4 May 202228 April 2022 Freiburger Forscherteam tüftelt an Baustoff aus Flachs Im Freiburger Botanischen Garten steht der erste Pavillon aus Flachs – ein Prototyp des Forschungsteams LivMats. Kann der innovative Baustoff bald Beton und Holz ersetzen?
Neue Mahlscheiben zur Herstellung von Holzfasern für Dämmstoffe Energieeffiziente Innovation international gefragt – auch Buchenholz-Fasern kommen als Dämmstoff in Frage
Coca-Cola, Suntory Cross the 100% Plant-Based Bottle Finish Line After more than a decade of rigorous R&D work and significant investments with their respective partners, Coca-Cola and Suntory each unveil first-of-their-kind beverage bottle prototypes made from 100% bio-based PET, ready for commercial scale-up
Vegetable oil shortage: Implications for fuels and chemicals Vegetable oils are the main feedstock to make bio-diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with tallow being a secondary source
Tishwish: Starch-based Biopolymer for Sustainable Packaging The company’s main focus is on the unwrapping experience of a product, providing sustainable cushioning such as compostable bubble and normal mailers, packaging tissues, stickers and more
3 May 202227 April 2022 Industrielle Wasserstofferzeugung mit einem neuen System auf Grundlage protonierter Keramikmembranen Internationales Team veröffentlicht ein System, das diesen universellen Brennstoff fast ohne Abfall erzeugt
Topsoe supports new production of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel in Ontario, Canada New announced project, called Refuel YYZ, would supply the aviation and terrestrial fuel needs of the Greater Toronto area while lowering the CO2 emissions for the end users by up to 80%
Infinna™ achieves 99% Recycled Content Certification from SCS Global Services Infinited Fiber Company has received this recognition as it is using cotton-rich post-consumer textile waste as the sole raw material in the production
Biodegradable and compostable Nespresso® compatible capsules Bluestone Lane created this line of Nespresso compatible capsules in response to demand from its locals after a brief test run in 2020
Turkey Looks To Produce Biomethane From Animal Waste ITC head of business development explained, that the animal waste biogas being produced in existing waste incineration plants needs to be converted into biomethane, in order to be injected into the natural gas network
Innovative Packaging Solution Cruz Foam Advances Manufacturing with the Support of New Investors A manufacturer of a biobased alternative to Styrofoam has added Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher to its roster of investors
2 May 20223 May 2022 Zhang Wei, COO of Zhejiang Sugar Energy Technology (China), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute
Nachhaltiges Bauen mit Stroh statt Beton Die Welt baut in Beton. Doch der ist ein Klimakiller. Die Suche nach Alternativen läuft – und ist in Sachsen erfolgreich
World’s first bearing line-up featuring a bioplastic cage NSK Tokyo developed a new new heat-resistant cage for deep groove ball bearings, which are ideal for fan motors in air conditioners
Schmidt Futures Publishes Groundbreaking New Bioeconomy Strategy Calls for Strategic Investment, Workforce Development, and Infrastructure to Bring Innovations from Lab to Market
Remarkable rejuvenation From ‘biologically dead’ to chart-toppingly clean, the Thames has made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years
Ananas Anam Announces Saucony Partnership for Vegan Pineapple Footwear According to vegconomist, the material, trade named Piñatex, will be used to substitute all components and overlays that are usually made with leather on the popular design
Evolution Music Unveil The World’s First Bioplastic Vinyl Record It will be launched during Music Declares Emergency’s Turn Up The Volume week 2022...
29 April 202226 April 2022 Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant Construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2023, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards
Avantium: Bau von FDCA-Anlage gestartet – Kooperation mit Sukano Dem Unternehmen liegen bereits Abnahmezusagen für etwa die Hälfte der Produktionskapazitäten von ca. 5.000 Tonnen/Jahr vor
GIDARA Energy announces next advanced methanol facility in the Port of Rotterdam With the new plant, the company will achieve a reduction of 350,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year
Rohstoffknappheit auch in der Papierbranche Ähnlich wie der Kunststoffbranche kämpft auch die Papierbranche mit dem Preisanstieg und Knappheit von Rohstoffen
$1.4bln Waste-to-Hydrogen project planned in Oman The US firm says it plans to utilise its proprietary technology to transform landfill waste in a thermo-chemical process into green hydrogen and pure carbon dioxide
Mushroom buoys could be contender in fight to reduce ocean plastics In the fight to reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean, an unlikely new combatant has been enlisted: fungi
Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
NFW closes $85 million Series B to scale naturally circular materials Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) upgrades waste cotton and recycled fibers
28 April 202227 April 2022 Paul von Kirchbach, Manager Business Development and Innovation at Renolit (Germany), on market developments in the Renewable Carbon Economy Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute
Fuel from waste wood Possibility to produce ethanol on a financially competitive and technically efficient basis
Kraftstoff aus Restholz Treibstoff Ethanol finanziell wettbewerbsfähig und technisch effizient herstellbar
Frito-Lay Achieves Ambition for a Quieter, Industrially Compostable, 100% Bio-based Snack Bag The Off The Eaten Path bag is unique in that the entirety of the materials used—the print web, barrier sealant webs, inks, and adhesive—had to meet current, often stringent, third-party certification requirements for industrial compostability
McDonald’s Tests Circular Clear Cups Sourced From Recycled and Biobased Materials, Including Used Cooking Oil Along with its partners Pactiv Evergreen, INEOS, Neste, and LyondellBasell, the company will use a mass-balance approach to produce a recyclable solution
Cepsa Quimica führt chemische Produkte auf Basis von recycelten Rohstoffen und Biomasse ein NextLAB und NextPhenol: erste Produkte eines neuen Sortiments nachhaltiger Chemikalien
New Biomaterial Could Save Our Oceans From Plastic Pollution The recyclable, biodegradable material could someday replace the millions of tons of plastic used in single-use items
Earthworms Break Down Bio-Based Plastic According to a new study, earthworms have a strong capability for consuming bioplastic derived from polylactic acid (PLA), which is typically made from plant-based sugars
A Focus on Pyrolysis Coproducts CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs
27 April 202221 April 2022 Creating a sustainable Finnish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres The Telavalue project continues the line of previous projects of the Telaketju network and have promoted the creation of a Finnish circular economy of textiles
Anbau nachwachsender Rohstoffe 2021 konstant FNR bietet neues Statistikportal für nachwachsende Rohstoffe an
How biomass can enable a hydrogen economy Building a collaborative net zero future through negative emissions and zero-carbon fuel
pre-start-up company Wheyfinery: Acid whey as a valuable raw material for platform chemicals and more Researchers at the University of Tübingen to make their scalable biorefinery concept marketable some time in the future
pre-Start-up Wheyfinery: Sauermolke als wertvoller Rohstoff für Plattformchemikalien und mehr Forschende der Universität Tübingen möchten ihr skalierbares Bioraffineriekonzept für die Zukunft marktfähig machen
Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence The Commission is presenting today a new strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to tackle fast fashion, textile waste and the destruction of unsold textiles, and ensure the producers full respect of social rights
26 April 202221 April 2022 World’s first LED lights developed from rice husks Natural products and their residues could have the potential to get converted into non-toxic ungiftige optoelectronic devices
Weltweit erste LED-Leuchten aus Reishülsen entwickelt Natürliche Produkte und ihre Abfälle könnten das Potenzial haben, in ungiftige optoelektronische Geräte umgewandelt zu werden
AFYREN announces the industrial commissioning of its AFYREN NEOXY plant and publishes its 2021 Full-Year Results Finalization of the construction of the AFYREN NEOXY plant at cost and on time despite the health crisis context
Enerkem closes $255 million financing round to drive its growth and deployment of its leading gasification technology Strong partnership support through new investments by Repsol and Monarch and additional investments from Avenue and other existing shareholders
25 April 202221 April 2022 European plastics system needs significant change within five years to meet long-term circularity and net zero emissions goals, warns major new report New study finds that a fully circular, net zero carbon emissions plastics system in Europe is possible, but achieving it will require radical innovation, ambitious policies, and significant capital investment
Das europäische Kunststoffsystem muss innerhalb der kommenden 5 Jahre tiefgreifend verändert werden, um die langristigen Ziele einer Kreislaufwirtschaft und Netto-Null-Emissionen zu erreichen, mahnt ein neuer umfassender Bericht an Neuer Report zeigt auf, dass ein vollständig kreislauffähiges, kohlenstoffneutrales Kunststoffsystem in Europa durchaus möglich ist, aber radikale Innovationen, ambitionierte politische Maßnahmen und erhebliche Investitionen erfordert
Japan: TotalEnergies and ENEOS to Study Sustainable Aviation Fuel production at ENEOS Negishi Refinery The proposed unit, which capacity would be 300,000 tons per year of SAF, would process waste or residue, mainly used cooking oil and animal fat
Erfolgreiche Pre-Seed-Finanzierung für BIOVOX Angel-Club better ventures investiert in Lifescience-Startup BIOVOX