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London and Brighton compostable packaging collections featured in Ellen MacArthur Foundation guide
Paper Round’s collections composting Vegware disposables is featured in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new Upstream Innovation guide, released 19 November. Highlighted as a circular economy solution for plastic, the collaboration is London and Brighton’s first [...]
Newsletter: European Compost Network
The European Compost Network (ECN) has published a newsletter updating readers on a number of upcoming events and recent updates. Among other updates, the newsletter outlines how the ECN will celebrate World Soil Day in [...]
Newsletter: Usable Packaging
Valencia-based Usable Packaging has launched its first newsletter to keep those interested updated on the progress of the project. Launched in June 2019, the Usable Packaging project aims to develop a portfolio of new bio-based, [...]
Newsletter: Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies
The University of Bath's Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies has released its first newsletter, in order to keep readers updated on recent developments made by the CSCT in collaboration with its partners.
Funding opportunity: Building a low-carbon, climate-resilient future in support of the European Green Deal
A funding opportunity has been made available by the European Commission's European Horizon Framework Programme, titled 'Building a low-carbon, climate-resilient future: Research and innovation in support of the European Green Deal'. Proposals funded under this [...]
More than forty organisations urge UK Government to ban degradable plastics
BBIA is among the signatories of a letter calling for the UK Government to ban plastic materials that require additives to degrade from being sold to the public. The open letter, published on 22 October [...]
Compostable packaging manufacturer Vegware experiences 68 per cent international growth
Plant-based food disposables manufacturer Vegware has reported a 68 per cent increase in export sales in the year to January 2020, with a 43 per cent increase in international growth in the same year. The [...]
IBioIC CTP Call for PhD Projects for 2021 is now open
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is offering 15 fully-funded 4-year BBSRC studentships and up to three 50 per cent IBioIC-funded studentships via application from Higher Education Institutions across the UK. All projects require at [...]
New report reveals biggest plastic polluters obstructing plastic reduction initiatives
A new report by the Changing Markets Foundation, 'Talking Trash: The Corporate Playbook of False Solutions', accuses big plastic polluters of undermining efforts to address the plastic crisis. The report lists the top 10 individual [...]
Plastic straws, cotton buds and drinks stirrers ban guidance published
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published guidance for businesses on the ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and drinks stirrers. The ban will enter into force on 1 October and [...]
Vegware coffee cup and lid receives Cré certification
BBIA member Vegware has received certification from the Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Association of Ireland (Cré) assuring that one of its coffee cups and lids are compostable. You can read a discussion between Vegware and [...]
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EPR for compostable food packaging in the UK
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) has arrived in the UK for compostable food packaging. Vegware, a compostable products supplier based in Scotland and also active in the USA, began its partnership with the [...]
US chemical industry overreaches by invoking USMCA
The world is drowning in plastic. The sheer volume and variety of plastics on the market, and its persistence in nature, create significant risks for human and animal health and the survival of [...]
19-year study shows we’ve been undervaluing how much compost can boost carbon capture
It's no secret that organic farmers believe in compost, but just what role compost plays in soil's ability to store carbon - and keep it out of the atmosphere, where it contributes [...]
Small businesses make strides in compostable packaging
For years, plastic has played an important role in the food and drink sector by protecting goods from damage and ensuring a longer shelf life. But with the UK generating around 2.4 [...]
South Korea once recycled 2% of its food waste. Now it recycles 95%
The world wastes more than 1.3 billion tonnes of food each year. The planet’s 1 billion hungry people could be fed on less than a quarter of the food wasted in the US and [...]
AORA: Four Corners Plastic Wars has lessons for Aus
The Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA), the national voice of the organics recycling industry, believes Plastic Wars, featured on Four Corners, contains valuable lessons for Australia in better managing its waste and recycling [...]