Congratulations to our member Oceanium and its co-founder Karen Scofield Seal for being awarded the Veuve Cliquot prize Bold Future Award. We hope to share a glass of the prize with you Karen! […]
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BBIA was quoted in the BBC radio programme ‘Sliced Bread’ (which you can listen to here) talking about dog poo bags. Whilst the use of home compostable dog poo bags can be useful if effectively home composted (as one speaker does and recommends), we made the point that dog poo should not be sent to […]
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We invite members to complete this survey for the National Environment Research Council (NERC) to help shape funding recommendations for future bioeconomy research and innovation programmes. Further information available on the BioVale website. […]
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By Dr Jude Huggan, Business Development Manager, NCIMB I was delighted to see microbes being given top billing at the BBIA Spring event held at the Society of Chemical Industry in London last week. It was great to have the opportunity to present at the event and highlight the potential that microbes within NCIMB Ltd’s […]
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BBIA members have completed a two-month study into the claims that, in our opinion, are and are not acceptable in the UK marketplace for FMCG packaging related to bio-based, biodegradable and compostable materials. It is the first guideline written by an association for the CMA and its members. This study, which we have now transmitted […]
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BSI have announced that the following draft ISO standards are out for first stage voting and comments. If any BBIA member wishes to see the drafts please let us know; the deadline for comments to be proposed to BSI is 10 June which you can do through BBIA. ISO 59004 Terminology, Principles and Guidance for […]
DEFRA have issued a Call for Evidence, the outputs of which will support the development and targeting of policies to achieve the near elimination of biodegradable waste to landfill from 2028, in line with their commitment in the 2021 Net Zero Strategy. The Call for Evidence will run for 6 weeks until Friday 7 July […]
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On 25 May the BBC programme Rip Off Britain highlighted the UCL report on home compostable plastics in which UCL stated the materials ‘largely do not home compost’. The programme, which we thought was fair, also stated our point of view that home composting is a highly variable hobby activity from which conclusions are difficult […]
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The Circular Bioeconomy Joint Undertaking has now announced its new funding programme for 2023 in an event BBIA attended in Brussels on 26 April. €215 million are available in this research round. […]
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BBIA attended and spoke at a breakfast meeting of the Industry and Parliamentary Trust in Westminster on 18 April highlighting the opportunities for the bioeconomy and the new paradigm following President Biden’s policy announcement in favour of the American bioeconomy in March. Among attendees were MPs Carol Monaghan, Chris Green, Liz Twist, Mark Pawsey, Rachael […]