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1. Complementary plastics for the packaging market
To fully understand the development of bio-sourced and recycled plastics in packaging, we need to look at the plastic packaging market and the main types of plastic used to satisfy the various packaging functions.
1.1 Polymers used in packaging in France
Plastics are a chemical family of different polymers, sometimes referred to as "resins". Packaging uses mainly thermoplastics, i.e. polymers which, under the action of heat, melt or soften sufficiently to be shaped repeatedly over time. This characteristic of thermoplastics is essential, as it makes it possible to mechanically recycle packaging at the end of its life cycle, and thus to produce recycled plastics.
The European plastics industry estimates that in 2012, 288 million tonnes...
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Bibliography
Websites
• COTREP – Technical Committee for Plastic Packaging Recycling http://www.cotrep.fr/
• EFSA – European Food Safety Authority, plastics and plastics recycling http://www.efsa.europa.eu
• CORDIS – Community Research and Development Information...
Standards and norms
- CEN Biobased products – Vocabulary - EN 16575-2014 -
- CEN Packaging – Requirements for packaging recoverable by composting and biodegradation – Test program and assessment criteria for final acceptance of packaging - EN 13432-2000 -
Regulations
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 of January 14, 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (consolidated version of March 3, 2014)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of March 27, 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 (consolidated version of March 27,...
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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
2ACR – Association alliance chimie recyclage http://www.2acr.eu
ADEME – French Environment and Energy Management Agency http://www.ademe.fr
ACDV – Association de la chimie...
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