With farmers concerned about the lack of fertiliser supplies as a result of the Ukraine war, the research centre at Rothamsted has published results from years of research showing how the use of composts and manures can provide high crop yields when associated with other regenerative practices. This will be a boost for our composting friends […]
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BBIA and several members joined the WRAP and DEFRA workshop in Birmingham on 16 June to discuss the market potential and challenges for the supplies of waste containers/bin/liners once the long-awaited reforms take effect in 2024. WRAP estimate that England will need some 17 million food waste caddies, some six million wheelie bins and (if they […]
France, after Belgium in the EU and other entities globally such as California, has now banned the use of the marketing term ‘biodegradable’ for plastics. BBIA has written to DEFRA many times to put into place legislation which stops the unqualified use of ‘biodegradable’ as a marketing sales pitch for plastics and applauds the French […]
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BBIA held its annual meeting on 17 May in London, beginning with an interview with Lord Deben, Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, who underlined the importance of the work BBIA and its members do. All the presentations made at this event are available to download here. Our thanks to all the speakers, the […]
Resource Magazine has published an article looking at how one Italian company treats biowaste to make biomethane and compost. The company, Entsorga, has developed an economically interesting and technically functional model. See more here. […]
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BBIA and many members attended and spoke at the London Rethinking Materials event on 4-5 May. Interesting to see a whole new generation of young start-ups all producing compostable materials from novel feedstocks, including industrial food waste, seaweed, straw etc. Several investors spoke of how they are financing the growth of these nascent industries, a […]
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The European Commission has published its long-awaited Green Deal document on sustainable products, which should be essential reading to anyone exporting to the EU. Whilst it is a long and complex document that is likely to be heavily watered down in its final implementation, the Commission lays out a vision for a ‘Regulation on Ecodesign […]
BBIA has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on littering, which closed on 31 March, calling upon the Government to prohibit the sale of plastics claiming generic ‘biodegradability’ that fail to meet the criteria of certified compostability under the standard EN13432. By allowing the sale of plastics that claim biodegradability – without measuring where and […]
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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) recently published its latest funding opportunities. They are as follows: Innovation loans future economy competition: round one UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy. Find out more and apply> Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) bi-directional charging phase one UK registered […]
You will have read that in Nairobi, the United Nations Environment Programme annual assembly voted unanimously to initiate the negotiation on a global treaty on managing plastics production and waste. By 2024, the parties should bring a binding treaty proposal for approval. This is a gigantic first step on the way to reducing plastic pollution […]
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