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Unlike biofuels, biopolymers are currently subject to prices more truly representative of their overall production costs.
Meanwhile, in Europe, the policy debates around issues such as GMOs – genetically modified organisms – have created a precedent and reinforced resistance against similar developments such as shale gas fracking, and current discussions on the application of nanotechnologies are another example of this trend.
These were just a few of the observations made by Pierre Wiertz, general manager of EDANA – the European Disposables and Nonwovens Association – interviewed recently by Sustainable Nonwovens editor Adrian Wilson.
