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Berlin / Würzburg, 21 April 2026 – Kneipp is one of the leading providers of nature-based body care and health products and is now taking the next consistent step in its sustainability commitment: an initial range of 16 body care products has been successfully certified according to the flustix standard “Product Content Microplastic-Free.” The certification …
Ecology, social issues and economic efficiency belong together: This is proven by the German Sustainable Business Association BNW. Founded in 1992, the association differs from other classic business associations. Because the acting boards are not employees of the association, but personally liable partners, managing directors or owners of their own companies. What does the …
Berlin, October 2021. The independently tested and certified hoodie and T-shirt collection from bleed is built on verified freedom from plastic. From the care label to the seams to the print: these sustainable garments do without plastic entirely. Instead they use purely ecological materials such as organic cotton and Tencel yarn in place of the usual polyester. With flustix certification, bleed takes …
Talk: Advertising plastic sustainability – recognised and legally sound Sustainability promises are in high demand. All organic, fair fashion, 100 % recycled, free from microplastics! More than 1,000 different logos promising sustainability and environmental awareness are circulating on the German market. Sustainability communication is THE dominant marketing trend, one that is only now really picking up speed and will stay with us for quite some time. Because …
flustix offers the safe alternative for plastic-free products The EU-wide ban on marketing single-use plastic articles applies from 3 July 2021. The exception: for certain products a labelling requirement applies instead. The warning labels may only be left off if freedom from plastic has been proven. flustix offers a recognised and reliable certification system for plastic-free products. Berlin, April 2021. For a …
Combined seal from flustix and DIN CERTCO certifies two APK products Berlin/Merseburg, April 2021. APK AG of Merseburg relies on independent certification by flustix RECYCLED for its recyclates. Following a successful audit, the products Mersamid® PA and Mersalen® LDPE were awarded the combined seal from flustix and DIN CERTCO. For both granulates it was possible to …
Berlin, March 2021. flustix has made it its mission to implement plastic sustainability quickly and purposefully, because doing so is indispensable if the climate targets are to be met. To that end the sustainability initiative is now offering, together with its established certification partner DIN CERTCO (TÜV Rheinland), the seal “flustix RECYCLABLE – DIN plus” for goods and packaging made from circular …
At flustix we are always delighted when innovative and sustainable products enjoy success, receive recognition and attract media attention. All the more so, of course, when those products belong to our customers and carry a flustix seal. Here is what has been happening at Biobaula lately: Biofach 2021 – Best New Product For the second time, a …
flustix certifies hemp fibre from Canadian supplier Bast Fibre Technologies Berlin, December 2020. Since 2017 the flustix initiative has been certifying plastic-free products as well as goods containing recyclate. Alongside the many companies that rely on flustix as a quality seal for consumer products, more and more manufacturers are having their raw materials certified. With Canada’s Bast Fibre Technologies Inc. (BFTi), an international producer …
flustix certifies claro tabs as free from microplastics Berlin, December 2020. With claro, the Austrian manufacturer of washing-up and cleaning products, another company is putting its trust in the seal “flustix product content without microplastics” – and thereby in transparent communication backed by trustworthy testing procedures. The only independent certification of its kind gives consumers certified assurance and guarantees that a product contains no microplastics. …
Cleaning products without plastic packaging – the new solid cleaning products make it possible. They are tabs that you simply dissolve in water to make the cleaning product you want, from all-purpose and glass cleaner to bathroom cleaner. The container can be used over and over again, so you avoid ending up with yet another …
Berlin, October 2020. Around 2.8 billion single-use cups for drinks “to go” are consumed in Germany every year, 40 per cent of which are made of pure plastic (UBA 2019). Yet the supposedly more sustainable single-use paper containers are problematic too, because most of them have a plastic coating on the inside. Because of this plastic content, recycling the paper fibres …
Berlin, September 2020. Around 1.5 million tonnes of laundry, household and cleaning products are used in German households every year. The problem: these products frequently contain microplastics. As a result, more than 500 tonnes of these plastic particles pass through German drains alone every year into nature, into waters and arable soils, and via animals and plants also …
Berlin, September 2020. Using recyclate plays a decisive role in minimising the production of new plastics and instead keeping existing plastic in the loop. The long-established company VERMOP is now demonstrating how this can be achieved successfully in professional cleaning, and is relying on independent certification from the flustix initiative: the EQUIPE buckets …
flustix founder Malte Biss introduces himself and flustix – RETHINK PLASTICS in a detailed interview on StartupValley.news. In it he shares tips drawn from his experience as a founder in the sustainability sector. He also explains how you can do something about the growing pollution of our planet “without wagging a finger”. You can read the interview here.
The German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York promotes innovation and collaboration by planning and hosting events on current topics from the sciences and the humanities, and by taking part in conferences, science fairs and career fairs. We are delighted that the DWIH has now published an informative article about the flustix PLASTIC-FREE seals. …
First products in the intimate care segment certified as free from microplastics A first in cosmetics: after successful testing, the products in the Prime Line from intimate care company Loovara may carry the flustix microplastic-free seal. That makes Loovara the first supplier to offer certified microplastic-free intimate care products in its range. Verifiably free from microplastics – after successful testing, flustix certifies …
Berlin, August 2020. Demand for genuinely microplastic-free cosmetics keeps rising. More and more suppliers are therefore meeting consumers’ wish for microplastic-free care products and relying on the only independent certification of its kind, the flustix seals – which provide assurance and build trust. The latest example is KHK GmbH of Cologne, a specialist and white-label as well as …
Berlin, July 2020. Since April 2019 flustix has been giving consumers and companies DIN-verified certainty about regranulates and the recyclate content of products – with the flustix RECYCLED seal. Until now the combined mark from flustix and DIN CERTCO focused on certifying goods produced entirely or partly from plastic recyclate. Now flustix, together with …
Berlin, February 2020. Fast fashion is OUT – fair and environmentally conscious fashion is IN. Although well-known textile brands make “sustainability” promises ever more frequently, consumers have few ways of telling sustainable fashion apart from dubious “greenwashing” claims. Now flustix, as the only protected seal for labelling plastic sustainability, has certified the first plastic-free T-shirt. MUNTAGNARD …
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