David Newman, President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) and Managing Director of BBIA, has said that claims by polyethylene bag manufacturers with oxo additives that they are biodegradable appear to be unsupported by relevant standards. […]
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European Bioplastics (EUBP) has released a paper on the use of the term ‘oxo-degradable’ in the marketing of plastics and other plastics with additives for degradation. […]
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On 21 October, Lord Jamie Lindsay will host a meeting at the House of Lords to share knowledge on the bioeconomy and to announce the new association representing industries in this sector, the BBIA. […]
BBIA held its first bioeconomy workshop in Birmingham on 22 September.
Speakers from across the bioeconomy, from the UK and abroad, gave their experiences of the industry and looked at what policies could be influential in its future in the UK.
You can find presentations given at the workshop available for download here. […]
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A study by the nova-Institute has concluded that natural products such as apricot kernels, beeswax and bio-based and biodegradable polymers could replace microplastics in cosmetics. […]
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BBIA will be attending the British Plastics Foundation’s (BPF) Bio-Based Polymer Interest Group ‘Bioplastics Roundtable Discussion: End of Life Opportunities’, on 15 October at the BPF’s offices in London. […]
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Proposals from the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) to remove pre-accreditation and pre-registration from the Feed-in Tariff scheme have the potential to kill off popular sectors of the renewables industry, according to the Renewable Energy Association (REA). […]
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The BBIA will be hosting a workshop designed to bring together those working in the bioeconomy sector in the UK: companies, research institutes, associations, consultants and start-ups. […]
Figures released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change indicate a sharp increase in anaerobic digestion capacity in the UK outside of the water industry. […]
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