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September 2021
For 15 years (from 2006-2021) we have successfully held 6 fruitful biennial MMC PHA research workshops, organised by research groups in Delft, Lund, Lisbon, Rome, Toulouse and Venice. Since the last workshop held in 2019, there has been a number of exciting steps and developments in the area of PHA, not only for MMC synthesis [...]
Find out moreAugust 2021
The CHEMUK EXPO and speaker programme brings together the UK’s industrial chemicals, biochemical, chemicals processing and chemical product formulation industries. BBIA will be speaking at the CHEMUK event at the NEC on 15 and 16 September on the subject of renewable and biodegradable materials. The full event programme can be found on the CHEMUK website.
Find out moreJuly 2021
The Sustainable Soils Alliance and the Soil Association will be hosting a virtual “Landscape to carbonscape: the roadmap to a soil carbon market place” stakeholder event on Wednesday 14 July 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM. Soil carbon sequestration represents a critical tool in the journey to NetZero and the delivery of other ecosystem services. However, [...]
Find out moreJune 2021
The world is committed to decarbonising human activities to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. If we are to restrict global temperature rise to 1.5-2.0 degrees Celsius by the end of this Century, we will have to eliminate the use of fossil-based resources: the UK has made a legal commitment to achieve zero net [...]
Find out moreSoil pollution may be invisible to the human eyes, but it compromises soil capacity to provide ecosystems services, including the production of safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Contaminants move through soil, air and water and enter into agri-food systems, affecting the environment and harming our health. Soil pollution is a global transboundary problem and requires coordinated and [...]
Find out moreMay 2021
Which renewable materials are solutions that meet the needs of future societies? As a response to this challenging question, nova-Institute has decided to unite all relevant industries in the new Renewable Materials Conference on 18–20 May 2021. There is a growing market demand for advanced and ready-to-use renewable material solutions with a low carbon footprint [...]
Find out moreEcomondo is hosting a live event on 19 May at 3pm CET called 'Composting and carbon sequestration in soil – recognising the potential in the climate change debate'. The event will be attended by BBIA, US Composting Council, the Compost Council of Canada and the Renewable Energy Association, among others. Register through the Ecomondo website.
Find out moreMarch 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has knocked back progress on sustainability in all sorts of areas: plastic consumption; recycling programmes; rampant online delivery growth. Yet for consumers concerns about the environment haven’t gone away. And there also appears to be a greater political will to tackle the environment, whether that’s in the context of the UK’s net-zero [...]
Find out moreGlobal Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability is a conference, exhibition and showcase that will be held on 16–18 March 2021 online. It will bring together companies and individuals to highlight the best of the UK and selected international activities which will lead to plastics, including tyres, synthetic textiles and bio-based or compostable polymers, being [...]
Find out moreAt a time of unprecedented challenge for people and businesses, it has never been more important to address the environmental and social challenges of bioplastic packaging throughout its entire supply chain from production to end-of-life management. Join us on 4 March 2021, from 10.00am to 12.30pm for the first social innovation lab to explore the [...]
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