Visits to BASF demonstration plots

BASF, which works closely with farmers to improve biodiversity and ensure sustainable crop production, will be running a series of visits to some of its on-farm production and environmental demonstration plots – which have now been conducted in the UK for nearly 20 years. Over the last 10 years its visitors have included NGOs, retailers and […]

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Waitrose launches ‘world first’ home compostable ready meal packaging

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Tanzania bans plastic bags to clean up environment

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Penultimate Res Urbis meeting in Valencia

The penultimate stakeholder meeting of the Horizon 2020-funded Res Urbis project will take place in Valencia, Spain, on 10 July from 9am to 1pm. The project, which leads research into converting urban bio-waste into bio-based products, will be ending in December 2019 and the meeting in Valencia provides the final opportunity for stakeholders to discuss […]

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BBIA continues to endorse New Plastics Economy statement on oxo-degradables

BBIA continues to endorse the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s (EMF) New Plastics Economy statement on oxo-degradable plastic packaging, calling for it to be banned worldwide. The EMF’s statement was originally published on 6 November 2017 but was temporarily removed in June 2018 after concerns were raised by a third party. Having fully considered these queries and […]

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25 Year Environment Plan Indicator Framework published

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published its 25 Year Environment Plan Outcome Indicator Framework, alongside the 25 Year Plan Environment Plan Progress Report. The Progress Report outlines what steps the government has taken since the publication of the 25 Year Environment Plan in January 2018, including publishing a draft Environment […]

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Plastics lobby group pushed Treasury to ease back on tax reform

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The plastic in our bodies

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