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11 December 20209 December 2020

An interview with Chris Patermann. “We do not lose out of sight that we all live on the same planet”

In this long exclusive interviene, the former Director at the EU Commission talks about the Global Bioeconomy Summit and the bioeconomy after the pandemic

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10 December 20207 December 2020

Joint letter to Member States on the EU Taxonomy Regulation

Commission's draft text on EU bioeconomy supply chains and their outlets raising concerns about the consequences

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Bioraffinerien zur Gewinnung von Rohstoffen aus Abfall und Abwasser: „Bio-Ab-Cycling“

Umweltministerium unterstützt den Bau und die Umsetzung von modularen „Bioraffinerien“ mit Umwelttechnologien und biointelligenten Lösungen

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Carbon dioxide converted to ethylene – the ‘rice of the industry’

Understanding intermediates of the electrochemical CO₂ reduction to ethylene. Encouraging catalyst design - a key component of CO₂ utilization using renewable energy

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Braskem + Haldor Topsøe: Demo-Anlage produziert Bio-MEG

Nächste Projektphase sieht die Erprobung und Validierung des in Lyngby gewonnenen Bio-MEG durch strategische Partner vor

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Could This Innovation Be An Answer To Fashion’s Plastic Problem?

How does the use of plants instead of oil to produce plastic weigh up against plastic polluting our environment?

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BIOTEXFUTURE – Transforming the textile industry

More than 30 partners are focusing their research on developing bio-based raw materials to find alternative solutions to traditional plastics

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9 December 20205 December 2020

Development of new bio-based coating materials – ECOAT

Aim is, to develop new bio-based coating materials from highly available, low valorized biomass such as tomatoes, legumes, and sunflowers

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Entwicklung von neuen biobasierten Barrierebeschichtungen – ECOAT

Anfallende biologische Reststoffe werden zu Beschichtungen funktionalisiert und auf verschiedene zellulose- und polymerbasierte Substrate beschichtet

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Join our Survey and Help Us Build Narratives of the Future through the Bioeconomy

The BioMonitor project is setting up its storylines and narratives that can best reflect our bioeconomy futures. To meet the need of its users, the consortium is asking for your help by participating in a survey

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An environmentally-friendly alternative to the plastic bag made from trees could hit the shops in January

The material mixes corn and trees with graphene, the layer of carbon atoms that is super strong

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Biokunststoffe reduzieren Kunststoffpartikel im Kompost

BAW-Beutel stellen für Bioabfälle hinsichtlich der Kunststoffanteile im Kompost kein Problem dar

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Borealis to gain International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) for all its European polyolefin production sites

Sustainable hydrocarbons such as ethylene, propylene and phenol, as well as renewable polyolefins, can then be produced and taken to market

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Borealis erhält ISCC PLUS-Zertifizierung für alle europäischen Polyolefin-Produktionsanlagen

In der Folge können nachhaltige Kohlenwasserstoffe wie Ethylen, Propylen und Phenol sowie erneuerbare Polyolefine produziert und auf den Markt gebracht werden

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Total Corbion PLA outlines most favorable end-of-life options for PLA bioplastics

New whitepaper also clarifies where PLA products and applications can significantly contribute towards the circular economy

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BUSINESS FINLAND greenlights Solar Foods’ €8.6M project

World’s first food produced from thin air  

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Four Motors startete mit Vollnaturfaser-Karosseriebausatz im 24h-Rennen

Großteil des Fahrzeugs besteht aus Renewables, denn der Bausatz umfasst Stoßstangen, Frontsplitter, Fronthaube, Heckdeckel, Diffusor und vorderen Kotflügel

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The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs in 2020. Now choose the number 1

Now you can choose the most innovative CEO responding to the Il Bioeconomista survey

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MEPs: Cannabis reclassification to unlock potential for its medical use

Medical cannabis is also available to some patients in EU countries on the basis of individual prescriptions

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8 December 20209 September 2021

Neste RE enables a future where all plastic products can be made of renewable and recycled materials – and the future starts today

Neste RE makes it possible to use bio-based waste and residues and waste plastic in the manufacture of high-quality products

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Neste RE ermöglicht eine Zukunft, in der alle Kunststoffprodukte aus erneuerbaren und recycelten Materialien hergestellt werden können – und diese Zukunft beginnt heute

Neste RE ermöglicht die Verwendung von biobasierten Abfällen und Rückständen sowie Kunststoffabfällen für die Herstellung neuer Qualitätsprodukte

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Market update 2020: Bioplastics continue to become mainstream as the global bioplastics market is set to grow by 36 percent over the next 5 years

Bioplastics will play an important role in achieving a circular economy

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Optimal management and use of plastic waste, a key matter for the future of Europe

Waste sorting performed in the purest and highest efficient way is the key to success of the subsequent steps in the value chain

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Carbiolice: Enzymbasiertes Additiv verbessert PLA-Kompostierbarkeit

Eine innovative Lösung, wie bio-basierte Kunststoffe innerhalb von maximal 180 Tagen zu Hause kompostiert werden können

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Start-up Carbiolice launches Evanesto®, the first additive that allows plastics with a high PLA content to achieve certification “OK compost HOME” by TÜV AUSTRIA Group

A solution that allows plastic of vegetable origin to be compostable, even from home, in a maximum of 180 days

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Construction of Clariant’s sunliquid® plant in Romania on track for completion by the end of 2021

Construction continues with over 650 workers on site operating in full compliance with all COVID-19 pandemic precaution measurements

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Bau von Clariants sunliquid®-Anlage in Rumänien auf dem Weg zur Fertigstellung bis Ende 2021

Bauarbeiten schreiten voran mit mehr als 650 Arbeitern vor Ort und unter absoluter Einhaltung sämtlicher Massnahmen zum Schutz vor der COVID-19-Pandemie

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5 management tools to reduce hemp biomass harvest variability

By David F. Peterson, B.S, MBA, Lee Enterprises Consulting – Special to The Digest

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7 December 20205 December 2020

U.N. revokes 60-year ban – declares cannabis legitimate medicine

Schedule IV for cannabis is representative of long discredited value systems

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UN-Entscheidung: Cannabis ist keine gefährliche Droge

Die Suchtstoffkommission macht damit den Weg frei für eine Neubewertung von Hanfprodukten

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Nachhaltige Verpackungen – die Tücke steckt im Detail

Die Hochschule Albstadt-Sigmaringen forscht unter dem Nachhaltigkeitsaspekt an der Optimierung von Verpackungen

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Sustainable packaging – the devil is in the detail

The Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences is researching packaging concepts for their sustainability

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Biobasierte Autokarosserie für die Straßenzulassung rückt in greifbare Nähe

Biowerkstoffe sind ein wichtiger Baustein bei der Umsetzung der Nationalen Bioökonomiestrategie

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Northern Light Composites Introduce Ecoprimus Dinghy

- the First Sustainable and Recyclable Dinghy on the Market

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Versalis: agreement with AlphaBio Control for the production of bio-based herbicides and biocides

The commercialization of the two product lines will be launched in Italy in the early months of 2021

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Microbial Electrosynthesis: Where Do We Go from Here?

Using present knowledge of bioelectrochemistry, it becomes apparent that the simplest gains in performance are likely to come from advancements in the reactor

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4 December 20209 September 2021

Developing a circular and sustainable bioeconomy for Europe: new report by the Network of Experts on Bioeconomy sets out the main opportunities and challenges ahead

External experts reviewed and synthesised relevant knowledge and data on the current bioeconomy landscape and research & innovation developments

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Vom Wegwerfprodukt zum Nährstofflieferanten – Biologisch abbaubare Folien für die Landwirtschaft

Machbarkeitsstudie der Hochschule Hof will biobasierte Stretchfolie entwickeln, die sich wieder recyceln lässt

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Value of the EU bioeconomy – the latest figures

New report analyses the latest data on employment, value added and the turnover generated by different bio-based sectors of the EU bioeconomy

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Bundestag beschließt Verbot von Kunststoff-Tragetaschen

Schulze: "Es geht auch ohne die Plastiktüte"

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Nurel expands its biopolymers production plant

This new plant will double the production of biopolymers to correspond the growing demand for sustainable plastics

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Perstorp plan to reduce carbon emission with half million tons by producing sustainable methanol

Project AIR will build a first-of-a-kind, large scale, commercial Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) unit to produce sustainable methanol

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Deciphering Organoids: High-Dimensional Analysis of Biomimetic Cultures

This review evaluates state-of-the-art analytical methods applied to organoids and discusses the latest advances in single-cell technologies

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3 December 20203 December 2020

Final programme available: 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, hybrid event

With 210 participants and 15 exhibitors from 26 different countries, the “1^st International Conference on Cellulose Fibres” in 2020 was a great success and exceeded all expectations. Building on this success, the 2^nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres will again cover the entire value chain

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Preliminary programme: 9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals” and “2nd European Summit on Co2-based Aviation Fuels”

23–24 March 2021, hybrid event

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Aiwanger: “Das Potential unserer Land- und Forstwirtschaft für die biobasierte Wirtschaft besser nutzen”

Wirtschaftsminister stellt Bayerische Bioökonomiestrategie mit 50 Maßnahmen vor

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DSM and Neste announce strategic partnership to create high performance materials made from sustainable feedstock

DSM Engineering Materials will start replacing a significant portion of the fossil feedstock used to date in the manufacture of its high performance polymers portfolio

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Neste: Herstellung von Hochleistungsmaterialien aus nachhaltigen Rohstoffen – Strategische Partnerschaft mit DSM

Kooperation mit Neste soll den Umstieg auf alternative, nachhaltige Rohstoffe bei DSM beschleunigen

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Studie zum Dämmstoffmarkt 2020

Der deutsche Markt für Gebäudedämmungen wächst auch im Coronajahr 2020 signifikant. Der Marktanteil der Dämmstoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen steigt dabei weiter

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How will the chemical industry contribute to the circular economy?

Chemistry has a key role to help making Europe’s economy circular by enabling innovative technologies that better use and reuse existing materials says Martin Brudermüller, President of Cefic and CEO of BASF