The government has released updates on the progress of the 25 Year Environment Plan, alongside an update to the 25 Year Environment Plan Outcome Indicator Framework. The 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report provides details on the progress towards the aims and objectives laud out in the 2018 25 Year Environment Plan, and details what […]
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Bioplastic packaging specialist and BBIA member Futamura has released a new video demonstrating the compostability of its NatureFlex films. The timelapse video features Market Manager Lucy Cowton explaining how NatureFlex film disintegrates in composting conditions. The video shows how the film essentially biodegrades after 12 weeks. […]
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The BBIA has joined a coalition of trade associations calling for a ban on oxodegradable plastics in the UK. The BBIA has put its name to a letter to Environment Secretary George Eustice calling for a “total ban” on the use, sale and distribution in the UK of conventional non-biodegradable plastics containing additives, which accelerate […]
Jeremy Jacobs, Technical Director at the REA and BBIA Board Member, has retired following a 40-year career. Following Jacobs’ retirement, Jenny Grant will now serve as Head of Organics and Natural Capital at the REA. The REA’s Emily Nichols has replaced Jacobs on the board of the BBIA. Jacobs has had a long and varied […]
BBIA will be hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 16th June 2020 at 2-3pm examining the Italian model for an extended producer responsibility scheme for compostable packaging. In May 2020 the Italian Minister of Environment Sergio Costa announced his approval of the new programme for the management of compostable packaging, EN 13432 compliant, under the […]
A wood-based fibre ready meal tray suitable for home composting has won the Bio-based Material of the Year 2020 award. Made by Huhtamaki Lurgan from the UK and Finland, the product beat off competition from a self-adhesive tape consisting of 90 per cent raw materials made by monta Klebebandwerk (Germany) in second place and a […]
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BBIA member Vegware has launched a new commercial compostable collection service with Paper Round to collect its compostable packaging in London, Brighton and Sussex. Vegware’s compostable foodservice packaging will be collected by Paper Round as a separate waste stream where it is sent to enVar’s in-vessel composting facility in Cambridgeshire, where it is turned into […]
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Woolcool Managing Director Josie Morris has been interviewed by London-based journalist and editor Marc Anton Smith, speaking about the impact of Covid-19 on Woolcool’s business, becoming a B Corp and facing crises as a family business. You can read the interview in full here. […]
Soft drinks giant PepsiCo has created a new video with help from BBIA member Novamont on compostable packaging. With the company aiming to make its packaging 100 per cent recyclable, compostable or biodegradables by 2025, the video explains what compostable packaging is, how it is composted and why it is good for the environment. The […]
BBIA will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 14 May 2020 at 2-3pm on the future of food waste collections in the UK, drawing on the experience of Italy. Ten years ago, Italy passed a world first law to oblige local authorities and operators to collect household and business food waste “either with no […]
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