Author: BBIA

About BBIA: The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) represents companies involved in the production of biodegradable polymers and finished products for the benefit of the environment. Our members’ activities span a wide range of sectors and applications, providing a range of sustainable solutions that benefit both businesses and individual consumers. BBIA aims to develop the circular bioeconomy in the UK, promoting markets and production of bio-based and biodegradable chemicals, their transformation into consumer and other products and materials. With increasing pressure to keep fossil fuels in the ground, bio-based alternatives can bridge the gap to meet demand. This can be done through the use of starch and glucose derivatives, as well as fibre reinforcements, including flax, hemp, sisal, jute and wood regenerated cellulose. The production of new biomaterials is opening up opportunities, creating jobs and wealth in the new green economy.

Posts by BBIA

BioBase4SME Innovation Biocamp 2019 applications deadline approaches

Posted on March 12, 2019

The application deadline for BioVale’s Innovation Biocamp for start-up bio-based businesses is approaching, with prospective participants having until 18 March 2019 to register for the event. The Biocamp, part of BioVale’s BioBase4SME project, will take place in Bovendonk, the Netherlands, across 5-10 May 2019 and will provide small businesses working in the bioeconomy with specialist training fully […]

Inventors waging war on plastic with world saving wonders

Posted on March 6, 2019

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BBIA is hiring for EU-funded project on Usable Packaging

Posted on March 4, 2019

BBIA is looking to hire an individual to help undertake tasks related to an EU-funded project known as Usable Packaging. The project, which begins in June 2019 and ends in June 2022, will investigate and research the possibility of obtaining novel products and chemicals from bio-based waste resources originating in the food industry, including those […]

California proposes phaseout of single-use plastics by 2030

Posted on March 4, 2019

Registration to the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking Info Day now open

Posted on February 27, 2019

Registration is now open for the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) Info Day, taking place on 12 April 2019 in Brussels. The aim of the event is to bring together potential participants interested in the BBI JU 2019 Call for proposals. The morning sessions will provide information about the BBI JU initiative and all aspects of the call […]

Open call from Innovate UK Smart Grants

Posted on February 27, 2019

Innovate UK has issued an open call for projects for its ‘open grant funding’ programme, Smart. Innovate UK will invest up to £20 million in the best disruptive ideas and projects with a view to commercialisation, with projects that overlap with Innovate UK’s grand challenge areas – including clean growth – particularly welcomed. Projects submitted […]

Edinburgh biofilm engineering workshop

Posted on February 27, 2019

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) is holding a workshop on biofilm engineering on Tuesday 30 April at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). The workshop will be the second industrial/academic cross-sector workshop on biofilm engineering held by NBIC, following on from the Centre’s first workshop on biofilm detection. The workshop will explore problem areas, unmet needs and […]

71 per cent of EU agricultural land used to feed livestock, says Greenpeace report

Posted on February 27, 2019

Greenpeace released a report on 12 February 2019 on how public funds delivered via the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are currently used, finding that around 71 percent of EU agricultural land is used to feed livestock. When excluding grasslands and only taking account of land used for growing crops, the report concludes that […]

BBIA response to BBC report on compostable materials being landfilled

Posted on February 20, 2019

BBIA has responded to a recent BBC article that compostable plastics are going to landfill in Wales rather than recycling because Welsh councils are unable to deal with them. In a letter to the BBC, taking into account comments from BBIA members, BBIA reiterated the lower carbon impact of compostables and their ability to be […]

Spanish researchers explore the use of orange peels to produce bio-plastic

Posted on February 13, 2019