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9 April 20157 April 2015

Biovation launches Bioarmour™ Blood Pressure Cuff Shield

An infectious disease barrier product for hospitals and healthcare facilities

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Papier gegen Biomasse: Der Kampf ums Holz eskaliert

Aus Angst vor Holzknappheit greift die Papierindustrie zu allen Mitteln: Sie wollte der Biomasse-Konkurrenz den Baugrund wegkaufen.

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Neues Forschungsprogramm zur Synthetischen Biologie

MaxSynBio stellt sich beim Festakt am 16. April 2015 in Berlin vor

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Horizon 2020: Bioplastic as a natural resource

Common EU-research aims to transform plastic waste into bioplastic

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Horizon 2020: Bioplastik als neuer Rohstoff

EU-Verbundprojekt will mit Hilfe von Bakterien ölbasierte Kunststoffabfälle zu vollständig biologisch abbaubaren Stoffen umwandeln

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Engineers develop new yeast strain to enhance biofuel and biochemical production

Texas researchers team successfully combined genetically engineered yeast cells with ordinary table sugar

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Biopolymers have potential in biomedicine, agricultural markets

In a polymer market worth over $100 billion, bio-based alternatives can offer advantages like biodegradability in the right target markets, says Lux Research

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Arkema connects landfill gas project with bioplastic pipe

The value in Rilsan PA11 is embedded in the reduced installation cost and minimal maintenance cost compared to steel

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From skyscraper to ‘plyscraper’: The tower blocks made from wood

Pure construction material wood can still struggle to be cheaper than concrete

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Virginia Tech researchers’ discovery in alternative energy production may be breakthrough for hydrogen-fueled vehicles

Green hydrogen from local biomass resources

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World’s first fully renewable package available globally after successful introduction

Following its successful introduction with Finnish dairy Valio, the world’s first fully renewable package, Tetra Rex^® Bio-based, is now being rolled out to Tetra Pak customers worldwide

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US poised for biobased chemicals breakout, says National Research Council

Though challenges remain, particularly in affordable feedstock, the US National Research Council says “Despite impressive recent and projected growth, the manufacturing of chemicals using biological synthesis and engineering could expand even faster.”

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8 April 20158 April 2015

Carbon Footprint and Sustainability of Different Natural Fibres for Biocomposites and Insulation Material

nova-Institute publishes first results of the sustainability assessment within the project MultiHemp

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Market study and Trend Reports on “Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers in the World – Capacities, Production and Applications: Status Quo and Trends Towards 2020″

The short version of the full market study is now available!

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EU research project on underutilised oil crops kicks off:

COSMOS – Camelina & crambe Oil crops as Sources for Medium-chain Oils for Specialty oleochemicals

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SPI Bioplastics Division honors Eastman Kodak with ‘2015 Innovation in Bioplastics Award’ at NPE2015

Company honored for its creation of a biotoner containing more than 90 percent biobased and biodegradable materials

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Netherlands: Plant food packaging goes green

Oerlemans and Pokon to collaborate on biobased packaging alternative for fertilizers, aiming for the use of sugarcane based bio-PE from Braskem

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British Columbia: Wood roof systems offer unique opportunities

Mass timber is increasingly becoming the building material of choice

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NWO opens call for proposals on Biobased Performance Materials (BPM2-NWO)

Additional call used in the field of bio-based performance materials, conducted by Wageningen UR FBR

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Canada: Why the timber business is surprisingly strong right now

Pine beetles and U.S. housing have made forest products a bright spot among commodities

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Wege weg vom Öl: Hanf und Faserverbundstoffe

Automobilzulieferer Faurecia will leichtere und auf nachwachsenden Rohstoffen basierende Produkte entwickeln

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PowerRibs Flachsfaserkomposite

Naturfaserverbundaufbau ersetzt kohlefaserverstärkte Kunststoffe

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SkyNRG: Sustainable aviation fuel in South Africa

RVO.nl investment to support project plant Solaris, producing sustainable bio-kerosene from tobacco

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Coop Bank Denmark wird als erste Gemaltos einzigartige, aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen hergestellte, kontaktlose EMV-Karten ausgeben.

Neuartiges PLA-basiertes Material ist 100%ig biologisch abbaubar und klimaneutral

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Coop Bank Denmark first to deploy Gemalto’s unique bio-sourced contactless EMV cards

Manufactured from corn-based PLA material that is 100% biodegradable

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EU restricts the use of plastic bags to protect the environment

MEPs and the Council have agreed a deal ahead of the plenary vote in April

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Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

The company portrait of Genomatica

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7 April 20152 April 2015

Nitrogenasen: Zauberkünstler verwandeln Kohlenmonoxid in Kohlenwasserstoff

Freiburger Forscher versucht Pflanzen zu modifizieren, dass sie Abfallstoffe erzeugen, die sich als Brennstoff eignen könnten

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Nitrogenases: magicians that convert carbon monoxide into hydrocarbons

Freiburg researcher exploring how crops to make waste products that could be used as fuels

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Interdisciplinary team on the hunt for new active compounds

President of the Leibniz Association opens Research Cluster funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research

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Interdisziplinäres Team geht auf Wirkstoffsuche

Leibniz-Präsident gibt Startschuss für BMBF geförderten Leibniz Research Cluster

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Revolutionäre Lebensmittelverpackungen dank PBS?

Christophe Cotillon, Koordinator von SUCCIPACK, spricht über die im Rahmen seines Projekts entwickelte Lebensmittelverpackungstechnologie auf Basis von PBS, die bald auf den Markt gebracht werden soll

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Could PBS revolutionise food packaging as we know it?

Christophe Cotillon, coordinator of SUCCIPACK, discusses the project’s PBS food packaging technology which may soon be commercialised

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Öko-Plastik aus Milch: Kuhstoff wird Kunststoff

Milch war das Basismaterial des weltweit ersten Kunststoffs Galalith. Eine Firma nutzt die Technik nun wieder zur Produktion von Öko-Plastik.

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NPE 2015: Citrate plasticizers offer biobased plasticizer solution for polymers

Citrofol esters finding increasing application as bio-based alternatives to traditional crude oil-based products

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Amerplast to market sustainably sourced flexible packaging material

Partnership agreement with Braskem aiming to produce Green Polyethylene (Green PE) from sugar cane ethanol

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Avery Dennison expands film matrix recycling offer to customers

New program makes local recycling label matrix waste possible

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More Gevolution

The results from Gevo’s 4th quarter are in, and a worth a look-see, not only for fans of isobutanol and its prospects

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Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

Inbicon’s technology produces cellulosic ethanol or renewable chemicals from wheat straw via enzymatic hydrolysis, with co-products including renewable power

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2 April 20152 April 2015

San Francisco verbietet Plastikflaschen

Verkaufsverbot von Plastikflaschen in Innenräumen jetzt auch auf öffentlichen Raum ausgedehnt - Herstellerindustrie "not amused"

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors votes to phase out plastic bottled water on City property

Ordinance begins to address environmental damage of excess plastic in the waste stream

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Smelly foam as irritation inhibitor for diapers

Inspiring session about 'Vegetable Protein: The green gold?', held by researcher and consultant for biobased products, Michael Klaassen (CAH Dronten)

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A call to change recycling standards as 3D printing expands

Researchers developed a new resin code identification system based on the Chinese codes to accommodate recycling in printing and plastics

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Evides offering online guest lecture on bio-economy

Dutch CoE BBE digital course is the first at university level in the Netherlands

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Eine nachhaltige Zukunft für die EU-Landwirtschaft?

Politische Entscheidungsträger, Umweltschützer und Forscher diskutieren auf der Konferenz „Eine nachhaltige Zukunft für die EU-Landwirtschaft?“ in Brüssel über nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

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A sustainable future for EU farming?

Policymakers, environmentalists and researchers discussed sustainable agriculture at the ‘Sustainable future for EU farming?’ conference in Brussels

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Aktuelle Maßnahmen gegen Mikroplastik

Fraunhofer UMSICHT reagiert auf kleinste Kunststoffpartikel

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Global Bioenergies: Construction of the German demo plant started

Additional 4.4 million euros financing secured

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4 minutes with… Managing Director/CEO of Elzek Multilink Services & Investment

Ezekiel Oyediji on the role and important milestones in future

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1 April 201531 March 2015

The John Bell interview: the reaction of Michael Carus, Ceo of nova-Institut

"Real bio-based economy with high value chemicals and less dependency on incentives can only develop, if the RED framework will be heavily reformed"