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28 July 202123 July 2021

U.S. Plastics Pact Unveils National Strategy to Achieve 2025 Circular Economy Goals

Holding Accountable More than 95+ Organizations, The U.S. Plastics Pact Roadmap Outlines Specific Actions and Responsibilities to Realize a Circular Economy for Plastics in America

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U.S. Composting Infrastructure Coalition Applauds Introduction of Compost ACT

The COMPOST Act meets the growing demand from individuals and businesses to compost food scraps and certified compostable packaging

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27 July 202123 August 2021

International Conference on Cellulose Fibres 2022, 2 – 3 February 2022, hybrid event, Cologne (Germany)

Cellulose Fibres are fastest growing fibre group in textiles, the largest investment sector in the bio-based economy and the solution for avoiding microplastics

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Green transition in Europe

BBI JU, a booster of Europe’s bioeconomy supporting the European Green Deal

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Eco-friendly plastic from cellulose and water

Göttingen University researchers create new kind of environmentally friendly bioplastic with hydroplastic polymers

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Lenzing collaborates with Orange Fiber as part of new TENCEL™ Limited Edition initiative

Lenzing and Orange Fiber introduce the first TENCEL™ branded lyocell fiber made of orange pulp and wood sources – presenting a new sustainable offering for the fashion industry

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26 July 202123 July 2021

Renewable Solvent Cyrene™ Delivers High-Purity Nanoparticles For Medical Applications

New research out of Germany used bio-based CyreneTM to produce poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles for drug delivery systems

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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 202128 April 2022

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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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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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