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7 February 20186 February 2018

Forest owners boss: ‘Sustainable forest management crucial to maintaining carbon cycle ‘

When we talk about forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation, we need to understand the full picture

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Waldbesitzer: Zu viel Regulierung schadet der Forstwirtschaft – und den Klimazielen

Die beste Strategie zur Maximierung des Potenzials muss eine nachhaltige und aktive Forststrategie sein

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Mariagiovanna Vetere, NatureWorks: “It’s time to give clear support to biomaterials! The EU Plastic Strategy is a missed opportunity”

Mariagiovanna Vetere, NatureWorks Public Affairs manager for Europe, talks to Il Bioeconomista

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6 February 20182 February 2018

Metsä Board launches an innovative eco-barrier paperboard

New barrier treatment packaging especially developed for food service use

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Innovative und individuelle Verpackungen für die See- und Luftfracht

Im umweltfreundlichen Paletten-Container von Antalis Verpackungen effizient von A nach B

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Neue Studie der Uni Halle: Diese Bakterien verdauen giftige Metalle und bilden dabei Gold

Deutsch-australische Forschergruppe präsentiert wichtige Erkenntnisse über die zweite Hälfte des bio-geochemischen Gold-Zyklus

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New study by the University of Halle: These Bacteria produce gold by digesting toxic metals

Joint German-Australian research team provides important insights into the second half of the bio-geochemical gold cycle

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Novamont starts a new partnership in Serbia

Serbian Chamber of Commerce’s vocation, is to create a pilot project enabling the introduction of new technologies in the city of Gornji Milanovac

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Tennessee Startup Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation to turn Waste into Plastic

New start-up awarded grant to develop new biodegradable plastics from lignin

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Polymers and Fuels from Renewable Resources

The award ceremony will take place on 15 March 2018 during the 51th Annual Meeting of German Catalysis Scientists in Weimar

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Polymere und Treibstoffe aus erneuerbaren Ressourcen

Die Preisverleihung findet am 15. März 2018 während des Jahrestreffens Deutscher Katalytiker in Weimar statt

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LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Braskem Hot 50 voting lead as voting nears final week

This week’s summary includes photo and other bonus votes which are just now beginning to come in

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5 February 20181 February 2018

These 11 innovations will tackle the causes of ocean plastic pollution, not just the symptoms

Businesses, governments and other stakeholders are supposed to make step changes in creating and implementing circular economy solutions to plastic waste

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The many faces of hemp

The ecological properties of hemp makes it one of the types of insulation used in construction with the lowest carbon emissions footprint

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New Plastics Economy Prize für bioORMOCER®e in Davos

Forscherin des Fraunhofer ISC brilliert mit kompostierbaren Barriereschichten für umweltschonende Verpackungswerkstoffe

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Designing Reactor Microbiomes for Chemical Production from Organic Waste

How to engineer microbiomes in fermentation and digestion reactors to convert organic waste into valuable products

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Unilever calls for accelerated industry action on packaging waste

Four key actions the consumer goods industry should take to create the systemic change required and accelerate the transition to a circular economy

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EcoCortec joins European BIOCOMPACK Project

Croatia’s EcoCortec has become a partner to the BIOCOMPACK project, aimed at promoting green, sustainable packaging

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From greenhouse gases to plastics

New catalyst for recycling carbon dioxide discovered

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Calculating the CO2 emissions of biofuels is not enough

Biofuels and other biomass-derived products have become viable options for replacing fossil fuels

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2 February 20181 February 2018

Glanbia Ingredients to spearhead €30m European whey research project

AgriChemWhey project will build a first-of-a-kind industrial-scale biorefinery with integrated symbiotic industrial and agricultural value chains

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Biobasierte Materialien – Werkstoffe und Textilien

Ob Mais, Holz, Wiesengras, Löwenzahn oder Zuckerrohr – die Rohstoffbasis von Biomaterialien ist ebenso groß wie ihre Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Das Dossier beleuchtet die Bandbreite existierender Biomaterialien und ihre Einsatzgebiete

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Study warns wood bioenergy supporters can’t see carbon emissions for the trees

New research challenges the popular belief that biofuels are better for the environment

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Fraunhofer IMWS entwickelt biobasierte Verbundmaterialien für die Haut

Forscher aus Halle wollen die einzigartigen Eigenschaften der natürlichen Faserproteine Elastin und Kollagen nutzen, um neuartige Biomaterialien für die Medizintechnik zu schaffen

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BioAmber restructures its credit facility with its senior lenders

Company has agreed to present the lenders a recapitalization plan by March 15, 2018

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Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy

DOE and USDA Biomass Genomics Research

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Stanford-led team discovers new cellulose that could have applications from energy to medicine

The discovery of a new type of cellulose – the world’s most abundant biomolecule – offers opportunities for multiple advances from renewable fuel to antibiotics

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1 February 2018

Revolution in Food and Biomass Production

High-tech strategy for a sustainable biomass supply

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Revolution in der Lebensmittel- und Biomasseproduktion

High-Tech-Strategien zur nachhaltigen Versorgung

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Akzonobel announces 2018 Imagine Chemistry Challenges

The overall winners will be awarded joint development agreements with AkzoNobel to help bring their ideas to market

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Neuartige biobasierte Fasern für medizinische Anwendungen

ZIM-Projekt entwickelt neuartiges, im Körper abbaubares Nahtmaterial aus biobasierten Fasern

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Aldi, Lidl und Co.: Lebensmittelhändler versprechen Kampf gegen die Plastikflut

Plastiktüten verschwinden bereits - bald könnten auch Verpackungen aus Kunststoff der Vergangenheit angehören. Die großen Lebensmittelhändler wollen jetzt nach Alternativen suchen

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Ingenza embarks on ConBioChem collaboration

Company aims to develop new industrial biotech-based routes to commodity chemicals

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Welcome to the second RoadToBio newsletter

First project report describes a desk study of the opportunities for the chemical industry to introduce more bio-based chemicals into existing value chains

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Circular economy in the limelight in Davos

The first Circularity Gap Report indicates that merely 9% of the world’s exploited natural resources are re-used. EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports

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Bio-renewable process could help ‘green’ plastic

Plastics are often derived from petroleum, but scientists are developing new and renewable ways of creating them from biomass

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Clean energy for Bio-on’s new biopolymers “factory” thanks to a trigeneration plant built by Gruppo Hera

The project developed for Bio-on envisages the realisation of the entire technological-energy hub

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31 January 201829 January 2018

The rise, rise, rise of bio-methanol for fuels and chemical markets

For the North American and European markets more projects aimed at methanol as a chemical intermediate springing up are expected

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Naturfaserverstärkte Kunststoffe in der Nische etabliert

Gerade bei Haushalts-, Konsumgütern und Spielzeug sind Optik, Haptik und ein grünes Image von hoher Bedeutung

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Energieeffizienz: Chemieindustrie setzt auf Erneuerbare Energien

Weltweit größte PEM-Wasserstoff-Elektrolyse-Anlage will „grüne“ Chemie im Rheinland etablieren

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Lanzatech looks to AI to further the sustainable bioeconomy

Newly announced collaboration with TeselaGen is supposed to extend LanzaTech’s biological design platform

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Ökosystemleistungen der EU-Wälder

Europäische Waldgebiete haben sich in den vergangenen 60 Jahren kontinuierlich vergrößert und erstrecken sich heute auf ungefähr 160 Millionen Hektar

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Ecosystem services of EU forests

European forests have expanded continuously over the last 60 years and now cover around 160 million hectares

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Report says there is enough biomass for biofuels without affecting food supply

As UFOP underlines, the 27-page report presents the supply situation in connection with development of renewable resources for transport biofuels

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Aktualisierter UFOP-Bericht zur globalen Marktversorgung veröffentlicht

Der Bericht zeigt die Versorgungslage im Zusammenhang mit der Verwendung nachwachsender Rohstoffe für die Biokraftstoffproduktion auf

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Glucan Biorenewables: The Digest’s 2018 5-Minute Guide

Short-term goals for the Company include plans to deliver a reliable source of furfural at competitive prices

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30 January 2018

Tenth Edition of the Bioeconomy’s “Who is Who” Directory to be Published – The Beeline to Suppliers and Partners in the Growing Bio-Based Business

The success story that is the International Directory for Bio-Based Businesses (iBIB) continues. Book your free two-page company profile for an unlimited time now

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Das “Who is Who“ der bio-basierten Ökonomie geht ins zehnte Jahr – Der Wegweiser zu Anbietern und Partnern im wachsenden, bio-basierten Geschäft

Die Erfolgsstory des „International Directory for Bio-based Businesses (iBIB)“ geht weiter – Buchen Sie Ihr zweiseitiges Firmenprofil kostenlos und zeitlich unbegrenzt

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Evotec, Immatics, InflaRx: Geldsegen für deutsche Biotech-Firmen

Deutsche Biotechfirmen sammelten im vergangenen Jahr so viel Geld ein wie noch nie. Insgesamt 674 Millionen Euro wurden investiert. Auch Börsengänge sind wieder angesagt

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Aquafil and Genomatica join forces for bio-nylon – target more sustainable apparel, carpets and fibers

Aquafil to provide R&D collaboration and development funding; gains option for commercial plant