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16 June 201415 June 2014

Avantium to pursue commercial-scale PEF plant

Big players involved in the new round of financing for Avantium to include French food conglomerate Danone and British investment firm Swire Pacific

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Grüne Architektur: US-Startup will Häuser aus Hanf bauen

Crowdfunding für Schule, die komplett aus Hanfbeton gebaut und mit Hanfmatten gedämmt ist

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Ford und Ketchup-Hersteller Heinz entwickeln biologischen Kunststoff auf Tomatenbasis

Neue Verbundmaterialien mit Tomatenfasern für Kabelhalterungen und Ablagen im Innenraum

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Sustainable algae cultivation making headway

Wageningen UR: production of raw materials for food and animal feed, chemicals, materials and biofuels is well on its way to be economically feasible by 2025

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The genome of Eucalyptus grandis

How biotechnology researcher's dream of Eucalyptus jet fuel coming true

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Eukalyptus-Genom entschlüsselt

Biotechnologen träumen von Eukalyptus-Treibstoff für Jumbo-Jets

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Biowachspartikel als Alternative zu Mikroplastik

Bienenwachs, Karnaubawachs oder Candelillawachs -  Fraunhofer UMSICHT stellt mit einem innovativen Verfahren marktfähige Alternativen her

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Klares Bekenntnis zur Biotechnologie und Geburtstagswünsche an Politik und Gesellschaft

DECHEMA feiert Biotechnologie-Jubiläum

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Bioplastics alliance looks to guide supply chain

Consumers want sustainable products: BFA is assessing criteria for sustainable biomass production

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13 June 201415 June 2014

Ein neuer Blick auf eine Zukunftstechnologie

DECHEMA-Wissenschaftler stellen Zukunftspapier vor: "Biotechnologie – Schlüssel zur Bioökonomie"

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You Say Tomato; We Say Tom-Auto: Ford and Heinz Collaborate on Sustainable Materials for Vehicles

With Tomato Fibers to Develop Sustainable, Composite Materials for Interiors

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r-pac and Solegear Complete Agreement to Accelerate Commercialization of New Sustainable Packaging Material

Companies will Work Together on Selling and Marketing the Plant-based Polysole® and Traverse® Packaging

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Khaya Senegalensis: a natural oil adsorbent for produced water treatment

Malaysia study: The use of dried Khaya senegalensis leaves was established as a natural oil adsorbent capable of absorbing dispersed oil. Khaya Senegalensis dried leaves were chosen due to its abundant availability in Malaysia

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BDC Capital Grant Scheme

Great opportunity for eligible SMEs to undertake an innovative proof of concept bio-based project

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Eschentriebsterben – Verfahren für eine bodenschonende Holzernte und neue Holzwerkstoffe aus Eschenholz

Strategien zur Begrenzung ökonomischer Einbußen

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CO2 Solutions Announces U.S. Patent Allowance

Company comments on patent portfolio in context of proposed U.S. EPA regulations

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Exclusive interview with Zurina Che Dir:

“In 2020, Bioeconomy’s contribution towards Malaysia’s GDP is targeted to contribute 8%-10%"

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Zertifizierung von Lebensmitteln erhält Artenvielfalt

Göttinger Agrarökologen zeigen, wie der Biodiversitätsschutz bei Kaffee und Kakao profitiert

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How much fertilizer is too much for the climate?

Helping farmers around the globe apply more-precise amounts of nitrogen-based fertilizer can help combat climate change

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12 June 201411 June 2014

Vom Gärprodukt zum Holzwerkstoff – eine innovative Verwendung von Gärprodukten

Einladung zum Workshop am 09.09.14 in Köln

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Bio-based carbon fibre from wood within ten years

New high-value Swedish R&D product from wood raw materials

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Packaging specialist Wipf AG introduces compostable valve

As the demand for biodegradable and compostable packaging continues to rise, the number of innovative solutions designed to meet this demand are also expanding swiftly. Now, Wipf AG, a 100-year old independent Swiss packaging company, has entered the arena

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Stronger-than-steel fibre spun from wood

Whether they need to be strong as steel, or as soft as cotton, products of the future could be sourced from the forest, using new techniques developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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The sustainable sourcing of materials is crucial to the circular economy

Joint call made by ACE, Unilever and WWF for “the EU to develop ambitious principles and standards"

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Collaboration for the screening and engineering of enzymes

INVISTA and Eucodis Bioscience to collaborate on development of enzymes for the production of industrial chemicals

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Braskem opens new R&D center focused on renewables

Braskem plans to invest 200 million real ($88.9 million) company-wide in research and innovation projects this year, on par with its investments from 2013

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11 June 201410 June 2014

BUGWORKERS project successfully produces competitive PHB

Material fully meets the requirements in terms of processability, dimensional accuracy and performance

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New EU reforms fail European wildlife

Researchers recommending more activities, SCIENCE reports

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EU-Agrarreform wird Artenvielfalt nicht ausreichend schützen

Forscher empfehlen in SCIENCE zusätzliche Maßnahmen

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500 Experten diskutieren über Bioökonomie

"Halbzeitkonferenz" beleuchtete aktuelle Herausforderungen und künftige Perspektiven

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EU seeks common framework for Circular Economy

Commission to speed up the process with binding targets for recycling and public procurement

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York scientists provide new insights into biomass breakdown

Scientists at the University of York are playing a key role in the quest for a better understanding of how a recently discovered family of enzymes can degrade hard-to-digest biomass into its constituent sugars

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Biofuels – Eucalyptus gold

By optimizing the production of terpene in eucalyptus plants, researchers hope to reduce this organic compound’s volatility and ultimately increase energy yields per plant

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Ennovor First in UK to Earn RSB Sustainability Certification

Ennovor Group has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) sustainability certification for their used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME) biodiesel

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10 June 20149 June 2014

Mikroplastik im Bier – Potenziell tödliche Fasern

WBGU: „Die Freisetzung von Plastikabfall soll bis 2050 weltweit gestoppt werden.“

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Kingfa sees major boost of PBSA film usage

Most of the output still exported to Europe and North America

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Competition to boost new biorefinery investments in Finland

Government to organise an open international competition for the launch of new biorefinery concepts

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Ecomann seeing success with PHA-based mulch film

China-based Biotechnology company manufactures 5,000 tons of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and 25,000 tons of compounds with other biobased materials a year

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EPA outlines 30% cut in power-gen CO2 by 2030: what’s the role for carbon capture and use, algae?

EPA comes down hard on CO₂, with proposed rule calling for deep emission cuts, but opts for highly-flexible, state-by-state approach

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Potočnik: ‘Subsidies to energy and water use raise barriers to a circular economy’

EU society still locked in old industrial patterns of production and consumption

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ZOE B Organic Introduces the World’s First Biodegradable Beach Toys: Finally Toys that Clean Up after Themselves

Made from corn sugar, they’ll be eaten by microbes and completely disappear in 2-3 years

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Desch Plantpak: Investiert in nachhaltige Produktion

Ressourcenstarke Lösungen für eine innovative Gartenbaubranche

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A new bioplastic material reinforced with nanoclays suitable for the automotive sector has been achieved

ECOplast cooperation to create new collaborations and international projects according to the new materials

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EuropaBio and Smithers Rapra, in association with IAR, unveil the agenda for the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology

from 1-2 October 2014 taking place in the heart of Champagne-Ardenne

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JinHui ZhaoLong at Chinaplas: Featured Biodegradable & Compostable Ecoworld® PBAT Copolymer

High Performance Film Production Uses Advanced One-Step Polymerization Technology

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Avantium raises €36M Investment from Swire Pacific, The Coca-Cola Company, Danone and ALPLA

Investment to complete industrial validation of PEF, finalize engineering of first commercial scale plant

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Online-Qualitätscheck im Bioreaktor

BMBF fördert Allianz „Wissensbasierte Prozessintelligenz“- Qualitätskontrolle direkt bei der Herstellung

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6 June 20145 June 2014

Reform for a Renewable Energy and Materials Directive (REMD)

Invitation – Policy Workshop, 26.06.2014, Brussels

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Torrefaction: the bioenergy newcomer

AEBIOM conference: Roasting biomass - a solution for large-scale implementation of bioenergy

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Despite the Rhetoric – Corn Ethanol Doesn’t Cause Land Use Change

Study Finds that Increased Corn Yields and More Efficient Use of Corn Ethanol Co-products Will Greatly Decrease Land Needed for Ethanol Production