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26 July 202122 September 2021

Study Shows Cats Preferred Arbiom SylPro® in Food compared to conventional diets

Cat food formulated with Arbiom protein ingredient compared favorably to chicken- and pea-based proteins

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Future Insight Prize 2021 of € 1 Million Awarded to Ting Lu and Stephen Techtmann

Merck announced the winners of this year’s Future Insight Prize

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Ting Lu und Stephen Techtmann erhalten mit 1 Mio. € dotierten Future Insight Prize 2021

Merck hat heute die Gewinner seines Future Insight Prize 2021 bekannt gegeben

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Europe fiddles while forests burn

The European Union has failed a crucial test of leadership on emissions reduction by continuing to promote the burning of forest wood for energy as a major component of its Renewable Energy Directive 2 proposal

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23 July 202122 November 2021

Major green ammonia and hydrogen project announced in Morocco

Huge project to be jointly developed by Fusion Fuel and Consolidated Contractors Group S.A.L. (CCC), a global construction company that offers a full suite of services across the entire EPC value chain

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Nachhaltige Werkstoffe für neue Anwendungen

Rencom gelingt mittels Coperion Doppelschnecken-Extruder die Verarbeitung von Lignin zu einem recyclingfähigen Biowerkstoff

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The science of forest biomass: Conflicting studies map the controversy

In this exclusive story, Mongabay provides a review of the science on both sides of the forest biomass debate, summarizing key studies and reports, and providing links to these primary sources to help readers decide for themselves

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Exciting future prospects for biorefineries

New EU study describes development paths and outlines strategic roadmap

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Spannende Zukunftsperspektiven für Bioraffinerien

Neue EU-Studie beschreibt Entwicklungspfade und zeigt Strategiefahrplan auf

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Mattel Launches Barbie Loves the Ocean; Its First Fashion Doll Collection Made from Recycled Ocean-Bound* Plastic

New Campaign ‘The Future of Pink is Green™’ Engages Kids in Supporting a Greener Future

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Market launch of LAST® brand

Independent laboratories conducted numerous instrumental tests and clinical tolerance and use studies on the products

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Interior objects made of food and agricultural waste

The materials can be used to make cladding, furniture, housewares, and more

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22 July 202120 July 2021

Sweet Success: CABBI Demonstrates First Precision Breeding of Sugarcane With CRISPR/Cas9

But the highly complex sugarcane genome poses challenges for conventional breeding, requiring more than a decade of trials for the development of an improved cultivar

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Charta für Holz 2.0: Broschüre neu aufgelegt

Die Broschüre „Klima schützen. Werte schaffen. Ressourcen effizient nutzen.“ zur Charta für Holz 2.0 ist jetzt in barrierefreier Neuauflage erschienen

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Turning bread waste into biobased packaging

Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge-Europe (BISC-E)

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21 July 20219 September 2021

Reusable – yes, absolutely!

If there is a system change, then do it properly: without crude oil. New reusable systems only with raw materials from biomass, CO2 and recycling!

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SAVE THE DATE: ‘Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy’ event on 28 September 2021 co-organized by Tech4Biowaste!

Join this physical networking event at the Sheraton Brussels airport hotel!

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Blue Circle Packaging – new label for biodegradable products

ALPLA will offer its customers packaging solutions that are all biodegradable and thereby contribute to sustainability

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Blue Circle Packaging – neue Marke für biologisch abbaubare Verpackungen

ALPLA bietet seinen Kunden zukünftig Verpackungslösungen an, die allesamt biologisch abbaubar sind und dadurch einen Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit leisten

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Getting the maximum value out of biobased feedstock

6 July CBBD network meeting biorefinery

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BBI JU in the front line for green recovery

Despite the unprecedented challenges triggered by the pandemic in 2020, BBI JU maintained a high level of service to its community and kept on delivering outstanding results

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Spider-Inspired Silk Company, Spintex, Awarded $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize

By mimicking how a spider spins silk at room temperature, Spintex creates high performance, sustainable textiles that are 1,000 times more efficient than an equivalent synthetic fiber

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Politecnico di Milano at the Venice Architecture Biennale

The challenging MatRes project is hosted inside the Italian Pavilion and themed “Resilient Communities”

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A fabric and leather alternative made of the Fique plant

New, renewable textile alternative called Fiquetex, made from the Colombian Fique plant, can be used as a leather alternative, or to make things as carrier bags and packaging material

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20 July 202115 July 2021

Einsatz von Kunststoffen im Wald vermeiden – Staatsministerin Kaniber passt forstliche Förderung an

Die Förderrichtlinie für den Privat- und Körperschaftswald wurde der Ministerin zufolge bereits entsprechend ergänzt

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Striking Footprint: Cargill, Helm take a giant leap for biobased BDO

Both companies are investing a combined $300 million to build the first commercial-scale, renewable BDO (1,4-butanediol) facility in the U.S.

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Einsatz nachwachsender Rohstoffe in Deutschland rückläufig

Im Vorjahresvergleich hat sich der Rohstofffußabdruck mit -1,0 % wenig verändert, wie das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) nach vorläufigen Ergebnissen mitteilt

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Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM green hydrogen electrolyser

The project, backed by a European consortium, will accelerate hydrogen production and contribute to Europe’s goal to achieve climate neutrality

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Zur Sache: Inbetriebnahme von Europas größter PEM-Wasserstoff-Elektrolyse

Schon jetzt plant Shell die Errichtung einer weiteren 100-MW-Elektrolyse-Anlage, die REFHYNE II, und avisiert den Baubeginn für 2022

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Calyxt Announces Expansion of Hemp Breeding Platform with Seedless Hemp Innovation

Triploid Breeding Process is Calyxt's Second Announced Advancement and Part of a Comprehensive Approach to Improving Hemp Genetics

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19 July 202114 July 2021

Kelheim Fibres presents award at “Plan B” start-up competition

Newly founded Microbify GmbH has been honoured for the production of green natural gas using extremophilic microorganisms and for the approach of reusing existing infrastructure in an innovative way

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Kelheim Fibres überreicht Preis beim „Plan B“-Gründerwettbewerb

Neu gegründete Microbify wurde für die Produktion von grünem Erdgas durch extremophile Mikroorganismen geehrt und dafür, bestehende Infrastruktur innovativ umzunutzen

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Wasserstoff aus Biomüll: Start-up hat neues Verfahren entwickelt

Egal, ob Klärschlamm, Kompost oder Küchenabfälle: Bei 900 Grad zerfallen sie zu wertvollen Gasen

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Roquette Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for Biosuccinium

Third-party verification for a product's biobased content is administered through the USDA BioPreferred Program

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Pangaia’s First Activewear Collection is Made From Plants, Not Plastic

Gym’s leggings, cycling shorts, T-shirts, unitards, and sports bras are 90% bio-based

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Covestro unterstützt die Entwicklung chinesischer Normen für recycelte Kunststoffe

China ergreift verschiedenste Maßnahmen, um das inländische Kunststoffrecycling zu fördern und gleichzeitig Einwegkunststoffe zu verbieten oder einzuschränken

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Natural beetle juice outperforms Teflon as a lubricant

Kiel and Aarhus University researchers have found a promising natural lubricant excreted in the knee joints of the darkling beetle, that could be useful for small-scale robots and prosthetics

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16 July 202113 July 2021

Scientists produce continuous sheets of sustainable mushroom leather

VTT researchers-team has refined the processes of making textile-structures from mycelium to produce a skin-like material with similar feel and strength to real leather

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Aimplas: Spanisches Kunststoff-Institut koordiniert Projekt „Life Ecomethylal“

Neue Anlage fürs chemische Recycling von nicht recycelbaren Rückständen

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Evonik acquires share in JeNaCell, a spin-off of Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany

JeNaCell is a specialist for nanocellulose generated with biotechnology methods and has a production process that is unique in this field

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Winning the battle of strawberry preservation

Films made of shellfish shells, essential oils, and nanoparticles protect fruit from microbes

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Microbes in cow stomach can break down plastic

The new findings present a sustainable option for reducing plastic waste and litter, co-opting the great metabolic diversity of microbes

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15 July 202112 July 2021

Measuring EU Member State performance on bio-waste

BIC and Zero Waste Europe report and country factsheets demonstrate untapped potential

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Den Aufbau nachhaltiger Lieferketten mit GRAS unterstützen

Das System „GRAS“ wurde optimiert: Rohstoffanbau ohne Gefährdung wertvoller Wälder, Moore oder Grasländer

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GUCCI introduces DEMETRA: A new groundbreaking luxury material

The eco-innovation behind Demetra combines efficient processes with animal-free raw materials that are primarily from sustainable, renewable, and biobased sources

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Bacteria can recover precious metals from electric vehicle batteries – here’s how

With a method called bioleaching, also called biomining, Coventry University researchers have found that all metals present in EV batteries can be recovered

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Protein from waste: a sustainable solution with consumer appeal?

Quorn Foods currently makes mycoprotein from fungi and is now looking for lignocellulose to make proteins from

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14 July 202114 July 2021

Total Corbion is the first company to launch commercial scale Lactic Acid to PLA capability in Europe

The new plant, due to be operational in 2024, will be the first of its kind in Europe

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„Start-ups stehen vor dem Problem, dass sie ihr Produkt auf einen Markt bringen wollen, den sie nur in Teilen verstehen“

5 Fragen an Achim Raschka, Head of the Department “Technology & Markets“, nova-Institut

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Researchers create new polymer film from plant protein

New paper is the culmination of more than 10 years’ research into understanding how nature generates materials from proteins