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UK Plastics Pact members makes progress

Posted on December 18, 2019 by BBIA

Members of the UK Plastics pact are over halfway towards all their packaging being recyclable and a third of the way towards using an average of 30 per cent recycled content in their packaging by 2025. The members, including retailers and companies such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Coca-Cola and Unilever, have committed to eliminating 1.1 billion […]

England’s recycling rate increases marginally

Posted on December 3, 2019 by BBIA

New figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have revealed that England’s ‘waste from households’ recycling rate has risen to 45.1 per cent – a 0.3 per cent increase on last year’s statistics. According to Defra’s latest ‘Statistics on waste managed by local authorities in England in 2018/19’, the total volume […]

French Environment Agency confirmed benefits of bio-based and compostable bags

Posted on November 28, 2019 by BBIA

The French Agency for the Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) released a report on 14 November on the environmental impact of fruit and vegetable bags. The ADEME report, entitled ‘The environmental impact of fruit and vegetable bags’, demonstrates the environmental performance of bio-based compostable plastic bags in a lifecycle assessment and their ability to be […]

BBIA to exhibit USABLE PACKAGING project at BBI JU Stakeholder Forum

Posted on November 25, 2019 by BBIA

BBIA will be exhibiting the USABLE PACKAGING project as its lead partners for dissemination and communications at the BBI JU Stakeholder Forum 2019 in Brussels on 4 December 2019. The project looks to increase the level of biodegradable bioplastics and establish an new value chain for these materials based on low-cost feedstock, such as by-products […]

DB Packaging uses Aquapak polymer to make hot water-soluble laundry bags

Posted on November 3, 2019 by BBIA

Hot water-soluble laundry bags made from Aquapak polymer have been launched by Australian distributor, DB Packaging. The bags can be used to hold dirty or contaminated laundry and can be put directly into washing machines without the risk of direct human contact. As the bags dissolve safely in hot water, there is no plastic residue […]

Intellectual Property for Business Seminar in Edinburgh

Posted on October 25, 2019 by BBIA

Maucher Jenkins, members of IBioC, will be holding a seminar on Intellectual Property for my Business on 27 November in Edinburgh. The event looks to target life sciences entrepreneurs, academics and businesses and will help attendees learn the importance of Intellectual Property (IP). It will cover the different IP rights that may be used to […]

IBioIC Annual Conference exhibition and sponsorship packages now available

Posted on October 21, 2019 by BBIA

IBioIC has announced that exhibition and sponsorship packages for its 6th Annual Conference are now open The conference takes place on 5-6 February 2020 and will see around 450 bio-based professionals from across the UK and Europe descend on Glasgow to explore the potential of industrial biotechnology. For more information and to secure an exhibition […]

Fashion brand Finisterre uses Aquapak polymer

Posted on October 8, 2019 by BBIA

Fashion brand Finisterre has announced that it will be introducing its products in garment bags made from Aquapak polymer. The Aquapak packaging will be first used for select knitwear lines in October, before a full roll out across all products in February 2020. Finisterre’s use of Aquapak’s hot water soluble Hydropol™ comes as part of […]

Vegware launches post-back service to encourage packaging composting

Posted on September 24, 2019 by BBIA

Compostable packaging company and BBIA member Vegware has teamed up with recycling company First Mile to create a new post-back service using First Mile’s courier-led recycling service, RecycleBox. Businesses or consumers that use Vegware foodservice items will now be able to put these items back into the cardboard box in which they arrived or order […]

Programme for the Res Urbis project closing meeting confirmed

Posted on September 23, 2019 by BBIA

The programme for the closing meeting of the Res Urbis project has been confirmed, with speakers to include Catia Bastioli, CEO of Novamont, and Andrea Accorigi of the European Commission. The meeting will take place on 11 December 2019 in Rome and will carry the title ‘Frontiers of European Research: from biodegradable waste to novel […]