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Irish Government welcomes launch of Cré’s certification scheme for compostable packaging
The Cré Compostable Certification Scheme is the only Irish scheme providing third party independent assessment that packaging is compostable in Ireland and is accepted in food waste bins (brown bins). The Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) [...]
‘Bags for life’ increasing amount of plastic on the market, says Co-op
Co-op has revealed that 'bags for life' made available to customers to replace single-use carrier bags have inadvertently caused an increase of up to 440 per cent in the amount of plastic put on the [...]
Parkside’s Cré accreditation demonstrates best practice for compostables infrastructure
Specialist packaging converter Parkside Flexibles, which produces sustainable flexible packaging, has launched its own range of fully certified compostable laminates, Park2Nature™. Parkside is a valued customer of Futamura’s NatureFlex™ renewable and compostable packaging films that [...]
KCC Packaging develops biodegradable food tray for ready meals
KCC Packaging has developed a sugar cane-based biodegradable food tray to be used in place of the plastic ones that two million ready meals a year are supplied in within the UK. Managing Director Kevin [...]
Mater-Bi mulch film: the experience of Peirone farm
Peirone farm in Cuneo has been using Mater-Bi mulch film for the cultivation of Delica pumpkins for two years. Terenzio Peirone highlights various benefits, like weed control and a significant increase in the production. [...]
Whitehall advised to back compostable materials to increase food waste recycling
Experts and parliamentarians have urged the Government to back compostable materials to increase food waste recycling after a landmark report finds overwhelming support for the materials. The report, produced by Ricardo Energy, quizzed experts across [...]
BEIS announces new Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
BEIS has announced that it will be launching a new Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) competition window in spring 2021 due to the large amount of interest it received during the recent competition, which closed on 28 October 2020. [...]
Defra publishes revised Waste Management Plan for England
On 27 January Defra published its revised Waste Management Plan for England. Responses from the consultation, including those made by BBIA, have been taken into account in the revised Plan. They are also reflected in [...]
Consumers misled on environmental credentials
BBIA strongly recommends its members ensure that all claims made for their materials are supported by certification. Another example of unsubstantiated claims is evidenced in a report from The International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network, which claims [...]
BIOME Bioplastics launches biodegradable tree shelters
BBIA member BIOME Bioplastics has launched a new range of biodegradable tree shelters. Plans to significantly increase tree planting as part of the UK’s push to net-zero emissions are expected to exacerbate the country's littering [...]
Cré makes progress with Brown Bin scheme
Cré Ireland is making fast progress with its Brown Bin scheme, created to collect biowaste and compostables together. The scheme has recently been certified as suitable for Irish composting plants. More news on this progress [...]
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Benefits of compost highlighted during International Compost Awareness Week 2021
Compost organisations around the world have joined forces to highlight how composting can recycle carbon, help mitigate climate change and feed the soil. International Compost Awareness Week (2-8 May) showcases how recycling organic wastes into [...]
We are living in a climate emergency, and we’re going to say so
Scientific American has agreed with major news outlets worldwide to start using the term “climate emergency” in its coverage of climate change. An official statement about this decision, and the impact it hopes it can [...]
Report advises Whitehall to back compostable materials to increase food waste recycling
The report, produced by Ricardo Energy, spoke to experts across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain on the potential for compostable packaging to increase the amount of food waste captured for recycling and limit [...]
Development of biodegradable plastic from marine seaweed
The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has developed a bio-plastic film using marine seaweed and PEG-3000 which could have a huge impact on limiting the usage of non-biodegradable plastics and a game-changer in the [...]
There is an alarming amount of microplastics in farm soil and our food supply
Microplastics, loosely defined as plastic pieces smaller than 5 millimeters across, or roughly the size of a small grain of rice, have made their mark on both the global ecosystem and the popular consciousness, famously [...]
Webinar: Circular Towns – driving sustainability in the built environment
Against a backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and a subsequent green recovery, targets to mitigate the impacts of climate change, and Brexit, this webinar will explore how towns, villages and communities across Wales can implement [...]