In this section of the website, policy documents issued by BBIA and others can be found alongside the many reports and studies issued by third parties that we believe are relevant to the bioeconomy.
Map of composting sites in the UK published by REA
REA have published a map of the composting sites available across the UK. The map shows permitted compost sites, those which are ABP approved (so can take food waste and might take compostables) and those which are Compost Certification Scheme (PAS100) certified. A long time coming the report is nevertheless welcome and is another important indicator of the size of this sector.
CompostAble Chicago
Does the adoption of compostable foodservice packaging, implemented under the right operating conditions, correlate to increased capture of Front of House food scraps with minimised contamination?
Unwrapping the biowaste potential
Exploring the operational, environmental and economic benefits of reducing plastic pollutionin biowaste, compost and digestate in the EU.
Vegware Sustainability Report 2021
Vegware, the Scottish compostable foodservice packaging company, has released its Sustainability Report 2021. The report details Vegware’s commitment to driving access to composting infrastructure, and how its waste consultancy has supported caterers to compost its used compostable containers, cutlery and cups.
BBIA MD David Newman’s speech to ChemUK, May 2022
BBIA’s MD gave a keynote address at the CHEMUK conference in Birmingham on 12 May, underlining the role of Green Chemistry in the UK’s drive towards a cleaner, low carbon industrial base.
BBIA MD David Newman’s speech to the IBIOIC, June 2022
BBIA’s MD gave a keynote speech at the IBIOIC conference in Glasgow on 6 June, highlighting the role of the bioeconomy in the transition to a low carbon economy.
Why We Are Where We Are
An opinion piece published by BBIA MD David Newman, on the current positions and strategies of global governments and how we can navigate the ecological situation ‘in which we now find ourselves’.
Recognizing the long-term impacts of plastic particles for preventing distortion in decision-making
This article, published in Nature, highlights the knowledge gaps on the long term impacts of plastics in the environment. Acknowledging this gap in the context of life cycle assessment methods, the article says, is critical to account for the long-term fate of plastics in the decision-making process.
Closing the Plastics Circularity Gap
Released in partnership with consulting firm AFARA, the report aims to identify a series of prioritised interventions to propel the world towards a circular economy. It follows Google’s past work on plastic recycling, such as its 2018 white paper on The Role of Safe Chemistry and Healthy Materials in Unlocking the Circular Economy, and its 2019 landscape assessment of chemical recycling technologies with investment firm Closed Loop Partners, AFARA and nonprofit group GreenBlue.
