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Why Biodegradable Food Packaging is Growing in Popularity
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As environmental concerns grow, sustainability is becoming increasingly important to consumers, making it crucial for businesses to implement sustainable practices across a product’s life cycle. This can prove difficult in the food packaging industry, especially as it pertains to the end-of-life phase for products. Plastic is a common choice due to its ability to withstand moisture and keep food safe from bacteria; however, these plastics can take hundreds of years to break down. This leads to overflowing landfills and harmful chemicals entering the environment or polluting the ocean. 
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Types of OECD 301 Biodegradation Tests
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Testing for ready biodegradability is crucial to abide by the Environmental Risk Assessment for REACH chemical registration and the European Medicines Agency pharmaceuticals registration.
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Obtaining the Blue Angel Label on Airfield Movement Area De-icers
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The Blue Angel ecolabel, also known as the German Ecolabel, is a internationally recognized label that denotes environmentally friendliness for a wide range of products. When it was developed in 1978 by Germany's Department of the Environment, it became the first of its kind in the world.
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EU Ecolabel Criteria for Cosmetic Products and Animal Care Products
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The European Union ecolabel has been a mark recognized worldwide for over 30 years due to its ability to certify a product's low ecological impact. Looking back at its origin, the EU ecolabel was first established in 1992, which came a mere 14 years after the very first Blue Angel ecolabel released by the German government.
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California Introduces Sustainable Packaging Legislation
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It should not be surprising to anyone that regulatory agencies around the world have recently begun implementing stricter sustainability legislation. In fact, right now, packaging waste alone can account for up to 25% of what is placed into landfills.
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Launching Aropha AI
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We successfully launched our new site https://www.ai.aropha.com/ for our machine learning models. Two models have been deployed on this site for aquatic biodegradation prediction using regression and classification based on XGBoost.
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Understanding the European Commission’s Regulation on Detergents
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As we approach the 2023 SEPAWA Congress that will take place on October 25th-27th, it's only appropriate we take time to look at the European Commission's regulation on detergents: EC No 648/2004. In this blog, we will provide an overview of the regulation, guidance on implementation, and examine the specific biodegradability requirements in depth.
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