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14 December 201811 December 2018

Mehr Bioplastik führt nicht zwingend zu mehr Klimaschutz

Studie der Universität Bonn untersucht mögliche Folgen einer Umstellung auf pflanzenbasierte Kunststoffe

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Global Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Market Overview 2018- 2023

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies (AERT), Trex Company Inc, Weyerhaeuser Company and Procotex SA Corporation NV

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Windstrom zu speichern bleibt teuer

Deutschland hat bereits drei Dutzend Power-to-Gas-Anlagen. Sie sind zuverlässig, doch Preisrückgänge sind unrealistisch

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The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2018 is Jürgen Eck, CEO of BRAIN AG, Germany

The most innovative bioeconomy CEO 2018 is Jürgen Eck, CEO of BRAIN AG

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Molecular insights into spider silk

Spider silk belongs to the toughest fibres in nature

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Molekulare Einblicke in Spinnenseide

Spinnenseide zählt zu den belastbarsten Fasern der Natur

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13 December 20189 September 2021

Bio-on and Hera create Lux-on the new challenge to produce bioplastic from CO2

New company founded by Bio-on aiming to revolutionise the production of PHAs biopolymers using CO₂ captured from the atmosphere

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Bio-on und Hera schreiten zur Umsetzung von Lux-on – ein neues Projekt zur Herstellung von Biokunststoff aus CO2

Neue Unternehmensgründung beabsichtigt, mittels CO₂-Sequestrierung PHA-basierte Biopolymere zu produzieren

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AMT Coffee unveils ‘let’s make the change’ bio-compostable cups for Christmas season

"It has taken years of research and development to source a fully bio-compostable coffee cup and lid."

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Continental eröffnet Forschungs- und Versuchslabor für Löwenzahnkautschuk “Taraxagum Lab Anklam”

Fertigstellung nur ein Jahr nach Spatenstich

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Circa Receives Green Light to Sell Non-toxic, Bio-based and Biodegradable Solvent in EU

With Cyrene^TM the company are offering a bio-based solution with an exciting new prospect for advanced materials

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Industrielle Ausgangsstoffe biologisch produzieren

Chemiker des KIT entwickeln neues biokatalytisches Material für die „grüne“ Produktion werthaltiger Chemikalien – Veröffentlichung in Angewandte Chemie

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How the airline industry is cleaning up its climate act

The jet fuel–with a carbon footprint smaller than regular fuel, but a comparable cost–is one way that the airline industry can begin to tackle its climate problem

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Renmatix and Gevo Sign a Joint Development Agreement to Evaluate the Commercial Feasibility of Creating Cellulosic Hydrocarbons for Global Renewable Jet Fuel and Gasoline Markets

Will explore capabilities to produce renewable fuels and chemicals to meet expanding demand

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12 December 201813 December 2018

European Bioeconomy Strategy Update: A Necessary Re-focus

Bioeconomy Strategy aims to make UK world-leader by 2030

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Team converts wet biological waste to diesel-compatible fuel

University of Illinois researchers using hydrothermal liquification

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Jetzt wird Schweinegülle zu Diesel-Treibstoff

US-Wissenschaftler der University of Illinois nutzen Technik der hydrothermalen Verflüssigung

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UPM and LSB speak out over finalised REDll policy

Advanced biofuels are now definitely recognised as a fast-track route to decarbonisation of transport across the EU

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Bringt organischer Redox-Speicher den Durchbruch?

Der Spezialist für Redox-Flow-Batterien, „CMBlu“, will mit dem Autozulieferer Schaeffler eine neue Speichertechnologie auf den Markt bringen: Organic Flow

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KaiCell Fibers makes the bioeconomy protagonist in the Independence Day of Finland

KaiCell Fibers’ strive is to develop value-added bio-products

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Zirkuläre Kunststoffwirtschaft: Fraunhofer-Cluster of Excellence »Circular Plastics Economy«

Fünf Fraunhofer-Institute wollen am Beispiel Kunststoff aufzeigen, wie Energie- und Materialströme einer Wertstoffkette in eine zirkuläre Wirtschaftsform überführt werden können

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11 December 201828 March 2019

Carbiolice announces official launch of Evanesto

Innovative enzymated masterbatch called Evanesto offers a totally biodegradable solution for PLA

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New strength and safety tests pit timber against concrete and steel

Tests show that timber buildings have got quite a large capacity to resist progressive collapse

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IfBB bei 13th European Bioplastics Conference: neue Marktzahlen 2018, Reststoffnutzung und Plasmafunktionalisierung für Biowerkstoffe

Neue Ausgabe von „Biopolymers – facts and statistics 2018“ veröffentlicht aktuelle Daten zu Markt, Rohstoff-, Wasser- sowie Flächenbedarf

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Raising the youth’s awareness on the bioeconomy: the Think Biobased Challenge

It should be one of our primary goals for the children of the future to raise their awareness on the opportunities the bioeconomy can provide

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Dutch company completes world’s first prefab house built of Cannabis

Dun Agro claims to be able to build 500 houses per year and easily scale up in case demand increases

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Stora Enso and startup Sulapac have joined forces to develop renewable and biodegradable straws

The demo, which targets production on an industrial scale, is designed to replace traditional plastic straws with renewable ones

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Coffee sunglasses, cotton biofuel cells, evolving yeasts, biobased boat stickers, microalgae chemicals, potato plastic, bioplastic shoes: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of December 5th

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of December 5th

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10 December 20187 December 2018

New market data: The positive trend for the bioplastics industry remains stable

Global bioplastics production capacity is set to increase from around 2.1 million tonnes in 2018 to 2.6 million tonnes in 2023

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European Bioplastics: Neue Marktdaten – Biokunststoffindustrie wächst stabil

Produktionskapazitäten für Biokunststoffe werden in den kommenden Jahren von rund 2,11 Millionen Tonnen im Jahr 2018 auf etwa 2,62 Millionen Tonnen bis 2023 ansteigen

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Don’t quibble with a gribble: why a curious crustacean could hold secret to making renewable energy from wood

Discovery brings researchers a step closer to identifying cheaper and more sustainable tools for converting wood into low carbon fuel

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Think Biobased Challenge

For a transition to a Biobased Economy we need brilliant minds to develop innovative teaching materials that can be used to draw attention

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Home sweet (hemp) home

Biobased materials are seeing ever more use in the construction sector, which needs to become more sustainable

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Plastiksackerlverbot passiert den Ministerrat: Verbot ab 2020 geplant

Österreich: Am Mittwoch hat das von der Bundesregierung angekündigte Totalverbot von Plastiksackerln ab 2020 den Ministerrat passiert

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Global Bioenergies receives letters of intent for purchases covering the capacity of its first plant project, IBN-One, a joint venture with Cristal Union

The letters of intent come from the cosmetics, specialty fuels, road fuels and air transport industries

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Great strides for carbon capture using earth-abundant elements as photocatalytic system

Researchers at Tokyo Tech have designed a CO₂ reduction method based only on commonly occurring elements

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7 December 20186 December 2018

Aakar Innovations win the 13th Global Bioplastics Award

Indish company enables women to produce and distribute affordable, high-quality, 100% compostable sanitary napkins

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Total Corbion PLA starts-up its 75,000 tons per year bioplastics plant

Rayong plant will produce a broad range of Luminy^® PLA resins from renewable, non-GMO sugarcane sourced locally in Thailand

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Total Corbion PLA: PLA-Komplex in Rayong gestartet

Neue Betriebsstätte will ein umfangreiches Sortiment der Luminy^® PLA Harze aus regionalem, nachwachsenden GMO-freien Zuckerrohr herstellen

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Startschuss für die “Bio-Agenda”

BMBF und BMWi starten mit einem Expertengespräch die Erarbeitung der "Bio-Agenda"

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Limerick running buddies pull the last straw with biodegradable products

Irish company Ecostraws supply biodegradable drinking straws and cutlery

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CMBlu und Schaeffler kooperieren bei der Entwicklung und Industrialisierung von organischen Redox-Flow-Batterien als großtechnische Stromspeicher

Mit der "Organic-Flow"-Batterie will das Cleantech-Unternehmen gemeinsam mit  Autozulieferer Schaeffler eine Speicherlösung entwickeln, die mit Lignin funktioniert

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Biodiesel by-product helps fuel come clean

A compound made from the glycerol by-product of biodiesel production could promote cleaner burning in vehicle engines

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What Will it Take?: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Policies for the Biofuture Take-off

Dr. Paolo Frankl, Head Renewable Energy Division of the IEA, gave this illuminating presentation at the Biofuture Global Cooperation Forum, part of ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco

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Top 4 Techs: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Capture, Gas-to-Liquids, Bio-Based Ethylene Glycol, Biomass to Commodity Chemical Application

EPIC Modular Process prepared this illuminating overview of what it sees as the top four types of process technologies developing and deploying now.

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6 December 20186 December 2018

Comments on WHO’s Critical Reviews of CBD and Extracts and Tinctures of cannabis, and EIHA recommendations to WHO on low-THC preparations from industrial hemp

EIHA formally objects to the reasoning of the Experts

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New report global bio-based polyethylene terephthalate market

The global bio-PET market is expected to grow at the CAGR of 20.8% from 2018 to 2026

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Fungi convert waste material into food, fuel and feed

Researchers at the University of Borås are developing methods for growing fungi on material that would otherwise have become waste

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Forscher entwickeln Raffinerie für Biokunststoffe

Bioraffinerie der Universität Hohenheim will Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) aus Chinaschilf gewinnen

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Welcome to the 12th newsletter of the RoadToBio project

In this newsletter, we will talk about deliverable D2.4 “Ways to overcome regulatory and acceptance hurdles”, as one piece in the puzzle on our way