A new Home Composting logo has been approved by the Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA) for use by bioplastics companies producing materials able to be broken down in home composting facilities.
At the ABA’s quarterly meeting alongside the AUSPACK PLUS show in Sydney, members were told the logo was close to being publicly revealed as soon as the final legal and intellectual property requirements had been signed and sealed.
Association president Rowan Williams said that as soon as these final steps were complete, hopefully within the next month, the logo will be available for ABA member companies and bioplastics producers to apply for a licence for its use on their home compostable products.
“It is now live, it is our intellectual property and is ready to go as soon as we go through the final legal requirements,” he told the meeting.
“We are good to go then to establish it to label products for all forms of home composting in Australia and New Zealand.”
The meeting also reported on successful efforts to clarify definitions of bioplastics materials in a guide produced by the Australian Packaging Covenant. The ABA had been concerned that previous definitions in the guide were negative and misleading about bioplastics.
Members at the meeting also heard presentations from international guests on such subjects as: breakdown of bioplastic shopping bags in ocean environments; global efforts by chemicals company BASF to work towards a sustainable future; and the production of ‘green’ polyethylene by Brazilian bioplastics company Braskem.
