22 July 202021 July 2020 An Outline of the German Medical Cannabis Market Problems and hurdles for patients are still posed by the excessively high forced prices and protracted approval and reimbursement procedures of health insurance funds
Anellotech Secures Funds to Develop Innovative Plas-TCat™ Plastics Recycling Technology from R Plus Japan, a New Joint Venture Company launched by 12 Cross-Industry Partners within the Japanese Plastic Supply Chain The technology’s process efficiency has the potential to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption
Gut verpackt – Die Architektur ist entscheidend: Bio-Metall-organische Hybride mit hoher Bioaktivität Mittels Peptiden als Modulatoren lassen sich Biomakromolekülen in maßgeschneiderte Metall-organische Gerüststrukturen einbauen
21 July 202021 July 2020 Recent surge in EU forest harvesting, according to JRC study Increasing pressure on forest services and products is posing new challenges to sustainable forest management
Rodungen in der EU nehmen stark zu In der EU werden Forschern zufolge immer mehr Waldflächen gerodet - ein Grund ist ausgerechnet die hohe Nachfrage nach nachhaltigen Rohstoffen. Die steigende Abholzung könnte nun die Klimaschutzziele gefährden
PolyOne Sustainability Portfolio in Europe Expanded to Support Circular Economy Nymax™ PIR recycled nylon offers comparable performance to prime nylon grades, including high strength, durability, impact resistance, and weather resistance
Evonik makes green hydrogen more affordable Company has developed a novel anion exchange membrane, which could allow commercial realization of highly economically viable electrolysis technology
Government announces Jet Zero Council and confirms support for Velocys waste-to-jet-fuel project Grant Shapps on net zero carbon flying and Velocys' sustainable jet fuel plant
The potential of bio waste in Europe BIC is actively involved in a number of European research programs to convert and process collected waste into useful applications
EU market for medical cannabis still far from full bloom The boom in the German market for medical cannabis comes with challenges in meeting growing demand and developing a robust sales network
Home Compostable and Soil Degradable Compound for Injection Moulding Applications Besides numerous grades for film extrusion, BIO-FED also offers compounds for injection moulding
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
Top 10 Slide Guides of 2020 so far The Digest brings you the hottest Top 10 slide guides so far from this crazy year
17 July 20209 September 2021 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
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
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
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