AGEC Law, SUP Directive, PPWR, microplastics ban, PFAS prohibition… In recent years, numerous regulatory measures have been introduced to support the circular economy. To such an extent that it can ...
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New Plastic Regulations: How to Comply with Lactips
How Lactips facilitates the integration of bio-based materials into your industrial processes
Innovating without fundamentally altering existing processes is a challenge familiar to all industries, and plastic processing is no exception. So how can you integrate new bio-based and biodegradable materials without ...
Lactips Blends: 100% Biodegradable, Bio-based Alternatives Compatible with Your Processes
Can we reduce our dependence on oil and microplastic pollution without disrupting our production methods? Yes! Thanks to CareTips®, this is now entirely achievable!
A fully bio-based and biodegradable polymer in ...
LTS and Lactips Offer 100% Biodegradable Planting Tubes for Forestry Based on CareTips®
Over the centuries, human agricultural and industrial activities have continually reduced forested areas. This deforestation impacts biodiversity, soil erosion, carbon capture, and contributes to climate change. However, reforestation projects are ...
Betting on Innovation to Integrate Biodegradable and Bio-Based Polymers into Industrial Processes
If we want to move away from petroleum and sustainably combat plastic pollution, it is essential to accelerate innovation in bio-based materials, compostable solutions, and reuse. This innovation-driven approach requires ...
Lactips responds to a need from packaging manufacturers and expands its range on its paper coating platform
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez (France), 24 February 2025 – Lactips, a French company producing 100% biobased natural polymers that are water-soluble and biodegradable in various environment, is expanding its paper coating range. Our ...
Lactips raises €16 million
This funding will allow Lactips to accelerate its commercial growth and expand internationally with its 100% biosourced natural polymer, which is water-soluble and fully biodegradable in all environments
This funding round ...
Lactips and Walki Group announce strategic partnership in food packaging
Lactips, a French company specialising in the production of natural polymers that are 100% biobased, water-soluble and biodegradable in various environments, and Walki, a leading Finnish packaging converting company, announce ...
Substituting Petro-sourced with Bio-based Polymers: What Are the Requirements?
As by-products of petrochemicals, synthetic polymers consume a huge amount of oil each year: 44 million tons in Europe alone! In response to the climate emergency, the plastics industry is ...
Are bio-based materials rare?
Industrials using bio-based materials often encounter supply difficulties. Does this mean that bio-based materials are rare?
In this article, we will see that this is not the case. On the contrary, ...
PFAs, a regulatory overview
Controversial for several years now, PFAS are a group of artificial chemical substances manufactured and used in various industries worldwide.
The OECD defines them as “fluorinated substances containing at least one fully fluorinated methyl or ...
What innovations for affordable biodegradable materials?
The packaging industry is gradually turning towards more sustainable packaging solutions, composed mainly of bio-based and/or biodegradable materials. Although this transition is necessary, finding a balance between environmental and economic ...
