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13 October 20219 October 2021

Weishardt Becomes First Fish Collagen Producer to Obtain Friend of the Sea Sustainability Certification

Weishardt is one of the leading global suppliers of high-quality fish gelatin and fish collagen peptides for the food & beverage, nutrition, pharmaceutical, and beauty industries

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Papyrus completes successful trial using refined banana fibre to produce biodegradable moulded food packaging

First time that banana fibres has been used on standard moulding machines

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Hochverdichtetes und extrem hartes Holz

Echte Alternativen zu tropischen Harthölzern und Kunststoffen

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Labels, Laundry and Learning Opportunities! All in Your Latest BioBuzz!

Did You Know? Both Products and Packaging Can be USDA Certified Biobased

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good natured® and Jones Healthcare Group™ are Transforming Canada’s Pharmaceutical Industry with Innovative Plant-based Packaging

New plant-based solution allows Jones to optimize its package design, removes chemicals of concern and ensures its packaging is readily recyclable in most households across North America

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Drax to showcase best of British renewable energy innovation to global investors

Renewable energy pioneer Drax joins line-up of 12 UK businesses chosen to support the UK government’s Global Investment Summit, demonstrating the company’s commitment to net zero

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12 October 20217 October 2021

Jacobs Awarded Contract from NatureWorks

Company hits milestones for the new NatureWorks biopolymer plant in Southeast Asia

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Klimaneutrales Kerosin: Wendepunkt für den Flugverkehr?

Ein Langstreckenflug ganz ohne CO2-Emissionen - das klingt weit entfernt. Im Emsland eröffnet heute die weltweit erste Produktionsstätte für klimaneutrales Kerosin

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Essity begins tissue production from alternative fibers

First company in the tissue industry to use agricultural leftovers at industrial scale for the production of its tissues, based on pulp from wheat straw

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Biotextilien für Landwirtschaft und Landschaftspflege: gezielt biologisch abbaubar

Entwicklung von Analysemethoden zum Abbauverhalten von biobasierten Garnen

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Producing apparel from waste oil

A challenge taken on by RadiciGroup through the ULISSE research project

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Rodents Don’t Favor Soy-Based Plastics

Researchers found out, that soybean-based materials are not as attractive like their petroleum-based counterparts

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Neste announces groundbreaking global partnership with TripActions and Reed & Mackay to provide SAF to TripActions Group customers

"As a group, TripActions strongly believes in supporting the sustainability efforts of our customers" Said Ariel Cohen, TripActions Co-founder and CEO "SAF has emerged as a promising lower-emission alternative to fossil fuel and as an innovation leader [...]”

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Metsä Group is planning to invest EUR 200 million in the construction of a Kerto® LVL mill in Äänekoski

Lightweight, environmentally friendly Kerto LVL products speed up construction, especially in industrial prefabrication, in modular and traditional project construction

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11 October 202111 October 2021

Does your innovation have what it takes for the innovation award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2022”?

International Conference on Cellulose Fibres 2022, 2-3 February in Cologne, Germany and online – Call for Innovations – Six nominees will get the chance to present their unique products

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BASF and WPO Polymers cooperate to distribute biopolymer ecovio® for certified compostable bags in Spain and Portugal

Spanish market for biopolymers is expected to become one of the largest in Europe

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BASF und WPO Polymers kooperieren beim Vertrieb des Biopolymers ecovio® für zertifiziert kompostierbare Tüten in Spanien und Portugal

Spanischer Markt für Biopolymere wird sich voraussichtlich zu einem der größten Märkte in Europa entwickeln

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Pretty biological

LANXESS launches full biocomposite

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Ganz schön bio

LANXESS bringt vollständig biobasierten Verbundwerkstoff auf den Markt

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Large-scale production of bioplastics from residual flows one step closer

PHA2USE and the Interreg NWE project WoW! succeeded in producing more than 18 kg of PHBV from sewage sludge, which is now being tested by companies on various commercial applications

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EU Commission, industry clash over green jet fuel mandate

EWABA, which represents over 35 companies from the waste-based and advanced biofuels supply chain, says the inclusion of fuels made from waste lipids, such as used cooking oils and tallow, will essentially ringfence the industry for big suppliers and harm efforts to decarbonise vehicles and ships

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Restructuring in the pine chemicals market continues

DL Chemical, a subsidiary of DL Holdings Co., will acquire 100% of Kraton in an all-cash transaction

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8 October 20214 October 2021

Pyrocell has started production

Company's new plant is located at Setra Kastet sawmill in Gävle on Sweden’s Baltic coast and converts sawdust into non-fossil pyrolysis oil

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Wasserstoffwirtschaft in NRW auf Erfolgskurs

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie hat die Unterstützung einer Konzeptstudie zur Transformation des Ruhrgebiets in eine führende Wasserstoffmodellregion zugesagt

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Biosfera setting the course for sustainable aviation and marine fuels

BioSFerA: Biofuels production from Syngas FERmentation for Aviation and maritime use

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Mit Nawaro die Landwirtschaft diversifizieren und Mehrnutzungsstrategien verfolgen

Nachwachsende Rohstoffe können zu Bioökonomie, Biodiversität, Klima-, Boden- und Gewässerschutz beitragen sowie Einkommen für den Landwirt sichern

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Pollution to products? Recycled carbon emissions are coming to consumer shelves

Synthetic biology - like that used to make LanzaTech's products - could play a key part in the transition away from fossil fuels and to a climate-smarter economy

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Bundesregierung beschließt Ausstieg aus Palmöl für die Kraftstoffproduktion

Anstelle des Palmöls fördert der Bund künftig fortschrittliche Biokraftstoffe aus Abfall- und Reststoffen über eine Mindestquote

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7 October 20211 October 2021

Woodly produces clear plastic packaging made from wood

“We make achieving sustainability goals possible for large companies”

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Carbon fibers without carbon emissions?

Interview with Niklas Garoff, Business Development Manager at Stora Enso

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Pond Technologies: „Die Welt braucht eine algenbasierte Bioökonomie

Einzigartige Technologieplattform gilt als "First Mover" in dieser sich gerade erst formierenden Industrie

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Tag des Kaffees: Deutsche Umwelthilfe und Bundesgütegemeinschaft Kompost warnen vor Greenwashing mit biologisch abbaubaren Kaffeekapseln

Kaffeebranche versucht, das schlechte Image von Kaffeekapseln durch Produkte aus Bioplastik grün zu färben

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Gamechanger for clean hydrogen production, Curtin research finds

Curtin University research has identified a new, cheaper and more efficient electrocatalyst to make green hydrogen from water that could one day open new avenues for large-scale clean energy production

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Wendepunkt für saubere Wasserstoffproduktion

Entdeckung könnte weitreichende Auswirkungen auf die künftige nachhaltige Erzeugung grüner Kraftstoffe haben

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6 October 202119 October 2021

nova-experts introduced: Brigitte Hellwig

Management Assistant

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Seaweed is the future

HZ research and product development under supervision of Dockwize

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New country infographics illustrate how BBI JU projects shape the European bioeconomy

The illustrations include key data on BBI JU beneficiaries, projects, and applications for BBI JU funding, thus showing the relevance of the initiative for each country’s bioeconomy

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Neues Forschungsprojekt: Maßgeschneiderte recycelte (Bio)-Kunststoffe per Computersimulation

Noch immer existieren beim industriellen Einsatz von Bio- und recycelten Kunststoffen Unsicherheiten beim Verarbeitungsprozess - ein wesentlicher Hinderungsgrund für den Einsatz der nachhaltigen Werkstoffe

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Danimer Scientific and Chevron Phillips Chemical Collaborate to Develop Technology for Lower-Cost Biodegradable Polymer Manufacturing

Implementation of technology that transformed polyolefin production expected to drive higher-volume Rinnovo™ production at lower overall costs

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Neuer Zahnersatz aus Zellulose und Proteinen

Finnische Materialforscher entwickeln extrem festes Material mit sehr breiter Anwendungspalette

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Ginkgo Bioworks, valued at $15B, begins trading today: Here’s how their business works

Ginkgo Bioworks, a synthetic biology company now valued at around $15 billion, begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange today

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BIO-LUTIONS gewinnt Brandenburger Innovationspreis 2021

Clean Tech Startup BIO-LUTIONS gewinnt gemeinsam mit Zelfo Technology den Brandenburger Innovationspreis im Cluster Kunststoffe und Chemie

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5 October 202130 September 2021

Paccor to start bio-PP products for Orkla

Company is one of the first rigid plastic manufacturers to produce bio-PP products

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Paccor: Produktion von Bio-PP-Produkten für Orkla gestartet

Nach eigenen Angaben einer der ersten Hersteller formfester Lebensmittelverpackungen, der Bio-PP-Produkte anbietet

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Pond Technologies and Livalta, an AB Agri Company, Agree to Create World’s First Scalable Algae Plant utilizing Carbon Emissions for the Production of Protein used in Animal Feed

Supply and Licensing Agreement with Livalta Valued at over $5 Million

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Aufruf „Power-to-Liquid-Plattform“ des Verkehrsministeriums

Chance für Biogas- und Bioethanol-Anlagen als Lieferanten von biobasiertem Kohlendioxid

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LES EAUX DE CHANEL – Elegance and simplicity with a sustainable SULAPAC cap on top

CHANEL has just announced new LES EAUX DE CHANEL fragrance bottle caps made with biobased Sulapac® material

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Großer Fortschritt bei der Entwicklung von mikrobiellen Brennstoffzellen

Forscher infundieren Bakterien mit Silber, um die Energieeffizienz von Brennstoffzellen zu verbessern

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Researchers Infuse Bacteria with Silver to Improve Power Efficiency in Fuel Cells

Living energy-recovery systems utilizing bacteria found in wastewater offer a one-two punch for environmental sustainability efforts

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Green Chemicals Blog Comment: Gevo acquires Butamax patent estate

Butamax Advanced Biofuels has been quiet in its bio-isobutanol activities as the company went through reorganization following DuPont’s merger with Dow