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12 October 20209 September 2021

Lenzing ist Gründungspartner der Renewable Carbon Initiative

Die neu gegründete Renewable Carbon Initiative strebt das Ende des fossilen Zeitalters für alle organischen Chemikalien und Materialien bis 2050 an. Im Rahmen dieser Initiative wird sich Lenzing insbesondere auf die weitere Ökologisierung der Textil- und Vliesstoffbranchen konzentrieren

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UN SDGs – how to measure the bio-based sector’s contribution?

New guidance developed by the IEEP think tank now equips companies with the right tools to measure this contribution quantitively

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Schaufenster Bioökonomie: Bio-Kunststoffe machen Verpackungen nachhaltiger

EU-Forschungsprojekt mit Beteiligung der Uni Hohenheim unterstützt Markteinführung innovativer Verpackungen, die Lebensmittel- und Verpackungsabfälle reduzieren

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ITOCHU, Borealis and Borouge announce collaboration to enable uptake of renewable polypropylene in the Japanese market

The renewable PP is made from sustainable feedstock which is composed of various wastes and residues

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Weg frei für mehr Natur-Dämmstoffe beim Bauen

Zellulose, Seegras, Flachs und Co. halten Bauvorschriften stand

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Holland’s HempFlax joins CanXchange commodities trading platform

Transaction involved the sale of a quantity of CBD nutraceuticals made by HempFlax, which also makes hemp-based plastics, construction materials and animal care products

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These carbon-negative, ocean-degradable straws and forks are made from greenhouse gases

Newlight has developed a material—made by microbes—that uses methane to make everything from utensils to purses to glasses

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W-Cycle replaces plastic packaging with food waste

Sugarcane waste-based durable packaging is plastic-free and fully compostable

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Synthetic Methylotrophy in Yeasts: Towards a Circular Bioeconomy

Microbial methylotrophy is a powerful and versatile pillar of a future circular bioeconomy

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Growing momentum behind carbon capture can make it a new clean energy success story

Governments and companies have the chance today to turn CCUS into a clean energy success story that will bring environmental and economic benefits worldwide

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9 October 20209 September 2021

New enzyme cocktail digests plastic waste six times faster

The discovery, by a team co-led by Prof John McGeehan, is another leap towards beating plastic waste

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Brettsperrholz-Elemente aus Buche maßhaltig wie Nadelholz

Neues Verbundprojekt zum Einsatz von Laubholz im konstruktiven Bereich gestartet

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Scientists Offer Companies a Novel Chemistry for Greener Polyurethane

Groundbreaking Formulation Enables Renewable, Nontoxic Polyurethane — a Potential Drop-In Solution for Companies’ Products

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Spoontainable: “Don’t Waste It. Taste It.”

Aus den Schalen einer Kakaofrucht wurde der „Spoonie“, ein nachhaltiger Eislöffel entwickelt

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European Climate Policy and the Bioeconomy – Missed Opportunities or Muddling Through?

Policymakers in Brussels prefer to incentivize green power (and electric vehicles) as opposed to a balanced approach to economy-wide de-carbonization

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How waste CO2 is helping to turn renewable energy into liquid fuel

An adequate coordination could ensure waste products or byproducts from one process – such as CO₂ – can be used as a raw material for another

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Startende Markt- und Technologiestudie zum Potential für bio-basierte Composite-Materialien

Das AZL untersucht zusammen mit einem Industriekonsortium das Marktpotential für bio-basierte Composite-Materialien

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8 October 20209 September 2021

Newlight Technologies opens new commercial-scale AirCarbon production facility

Company develops carbon-negative, ocean-degradable straws and forks made from greenhouse gases

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VTT’s new piloting platform for process chemistry ready for speeding up bio- and circular economy

With the launch of the piloting platform for process chemistry, VTT Bioruukki strengthens its position among the world's leading piloting centres

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Total Corbion PLA: Erste PLA-Anlage im Weltmaßstab in Europa in Planung

Die neue Anlage soll an einem Total-Standort in Grandpuits, Frankreich, errichtet werden und 2024 betriebsbereit sein  

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Rekordbeteiligung beim Bundeswettbewerb HolzbauPlus: 198 Bauherren bewerben sich

Jury bewertet Einsatz von nachwachsenden Baustoffen bei Neubauten, Sanierungsobjekten und Kindertagesstätten

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7 October 20209 September 2021

Energy Transition: Total Is Investing More Than €500 Million To Convert Its Grandpuits Refinery Into a Zero-Crude Platform for Biofuels and Bioplastics

New platform will focus on four new industrial activities and is demonstrating company's commitment to the energy transition and to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050

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Total: Komplette Neuausrichtung der Raffinerie in Grandpuits

Konzern avisiert neue Rohöl-freie Plattform mit vier Industriezweigen, um mittels eigener Zugeständnisse zur Energiewende ein Carbon-neutrales Europa bis 2050 zu erreichen

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Score Natural Fibres Fairly – IWTO Responds to Green Claims Consultation

The wool industry is currently active in developing a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology for apparel and footwear in Europe to ensure a robust and meaningful scoring for wool clothing

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Bambusgeschirr: angesagt, aber bedenklich

Ob als Kinderteller oder Coffee-to-go-Becher: Bambusware wird als nachhaltig und ökologisch beworben. Doch sind die Produkte tatsächlich eine gute Alternative zu Plastikgeschirr?

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natureplus: Decisions of the Criteria Commission

natureplus discussed new standards, provides more transparency in assessment methods, and had basic discussions on gypsum-based products and radioactivity tests

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Unilever will mit Evonik-Hilfe grüner werden

Unilever will bis 2030 in seinen Reinigungs- und Waschmittelprodukten auf fossile Brennstoffe verzichten – unter anderem mit Hilfe von Evonik

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Unilever accredits its collaboration with Evonik as one key pillar of its “Clean Future” initiative

As a biotechnology leader, Evonik is enabling Unilever to make its household cleaning products more sustainable

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6 October 20201 October 2020

Total Corbion PLA announces the first world-scale PLA plant in Europe

The new plant is planned to be located on a Total site in Grandpuits, France and to be operational in 2024

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natureplus: Klimaverträglichkeit der Produkte wird bewertet

Die von natureplus definierten Anforderungen bezeichnen ein Mindestmaß an Klimaverträglichkeit und Energieeffizienz und sind in jedem Fall einzuhalten

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natureplus: Climate compatibility of the products is evaluated

The requirements defined by natureplus designate a minimum level of climate compatibility and energy efficiency and must be complied within all cases

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This fungus-based coffin doesn’t preserve your corpse. It decomposes it

Delft University of Technology researcher has come up with what is surely one of the most original startup ideas of 2020

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Dieser Sarg lebt

Bestattungen sind eine Umweltbelastung. Der Living Cocoon soll das ändern

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Sustainable Plastics Inspired by Nature

Plant-based plastics offer a sustainable alternative to traditional petrochemical plastics. Scientists and engineers are making the shift easier by fine-tuning the structure and function of these biomaterials while also developing better processing techniques

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Mars habitats could be built from a super-strong bio-material made of bug shells

Javier Fernandez and their team want to give Martian habitats the toughness of arthropod exoskeletons

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Not Your Average Refinery

Review led by PNNL researchers offers a vision of sustainable energy production through electrochemical reduction

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Multifunctional microbe simplifies processing of plant-derived fuels, chemicals

ORNL researchers got an organism to co-utilize multiple compounds in a single bioreactor, gaining a better understanding of how these different pathways interact

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5 October 20209 September 2021

Call for abstracts: 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, Cologne (Germany)

Lenzing, Levaco Chemicals and Kelheim Fibres will support the conference as gold sponsors. Further sponsors are welcome.

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Evonik, Siemens commission artificial photosynthesis pilot plant at Marl

Rheticus demonstrates how the Power-to-X idea can be successfully put into practice

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Reeboks erster pflanzlicher Laufschuh ist da

Der Forever Floatride Grow wurde aus pflanzenbasierten Materialien entwickelt und ist ab Oktober im E-Shop von Reebok erhältlich

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Kelheim Fibres nominated for Sustainability Heroes Award

The award is presented by DQS (German Association for Sustainability) and DGQ (German Association for Quality) to pioneers in sustainability

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Kelheim Fibres für Sustainability Heroes Award nominiert

Der Preis von der DQS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltigkeit) und der DGQ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität) ergeht an Vorreiter im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit

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Sugarcane waste upcycled into plastic-free packaging

‘Dispose SupraPulp the same way you would your salad’

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Neste and Shell sign an agreement to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel

Cooperation brings together Neste’s expertise in the production and supply of renewable diesel and SAF with Shell Aviation’s world-class credentials in supplying and managing fuel around the world

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Neste: Sweden becomes a frontrunner in sustainable aviation

Neste will have the capacity to produce some 1.5 million tons of sustainable aviation fuel annually by 2023

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Germany to ban plastic straws by mid-2021

The new law passed by Germany’s lower house of parliament will halt the sale of certain single-use plastics by July 2021

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2 October 202029 September 2020

Future transitions for the Bioeconomy towards Sustainable Development and a Climate-Neutral Economy

Knowledge Synthesis Final Report

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Better catalysts for a sustainable bioeconomy

Zeolites have the potential to make a bioeconomy based on renewable resources possible

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Bessere Katalysatoren für eine nachhaltige Bioökonomie

Zeolithe haben das Potenzial, eine Bioökonomie auf Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe möglich zu machen

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NatureWorks announces additional lactide monomer purification technology to expand the availability of Ingeo biopolymer from Blair facility

The manufacturing upgrades increase NatureWorks' responsiveness to rapidly evolving market dynamics and high demand for Ingeo™️ (PLA) biomaterials