What's New with the SPI Bioplastics Council

• Innovation in Bioplastics Award Finalists Announced — May 16, 2013
  The new 2013 awards program recognizes outstanding innovation in unique and creative application of bioplastics materials, products or processes by a company.
• Bioplastics Council Launches SPI Bioplastics Connect Quarterly Newsletter — April 22, 2013
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announces the publication of its 2Q13 SPI Bioplastics Connect quarterly newsletter.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Issues Response to Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association’s Recent Misinterpretation of FTC “Green Guides” — February 15, 2013
  The SPI Bioplastics Council issued a statement responding to factual inaccuracies made by an oxo-biodegradable additives lobbying group concerning the FTC "Green Guides."
• SPI Bioplastics Council Questions Scientific Validity of Degradable Additives in Revised Position Paper — January 22, 2013
  The SPI Bioplastics Council released a position paper that questions the validity of biodegradability claims made by producers of degradable additives products. The new paper is a revision of the Council’s 2010 paper,
• Bioplastics Council Launches SPI Bioplastics Connect Quarterly Newsletter — January 14, 2013
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announces the publication of its 1Q13 SPI Bioplastics Connect quarterly newsletter.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces 2013 Bioplastics Awards Program — January 7, 2013
  SPI announced the first annual Innovation in Bioplastics Award presented by the SPI Bioplastics Council. The new 2013 awards program will recognize outstanding innovation in unique and creative application of bioplastics materials, products or processes by a company.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Agenda and New Leadership for 2013; New Publications and Educational Programs Lead Priorities — January 2, 2013
  The SPI Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of today announced its agenda of activities for 2013, as well as the volunteer leaders who will serve the Council as new chair and vice chair.
• Bioplastics Council Launches SPI Bioplastics Connect Quarterly Newsletter — September 14, 2012
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announces the publication of its new SPI Bioplastics Connect quarterly newsletter.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Launch of Newsletter — September 7, 2012
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announced the publication of its new SPI Bioplastics Connect Newsletter.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Publication of 2012 Bioplastics Industry Overview Guide — April 2, 2012
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announced today the publication of the 2012 Bioplastics Industry Overview Guide. The new Guide provides readers with information concerning industry trends and challenges; types, applications and uses; industry production estimates and projected market growth; market segments and emerging applications; and geographic development
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Release of Two New Free Guides — February 7, 2012
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announced the release of two new industry guides – “Understanding Biobased Carbon Content” and “Life Cycle Analysis Primer – What, Why and How.” The Council has developed and issued these free guides as part of its commitment to bioplastics education.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Agenda and New Leadership for 2012; Publication of Updated Overview of Industry Leads Priorities — January 4, 2012
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI, today announced its agenda of activities for 2012, as well as the volunteer leaders who will serve the Council as new chair and vice chair.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of First Associate Member — October 26, 2011
  SPI's Bioplastics Council announced today that it has approved UL (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.), a global leader in safety science, as a new member.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of Second New Member in Past Month — July 27, 2011
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announced that it has approved Ecospan, a leading bio-material science and technology company headquartered in Greenbrae, Calif., as a new member.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of RTP Company as New Member — June 28, 2011
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, announced today that RTP Company, a global custom compounder headquartered in Winona, Minnesota, has officially been approved as a new member.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of Merquinsa as New Member — April 24, 2011
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announced today that Merquinsa, a leading thermoplastic polyurethane producer with global headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, and regional centers in Asia and North America, has officially been approved as a new member.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Seeks to Build on 2010 Momentum with Ambitious Slate of 2011 Activities — January 19, 2011
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI, today announced its agenda of activities for 2011, as well as the volunteer leaders who will serve the Council as new chair and vice chair.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Launches Expanded Membership Structure — January 10, 2011
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of First Processor Member — August 10, 2010
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, announced today that Nypro Inc., a leading custom plastics manufacturer, headquartered in Clinton, Massachusetts, has officially been approved as a new member.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of Jamplast, Inc. as New Member — May 20, 2010
  The SPI Bioplastics Council announced today that Jamplast Inc, a leading distributor of raw plastic materials and biopolymers, headquartered in Ellisville, Missouri, has officially been approved as a new member.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Members Head to Capitol Hill — April 21, 2010
  The day before thousands gather in Washington, DC for a rally marking Earth Day, members of the SPI Bioplastics Council flew to the nation's capital this week to visit with lawmakers. Members called for increased bioplastics funding through grants and other programs such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's BioPreferred program.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Issues Position Paper on Oxo-Biodegradables & Other Degradable Additives — January 28, 2010
  The SPI Bioplastics Council today announced the release of a position paper that questions the scientific validity of biodegradability claims made by producers of "oxo-degradable" and "oxo-biodegradable" products. The Council's paper formally supports the point of view put forth by European Bioplastics in a July 2009 publication.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Seeks to Build on 2009 Momentum with Ambitious Slate of 2010 Activities — January 11, 2010
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, today announced its agenda of activities for 2010, as well as the volunteer leaders who will serve the Council as new chair and vice chair.
• SPI Makes Dramatic Shift In NPE History With Decision To Hold NPE2012 In Orlando, Florida — November 17, 2009
  NPE2012, the next edition of the triennial NPE international plastics exposition, will take place April 1-5, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, it was announced today by SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of Newest Member PolyOne Corporation — October 26, 2009
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, announced today that PolyOne, a specialty chemical and polymer company headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio and with 2008 annual revenues of $2.7 billion, has officially been approved as a new member.
• SPI Bioplastics Council Announces Approval of New Member — September 10, 2009
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, announced today that Teknor Apex, a diversified material science company headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has officially been approved as a new member.
• SPI's Bioplastics Council Announces Publication of First-Ever Bioplastics Industry Overview Guide — July 28, 2009
  The Bioplastics Council, a special interest group of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, today announced the publication of the first-ever Bioplastics Industry Overview Guide. Filling the void for a comprehensive encapsulation of this relatively new but fast-growing market of the plastics industry, the new Guide provides readers with information concerning trends and challenges; similarities and differences amongst different bioplastics; applications and uses; companies in the industry; production estimates and projected market growth.
• Bioplastics Council Meets with Key Senate Staff — July 17, 2009
  On July 15th, members of the SPI Bioplastics Council met with staff from the offices of Senators Casey (D-PA), Feinstein (D-CA), Grassley (R-IA), Johanns (R-NE), Klobuchar (D-MN), and Nelson (D-NE), to discuss the USDA BioPreferred Program and the benefits of and challenges faced by the bioplastics industry.
• New Technologies for Polymers Based on Renewable Resources Will Make NPE2009 a Milestone in Plastics History — April 14, 2009
  Once the stuff of pure research, bioplastics have become a fast-growing business for marketers and technologists in the plastics industry mainstream. NPE2009, the central event in the industry?s calendar, will stand as a milestone in this historical transition.
• Bioplastics Industry Descriptions — March 1, 2009
  The SPI Bioplastics Council supports the following descriptions and recognizes the importance of bioplastics testing and certification.
• SPI Launches New Special Interest Group Focused on Developing Bioplastics as Integral Part of Plastics Industry — September 16, 2008
  SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association today announced the launch of a new special interest group, the Bioplastics Council, in order to provide a forum for resin and additive suppliers, as well as processors and equipment suppliers, to promote the development of bioplastics as an integral part of the plastics industry.