif

life (biobased), end-of

• f-life

(biodegradable) and for use on existing processing equipment

• Serve a glob

lobal cu customer base with our design and technical support

• Compounding capability via toll convertors in the UK, mainland Europe and North

America, with a combined capacity of ca. 30 30,000 000 MT MT

WHAT ARE BIOPLASTICS

Bioplastics

Three main groups

• Biobased (partially)

non-biodegradable

• Biobased and biodegradable
• Fossil based and

biodegradable

Conventional plastics can be stimulated to disintegrate by using oxo-degradable additives; however no biodegradation occurs, but degradation into smaller micro-articles (microplastics).

Bioplastics have nothing to do with oxo-degradable plastics. EC Brussels, 16.1.2018 COM(2018) 35 final REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the impact of the use of oxo- degradable plastic, including

• xo-degradable

plastic carrier bags,

• n

the environment Concludes: ….EU wide measures should be considered. Therefore, in the context of the European plastics strategy, a process to restrict the use of oxo-plastics in the EU will be started. BIOPLASTICS need to to be be defined by by STANDARDS otherw rwise we we have no no means of

• f really MEASURING their effective

START-OF OF-LIFE an and END-OF OF-LIFE

Oxo-degradable plastics

START-OF-LIFE END-OF-LIFE

Bioplastics

Howdotheydifferfromconventionalplastics?

End-of

• f-Life

Polymers are biodegradable and compostable Biodegradable: Polymer is metabolized by micro-

• rganisms into water or methane, CO2

and biomass

→ no intermediates, no leaching products

AND / OR

St Start-of

• f-Life

Polymers are manufactured from renewable resources = biobased Reduction in GHG (CO₂) emissions

Certification & Labelling

St Start-of

• f-li

life Bio-based carbon content label

20 20 – 40% 40% 40 40 – 60% 60% 60 60-80% 80% >80% >80%

End-of

• f-li

life Certification according EN norm EN13432

Material

• 90% biodegradation in 180 days - in the presence of micro-organisms (bacteria & fungi) in

an in industrial composting facil ilit ity (the 10% represents loss of moisture mostly)

• 90% disintegration in 12 weeks –by using 2x2 mm² mesh
• Non toxic to soil and plant life

Product

• Pass eco-toxicological tests including on the materials, adhesives, inks.

→ all all tests ar are undertaken in in lab lab an and fie field ld tests

EN13432

Testing and criteria

Industrial Composting

The UK has 53 PAS-100 industrial compost plants. Today: → all of them accept and process biodegradable films → 19 of these regularly process rigid compostable materials Study has shown that other facilities are open to accept bioplastics if guarantee towards no contamination of conventional packaging.

OPPORTUNITIES

UK Plastics Pact

• Collaborative initiative that will create a

circular economy for plastics.

• Brings businesses of the entire plastics

value chain together with UK governments and NGOs → to tackle the scourge of plastic waste.

• By 2025, The UK Plastics Pact will

transform the UK plastic packaging sector by meeting four world-leading targets.

100% packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable 70% packaging effectively recycled or composted 30% average recycled content in packaging Eliminate single-use packaging

By 2025

UK Plastics Pact

End-of-life options

• Recycling

→ Only 2 types of plastics are recovered and recycled at the post-consumer level; PET and HDPE → only 9% of total volume plastics is today recycled in the UK

• Organic recycling or industrial composting

→ For multilayer structures, which are currently non-recyclable, organic recycling could be a viable end-of-life solution if manufactured with EN13432 certified biodegradable polymers.

• Energy from Waste (incineration)

Renewable energy can be obtained from the biogenic carbon of biobased plastics

Note: Besides bein ing organic recyclable, bio iopla lastics are also mechanical recyclable, however no no establi lished dedicated waste stream currently ly exis ists he

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Bioplastics can

• make certain types of recovery and recycling easier – ORGANIC RE

RECYCLING

• increase and improve food waste collections reducing plastics pollution – FOOD PACKAGING
• reduce use of fossil fuels in the production using renewable sources – BIO

IOBASED PLA LASTICS Bioplastics aim to be part of the new circular economy, creating closed loop recycling

Where bioplastics can help

Compostable packaging can be collected with food  Short shelf life for fresh products  Lightweight and multi-layer packaging: normally impossible to recycle  Certain packaging which is hard to separate out from other materials, if commingled  Packaging containing left-over food collected with food-waste  Recycling in the UK only 9%, compostables can raise this  By treating food waste we can make biogas, biomethane, compost, digestate, extracted CO₂: compostable packaging can increase food waste collection

Opportunity of bioplastics in food packaging

compostables suitable for organic recycling

Opportunity of bioplastics in food packaging

ENVAR composting, Huntingdon 105,000 tonnes green and food waste treated annually Compostable packaging accepted Major contamination from plastic waste #1 problem Several AD as well as 53 compost plants nationally accept bioplastic packaging

HURDLES

Littering – Poor waste management

Litter is a societal problem that needs to be tackled through: Education | Waste Management Infrastructure | Financial Resources especially in 3rd World | Penalties

Materials are not designed to save the world’s oceans

• Fragmented waste collection management in UK, although extensive efforts by local

municipalities

• Unclear labeling end-of-life options
• Food waste collections not available yet throughout UK → to be obligatory across the

EU by end 2023

• Recycling target to be 55% by 2025, 60% by 2030, 65% by 2035. We have giant steps

to make in six years

• Plastics recycling target 55% in 2030, currently “collected for” = 34%, effectively

recycled in the UK 9%

Waste Management

Oil and gas Biomass Plastics

CO2 release CO2 release

Products and packaging End-of-life “Recycle” to Asia Landfill Incinerate Compost/AD Environmental release

CO2 release CO2 release

Mechanical Recycle UK Chemical recycle

Mostly downcycled 1–9(?) times possible Theoretically infinite CO2 capture

Bio-based monomers Monomers

CO2 capture

Rethinking the UK plastic problem

Better? Biodegradable Persistent

Myriam Moeyersons

Plastics, food, waste, soil, air, water, energy everything is connected

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