19 March 201914 March 2019 Kunststoff-Extrudierer SLS verarbeitet Öko-Granulat zu hochwertigen Bodenprofilen „Das duftet sogar nach Heu und Gras“
Butagaz and Global Bioenergies announce their first delivery of bio isobutene, a bio-sourced gas, to the Héraclès Winery France’s biggest organic wine cooperative sharing the commitment to reducing the footprint of energy consumption
Cove launches biodegradable alternative to plastic water bottles Spring water in Cove biodegradable PHA bottles will be available to Californians from May, 2019
Biological Conversion of Amino Acids to Higher Alcohols In this review, we describe the pathways and regulatory mechanisms involved in amino acid bioprocessing to produce higher alcohols and the effects of amino acid supplementation as a nitrogen source for higher alcohol production
18 March 201913 March 2019 The many ways of turning coffee waste into valuable materials and products Do you know some successful application? We’d be happy to hear from you!
French Company: We Can Infinitely Recycle PET Plastics Using Enzymes Innovative Carbios process relies on enzymes, a biological catalyst, designed and optimized to infinitely recycle PET plastics
Green & Light and BASF developed Elastoskin® based paper honeycomb car trunk floor The world’s first design with Elastoskin® based paper honeycomb trunk floors
Green & Light und BASF: Innovative Materialkombination mit Elastoskin® und Elastoflex® E Weltweit erstes Design von Elastoskin® und Papierwaben für Ladeböden
Green biorefinery technologies based on waste biomass Turning waste streams from being environmental threats into valuable resources could make a real difference for our planet and those that live on it
Bananatex: Weltweit erstes technisches Gewebe aus Fasern der Bananenpflanze entwickelt Label Qwstion aus Zürich nutzt Abacáfasern, um daraus Taschen und Rucksäcke herzustellen
Biologisch abbaubares Mehrwegbesteck Bionatic präsentierte auf der BIOFACH Produkte aus neuartigem Material
Renewables Take the Lead: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste Contents: year 2018 review, group financials, segment reviews, current topics and more
Capturing carbon directly from the air – that has a future Study under MCC leadership analyzes energy requirements for negative emissions technologies
CO2 direkt aus der Luft einfangen – das hat Zukunft Studie unter MCC-Federführung analysiert Energiebedarf von Technologien für „negative Emissionen“
15 March 201911 March 2019 Heading for a circular economy and sustainability with biobased and biodegradable plastics FKuR emphasizes the excellent suitability of biobased thermoplastics for conventional material recycling, where this property generates added value for the end product
Mit biobasierten und biologisch abbaubaren Kunststoffen zur zirkulären Kreislaufwirtschaft und zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit FKuR sieht biologisch abbaubare Kunststoffe als effiziente und praxisbewährte Lösungen für all jene Anwendungen, wo diese Eigenschaft einen Zusatznutzen für das Endprodukt generiert
Creapaper gewinnt den IKU Innovationspreis Klima und Umwelt 2017 Viele Unternehmen aus dem Lebensmittelbereich setzen bereits flächendeckend Verpackungen mit Grasanteil ein
First Plant in the Works to Turn Dairy Byproducts Into Plastics Supported by the EU project AgriChemWhey, Glanbia Ireland plans to scale up biorefinery technology
PICEA™ Tube von Neopac für die Marke Bamse erhält Auszeichnung für Nachhaltigkeit bei der PCD Paris Tube besteht zum Grossteil aus Fichtenholzabfällen, kombiniert mit einer speziell für Neopac entwickelten Kunststoffmatrix aus zuckerbasierten Rohstoffen
High Tide for Brontide – Genomatica’s Butylene Glycol and its markets Company comes with an affordable way to make BG from renewable sources
Leichte Transportboxen aus Biokunststoff Neues Material aus biobasierten Kunststoffen für den Einsatz in Hohlkammerstegplatten
The Competitive Edge: BioBTX BioBTX has developed the so-called Integrated Cascading Catalytic Pyrolysis technology, a novel form of ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis
14 March 201913 March 2019 A workshop to understand the needs of the Bioeconomy: what do stakeholders want? Interview with Stephan Piotrowski from nova-Institute. During the workshop, he gave a presentation on indicators for the monitoring of the bioeconomy
Österreich: Chemische Industrie hält Verzicht auf Plastik für unmöglich Kunststoffindustrie verschreibt Rezepte gegen den Plastikmüll. Österreich müsse mehr recyceln
Sustainable, solar-driven chemical manufacturing Modestino and NYU Tandon doctoral student Daniela Blanco review challenges and opportunities facing the global chemical industry to decrease carbon emissions
Aus Abgas wird Rohstoff: Carbon2Chem®-Laboreinweihung Arbeiten mit den realen Hüttengasen im Carbon2Chem®-Technikum am Stahlstandort in Duisburg
Covestro and UN call for Young Champions of the Earth competition participants Everyone to be encouraged, who wants to make a difference for our planet to apply for the Young Champion of the Earth prize - portal is open until March 31st
Plastic free baby wipes Innovative material 'Hydrofine' was developed from cellulose and viscose fibres as a water-soluble and completely biodegradable raw material
Labelling palm oil as high ILUC risk ‘unacceptable’ – Malaysia tells EC Malaysia strongly urged the EC to look at the draft delegated regulation in a more holistic, balanced and unbiased manner before implementation
13 March 20198 March 2019 Bioadhesive based on renewable raw materials Researchers from Fraunhofer UMSICHT and partners developed an innovative, plant-based hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive
Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from plants Microbe converting lignin to PDC – a building block for bioplastics
Mikrobe erzeugt Plastik-Vorstufe aus Holz Bakterium verarbeitet Lignin zu PDC – einem Rohstoff für Biokunststoff
Inolex Establishes Largest Ingredient Portfolio of USDA Certified Biobased Products Available in Personal Care More than half of the products contain 100% certified biobased content and 90% contain 80–100% certified biobased content
BioMCN produziert erneuerbares Methanol aus grünem Wasserstoff Vertrag mit Nouryon und Gasunie zur Bereitstellung von grünem Wasserstoff an BioMCN zur Produktion von erneuerbarem Methanol aus CO2
New jute brings new hope Bangladeshi scientists success in decoding the genome map of the jute plant has finally started yielding results in terms of new varietal development
Truly sustainable cups are finally here 12 Winners of NextGen Cup Challenge Reimagining the Future of the To-Go Cup
DSM announces start of Avansya Avansya will produce zero-calorie, great-tasting sweeteners through fermentation and will be headquartered at the Biotech Campus Delft
12 March 20197 March 2019 BP partners with Virent and Johnson Matthey on Virent’s Bioforming® process for production of bio-paraxylene Parties will work together to commercialise the BioForming® technology – BP will contribute technical resources and has exclusive rights
Neue selbstverstärkte Verbundwerkstoffe aus Polylactid (PLA) Fraunhofer Forscher entdecken im Projekt »Bio4self« ganz neue Anwendungsgebiete für den biobasierten Kunststoff Polylactid
Innovations in dry biorefining 3BCAR Carnot Institute is supporting dry biorefining technologies by funding different studies
Jena: Nachhaltige Einweg-Schalen an den Salattheken Kompostierbare To-Go-Schalen ersetzen Plastikschalen in Mensen
Closing the loop: Commission delivers on Circular Economy Action Plan Report presents the main results of implementing the action plan and sketches out open challenges to paving the way towards a climate-neutral, competitive circular economy
Den Kreislauf schließen: Kommission setzt Aktionsplan für die Kreislaufwirtschaft um Bericht beschreibt wichtigste Ergebnisse zur Umsetzung und beleuchtet anstehende Herausforderungen auf dem Weg hin zu einer klimaneutralen, wettbewerbsfähigen Kreislaufwirtschaft
NREL Pioneers Cleaner Route to Upcycle Plastics into Superior Products Researchers chemically combined reclaimed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic with bio-based compounds to produce higher-value fiber-reinforced plastics
International Women’s day: a tribute to all women who are making the bioeconomy happen This year, as every year, for the International Women’s Day, we dedicate a tribute to all women who are making the bioeconomy happen all around the world
Women Who are Changing the Game in Biotech The theme of this year’s IWD, #BalanceforBetter, is reflected in the exceptional women in biotech who are advancing cutting-edge science, business and innovation
11 March 20196 March 2019 Natural biopolymers – the sustainable almost-all-rounders Sustainable products and processes for fibres of the future are being developed at the DITF Denkendorf
Natürliche Biopolymere – die nachhaltigen Fast-alles-Könner DITF Denkendorf entwickelt nachhaltige Produkte und Verfahren für Zukunftsfasern
Biotechnology will take over Europe in September! Preparations are already well underway for the European #BiotechWeek which, this year, takes place between 23-29 September
Breaktrough for Power-To-X: Sunfire puts first Co-Electrolysis into operation and starts scaling Successful start-up and test run of a high-temperature co-electrolysis system at the Dresden site since November 2018
