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20 November 201919 November 2019

VTT’s deep-tech incubator teams come up with two solutions to meet the need for new sustainable fish feed

Population growth is increasing the need for food, and growing wealth is driving demand for animal protein foods

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19 November 201919 November 2019

Winners of the innovation award “Biocomposite of the Year 2019” show the amazing versatility of commercially available biocomposites

For the seventh time in a row, the “Biocomposite of the Year” innovation award was bestowed to producers and developers of innovative and new applications for biocomposites. The award ceremony took place at the world's largest conference on biocomposites: The “8^th Biocomposites Conference Cologne”

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Avantium opens branch office in Japan to reinforce high-value market for PEF

Japan is considered to be the key market for introducing innovative and advanced materials - and the new Avantium Japan branch office will provide local support

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WIWIN AWARD: Spoontainable ist das nachhaltigste Startup Deutschlands

Mit „Spoonie“, der nachhaltigen Alternative zum herkömmlichen Eislöffel, hat sich das Startup aus Stuttgart gegen vier andere Bewerber durchgesetzt

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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture: The Key to UK Decarbonisation?

Does Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) hold the key to the UK's ambitious decarbonisation targets?

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Neue Bindemittel für nachhaltige Batterien

Partner aus Forschung und Wirtschaft haben biobasierte Bindemittel entwickelt, um Lithium-Ionen-Batterien nachhaltiger zu machen

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Circular economy erected as ‘number one priority’ of European Green Deal

Highlights included a ban on single-use plastic products like cutlery and food containers. And at least 70% of packaging will have to be recycled by 2030

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Brazil Braskem mulls new renewable ethylene, PE capacity

Expansion to be most likely in Brazil, company is considering it due to rising demand for renewable PE, mainly from Europe and Asia, particularly Japan

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Biobasierte Rohstoffe für eine nachhaltigere Chemieproduktion

ChemCologne: Im Rahmen der StartupCon wurde am 30.10.2019 auf der Kölnmesse ein Sieger mit dem Chem Startup Award ausgezeichnet

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Gevo Enters into a Fuel Sales Agreement with Scandinavian Airline System for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Gevo will supply SAF to SAS from Gevo’s expanded Luverne, Minnesota plant, which is expected to be constructed over the next several years

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18 November 201913 November 2019

Eastman collaborates with NB Coatings to offer sustainable automotive plastic

Trēva™ engineering bioplastic innovates for circular economy via proprietary recycling technology

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Biobasierte Zukunft im Futurium

Inhaberinnen Rosalina Babourkova und Jasmin Minges erzählen im Interview, wo es in der Zukunftsschau um Bioökonomie und biobasierte Innovationen geht

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PolyOne Unveils New Bio-Derived Thermoplastic Elastomers for Overmolding

The new reSound™ OM (overmolding) grades leveraging a significant amount of renewable content without compromising the material’s properties

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Studentisches Team der TU Kaiserslautern punktet bei internationalem Wettbewerb

Kaiserslauterner Forscher entwickeln Plastik zersetzende Grünalge, mittels derer ein geschlossenes, umwelfreundliches Recyclingsystem entstehen kann

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Valmet introduces roll covers made of recycled and renewable raw materials

New composite covers for press, guide and calender rolls are now available for the first customer deliveries

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Testanlage für E-Fuel: So entsteht Treibstoff aus CO2 und Ökostrom

CO₂ im Tank: In Karlsruhe wird ein Verfahren getestet, das klimafreundliche Kraftstoffe herstellt. Noch produziert das E-Fuel-System aber nur ein paar Liter täglich

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New Oleochemicals Service from Tecnon OrbiChem

A special pre-launch issue (Issue 000) of Tecnon OrbiChem’s new Oleochemicals Chemical Business has been published which is available for you to receive by email

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The Wood Paradox

Destabilization renders wood more stable

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Das Holz-Paradoxon

Destabilisierung macht Holz stabiler

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15 November 201913 November 2019

Avantium advances its plant-based MEG technology with the opening of its demonstration plant

Company additionally announces the naming of this innovative technology to produce plant-based MEG: Ray Technology^TM

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Lavazza officially launches compostable coffee pods

Company also announced that it will be partnering with recycling specialist TerraCycle to launch a coffee capsule drop off initiative

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Holztürme für Windräder

Für das Klima wäre es von erheblichem Vorteil, wenn Holz Beton als Baustoff verdrängen könnte, denn bei der Herstellung von Zement werden größere Mengen CO₂ frei

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Guest post: Ten ways to use CO2 and how they compare

We set out to pin down what CO₂ utilisation is, how it might relate to CO₂ removals and emission reductions, and whether such technologies are profitable or scalable

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Nature might be better than tech at reducing air pollution

Ohio State researchers found that in 75 percent of the counties analyzed, it was cheaper to use plants to mitigate air pollution than it was to add technological interventions

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Bäume für die Luft besser als Umwelttechnik

Laut einer Studie von Ohio State-Forschern sind in 75 Prozent der analysierten Regionen neue Anpflanzungen wirksamer als eine Reduzierung der Emissionen

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Indian researchers develop ‘bio-bricks’ using agricultural waste

Agro-waste based 'bio-bricks' are not only more sustainable than clay bricks, but also they fix more carbon dioxide than they produce during their life cycle

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Synthetic Biology and Genome-Editing Tools for Improving PHA Metabolic Engineering

Wild-type or weakly engineered bacteria are insufficient to meet demands for improved PHA structures and low production cost

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Renewable gases: Where do they stand in the EU’s 2050 energy roadmap?

Gas-powered electricity has emerged as one credible alternative of the decarbonisation agenda imposed by climate change policie

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14 November 2019

In welchen Anwendungen ist biologischer Abbau als End-of-Life wirklich sinnvoll – Mitglieder für Experten-Beirat gesucht

Wann ergibt biologischer Abbau ökologisch Sinn? Gibt es für solche Anwendungen bereits die geeigneten Materialien? Wie sind die marktwirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen?

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Honey Without Bees

The synthetic honey is produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, which “learns” to produce the honey following reprogramming in the lab

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Finalists for 14th Global Bioplastics Award 2019 announced!

The "Bioplastics Oskar" will be presented this year for the 14th time in succession

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14. Global Bioplastics Award 2019: Finalisten veröffentlicht

Der "Biokunststoff Oskar" wird am 3. Dezember 2019 während der 14. European Bioplastics Conference 2019 in Berlin an den Gewinner vergeben

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Two pilots for the more sustainable chemo-enzymatic production of chemicals via new EU project

The GREEN-CHEM network joins various other partners in a new project hat aims to incite a transition to a more green and sustainable chemistry

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Braskem: Hochdichtes PE für den Bausektor – „Grüner Kunststoff“ für den 3D-Druck

Unternehmen zeigte auf der K 2019 innovatives Angebot mit einem Portfolio von druckfertigen Materialien für die Filament- und Pulverbettfusion

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Watch the World’s Largest 3D-Printer Spit Out a 25-Foot Boat

…and how this is really about using wood to replace metal

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Cellulose car, fermentation for fragrances, world’s 1st solar hydrogen electrolysis facility, green tea leather alternative, hydrogen from CO2 and more

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of November 7th

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Novamont Starts Construction of a Demo Plant for the Production of Furandicarboxylic Acid

A 10 million-euro investment with the support of Invitalia

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Nachhaltiger 3D-Druck dank Kunststoff aus Cellulose

Meyer-Galow-Preis für Wirtschaftschemie 2019 geht an Roland Bayer

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13 November 20198 November 2019

MonoSol announces expansions to serve growing global customer base

Need for environmentally friendly solutions is growing at a rapid rate as companies across the globe take on the challenge to make everyday products safer and more sustainable

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How to capture and use atmospheric CO2

A new study quantifies the potential and costs of the ten most important applications, e.g. in industry, construction, and agriculture

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Wie sich CO2 aus der Atmosphäre einfangen und nutzen lässt

Neue Studie beziffert Potenziale und Kosten der zehn wichtigsten Verwendungen, unter anderem in der Industrie, am Bau und in der Landwirtschaft

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Wood-based yarn captures hormones from wastewater

Researchers collaboration converted cellulose yarn into a material that can capture hormones and other pharmaceutical substances effectively

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Nationale Wasserstoffstrategie: Bedarf an grünem und blauem Wasserstoff aus dem In- und Ausland

Vier deutsche Minister haben gemeinsam ein Papier als Diskussionsbeitrag veröffentlicht

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Hempcorp’s 10,000 Acre Plantation

Company's new product chain will vary from health foods, cosmetics, textiles, FMCGs, pharmaceuticals, cannabis-medicines, construction materials, bioplastics and biofuels

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Kunststoff aus Kohlendioxid: Neues Material entpuppt sich als idealer CO2-Fänger

Japanisch-chinesische Forschergruppe entwickelte eine der umweltfreundlichsten Methoden zur Kohlenstoffbindung

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Scientists create ‘artificial leaf’ that turns carbon dioxide into fuel

The new technology was inspired by the way plants use energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food

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Europe looking more to palm oil for fatty acids as tallow supplies shrink

ICIS reports that a growing shortage in Europe of fatty acids usually produced from tallow has the market looking to source palm oil as feedstock instead

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12 November 20197 November 2019

NextChem awarded contract to build new bio-lubricants plant

Maire Tecnimont has already invested approximately €50 million in the last 5 years in more than 70 innovation projects around the circular economy

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Naturally! Of course. How nature never stops surprising us

Nature is not a passive object. It can resist our manipulations. New findings launched by Alle Bruggink and Diederik van der Hoeven

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Kabinett beschließt Plastiktüten-Verbot

Auch sogenannte 'Bioplastik'tüten sollen verboten werden, weil diese Kunststoffe nicht unbedingt umweltfreundlicher seien als Kunststoffe aus fossilen Rohstoffen