Bioplastics production to hit 1 million tonnes

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BIOPLASTICS The total global production of bio-based plastics will increase from current levels of 700,000-800,000 tonnes per annum to "hit the million tonne market" within a few years, Michael Cams, managing director of the Nova-lnstitut, said at a June bioplastics conference in the Netherlands. Manufacturers are increasingly turning to bio materials not only to reduce CO2 (current emission reductions are on average 20-30%), but also to save fossil resources, Carus said at the Biobased Materials Symposium, held in Wageningen, the Netherlands.