DEFRA’s environment improvement plan mentioned above can be found here. In response our friends at the Sustainable Soils Alliance warned of a series of ‘broken promises’ on soil health which need to be corrected. Their press release is here. […]
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Tesco, who had compostables on their red list (i.e., banned), have decided that all teabags should be compostable. A steady wave of realisation of the role these materials can play is happening across the world. […]
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BBIA spoke at the Food Service Packaging Association in London on 19 January, strongly contesting the flawed research issued by UCL against home compostable materials. This sparked a somewhat heated debate to say the least! […]
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The Competition and Markets Authority of the UK have issued their new guidelines on green claims, which should be essential reading for anyone making environmental claims for their products. BBIA has requested a meeting with the CMA and our members to discuss these issues. For here for the press notice and case page. […]
Let’sRecycle added its voice to those concerned by the delays in rolling out food waste collections across England. This month, the BBIA, with REA and ADBA, wrote to DEFRA to express our concerns that the Government is overly delaying the obligation on councils to separately collect food waste, despite having announced the policy in 2018. […]
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The EFRA Committee open call for evidence on soil health closes on 5 February and BBIA has submitted a comprehensive paper altering the Committee to several causes of soil deterioration that can be avoided. A copy of the paper is available to those interested. […]
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Several readers have asked us to explain what the Compostable Coalition is. To avoid any confusion, this is not a new association, but a research project financed by the UKRI to test proof of concept for the collection and treatment of compostable packaging. Participants include many BBIA members and the composting facilities of ENVAR Ltd. […]
A survey conducted by YouGov for Tesco has revealed that shoppers are confused about how to properly dispose of used tea bags. 43 per cent of people polled in the survey said they put used tea bags in with their general waste, 6 per cent put them in their recycling bins, 24 per cent put […]
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Late last year, the UCL attack on compostable plastics caused a lot of negative press coverage and considerable concern among our members but also our members’ customers. The reactions to that report are now beginning to be published and one of the peer reviewers of the report itself has written a scathing criticism of how […]
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HMRC remind all users and producers of plastic packaging that are eligible, to remember to register for the Plastic Packaging Tax. More information here. […]
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