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8 December 20208 December 2020

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

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Die Wald-Null

Ein Märchen von Klimaneutralität

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An interview with Matt Lipscomb, CEO DMC Bio

Exclusive interview with Matt Lipscomb, CEO of DMC Bio, the US company which is producing bio-based chemicals using fermentation

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2 December 202028 November 2020

Green methanol production at container scale

Research association E4MeWi develops sustainable and scalable process for methanol production

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Grüne Methanolproduktion im Container-Format

Forschungsverbund E4MeWi entwickelt nachhaltiges und skalierbares Verfahren zur Methanolherstellung

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Understanding The Importance Of Bioplastics In The Auto Industry

Global bioplastic production is projected to rise to 2.43 million tonnes by 2024, according to European Bioplastics

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Polylactid zäher gemacht

Das Kunststoff-Zentrum konnte gemeinsam mit Compraxx mit Hilfe von Weizengluten eine Schlagzähmodifizierung des Biokunststoffes PLA realisieren

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Dutch furniture manufacturer VepaDrentea launches CO2 negative chair

New, innovative material was developed by Plantics, the inventor of the world’s first bio-based thermosetting resins

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Verbot für Einwegkunstoffprodukte

Regelungen stehen jetzt für Deutschland fest

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Tapioca-based plastic could help reduce India’s chronic food waste

Degradable bioplastic film is significantly cheaper than current films and recycles waste starch produced by the country’s sprawling cassava plant industry

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An EU IP Action Plan for strong industrial ecosystems

Read our offical statement on the new IP Action Plan launched today

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American Agriculture Leaders Commend Governors for Support on Addressing Biogenic CO2 Barrier

Reynolds and Ricketts Among State Governors Urging EPA To Take Prompt Action

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Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, paving way for alternative future energy sources

Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air

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1 December 20209 September 2021

Closing the plastic loop

German nova-Institute recently published a comprehensive overview of the present status of chemical plastic recycling technologies

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Celanese Launches POM ECO-B as Mass-Balance Bio-based Option for Existing Products

Growing specialty materials portfolio addresses sustainable POM product options

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Green Hydrogen Blue Danube

VERBUND entwickelt europäische Wertschöpfungskette für grünen Wasserstoff

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KFC Canada Testing Compostable Cutlery Made of Bamboo and Sugar Cane

New cutlery will eliminate 40 million pieces of plastic cutlery annually

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Carbios will knock your socks off, produces first clear plastic bottles from enzymatically recycled textile waste

With ‘fast fashion’ and record-breaking tons of clothing going into landfills, their tech could help solve a huge global problem

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An exclusive interview with Mercedes Alonso, Executive VP Neste

In this long exclusive interview, Mercedes Alonso talks about Neste, the circular bioeconomy and the green recovery after the Covid19

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Braskem and Haldor Topsoe achieve first production of bio-based MEG from sugar

The innovative and sustainable product is the result of technological cooperation that began in 2017 and is widely used in the packaging and textile markets

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30 November 202027 November 2020

Braskem wins the Chemical Week’s Sustainability Awards

The award was credited to the I'm green^TM portfolio, a family of bioplastics with negative carbon footprint

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Braskem gewinnt bei den Sustainability Awards der Chemical Week 2020

Unternehmen erhält die prestigeträchtige Auszeichnung für sein I'm green™ Portfolio