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

‘Vital’ food waste recycling plan gives industry plan of attack

Posted on July 11, 2016

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Opportunities to advance the UK Bioeconomy in the Construction sector

Posted on July 11, 2016

Iris Anderson, BBIA Ambassador I have recently returned from a trip to Japan and was struck by the nation’s fast pace and technological advancement. The Japanese still utilise biomaterials for important projects especially when restoring monuments of significance. One such amazing edifice is the Shogun castle at Himeji, which is built entirely from wood and […]

Novamont agrees deal to develop renewable bags for fruits and vegetables

Posted on July 8, 2016

BBIA member Novamont and French leading producer of plastic films Barbier Group have announced that they have signed a partnership aimed at the development of a new kind of bioplastic lightweight bag for fruits and vegetables, as an alternative to traditional non-biodegradable and non-compostable plastic packaging, called Ma-Ter-Bio (the bag for planet Earth). The bag is made of […]

IBioIC announces establishment of doctoral training centre

Posted on July 6, 2016

BBIA member the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has announced that it has established the Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training (SCDT) in Industrial Biotechnology. Developed in collaboration with the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and funded by the University of Strathclyde, industry and IBioIC, the centre aims to train the next generation of research […]

EIB adds to lending money available from Funding Circle

Posted on June 29, 2016

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to lend £100 million through Funding Circle, a business financing company that has facilitated more than £1.25 billion of loans to 16,000 businesses in the UK since its launch in 2010. The company says there is now more money than every before to lend to British businesses, whether they are […]

BBIA partners in PHA-from-waste project, looking for stakeholder participants

Posted on June 24, 2016

BBIA is partnering in a consortium awarded a EU grant under the Horizon 2020 programme. The project, Res Urbis, led by the University of La Sapienza Rome, will experiment in the production of polyhydroxy acid (PHA) from the organic fraction of Municipal Solid Waste. Beginning in 2017, the project will last three years and has […]

Industrial Biotechnology workshop presentations now available on BBIA website

Posted on June 23, 2016

Presentations for the workshop on industrial biotechnology and the UK’s bioeconomy strategy organised by BBIA at the University of York on 28 April are now available for members in the Members’ Area of the BBIA website. Among the 12 presentations given by leading members of the biotechnology sector are talks on research into bio-based growth, […]

Deadline for submissions to International Symposium on Biopolymers extended

Posted on June 22, 2016

The deadline for abstracts submitted to the International Symposium on Biopolymers 2016 has been extended to 30 June. ISBP2016 is being held in Madrid on 26-29 September and as part of the event is calling for researchers to contribute to the programme by submitting abstracts for oral or poster presentations on their current research work and results. The organising […]

European Bioplastics backs revised EU sustainability report

Posted on June 14, 2016

Consumption of biodegradable and compostable plastic products in Europe could treble by 2020

Posted on June 14, 2016

The nova-Institute has published a comprehensive market study on the consumption of biodegradable and compostable plastic products in Europe, showing that the 100,000 tonnes consumed in 2015 could rise to 320,000 tonnes by 2020. Compostable plastic bags dominate the market for biodegradable plastics in Europe, making up about two-thirds of the total market. Disposable tableware […]