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Welsh Government launches single-use plastics consultation
The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on reducing single-use plastics. Launched on 30 July, the consultation will run until 22 October 2020 and will gather views on how the country can reduce single-use plastics, [...]
Defra communication to stakeholders on upcoming Circular Economy Package changes
Defra has written to stakeholders regarding the upcoming Circular Economy Package (CEP) and how changes brought in by its implementation might affect them. The CEP will transpose the vast majority of the EU's CEP into [...]
Study shows up to 31 per cent of plastic exported from Europe for recycling not recycled
New research from the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway shows that up to 31 per cent of plastic exported for recycling from the EU, UK, Switzerland and Norway goes unrecycled. Around 46 per cent [...]
Fabbri Group launches Nature Fresh compostable film
New BBIA member Fabbri Group has created Nature Fresh, the world’s first bioplastic certified compostable cling film for automatic and manual applications. It is available in rolls for automatic packaging or hand-wrap, cutter-boxes and jumbo [...]
Plastic entering the ocean could triple by 2040, says report
A new analysis of global plastic pollution predicts that the amount of plastic pollution entering the oceans could triple by 2040. The new analysis developed by SYSTEMIQ for The Pew Charitable Trusts, titled 'Breaking the [...]
German study finds compostable biowaste bags no threat to compost quality
A new study from the Witzenhausen institute and the University of Bayreuth in Germany suggests that compostable biowaste bags do not impact negatively on the quality of compost produced by industrial composting processes. The study [...]
Novamont launches iPhone game app to teach kids value of food waste recycling
Bioplastics manufacturer and BBIA member Novamont launched a new iPad and iPhone app this week called ‘Food Scrap Recycling Truck’ that helps teach kids how to sort food waste and to value the environmental benefits [...]
Latest Innovate UK funding opportunities
A number of funding opportunities supported by Innovate UK are currently available: The Sustainable Innovation Fund: SBRI phase 1 – Up to £60,000 available to fund organisations and new products or services to help the [...]
TIPA survey shows 85 per cent of Brits want compostable food packaging
A new poll has revealed that 85 per cent of Brits believe that food packaging should be compostable amid concerns over the levels of plastic waste disposed of during the Covid-19 lockdown. The Populus poll [...]
Latest IBioIC funding calls
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is inviting applications to its funding opportunities between industry and academia. Find funding opportunities below. Innovation Fund Project Call August 2020 Scope – Scottish academic-industrial partnerships. Large pieces of innovative [...]
Italian compostables market experiences rapid growth
The Italian association for bioplastics, Assobioplastiche, has revealed the latest market date for the Italian compostables markets, outlining impressive growth in the past few years. More than 110,000 tonnes of compostable materials were produced in [...]
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Australian made BioBag goes full circle from farm to compost
Farmers using plastic mulch film now have a compostable alternative that returns to the earth as organic matter instead of polluting soil with microplastics that remain for decades, even centuries. An Australian made, [...]
Compostable Product Disintegration Rate
Part I of this article summarized the scope and research methods for a recent study at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands that analyzed the fate of compostable packaging in an industrial composting [...]
Moving up the agenda | Supplier analysis – compostables
Waqas Qureshi hears from seven compostable and biodegradable packaging suppliers. The mood on the long-term outlook is mixed but there is a call for clarity over how the UK manages these materials. [...]
Malaysia endures toxic legacy of UK plastic waste exports
In its latest report, The Recycling Myth 2.0, Greenpeace reveals that plastic waste exports from the UK and other developed nations, illegally dumped in Malaysia, have caused widespread environmental contamination. Heavy metals [...]
Huge knowledge gap over health of soil
A vital knowledge gap about England’s environment has been uncovered by soil campaigners. They have discovered that just 0.41 per cent of the cash invested in environmental monitoring goes on examining the [...]
‘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 [...]