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The Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative (SBC) is a network of organizations working together to spur the introduction and use of biomaterials that are sustainable from cradle to cradle.
Promote Sustainable Plastics
The Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative
The Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative (SBC) is a network of organizations working together to spur the introduction and use of biomaterials that are sustainable from cradle to cradle. The Collaborative seeks to advance the development and diffusion of sustainable biomaterials by creating sustainability guidelines, engaging markets, and promoting policy initiatives.
The SBC principles, key documents, resources and a list of the current 15 organizations that comprise the Collaborative, are available at www.sustainablebiomaterials.org.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is co-coordinating the SBC.
Policies and Campaigns to Promote Sustainable Plastics
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is identifying and promoting policies and campaigns to encourage the development of sustainable plastics. As part of this work we are coordinating the Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative, a network of diverse organizations working to spur the use of biomaterials that are sustainable from birth in the fields to production, use, and recovery.
Policies and campaigns to promote better plastics include:
- Bans on Polystyrene
- Californians Against Waste Web Page
- City of Oakland, California
- Bans on Single-Use Plastic Bags
- SFEnvironment (City and County of San Francisco)
- Californians Against Waste Web Page
- Anti-PVC Campaign
- PVC: The Poison Plastic (CHEJ)
- Healthy Building Network's PVC Plastic campaign
- Product Procurement
- Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative
- Working Landscape Certificates
- Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
Early Adopters Using and Composting Bioproducts
We present initial data on communities and corporations utilizing and composting at least one type of bioplastic product. By documenting existing practices and lessons learned, we hope bioplastic composting will leap from the early adopters to the early majority.
Click here to read more about the early adopters.
Federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program
In addition, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a major BioPreferred Purchasing effort underway. While this program is not promoting sustainable agriculture or plastics per se, it is promoting biobased products over products made from fossil-fuel materials.
