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14 November 201314 November 2013

FKuR nimmt neue Compoundieranlage zur Herstellung von Biokunststoffen in Betrieb

Biokunststoff-Pionier errichtet hiermit bereits die dritte Compounderlinie von KraussMaffei Berstorff

Favorable Feedstock Costs Can Drop Cellulosic Sugar Prices as Low as $0.26/kg

Improved enzyme technology will also be critical to making bio-based fuels and chemicals from cellulose competitive with those from corn and sugarcane, Lux Research says

Hemp replaces styrofoam: Austrian Climate Protection Award 2013 goes to Naporo

Common development with Capatect to result in environmentally friendly alternative to mushrooming insulation of buildings

Hanf ersetzt Styrofoam: Naporo für Klimaschutzpreis 2013 nominiert

Am 11. November 2013 wurde von ORF und Lebensministerium der diesjährige Klimaschutzpreis vergeben. Jubel bei Naporo und Capatect

More, not less yield is the best way to meet global demand for more food

Only way to ensure the sustainability of world agriculture is through ‘low input’ farming

Biomasse in Österreich: Papierindustrie ärgert die Waldbesitzer

Die Subventionen seien „abseits wirtschaftlicher Überlegungen“ zu sehen, sagen die Forstwirte

13 November 201323 March 2014

Zeoform: A New Plastic That Turns Hemp Into Almost Anything

What if plastic could be made without using fossil fuels and toxic chemicals? An Australian company has done just that, with a new type of plastic that can turn hemp fiber into pretty much anything

Arkema at Hong Kong Optical Fair 2013 with two new Rilsan® Clear polyamides grades

G850 Rnew and G120 Rnew - for specific customer needs

Axens, IFPEN and Michelin join forces to create a synthetic rubber production channel using biomass

BioButterfly process to produce more environmentally-friendly synthetic rubber

SGB and Yulex Partner to Double Guayule Rubber Yield Through an Accelerated Breeding Platform

Company to identify genetic markers that represent increased rubber yield and use that to produce new cultivars

U.S. EPA gives AkzoNobel Green Chemistry Designation for Dissolvine GL

Design for the Environment label helps consumers find the safest detergents and cleaning products

Germany’s CAP subsidies to favour small farmers, greening

Small and medium-sized farms will get extra support, while larger producers will receive fewer funds

Vom Acker statt aus der Fabrik: Natürliches Süßungsmittel Stevia soll 2016 endgültig marktreif sein

Feldversuche der Universität Hohenheim sollen langfristige Ertragszahlen liefern, Laborversuche die gesundheitliche Unbedenklichkeit beweisen

BP Reveals Step-out Routes to Acetic Acid and Ethylene with all-new Technologies

Hummingbird® is a newly developed proprietary process dehydrating ethanol to produce ethylene

U.S. Legislative Climate Creating Opportunities for Bioplastics Industry

Cereplast to supply resin for manufacture of food serviceware and compostable trash bags

12 November 201312 November 2013

EU lässt Monsantos „Super-Mais“ zu

Kommission empfiehlt Ministerrat den Anbau von Pioneer-Mais 1507 in Europa

Packaging trade group says Germany has no need for bag ban

A German packaging trade group is criticizing media reports that highlight problems related to plastic bag disposal

HP Compounding Technology – individuelle Komplettlösungen für alle WPC-Aufbereitungs- und Anwendungsprozesse

Unternehmen bietet neben Compounder und schlüsselfertigen Granulieranlagen weltweiten Ersatzteilservice sowie Spezialkomponenten an

The blame game

Renewables experts, oil refiners trade barbs on impact of rising renewable fuel mandates

CelluForce finalist in Global Cleantech Cluster Association 2013 Awards

CelluForce represented on the prestigious list of the world's top Cleantech companies

11 November 2013

Neues Forschungsprojekt gestartet

Alternativmaterial zu weichgemachten Vinylchloridpolymeren aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

EU in new push to revive the carbon market

EU diplomats today agreed to begin talks on a legal text to slash permit supply and prop up carbon prices in the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), marking a big step forward for the divisive proposal

Spain leaves out foreign producers in biodiesel quota for next two years

Non-European producers not included despite import according to WTO rules

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 November 20138 November 2013

Idaho scientist turns manure into bioplastic

Bacteria to convert fermentation products to polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA

Gevo proves commercial-scale isobutanol production with corn mash

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

Wood & Plastic – A Symbiotic Combination

WPC: Market Potential and Processing

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

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

Future research programmes have been detailed in a strategic plan

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

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

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

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

Kein Verbot von Tragetaschen in Deutschland

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

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

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

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

Bioökonomie als Teil des Stundenplans

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

Milliardenförderung für Bioökonomie in Europa

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

Global map provides new insights into land use

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

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

NRC and industry to turn biomass into plastics and composites

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

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

6 November 20139 September 2021

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