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11 November 201310 November 2013

USDA Announces Cool Planet and the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies Receive $10 Million to Develop Sustainable Biofuels from Beetle-Killed Wood

Common project to quantify the greenhouse gas benefits from using dead trees

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Creating Bio-Oil from Wood Chips a Reality at Battelle

Pilot-scale, mobile catalytic pyrolysis technology turns one ton of wood residue, other biomass into bio-oil

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INRO – Initiative on Sustainable Provision of Raw Materials for the Material Use of Biomass

Production of foodstuffs and fodder to be globally audited as well to avoid displacement effects

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Italian Minister for the Environment, Andrea Orlando: Pushing the Green and Bioeconomy to Come Out from the Crisis

Ecomondo 2013: International conference on bio-based industry opened its doors in Rimini, Italy

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Building eco-friendly straw homes – panel by panel

The EU-funded project EUROCELL and University of Bath are paving the way to using straw bale as a building material

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Metabolix reports net loss of $7.3 million for Q3 2013

Launched new compostable resin and performance additive products and achieved new technical milestones in biobased chemicals platform

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8 November 20138 November 2013

Idaho scientist turns manure into bioplastic

Bacteria to convert fermentation products to polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA

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Gevo proves commercial-scale isobutanol production with corn mash

Company's yeast biocatalyst, the GIFT system performing in line with forecast expectations

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Wood & Plastic – A Symbiotic Combination

WPC: Market Potential and Processing

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Chempolis and ONGC to team up for the production of cellulosic ethanol and biochemicals from non-food biomass

Joint venture targeting at larger production of sustainable biofuels in India

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Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials gets to work at Chemelot

Future research programmes have been detailed in a strategic plan

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Greenwood Venice – Queen of Eco Design achieves 1st prize for sustainable Development 2013

This years prize renewed in three categories: eco-design, eco-agricultural activities and start-ups

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DSM joins LIPA-Team to develop series production of advanced thermoplastic composites parts

Joint development of an industrial production process for the manufacture of continuous-fiber-reinforced advanced thermoplastic composite parts

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U.S. legislative climate creating opportunities for bioplastics industry

Cereplast expected in 2014 earnings amounting to several million for the production of food service ware and compostable trash bags

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Trade bodies pour cold water on EU bag plans

European plastics industry trade bodies have expressed doubts about new proposals from Brussels to limit the number of plastic bags in use across the region

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Kein Verbot von Tragetaschen in Deutschland

Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. sieht Optimierungsmöglichkeiten von Entsorgungssystemen einiger Meeresanrainerländer

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Neue Norm-Entwürfe zur Sauerstoffaufnahme und Sauerstoffdurchlässigkeit von Verpackungen

Fraunhofer IVV erarbeitet zwei neue Norm-Entwürfe zu E DIN 6139-2 und E DIN 53380-5

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7 November 2013

Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Company Earns Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Certification

LanzaTech's Joint Venture With Shougang Jingtang Iron and Steel United Company and the Tang Ming Group, Earns First-Ever RSB Certification for Waste-Gas to Biofuel Process

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Biome Bioplastics serves up compostable coffee pods

Biome Bioplastics has helped to develop a biodegradable coffee pod, offering one of the first sustainable packaging alternatives in the single-serve market

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Bioökonomie als Teil des Stundenplans

Bundesministerium stellt Lehrern Unterrichtsmodul über Herstellung von Alltagsprodukten aus Naturstoffen zur Verfügung

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Milliardenförderung für Bioökonomie in Europa

Biobased Industry Consortium (BIC) soll Rahmenbedingungen für die europäische Bioökonomie verbessern helfen

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Global map provides new insights into land use

UFZ researchers show the complexity of land use by mapping its common patterns

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Government of Canada partners with industry to develop innovative materials for cars and houses

NRC and industry to turn biomass into plastics and composites

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High performance at low temperatures leads EcoPaXX from DSM to success in Salomon’s snowboard binding

Bindings on test in real-life conditions for a year have performed extremely well

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NatureWorks Commercializes New High-Performance Ingeo Grades for Durable Goods Manufacture

Three new Ingeo™ biopolymer grades from NatureWorks enable a breakthrough in cycle time reduction and higher heat performance for biobased injection molded and extruded durable goods

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6 November 20139 September 2021

Das nova-Institut wächst – Nutzen Sie Ihre Chance!

Wir suchen Biowerkstoff-Experten/innen mit Schwerpunkt Märkte für bio-basierte Kunst- und Verbundwerkstoffe, eine/n Ökobilanzierer/in und eine/n Betriebswirt/in im Projekt-Controlling/Financial Officer

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nova-Institute is growing – Take advantage of your opportunity!

We are searching for material experts with focus on markets for bio-based plastics and composites, one LCA expert and one financial officer  

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Einigung im Streit um EU-Zuschüsse: Mehr Geld für kleine und mittlere Höfe

Agrarminister wollen künftig 4,5 Prozent der Direktzahlungen in die zweite Säule umleiten

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Environment: Commission proposes to reduce the use of plastic bags

Extensive public consultations found broad support for an EU-wide initiative

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Ruanda: Tüten mitbringen verboten

Seit 5 Jahren macht ein kleiner afrikanischer Staat es uns vor: ""Wir sind sehr stolz auf das, was wir erreicht haben."

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European Commission‘s proposal to reduce consumption of plastic bags an important opportunity to promote bioplastic alternatives

European Bioplastics promoting measures for bioplastic alternatives in Member States  

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Vorschlag der EU-Kommission zur Reduktion des Konsums von Kunststofftragetaschen eröffnet Fördermöglichkeiten für Biokunststoffe

European Bioplastics: den Mitgliedsstaaten sollte Flexibilität beim Umstieg auf Biokunststoff-Taschen zugestanden werden

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Furfural: Science Behind Rockets

First furaline liquid propellant rocket engine (LPRE) was unveiled for an anti-aircraft missile

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BCC Research publishes a new report on global markets for biodegradable polymers

Global volume for biodegradable polymers rises to 1.5 billion lbs by 2014 and expected to reach 3 bln lbs by 2019 at a CAGR of 10,4%

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5 November 20134 November 2013

Issaquah, Wash., voters to decide fate of plastic bag ban

Special election will cost the city between $45,000 and $49,800, according to an analyst

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Rare earths in bacteria

Methane-decomposing bacteria from hot springs need the valuable metals to produce energy

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Plant production could decline as climate change affects soil nutrients

Northern Arizona University study shows development of drylands

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Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Consumer Products Featured at BIO’s 2013 Pacific Rim Summit in San Diego

Investment in innovative biobased platforms for renewable chemicals can provide real opportunities

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Infographic: How climate change will affect global water scarcity by 2100

Global warming will affect the whole of the world's water supplies over the coming century, but it will not affect them equally - Hundreds of millions of people will experience new or aggravated forms of water scarcity by 2100

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Global Bioenergies Hits Milestone in Deal with American Industrialist

License option to be granted for a maximum of three years

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BARK CLOTH®_Europe und Biowerkstoff BARKTEX® von NASA und Partnern ausgezeichnet

Das Baumrinden-Vlies mit den nahezu unbegrenzten Einsatzmöglichkeiten zwischen Holz und Textil

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OWS publishes new study regarding biodegradable and oxo-degradable plastics

Very few positive biodegradation results for oxo-degradable plastics could not be repeated

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4 November 20133 November 2013

BASF successfully completes Verenium tender offer

Remaining eligible Verenium shares to be converted into the right to receive US$4.00 per share in cash

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K 2013: Der erste Bio-Bierkasten

FKuR zeigt breites Spektrum an Biokunststoffen für die verschiedensten Anwendungen

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Bioplastics beyond packaging – latest product innovations

An interesting, new high-performance products overview by European Bioplastics

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Towards and efficient European waste legislation – recommendations by European Bioplastics

Adequate measures should be adopted to promote biobased plastics and plastics that are biodegradable and compostable

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Symphony urges manufacturers to turn to oxo biodegradables

Company providing more effective way of dealing with plastic pollution than bio-based plastics

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Vorteilhafte Destabilisierung

Ungewöhnliche strukturelle und elektronische Eigenschaften machen Hautpigmente zu überlegenen Radikalenfängern

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Valentin Kahl: Zelle trifft Kunststoff

Mit Kunststoff lässt sich besser Mikroskopieren - Kulturgefäße und Mikroskopierzubehör aus Kunststoff für die Arbeit mit lebenden Zellen

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Metabolix: A certain shade of green

Companies are becoming more open to using biopolymers, Wilfried Jobst, global commercial operations director at Metabolix told FoodProductionDaily.com