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💚💚Congratulations to BBIA member FlexSea for gaining their compostability certification 💚💚

Still time to register for the "Rethinking Polymers: Sustainable and Circular by Design" event in London on 18th November, organised by UKRI CircularChem, Royal Society of Chemistry, Innovate UK. Looking forward to the discussion with such a talented bunch of people, including: Duncan Lugton (iChemE), Libby Gibson & Jin Xuan (UKRI Circular Chemicals), Anju Massey Brooker & Dan Korbel, PhD (RSC), Feja Lesniewska (Uni Surrey), Thomas Baker (WRAP), Freya Burton (Lanzatech), Nima Roohpour (Reckitt), Tony Heslop (BASF), Dr Lorraine Ferris (Royce), Andrew Dove (Uni Birmingham), @harry Barraza (National Measurement Lab), Prof Sally Beken, Fellow IOM3 (IUK BC), Gary Walker (Lubrizol), Marvine Besong (DeepTech Recycling), Matthew Unthank (Northumbria Uni), Pierre Martin (CPI), Rachael Rothman (Uni Sheffield) Register here: https://lnkd.in/dmsRfYHd

🏆🏆We are delighted to announce that the short-listed nominees for the Inaugural BBIA Demeter Awards have been chosen 🏆🏆 🏅🏅Organisations will pitch at our upcoming Demeter Awards and Innovation Showcase in front of our expert judging panel and audience to be crowned in as Winner, or 2nd and 3rd Runner Up in each of our three award categories 🏅🏅 https://lnkd.in/eRuTpEc8 There were a huge number of applications from some really amazing #biobased organisations, making the short-listing very difficult.........and the nominees are...... 🌟🌟Start-up of the Year Award🌟🌟 1️⃣ Naturbeads - Biodegradable, cellulose-based microspheres 2️⃣ Carbon Cell- Compostable foam material made from carbon-negative biochar and natural binders 3️⃣ Kelpi - Seaweed based bioplastics 4️⃣ MarinaTex – Seaweed based films and coatings 5️⃣ PlantSea - Seaweed based plastic replacement 6️⃣ HUID - Onion based packaging material 🌟🌟Product Innovation Award🌟🌟 1️⃣ MiAlgae - Sustainable, algae-based Omega-3 product 2️⃣ Celtic Renewables - Bioacetone, biobutanol and bioethanol from low-value byproducts 3️⃣ Parkside Flexibles Ltd - Compostable coffee packaging 4️⃣ Chemian Technology Limited - Naturally derived insect repellent active 5️⃣ Holiferm - Sustainable biosurfactants 6️⃣ Cromwell Polythene Ltd – Compostable gloves 🌟🌟Collaboration Award🌟🌟 1️⃣ 2M Group of Companies - Collaboration with Xampla 2️⃣ Floreon - Collaboration with Morph Bricks Ltd 3️⃣ Biorenewables Development Centre – Collaboration with ADAPTAVATE 4️⃣ CPI – Collaboration with Azotic Technologies Ltd. 5️⃣ Sonichem – Collaboration with the CARMA Consortium 6️⃣ Croda - Collaboration with Amyris With huge thanks to our event sponsors, supporters and those providing prizes Vegware Biome Bioplastics Limited Aquapak Polymers Ltd SINCLAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Bunzl UK and Ireland Innovate UK Futamura (Cellulose Films) Sphere Consumer Products Ltd iCAST (Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies) NNFCC The Bioeconomy Consultants Cosmetics Cluster UK Strategic Allies Limited Embark Chemical Consulting Sister Potter Clarkson Oakdene Hollins PNO Consultants Ltd (UK)

💚💚Massive thank you to the wonderful iCAST (Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies) for becoming the latest sponsor of the upcoming BBIA Demeter Awards💚💚 The Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies (iCAST) is a unique collaboration set to deliver agile #innovation in #green, #sustainable #technologies. Bringing together experts across all the innovation stages, it focusses on bringing together industry and academia to translate discoveries into commercial application. They aim to develop new ways to extract the greatest value from a variety of #sustainable #chemical #feedstocks, for example agricultural and manufacturing waste and other emerging potential feedstocks such as #plastics and #seaweed. Turning these waste streams and feedstocks into value-added chemicals is a key step in developing a circular economy, and it also prevents losing their already rich functionality. To integrate renewable feedstocks into supply chains as alternatives to fossil fuels, this programme looks into challenges such as designing effective catalytic processes, being able to work with mixed and impure feedstocks, and developing or predicting specific properties from renewable resource upgrading. Zakir Hossain Matthew G. Davidson Greg Sulley

UK-SINGAPORE ENGINEERING BIOLOGY FOR SPECIALITY CHEMICAL PRODUCTION Apply for funding to create a research consortium focused on engineering biology to develop platform technologies for speciality chemical production with researchers from Singapore. Applications must involve teams from the UK and Singapore, with project co-leads from at least three research organisations in each country. Applicants must be eligible for BBSRC or NRF funding and the Singapore project lead must be based at the National Centre for Engineering Biology (NCEB). You may request up to: £2 million (80% FEC) for the UK component SGD3.45 million (including 30% overhead expenses) for the Singapore component The duration of the award is 18 months. Deadline 12 December 2024; 4pm UK time https://lnkd.in/emMRBWDK #EngineeringBiology #Research #Collaboration #innovation

💥💥The Innovate UK Launchpad: Bio-based Manufacturing opens 4th Nov 2024💥 💥 ⌛ Deadline - 11th December 2024 ⌛ UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5.25 million for projects. 💰Grant funding between £150,000 and £1 million. 💡This competition is to support outstanding innovation projects led by businesses. 📈 Your business must be growing your innovation activities in the #biobased manufacturing innovation cluster in Scotland. Your project must focus on one or more of the following: 🔬 Industrial biotechnology 🌳 Biomass supply chain development ♻️ Sustainable production and manufacturing Interested in applying? Find out more at https://lnkd.in/e8Mcr_yw Speak to IBioIC today for support with your application. Contact us at info@ibioic.com #InnovateLaunchpad #biomanufacturing

🚫🚫Single-use Vapes Ban to be introduced from 1 June 2025🚫🚫   The Government laid legislation before Parliament to restrict the sale and supply of #singleuse #vapes in England from 1 June 2025. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀? 🚫From 1 June 2025, selling and supplying single-use vapes will no longer be allowed across the UK. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments will also be introducing equivalent legislation, with the same implementation date of 1 June 2025.  🚫Single-use vapes are devices that cannot be refilled or recharged and are often thrown away or littered instead of recycled. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱?  🚫Single-use vapes do not last long and are hard to recycle. Industry research estimates that nearly five million single-use vapes are thrown away every week. 🚫This equates to the lithium batteries of 5,000 electric vehicles each year. When not disposed of properly, these vapes can also cause fires at waste handling sites.  𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱?   🚫Trading Standards will enforce the ban within each local area. They will use civil penalties, as set out under the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008. 

Huge thank you to the wonderful Embark Chemical Consulting for becoming the latest sponsor of the upcoming BBIA Demeter Awards. Embark is supporting organisations to make sound #chemicals assessment and management decisions in the transition to a #sustainable, #circulareconomy. They provide expert advice and support in environmental hazard assessment, risk assessment and chemical regulations such as EU REACH and CLP. https://lnkd.in/g8ZPuKu7

We welcome the inclusion of soil-biodegradable mulch films, coating agents, and water retention polymers in the EU Fertilising Products Regulation (#FPR) and the key role given to existing standards concerning the biodegradation of mulch films in soil. The newly defined #biodegradability criteria are strict but scientifically sound and will fully demonstrate that certified soil-biodegradable mulch films are environmentally safe while contributing to soil health and soil fertility. “The inclusion paves the way for further investments, innovation, and research in this field which strongly relates to a #circular #bioeconomy” says Hasso von Pogrell, EUBP's Managing Director. Find out more in our press release: https://lnkd.in/detT3Stt

💚💚Huge thanks for our latest BBIA Demeter Awards sponsor Strategic Allies Limited💚💚 The Demeter Awards are the only set of awards designed specifically to celebrate, support and promote excellence in the #biobased sector in the UK https://lnkd.in/eRuTpEc8 Strategic Allies Limited search globally, assess and deliver rigorously filtered potential partners for clients that can help them to solve challenging problems that they face, explore and exploit new markets and/or offer opportunities to differentiate their offerings. https://lnkd.in/dnQZ6rzS Diane Kolonko