Vegware, the global specialist in compostable catering disposables, has announced the Bristol launch of Close the Loop, its composting collection service. This initiative will collect used Vegware takeaway packaging from Bristol businesses for composting in under 12 weeks at Rose Hill Recycling, Gloucestershire. Responding to local demand, the Vegware Composting Collective is a new bring-back scheme […]
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IBioIC Accelerator Programme 2018 call for projects
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is inviting applications for industry-led collaborative research projects from bio-based businesses in Scotland or those that can deliver inward investment to help stimulate the Scottish economy. The IB Prime Project Competition offers pump-prime funding of up to £50,000 towards academic costs on new and follow-on projects that focus on the […]
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BBIA Conference – Resource and Waste Management: A blueprint for a circular bioeconomy
BBIA is delighted to announce that it will be hosting its conference, ‘Resource and Waste Management: A blueprint for a circular bioeconomy’, at the Auditorium of the Society of Chemical Industries, London, on 15 November. The one-day conference will address how climate change, soil and water quality, biodiversity loss, food production and waste, packaging […]
IBioIC’s Annual Conference 2019
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) annual conference returns in 2019 for its fifth year. It is the UK’s largest industrial biotechnology conference, attracting over 450 bio-based professionals from across the UK and Europe to Glasgow to explore the potential of industrial biotechnology. IBioIC has released its exhibition and sponsorship packages for 2019. Exhibition space […]
David Newman to discuss plastics at Labour Party conference
BBIA Managing Director David Newman will be taking part in a panel discussion on plastics at the Labour Party conference called, ‘Don’t bottle it: How can Labour lead the purge on plastics?’. The fringe event will take place on Sunday 23 September between 12.45pm and 2pm at Blundell St Restaurant in Liverpool as part of […]
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BioPak produces simple video on composting
Australian compostable packaging producer BioPak has teamed up with Soilco to produce a simple and clear video showing how food waste and compostable packaging should be handled together to provide organic matter that can then be used to replenish depleted soils. You can view the video in full below. […]
The Advertising Standards Authority of the UK uphold a claim against a company advertising plastic bags as ‘biodegradable’
In what is believed to be a landmark ruling for the UK, the ASA has determined that the use of the term ‘biodegradable’ as used by Ancol Pet Products for their Refill Poop Bag Rolls ”is misleading and had not been substantiated”. Whilst the specific ruling applies to plastics made with oxo degradable additives, it […]
Dispelling the myths around bioplastics
BBIA Managing Director David Newman recently saw a comment published in full in Packaging News regarding a number of myths surrounding the bioplastics industry. You can view the article in full here. […]
Green light for compostables
BBIA member the REA’s Organics Recycling Group is pleased to confirm after discussions with the Animal and Plant Health Agency, Environment Agency and Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and much work by BBIA member Vegware, that the following compostable material types are allowed to be composted in a facility that does not have APHA approval under animal by-products regulations: […]
David Newman to speak at RWM
BBIA Managing Director David Newman is set to speak at RWM at the NEC in Birmingham over 12-13 September. RWM is the leading recycling and waste management event in the UK, displaying the latest innovations in sustainability to more than 12,000 recycling and waste management professionals. David will be speaking about the role of biodegradable […]