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15 March 202210 March 2022

Australian surf brand Piping Hot partners with climate scientists at the University of Technology Sydney to develop textile made from seaweed

The new, biobased solution will sequester carbon from the ocean and reduce the environmental impact of synthetic fibres

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Textilien aus Seetang: Die australische Surf-Marke Piping Hot arbeitet mit Klimawissenschaftlern der University of Technology Sydney zusammen

Neue, biobasierte Lösung wird Kohlenstoff aus dem Ozean binden und die Umweltbelastung durch synthetische Fasern reduzieren

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Sustainable Aviation Fuels I – Policy Landscape

The regulatory landscape surrounding SAF is rapidly evolving and provides the bedrock for the exponential expansion of the SAF market

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Lenzing successfully opens world’s largest lyocell plant in Thailand

New production unit will help to even better meet the increasing customer demand for TENCEL™ branded lyocell fibers

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Lenzing eröffnet weltweit größte Lyocellfaser-Produktionsanlage in Thailand

Neue Fabrik hat die Produktion planmäßig aufgenommen und trägt dazu bei, die wachsende Nachfrage der Kunden nach Lyocellfasern der Marke TENCEL™ noch besser zu bedienen

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Perstorp and Project Air renew EU application for major green chemistry investment

Thanks to an innovative usage of biogas, hydrogen from electrolysis and residue streams, as well as carbon dioxide recovered from Perstorp’s own facilities, to produce the methanol, the project will utilize carbon atoms that otherwise become CO2 emissions

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Danish biotech company to create more sustainable shipping

Cysbio may have broken the code on how to eliminate copper in ship’s paint. The copper is replaced with sustainable and biodegradable eelgrass acid

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Driving up renewable fuel technology

Sulzer Chemtech will provide a BioFlux® technology package to support the creation of the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in Malaysia

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14 March 20229 March 2022

Sulzer’s bio-plastic technology selected for Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material’s plant

Company was interesting for its proven track record as market leader, delivering scalable production solutions with both improved efficiency and quality for the production of PLA

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Europa setzt auf Wasserstoffenergie

Marktkommentar von Pascal Menges, Head of Equity Investment Process and Research, Lombard Odier Investment Managers

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A UN Treaty on plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is rapidly outpacing current efforts to stop it. We need a UN treaty on plastic pollution to amplify existing efforts, through a more coordinated and ambitious approach

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NREL Bioengineering Process Prepares To Make a Splash

Renewables To Replace Petroleum-Based Materials in Commercial Filtration Systems

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LOVR Hanfleder: Lederalternative aus Hanfresten

Junges Start-up aus Hessen entwickelt einen biologisch abbaubaren und robusten Lederersatzstoff, der sowohl in der Möbel-, als auch in der Automobilindustrie eingesetzt werden kann

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EU lawmakers to accelerate adoption of circular economy package

To encourage stakeholders to move in this direction, the Commission will present several legislative proposals, including the so-called Circular Economy package due on 30 March

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Woodly® Material Used in St1’s New Heat-Sealed Bags for Sandwiches

St1’s HelmiSimpukka, in collaboration with Woodly and Amerplast, launches the Woodly® heat-sealed take away bag

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11 March 202211 March 2022

Kunststoffabfall: Verschmutzung der Umwelt nimmt zu

Laut einer OECD-Studie nimmt die Verschmutzung der Umwelt mit Kunststoffabfall unaufhörlich zu. Abfallwirtschaft und Recycling sind unzureichend entwickelt

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Bio-based Engineering Plastic with Excellent Design and Durability “DURABIO™” Adopted for Use in Pilot Ballpoint Pens

Your choice in stationery can help reduce CO2

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LVMH Beauty joins Avantium’s PEFerence consortium to develop sustainable packaging for Perfumes and Cosmetics

LVMH Beauty will be the first luxury cosmetic company to join the PEFerence consortium, further enabling the commercial introduction of PEF to the Cosmetics market

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The Woodly W200 Series – Combining Bioplastics, Durability, and Efficiency

Whether it be containers for storage use, plastic cups, other similar objects/items, cosmetic cases, high-design specification packaging – these bioplastic products can all be done with sustainability in mind

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EFRE-Förderprogramm »Bioökonomie Bio-Ab-Cycling«: Fünf modulare Bioraffinerien erhalten Fördermittel der EU und des Landes

Umweltministerin Thekla Walker: „Mit über 19 Millionen Euro fördern wir innovative Bioökonomie-Projekte im Land, mit denen wir wichtige Rohstoffe aus Abfall und Abwasser zurückgewinnen können“

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Spain: New study confirms that compostable plastics biodegrade

Evaluation results showed that unlike conventional plastics, no compostable plastic (certified EN13432) could be found in the final compost samples

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Biotechnologie: Enzyme im Käfig

Metallorganische Gerüstverbindungen (MOFs) erhöhen Stabilität von Biokatalysatoren und ermöglichen deren Verwendung auch in organischen Lösungsmitteln

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10 March 20227 March 2022

Scientists use “green” solvent and natural pigment to produce bioplastic

The process is sustainable and is described by researchers at universities in Brazil and Portugal in the journal Green Chemistry

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“Grüne” Lösungsmittel und natürliche Pigmente zur Herstellung von Biokunststoff

Der gesamte nachhaltige Vorgang wurde von Forschern brasilianischer und portugiesischer Universitäten im Journal Green Chemistry beschrieben

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Stora Enso and Picadeli join forces to reduce single-use plastic in salad packaging

New lids for take-away packaging are made of PureFiber™ by Stora Enso, and they are plastic-free, recyclable, and biodegradable

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Market introduction of PHAs

PHAs are made by micro-organisms from raw materials such as sugars and vegetable oils or from various waste streams like food waste and sewage sludge, but production volumes are still limited and production costs are high

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SWISS to be the world’s first airline to use Synhelion solar fuel

SWISS and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with the Synhelion company to bring its solar aviation fuel to market. The process devised by Synhelion uses concentrated sunlight to produce carbon-neutral kerosene. With this collaboration, SWISS and Synhelion are playing a pioneering role in the production and the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels

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SWISS wird als weltweit erste Fluggesellschaft Solartreibstoff von Synhelion nutzen

SWISS und die Lufthansa Group haben mit Synhelion eine strategische Zusammenarbeit zur Markteinführung von solarem Treibstoff vereinbart. Das von Synhelion entwickelte Verfahren stellt zukünftig mit Hilfe von konzentriertem Sonnenlicht CO2-neutrales Kerosin her. SWISS und Synhelion nehmen damit eine Vorreiterrolle bei der Produktion und Nutzung von nachhaltigen Treibstoffen ein

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Biofilm keeps things cool without using energ

Made of biodegradable, eco-friendly materials, the film scatters sunlight so effectively that it can keep ice cream, and even glacier snow, from melting

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What happens to discarded textiles?

Interview with Miguel Sanchis Sebastiá, ShareTex

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Gevo untersucht firmeneigene Dehydratisierungstechnologie bei hte

Gevo wählt hte aus, um die katalytische Dehydratisierung von biogenem Isobutanol für Isobutylen zu untersuchen

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Gevo investigates proprietary dehydration technology at hte

Gevo selects hte to look at catalytic dehydration of biogenic isobutanol for isobutylene

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9 March 20224 March 2022

Sumo & Kelheim Fibres develop sustainable and high-performance absorbent washable diaper pad

The innovative nonwoven construction with the speciality fibres from Kelheim performs significantly better in tests in terms of air permeability, liquid absorption and rewetting than commercially available solutions made of synthetic fibres or cotton in knitted structures

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Sumo & Kelheim Fibres entwickeln nachhaltige und leistungsfähige waschbare Windeleinlage

Die innovative Vlieskonstruktion mit den Spezialfasern aus Kelheim schneidet in Tests im Hinblick auf Luftdurchlässigkeit, Flüssigkeitsaufnahme und Rücknässen deutlich besser ab als marktübliche Lösungen aus synthetischen Fasern oder Baumwolle in gestrickten Strukturen

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Fashion for Good’s latest project transforms agricultural waste into fibres

The new consortium project will assess the technical feasibility of natural fibres created by selected innovators using agricultural waste such as rice husks, hemp, wheat straw, banana and pineapple

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Einfache Aluminium-Nanopartikel für die schnelle, effiziente Wasserstofferzeugung aus Wasser

"Wir brauchen keine Energiezufuhr, und es sprudelt Wasserstoff wie verrückt. So etwas habe ich noch nie gesehen"

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Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water

For years, researchers have tried to find efficient and cost-effective ways to harness the extreme reactivity of aluminum to generate clean hydrogen fuel. A new study shows that an easily produced composite of gallium and aluminum creates aluminum nanoparticles that react rapidly with water at room temperature to yield large amounts of hydrogen

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Erste industrielle Produktionsstätte für Biokerosin in Deutschland

bp Raffinerie in Lingen startet Produktion von nachhaltigem Flugkraftstoff aus gebrauchtem Speiseöl

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Carbios to build in France its first-of-a-kind manufacturing plant for fully bio-recycled PET in partnership with Indorama Ventures

With its world-first enzyme-based biological process, Carbios’ converts PET into its core monomers, which can then be used to manufacture 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable PET

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Woodly Appoints Erteco as New Distributor in Various European Countries

Erteco Rubber & Plastics AB has been appointed as the distributor of Woodly® material in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland

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8 March 20228 March 2022

PHAs: Tenfold increase in production capacity in sight in just six years

Market report “Mimicking Nature – The PHA Industry Landscape. Latest trends and 28 producer profiles” published

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Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD

Almost half of all plastic waste is generated in OECD countries and its amount generated annually per person varies from 221 kg in the United States and 114 kg in European OECD countries to 69 kg

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Biokraftstoffverbände: DUH verleugnet positive Klimabilanz nachhaltiger Biokraftstoffe

Klimafreundlicher Fahrzeugbestand nicht mit Solarstrom zu erreichen

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Biofuel Associations: DUH Denies the Positive Climate Record of Sustainable Biofuels

Solar power cannot make the existing vehicle fleet climate-friendly

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Kunststoff-Rasen wird grüner

Die Hersteller von Kunstrasen wollen ihr Produkt neu definieren und setzen dazu bei der Herstellung in zunehmenden Umfang nachwachsende Rohstoffe ein

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Birch trees remove microplastics from the soil

With the help of trees, microplastic-polluted soils could be remediated

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Birken entfernen Mikroplastik aus dem Boden

Mithilfe von Bäumen könnten mit Mikroplastik belastete Böden saniert werden

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7 March 20222 March 2022

A new, sustainable way to make hydrogen for fuel cells and fertilizers

“We have achieved what has eluded scientists for decades”

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Neue, nachhaltige Methode zur Herstellung von Wasserstoff für Brennstoffzellen und Düngemittel

„Wir haben etwas erreicht, was Wissenschaftlern jahrzehntelang verwehrt geblieben ist“

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Die EU auf dem Holzweg

In einem offenen Brief haben renommierte KlimawissenschaftlerInnen vor einem Jahr darauf hingewiesen, dass beim Verbrennen von Holz mindestens genauso viel CO2 produziert wird wie beim Verbrennen fossiler Energien