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Future Leaders Fellowships scheme funding available
The next round of the Future Leaders Fellowships scheme is now open. Supported by Innovate UK, the Future Leaders Fellowships provide funding and support to businesses looking to turn high-impact research and innovation into reality. Through [...]
Message from Ecospray on BBIA Board Director Philip Charlton Smith
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Ecospray Chief Executive and BBIA Board director Philip Charlton Smith, who died on Tuesday (24 March) after a long battle with lung [...]
Vegware supports foodservice sector during coronavirus outbreak
Compostable packaging specialist and BBIA member Vegware has offered its support to the foodservice sector during the coronavirus outbreak. Vegware is still fully operational despite lockdowns across the world to prevent the spread of the [...]
Vegware celebrates compostables ahead of Global Recycling Day
Compostable packaging specialists and BBIA member Vegware has revealed its continuous growth since it began in June 2017 ahead of the 3rd Global Recycling Day (18 March). Between June 2017 and the end of 2019, [...]
Call for innovations: Bio-based Material of the Year 2020
The nova-Institute will once again award 'Bio-based Material of the Year' to novel or innovative bio-based materials and products at the International Conference on Bio-based Materials in Cologne, Germany, on 12-13 May 2020. From a [...]
Press release: BBIA responds to Tesco’s packaging strategy
Tesco has recently issued an updated series of guidelines on the preferred materials and formats that it will accept as packaging. In these updated guidelines Tesco has included all compostable materials in its 'Red list' [...]
Aquapak to support 2020 International Woolmark Prize Winners
BBIA member Aquapak Polymers Ltd will be sponsoring the 2020 International Woolmark Prize, a prestigious award for rising fashion stars that showcases the versatility of Merino wool. As one of The Woolmark Company’s Innovation Academy [...]
IBioIC invites applications to new Funding Calls
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) inviting applications to its new funding opportunities between industry and academia. Innovation Fund Project Call Scope – Scottish academic/industrial partnerships. Large pieces of innovative R&D work. Eligibility – Academic/industrial collaboration [...]
Compostable plastics found to break down sufficiently in Dutch composting plants
A study by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has found that compostable plastics break down sufficiently and quickly enough in Dutch composting facilities. In a representative full-scale composting test conducted at an organic waste site [...]
ASA upholds ruling on Ancol Pet Products oxo-degradable bags
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a ruling against Ancol Pet Products Ltd' claims its dog waste bags were biodegradable and less harmful to the environment. Ancol had marketed a product in March 2018 [...]
WRAP report shows link between food waste collections and food waste arisings
A new report from WRAP suggests that local authorities that provide separate food waste collections experience lower total food waste arisings in their area. The report, entitled 'The impact of food waste collection on household [...]
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‘Burnt and dumped’: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Unilever and Nestlé plastics waste fuelling climate change
A new report by international development and relief agency Tearfund claims that single-use bottles, sachets and packets produced by the companies are being burnt in developing countries at an alarming rate and [...]
Green expectations | Special report – bioplastics
Around 50 per cent of the five million tonnes of plastic currently in circulation throughout the UK each year is used for packaging; maybe a quarter of which gets recycled. This compares [...]
Compostable packaging infrastructure can solve the plastic packaging issue
The petrol-powered motor was first invented in 1885, however, it took until 1913 to become mass produced and cemented as a cornerstone of daily life. The replacement of the horse and carriage [...]
“Rejuvenated” support urged for national ban on food waste to landfill
ReFood is calling for “rejuvenated government support” in its national drive to nationally ban food waste from landfill. Having lobbied for a UK-wide ban since launching its Vision 2020 roadmap in 2013, [...]
Global resource consumption passes 100 billion tonnes a year
The global economy is consuming 100 billion tonnes of materials a year for the first time ever – but reuse of resources has gone into reverse, according to a new report. Launched [...]
Germany backs €3.6bn plan to support bioeconomy and bio-based products
“While we need to import fossil raw materials, renewables just grow around the corner in our meadows, fields and forests.” The German government has set out plans to accelerate its low-carbon transition [...]