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5 February 20194 February 2019

New Lightweight Bio-Composite Using Date Palm Fiber Biomass for Automotive

Applied Science and Manufacturing explored the potential of waste leaf sheath date palm fibers for composite reinforcement

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Research on CO2-neutral future fuels

High-performance fuels based on methanol

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Forschung an CO2-neutralen Kraftstoffen der Zukunft

High-Performance-Fuels auf Methanol-Basis geplant

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4 February 201931 January 2019

Stakeholder workshop “Roadmap for the Chemical Industry in Europe towards a Bioeconomy”

Over the last 1.5 years, the RoadToBio consortium developed suggestions on how to produce 25% of organic chemical products in Europe bio-based by 2030

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Lenzing Ranked first by Canopy for Sustainable Wood Sourcing

Lenzing helps preserve global forests and biodiversity

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Lenzing belegt im Canopy Ranking ersten Platz bei nachhaltiger Holzbeschaffung

Unterstützung für Erhaltung borealer Wälder und Biodiversität

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Clariant partners with ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group to advance Cellulosic Biofuel Research

Objective is to combine technologies into a single, integrated biodiesel production process

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Clariant bringt gemeinsam mit ExxonMobil und der Renewable Energy Group die Forschung zu Biokraftstoffen aus Zellulose voran

Zielsetzung ist die Verknüpfung verschiedener Technologien zu einem integrierten Produktionsprozess für Biodiesel

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Birla Cellulose launches sustainable fabric Livaeco

The eco enhanced variant of Liva was launched with forest themed fashion show with garments designed by India’s leading fashion designers

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The GC3 Startup Network Seeks Applicants for 2019 Technology Showcase

Apple, BASF, Best Buy Company, Inc., New Balance, Patagonia, and Target among 16 companies seeking new sustainable chemistry and materials technologies

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Große Fortschritte bei der Entwicklung umweltverträglicher Schmierstoffe

Mit rund 1,25 Millionen Euro gefördertes Projekt weist schon nach einem Jahr Projektlaufzeit eine äußerst positive Bilanz aus

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Syndial pilot plant in Gela begins transforming organic municipal waste into bio-oil

Syndial, Eni’s environmental services company, begins operating at its pilot plant at the the Gela refinery

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Klimawandel: Was könnte künstliche Photosynthese beitragen, um die globale Erwärmung zu begrenzen?

Wenn die CO₂-Emissionen nicht rasch genug sinken, muss künftig CO₂ aus der Atmosphäre entfernt werden, um die globale Erwärmung zu begrenzen

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1 February 20199 September 2021

European industry fosters CO2 reutilization

Next step in collaboration of industrial and academic partners / Evaluation of industrial-scale testing in southern France

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Europas Industrie fördert CO2-Wiederverwertung

Nächster Schritt in der Kooperation von Industrie und Forschung / Industrielle Erprobung soll in Südfrankreich untersucht werden

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UK-based Vegware expands composting collection service

Composting Collective – a collective solution for Vegware on the go

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De Smet Engineers & Contractors selected to build PDO/AB plant

New plant is set to be brought on line in the second half of 2020 and turnover from the first PDO and BA sales should be recorded in the Q4 2020

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Samsung ersetzt Kunststoffverpackungen durch nachhaltige Materialien

Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie des Unternehmens sieht verbesserte Verpackungen vor

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Samsung Electronics to Replace Plastic Packaging with Sustainable Materials

Under the company’s sustainability policy, Samsung plans to minimize and replace packaging with environmentally sustainable materials

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Quest fulfilled? Holy Grail found? 40% crop yield increase really possible?

University of Illinois and USDA researchers found transgenic tobacco plants were ∼40% more productive than wild-type tobacco plants

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Plant-Based Innovator Renmatix Joins with The Ingredient House to Bring Better Making, Better Baking Cost-Advantaged Ingredients to the Leading U.S. Bakers

Early targets include the $400M cost-in-use egg replacement market for baked goods in the U.S., with plant ingredient Simple Cellulose

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Technique identifies electricity-producing bacteria

Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup

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31 January 2019

Developing standards for bio-based industries

What are the current EU standards or other related issues that hamper the growth of bio-based products?

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Nestlé and Danimer Scientific to Develop Biodegradable Water Bottle

Nestlé and Danimer Scientific will collaborate to design and manufacture bio-based resins for Nestlé’s water business using Danimer Scientific’s PHA polymer Nodax™

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Neues Hochhaus soll Leuchtturm-Projekt für Holzbau werden

Vorhaben wird von der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) mit 330.700 Euro gefördert

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WOW! Exploiting the potential of sewage

Enter WOW!, a project designed to ensure that no waste is wasted

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Bauer Hubert und das neue Auto

11. Folge der beliebten Kinderbuchserie erscheint pünktlich zur Grünen Woche

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Sustainable plastics – If we want a sustainable future, it will be driven by companies

If the plastics economy can be completely transformed, then the new circular economy starts to take over and almost roll forward on its own

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Forest-based biomass industry: Where are we today and where are going tomorrow?

8th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference took place on 23-25 October and was hosted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Sustainable formulations for cosmetic products

Baycusan^_® eco E 1000: a new biobased film former

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Total says French palm oil curb threatens biofuel facility

French lawmakers last month voted to remove palm oil from the country’s biofuel scheme as of 2020

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30 January 201931 January 2019

Hemp becomes the world’s billion-dollar business – worldwide largest conference on industrial hemp in June 2019 in Cologne (Germany)

Join the global meeting place of the fast growing hemp industry in Cologne on 5 - 6 June at the “16^th EIHA Hemp Conference”. For the second time, participants will vote for the “Hemp Product of the Year”

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Hanf wird zum Milliardengeschäft – weltweit größte Konferenz zu Industriehanf im Juni 2019 in Köln

Besuchen Sie den globalen Treffpunkt der schnell wachsenden Hanfindustrie vom 5. bis 6. Juni in Köln auf der „16. EIHA Hemp Conference“. Zum zweiten Mal wählen die Teilnehmer das „Hanfprodukt des Jahres“

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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories’ Spider Silk Technology Successfully Delivered to Vietnam

Monumental Breakthrough for Large Scale Commercialization of Spider Silk

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Why 2019 may be a promising year for PHA

A lot of Manufacturers and suppliers have already invested considerable resources in developing eco-friendly alternatives to petrochemical plastics

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VTT develops a new sustainable way to turn forestry waste into transport fuels and chemicals

New approach uses gasification to turn biomass into intermediate products like liquid hydrocarbons, methanol or methane

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Warum Bioplastik meist gar nicht so “bio” ist

Für Verbraucher nur schwer unterscheidbar: "Kompostierbar" heisst nicht gleich "bio"

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Slide down the slopes with ski boots made with castor oil and carbon

Bindings, shell and cuff are made from the innovative and eco-compatible Pebax Rnew Bio-based material, a polymer obtained from castor oil plants

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Innovative businessman drinks from a cup of success

South African company uses 3D printing technology to manufacture drinking cups with biodegradable aliphatic polyester derived from renewable resources

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The Algae’s Third Eye

Scientists at the Universities of Würzburg and Bielefeld in Germany have discovered an unusual new light sensor in green algae

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Das dritte Auge der Algen

Einen ungewöhnlichen neuen Lichtsensor haben Wissenschaftler aus Würzburg und Bielefeld in Grünalgen entdeckt

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Organic Electronics: Bio-on presents Eloxel, to develop the use of bioplastics in the electronics sector at his side Kartell, strategic parnter

For this activity Bio-on granted to ELOXEL SpA an exclusive license with a value of Euro 6.500.000,00

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29 January 20199 September 2021

Further step towards CO2-free steel production – ammonia from steel mill gases

Conversion into ammonia represents a further milestone in the Carbon2Chem project

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Weiterer Schritt zur CO2-freien Stahlproduktion – Ammoniak aus Hüttengasen

Ammoniakproduktion ist ein weiterer Meilenstein im Rahmen des Projekts Carbon2Chem

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The Alliance Launches Today

Global corporations join newly launched Alliance to End Plastic Waste

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Once an ambitious producer, Turkey again looks to join industrial hemp cultivators club

Turkish government will take steps to increase cannabis production, which is currently allowed in 19 provinces in the country

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Biomassenutzung nachhaltig steigern

Die nachhaltige Intensivierung von Biomasseproduktion steht im Fokus der dritten Ausschreibung des europäischen Netzwerkes ERA-NET Cofund FACCE SURPLUS

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Nouryon signs deal with Itaconix for bio-based polymers for the detergents market

First supply agreement resulting from a joint development agreement signed by the companies in 2017

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Rice plants engineered to be better at photosynthesis make more rice

Bioengineering improvement of rice, a staple food crop worldwide, has high practical importance

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“Flipped” Metal Oxide Cage Can Sort CO2 from CO

A Japanese research team led by Kanazawa University studied host-guest interactions in vanadate clusters