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19 May 202118 June 2021

Burger King® Rolls Out Green Packaging Pilot Program

BK^® Tests Alternatives for Cutlery, Straws, Drink Lids, Frypods^®, Whopper^® Wrappers and Napkins and Expands Loop Reusables Test in Partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Heinz

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June’s highlight: 18th EIHA Annual Conference featuring hemp and the Green Recovery

The hemp sector in Europe is experiencing growth encouraged by the increasing interest of consumers in sustainable and zero-waste products

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18 May 20219 September 2021

The need for bio-based carbon in a sustainable future – Studies on support to R&I policy in the area of bio-based products and services

“Carbon Economy” project illustrates the role of bioeconomy in a low fossil carbon economy for Europe, today and in the future.

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Stora Enso launches bio-based binder for safe and healthy everyday living

Stora Enso is today launching its latest lignin-based innovation, NeoLigno® by Stora Enso

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Holzarchitektur gegen die Klimakrise: Worauf wir bauen können

Der Klimaforscher Schellnhuber will eine Architekturbewegung, die auf Holzbau setzt. Aktuell aber lohnt sich Holzverkauf in Deutschland kaum

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Current and future market applications of new genomic techniques

The scope includes the use of NGTs in any kind of plant, mushroom, animal or microorganism or in human cells

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The Global Market for Natural Fibers 2021

There are global concerns regarding the use of non-renewable materials in manufacturing, and increasing environmental legislation

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Bioactive paper coatings to replace plastic for packaging foods

Fraunhofer-researchers have developed an eco-friendly coating for paper packaging that is either saving plastics, but also extends the coating of plant-based proteins and waxes as it extends the shelf life of food

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Tufts SilkLab Creates Leather-like Material from Silk Proteins

Alternative leather manufacturing moves towards sustainable sources and environmentally friendly chemical processes

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17 May 20219 September 2021

New Report: Opportunities and Limits of CO2 Recycling in a Circular Carbon Economy

Examening 19 CO₂ recycling pathways to understand the opportunities and the technical and economic limits of CO₂ recycling products gaining market entry and reaching global scale

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Tech startup Cemvita Factory expanding office footprint, adding scientists, engineers

A Houston-based startup using biotechnology to convert carbon dioxide emissions into a variety of useful chemicals is scaling up

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces First Cohort of Carbontech Startup Participants

Climatetech leaders from the Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program enthusiastically welcome 10 startups to the initiative

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Forschungsergebnisse aus Forst und Holz in der Praxis etablieren

Ressourcen- und Materialeffizienz zentrale Themen der Online-Statustagung zur Charta für Holz 2.0

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Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable

KTH researchers have successfully tested an eco-friendly alternative to the former fossil based polymers: limonene acrylate, a monomer made from limonene

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Cosmetics brand LAST® to launch in June 2021

Products have been designed with over 90% natural ingredients and packaging to minimise their environmental footprint

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How technology is weaning the world from plastics

Sustainable solutions of the future

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14 May 202118 June 2021

Carbiolice receives the GreenTech Innovation label by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition

Carbiolice, a French start-up that has developed a revolutionary technology making plastic of plant origin 100% compostable, has just received the GreenTech Innovation label from the French Ministry of Ecological Transition

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Bioactive paper coatings to replace plastic for packaging foods

After use, the packaging is placed in the waste paper recycling bin with the bioactive materials

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Bioaktive Papierbeschichtung ersetzt Kunststoffverpackungen bei Lebensmitteln

Nach der Nutzung landet die Verpackung mit den bioaktiven Materialien in der Altpapiertonne

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Kirschkerngranulat, Algenmehl und Erbsenfasern

Reststoffe für den biologischen Kreislauf

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Umoja presents its 100% biodegradable sneakers

These eco-friendly, traceable sneakers, made using quality materials rooted in nature took two years to develop

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Nachwachsendes Imprägniermittel für Textilien: Lebensmittelabfälle lösen fluorhaltige Verbindungen ab

Hydrophobierungsmittel werden in der Textilindustrie zur Imprägnierung insbesondere bei Outdoorkleidung verwendet, um sie wasserabweisend zu machen

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12 May 202118 June 2021

Total Cray Valley and Gevo to further Scale Up Development of Renewable Isoamylene from Fusel Oil

The companies are now seeking to advance to Phase 2 of the JDA, which will allow for scale up of Gevo’s technology at a demonstration scale

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Nachhaltiger 3D-Druck – Enzyme machen’s möglich

Viele mittelständische Unternehmen überlegen, auf "Bioplastik" umzuschwenken – aber ist das wirklich DIE Lösung mit Zukunft?

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Unilever expands to CO2-based surfactant raw material

Company’s goal is to convert 100% of its fossil-based raw materials in its cleaning and laundry product formulations in brands

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Nachwachsende Rohstoffalternativen für eine klimaneutrale Bioökonomie

Im schweizerischen Biel steht eine Pilotextraktionsanlage, die gemeinsam mit dem Wirtschaftspartner Schilliger Holz AG die Überführung in die industrielle Umsetzung vorbereitet

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Sonnet155 is a “temporary handbag” made from discarded fruit peels

Sonnet155's key ingredient is pectin, a gelling agent that is extracted from the cell walls of the waste fruit and acts as a natural binder

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11 May 202117 December 2024

Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) publishes comic strip and videos to introduce renewable carbon to all

Nora and her FlyPhone, BioBTX, Stahl and nova-Institute explain the renewable carbon concept in new formats for B2C and B2B

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Trinseo and ETB to Collaborate on Development of Bio-Based 1,3 Butadiene

Companies to launch feasibility study for new pilot plant in Europe

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Trinseo und ETB: Gemeinsame Entwicklung von biobasiertem 1,3-Butadien

Unternehmen wollen eine Machbarkeitsstudie durchführen, um den Bau einer Pilotanlage für biobasiertes 1,3-Butadien in Europa zu untersuchen

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Launched: New book celebrating innovation and creativity in eco-design

The 160-page book features Award-winning projects in double-page spreads, along with interviews with the designers

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Bioökonomie im Alltag

AllThings.Bio veröffentlicht Infobroschüren zu Alltagsthemen der Bioökonomie

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Nouryon and Renewcell partner on sustainable textile recycling

New facility to recycle textile waste to manufacture 60,000 metric tons of Circulose^® dissolving pulp per year

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Geld verdienen mit CO2: Bietet der Klimawandel ökonomische Chancen?

Eine sicherere Rohstoffquelle als CO₂ kann aus Sicht eines produzierenden Unternehmens kaum existieren

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A ‘radically sustainable’ partnership

Berlin-based brand i+m chose Sulapac^® Nordic Collection by Quadpack for the new member of its natural cosmetics series

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Eine Partnerschaft im Zeichen echter Nachhaltigkeit

Die Berliner Naturkosmetikmarke i+m wählte Sulapac^® Nordic Collection von Quadpack für den Neuzugang ihres Naturkosmetik Sortiments

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“Dominating” fungus could provide solution to producing more biofuels and valuable chemicals

Researchers have discovered an enzyme in a fungus which can act as a catalyst to bring about a biochemical reaction that breaks down lignocellulose

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10 May 202118 June 2021

Shchekinoazot and Haldor Topsoe sign an MoU to jointly discover opportunities for CO2 emission reduction

Parties will jointly explore opportunities of implementing Topsoe’s technologies at Shchekinoazot’s plants to produce high quality chemicals with the lowest rates of greenhouse gas emission

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Bioraffinerie-Farm: Uni Hohenheim und KIT forschen an gemeinsamem Technikum

Die eigene Bioraffinerie vor der Haustür am Bauernhof der Zukunft: Für dieses Ziel bündeln Uni Hohenheim und Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) jetzt ihr Know-how

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Repsol to join Enerkem and Agbar to build a waste to chemicals plant in Tarragona

Under the JV the plant will process around 400,000 tons of non-recyclable municipal solid waste from its surrounding regions and produce 220,000 tons of methanol

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Studie zu Papierverbunden bestätigt: Mehr Abfall und weniger Recycling

Nicht selten werden Verbundverpackungen mit „weniger Plastik“ beworben und dem Verbraucher damit eine besondere Umweltfreundlichkeit suggeriert

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The world’s first laundry capsule made using recycled carbon emissions

Through a pioneering new process, we’re capturing waste CO₂ from a factory - before it reaches the atmosphere - and turning it into a cleaning ingredient for our OMO detergent

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Total Corbion PLA: NextChem mit FEED für PLA-Werk beauftragt

Joint Venture will einen Komplex mit Kapazitäten für jährlich 100.000 Tonnen Polylactide (PLA) in Grandpuits errichten

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New contract awarded by Total Corbion PLA to design a biopolymer plant in France

Joint venture between Total and Corbion, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design for their 100,000 tons per annum Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits

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PHA2Use: Test plant for biodegradable bioplastic from organic waste streams

Partnership between five Netherlands water boards has now been started to produce a high-quality natural polyester made by using bacteria that purify wastewater

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Cellulose fibers against climate change

Joint research project to realize with help of textile-fixed amines an optimized and improved CO₂-Sequestration from the air

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With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants

The process has the potential to create more sustainable and economically favorable lifecycles for plastics

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7 May 202118 June 2021

Measuring the size of the European Bioeconomy using an Input-Output Approach

Researchers from the BioMonitor project proposed a novel approach that provides a comparative analysis of the bioeconomy’s development across different Member States and selected bio-based industries

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Beiersdorf selects SABIC certified renewable PP for new Nivea packaging

The new jars of Beiersdorf’s NIVEA Naturally Good day and night face creams will be phased in at point-of-sale outlets worldwide from June 2021 onwards

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Sabic: Biobasiertes Polypropylen für neue „Nivea“-Verpackung

Die neuen Verpackungen der Nivea Tages- und Nachtcremes von Beiersdorf sollen ab Juni 2021 im Handel eingeführt werden