New BBIA member Fabbri Group has created Nature Fresh, the world’s first bioplastic certified compostable cling film for automatic and manual applications. It is available in rolls for automatic packaging or hand-wrap, cutter-boxes and jumbo rolls and can be composted at home or through industrial organic waste recycling. Cling film is not widely recycled with […]
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A new analysis of global plastic pollution predicts that the amount of plastic pollution entering the oceans could triple by 2040. The new analysis developed by SYSTEMIQ for The Pew Charitable Trusts, titled ‘Breaking the plastic wave: A comprehensive assessment if pathways towards stopping ocean plastic pollution’, found that with no action to prevent plastic […]
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A new study from the Witzenhausen institute and the University of Bayreuth in Germany suggests that compostable biowaste bags do not impact negatively on the quality of compost produced by industrial composting processes. The study shows that compostable bags disintegrate completely in the composting process after composts from eight different biowaste treatment plants with an […]
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Bioplastics manufacturer and BBIA member Novamont launched a new iPad and iPhone app this week called ‘Food Scrap Recycling Truck’ that helps teach kids how to sort food waste and to value the environmental benefits of food scrap recycling and composting. Young users can drive a recycling truck as it passes through the neighbourhood to […]
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A number of funding opportunities supported by Innovate UK are currently available: The Sustainable Innovation Fund: SBRI phase 1 – Up to £60,000 available to fund organisations and new products or services to help the UK recovery from Covid-19, including in areas of environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. The Sustainable Innovation Fund: round 2 – […]
A new poll has revealed that 85 per cent of Brits believe that food packaging should be compostable amid concerns over the levels of plastic waste disposed of during the Covid-19 lockdown. The Populus poll commissioned by BBIA member TIPA found that the vast majority of those polled wanted food packaging to be compostable, with […]
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The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is inviting applications to its funding opportunities between industry and academia. Find funding opportunities below. Innovation Fund Project Call August 2020 Scope – Scottish academic-industrial partnerships. Large pieces of innovative R&D work. Eligibility – Academic/Industrial Collaboration Funding Amount – Up to £100,000 Closing Dates – 28/08/2020 Find out more… IBioIC Feasibility Programme […]
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The Italian association for bioplastics, Assobioplastiche, has revealed the latest market date for the Italian compostables markets, outlining impressive growth in the past few years. More than 110,000 tonnes of compostable materials were produced in 2019, compared to 39,250 tonnes in 2012, while the number of companies involved in the value chain has increased from […]
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The European Commission Research Executive Agency has released its final report on the RES URBIS project, which finished last December. Officially called REsources from URban BIo-waSte, the project, which ran from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019, aimed to make it possible to convert several types of urban bio-waste into valuable bio-based products in […]