Welcome to the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA)

The BBIA exists to champion the industrial bioeconomy to accelerate the development and adoption of bio-based and biodegradable materials and products through advocacy, collaboration, and education.

We do this to reduce the impact of human consumption on the planet.

The health of the planet we all call home is under threat, with earth’s natural systems and boundaries being increasingly breached on a daily basis. Human health and well-being are intricately linked to the health of the planet, which is currently suffering from reduced air and water quality, climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution from plastics and toxic substances. At our present consumption rate, by 2030 we will need two planets to meet both our resource needs and absorb societies waste.

We live in a time that calls out for change – for sustainable solutions to ever more severe problems. For a step change to happen, we need a revolution – much like that of the industrial revolution of the 18th century which modernised the world of today. But this time, we need a bio-based revolution…one that works with nature, and not against it. Enter the bio-revolution, driven by the industrial bioeconomy.

The industrial bioeconomy is an economic system in which biological resources, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms, and their by-products are used to produce a wide range of products, including chemicals, where waste from one process becomes a resource for another. The industrial bioeconomy, bio-based and bio-degradable materials offer a realistic opportunity to significantly reduce our reliance on fossil resources. However, a truly circular bioeconomy has two main challenges to overcome – cost and adoption. The latter, being the solution to the former.

The BBIA exists to champion the industrial bioeconomy to accelerate the development and adoption of bio-based and biodegradable materials and products through advocacy, collaboration, and education.