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Aquapak to study impacts of plastic on the marine environment with Heriot Watt University
Packaging manufacturer Aquapak Polymers has announced the set-up of a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Heriot Watt University to explore the impact of plastics on the marine environment. KTPs are part government-funded lasting between [...]
Current open funding calls from IBioIC
IBioIC has a number of open calls for funding that are currently inviting applications. These include: The Terraton Challenge: A call for solutions that accelerate the drawdown of 1 trillion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide [...]
Novamont USA composting video
Novamont North America has produced a new video explaining what compostable packaging is and where it fits into global efforts to reduce plastic pollution. The video explains how compostable packaging is made and certified, how [...]
UK Government Brexit customs intermediaries grant scheme
The government has made £16 million in new funding available to help businesses prepare for Brexit. Leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 means there will be immediate changes to the way UK businesses trade [...]
BBIA response to parliamentary reports on recycling and plastic packaging
In recent weeks two parliamentary reports have illustrated the resistance in certain sectors to radical changes to the UK’s policies for managing wastes and resources. As they compel change and involve reallocation of financial resources [...]
Government Brexit Business Readiness Roadshow registration now live
The schedule and registration for the government's free Brexit Business Readiness Event roadshow is now live, which you can view and sign up for here. Support for businesses will be available on a range of [...]
Fungi Biomaterials Workshop
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) will be supporting a fungi cultivation and biomaterials workshop taking place in Aberdeen from the 28-31 October. The workshop will be comprised of two separate modules – one on [...]
No-deal Brexit could see ‘more waste going to landfill’
Waste management company Suez claims that a no-deal Brexit could lead to more waste being sent to landfill due to the disruption caused by leaving the EU without a deal. Speaking to BBC News, Stuart Hayward-Higham, [...]
Prince of Wales pays visit to Woolcool on tenth birthday
BBIA members Woolcool received a visit from HRH The Prince of Wales on 19 July as part of the innovative company's celebrations of 10 years since it began creating ground-breaking sustainable food packaging from wool. [...]
Comment: The case for compostables
BBIA Managing Director David Newman was recently featured in Footprint arguing that compostables have an important role to play. Footprint does a great job of exposing flaws in our food, packaging and waste systems. Last month [...]
IBioIC launches PhD call
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has launched its October 2020 PhD call. IBioIC supports PhD projects that are jointly funded by IBioIC and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), all delivered as [...]
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Achieving the compostable
We need to include compostable packaging in the definition of biowaste. Consumer awareness and concern about mounting waste and its detrimental impact on the planet has never been higher. But with education [...]
UK political parties ramp up focus on climate change and single-use plastics in their manifestos
“Climate change is now acting as a locomotive pulling a train load of other environmental issues further up the political agenda particularly among highly connected millennials.” All the UK’s main political parties [...]
Parkside partners with French firm Stratus
The agreement will allow Stratus Packaging to work with Parkside on all small runs of compostable packaging and become the sole manufacturer and distributor of Parkside products in France and Switzerland. Stratus [...]
‘More awareness needed’ over plastics in compost
Organics recyclers are calling for more to be done to improve the quality of green waste feedstock collected at the kerbside. The call to action this week (November 5) comes in the [...]
Why biodegradables won’t solve the plastic crisis
Throwaway plastic has found its way into almost every aspect of our lives: from the disposable coffee cup you pick up on the way to work or the straw in your smoothie, [...]
Fish waste-based alternative to plastic wins Dyson Award
A biodegradable bioplastic made from red algae and waste products from the fishing industry has won the UK section of the 2019 James Dyson Award. Created by Lucy Hughes, MarinaTex is an [...]