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21 July 20209 July 2020

Heimkompostierbares und bodenabbaubares Compound für Spritzgussanwendungen

Neben zahlreichen Typen für die Folienextrusion bietet BIO-FED auch Compounds für den Spritzguss an

20 July 20209 September 2021

INEOS to acquire BP’s global aromatics & acetyls business

Aromatics provides the building blocks for the global polyester industry, key to fibres, films and packaging. Acetyls support a wide range of downstream industries in food flavouring and preservation, pharmaceuticals, paints, adhesives and packaging

NGFA, NFU, and Hemp Industries Association Join Growing Biogenic CO2 Coalition

New Members Show Broad Support for EPA Rulemaking on Biogenic CO2 Emissions for Agriculture Crops

U of I-Led Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE) Secures $10M USDA Grant to Build Sustainability and Prosperity for Dairy Industry

Tge project will create useful bioproducts from dairy manure that can be transported and used in more distant areas for crop production or for value-added products

The start-up Carbiolice and Barbier Group are combining their expertise to develop biodegradable mulch film using Evanesto® inside

Tests for physical resistance and biodegradation are currently being carried out under real growing conditions

Electrochaea Expands Executive Team: Harald Beschid Appointed Chief Operations Officer

Interest in commercial power-to-gas projects has increased enormously in recent months

Volle Auftragsbücher: Electrochaea stärkt Management-Team mit Harald Beschid als Chief Operations Officer

Das Interesse für kommerzielle Power-to-Gas-Projekte ist in den letzten Monaten enorm gestiegen

Praj and Lygos to Co-develop Advanced Lactic Acid Yeast Technology for Bio-based Products

Lygos will provide its proprietary yeast platform to Praj for jointly developing into various solutions for commercial applications

Bundeskabinett beschließt Verbot von Wegwerfprodukten aus Plastik

Das Verbot betrifft Wegwerfprodukte wie Einmalbesteck und -teller, Trinkhalme, Rührstäbchen, Wattestäbchen und Luftballonstäbe aus Plastik

16 July 20207 July 2020

Unilever sets out new actions to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations

Unilever will achieve Net Zero emissions from all our products by 2039

Evergreen idea turns biomass DNA into degradable materials

DNA has a lot of handy uses. It stores the blueprint of genetic code. It helps usher along the evolution of species

Carbon capture and reuse gain steam

US government and European firms invest in CO_₂capture projects

Aufwertung von Post-Consumer-PLA-Abfällen: Ein Tor zur »Zirkulären Bio-Wirtschaft«

Zusammentreffen von chemischem Recycling von PLA und nachhaltiger Produktion von Laktatestern

Upcycling Wood Into Nutritional, Sustainable Protein Source for People & the Planet

One of the best solutions to solve the challenge of nutrition has emerged from a natural resource that’s right outside the front door

15 July 20207 July 2020

Without advanced renewable fuels, EU will not meet climate objectives

Long-term policy support is crucial to the market rollout of RESfuels to remedy transport’s reliance on fossil fuels, leading European research institutes confirm

14 July 20209 September 2021

SoCalGas, PG&E and Opus 12 Announce Advancements in Technology that Converts Carbon Dioxide to Renewable Natural Gas

Demonstration shows new electrochemical technology is commercially competitive with other methods of converting the unwanted carbon dioxide in biogas into pipeline-quality renewable natural gas

The world’s lightest shielding material

Protection against electromagnetic interference

Das leichteste Abschirmmaterial der Welt

Schutz vor elektromagnetischen Störfeldern

Faser-Metall-Laminate mit kompostierbaren Biomaterialien für den ökologischen Leichtbau

Biologisch abbaubare Naturfasern und Kunststoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen bieten vielversprechende Alternativen zu konventionellen Halbzeugen

New Candidate for Raw Material Synthesis Through Gene Transfer

“Natural gene transfer” into a multicellular cyanobacterium: Phormidium lacuna lends itself to fundamental research and biotechnical applications

Neuer Kandidat für Rohstoffsynthese durch Gentransfer

„Natürlicher Gentransfer“ in mehrzelliges Cyanobakterium: Phormidium lacuna lässt sich für Grundlagenforschung und biotechnische Anwendungen nutzen

13 July 202021 December 2020

PrimaLoft, Inc. and Fiberpartner Announce New Partnership

Partnership expands application of PrimaLoft^® Bio™ to new markets

Eni, Versalis and COREPLA working together to recover mixed plastics

Agreements signed to combine their respective expertise in plasmix recycling by gasification and pyrolysis of mixed plastic packaging, which is currently difficult to recycle and destined for energy recovery

NEC Platforms provides highly functional bioplastic, “NeCycle,” helping to solve environmental issues such as marine plastic waste

NeCycle is made up of cellulose, while featuring environmentally friendly properties, such as long-term degradability in the ocean

Engineers find neat way to turn waste carbon dioxide into useful material

Making catalysts to convert waste carbon dioxide into useful industrial products has been expensive and complicated – until now

Bioactive natural compounds for the fight against cancer

The newly presented synthesis route manages without osmium tetroxide and at the same time proves to be much more efficient

Biologisch aktive Naturstoffe für den Kampf gegen Krebs

Der neu vorgestellte Syntheseweg kommt ohne Osmiumtetroxid aus und erweist sich gleichzeitig als deutlich effizienter

„Grüner Bruder“ des PET

LIKAT vereinfacht Verfahren für die Bausteine des Bio-Polymers PEF

10 July 20202 July 2020

Quantafuel: Investor Kirkbi steigt mit rund 23 Mio. Euro ein

Das in Oslo ansässige Technologieunternehmen wandelt Kunststoffabfälle in kohlenstoffarme synthetische Ölprodukte und neue hochwertige Materialien

BASF working toward circularity in recycling of mattresses

BASF’s process breaks down the flexible polyurethane and delivers the initially used polyol, from which they gain new foam with a significantly lower carbon footprint

BASF macht wichtigen Schritt zur Kreislaufwirtschaft beim Recycling von Matratzen

Neues Verfahren von BASF spaltet flexibles Polyurethan und gibt das verarbeitete Polyol frei, aus dem dann neuer Schaum mit deutlich geringeren CO₂-Emissionen wird

Greenhouse-gas reduction performance of EU ethanol reaches new high

Renewable ethanol from ePURE members reduced GHG emissions by more than 72% compared to fossil fuels in 2019, according to the latest audited producer data

Neste, McDonald’s Netherlands and HAVI enter into circular economy collaboration in the Netherlands

The collaboration will see McDonald’s restaurants in the Netherlands recycling the used cooking oil from French fries into Neste MY Renewable Diesel™

Schaufenster Bioökonomie: In Deutschland leben Hunderte unbekannter Insektenarten

Das Problem des Insektensterbens besteht – unabhängig davon, dass es noch unbekannte Arten gibt

9 July 20202 July 2020

Dow and Shell team up to develop electric cracking technology

Technology could lead to lower carbon emissions, provide a path to decarbonization as the energy grid becomes increasingly renewables-led

What Happens to Bioplastics at Industrial Composting Sites?

Visiting a composting facility in Flanders

8 July 20207 July 2020

Dr Markus Steilemann becomes new President of PlasticsEurope

In this new role Dr Steilemann will drive forwards the association and its memberships’ shared vision for greater circularity and sustainability, across the industry

PlasticsEurope: Covestro-Chef Markus Steilemann lenkt Europas Kunststoffverband – Fokus auf Nachhaltigkeit und Kreislaufwirtschaft

Steilemann möchte die Verbandsarbeit in erster Linie noch stärker auf die Förderung von Nachhaltigkeit und insbesondere Kreislaufwirtschaft ausrichten

From plants to plastics: bringing a next-generation sustainable plastic to the market

Worley has been awarded a FEED (front-end engineering design) to develop Avantium’s flagship plant that will support the transition to a bio-based economy for plastics

Avantium: Australische Worley erstellt FEED für FDCA-Anlage

Der australische Industrieanlagenbauer Worley übernimmt für das niederländische Chemieunternehmen Avantium die Projektierung eines neuen Werks zur Produktion von Furandicarbonsäure (FDCA)

New biosurfactants are greener than ever

Just over half of all surfactants currently on the market are at least partially produced from plant-based or other oleochemicals

BBI-JU Funguschain agrofilms from mushroom waste: a strategic tool for sustainable development

16 EU Partners of the new Project promote a model of sustainable agriculture based on the cascading use of vegetable raw materials

7 July 202030 June 2020

Biodegradable biopolymers for 3D Printing and micro-injection moulding

Dutch and German companies and institutions are working together on this, supported by EDR

The intractable biobased procurement practice

Direction, certification and a database can help further the upscaling process

BBI JU: a high-impact initiative for green recovery of Europe

BBI JU launched the publication BBI JU: a high-impact initiative for green recovery of Europe highlighting the environmental, socio-economic and technological impacts of the initiative

Bioplastics: A Sustainable Alternative to Automotive Tires

An estimated 1.5 billion tyres are discarded annually worldwide. Reducing this number is a challenge for the automotive industry, governments, and policymakers. An alternative is to use bioplastics and recycled plastic

6 July 202029 June 2020

EU lacks ‘complete overview’ about used cooking oil origins

Used Cooking Oils (UCO) are double-counted under the EU’s renewable energy directive because they can help decarbonise Europe’s transport sector

H&S baut erste großtechnische Anlage zur Umwandlung von gebrauchten Matratzen in Polyole

Die erste Anlage soll Polyole aus Matratzen zurückgewinnen, die ansonsten jedes Jahr in einer Millionenstadt im Müll landen würden

Disposable Gloves Made of Bioplastics

Protection With a Clear Environmental Conscience

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