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22 January 202415 January 2024

Towards zero plastic waste in 2050

Wageningen University highlighted global plastics production, but our goal is to arrive at a circular economy, which means to recycling all plastic waste

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Nachhaltige Tenside auf Pflanzenölbasis

Zwei Forschungsprojekte für nachhaltige bio-basierte Tenside und Chemikalien werden an der Technischen Hochschule Köln durchgeführt

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Can Europe’s blue bioeconomy live up to its promises?

The blue bioeconomy refers to marine-based sectors that draw specifically on biomass from the sea, either for primary extraction or to create processed materials and new biotechnologies for consumer markets

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Kommunales Informationssystem Holzbau: Tool weist Klimaschutz-Beitrag des Bauens und Sanierens mit Holz aus

Innovative Kombination von Geo- und Ökobilanzdaten für kommunale Entscheider

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The Fab Finns, the Top 20 Bioproducts from the bioeconomy’s forest heartland

In Finland, although it's known as the "Quiet Country", there have come several innovative products without any spectacular performances

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Axalta Becomes First Powder Coatings Manufacturer to Receive International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus For Biobased Feedstock Sourcing Practices

This milestone further reinforces Axalta’s commitment to ensuring sustainability remains central to every part of its business

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Industrietransformation aus einem Guss

Gemeinsames Thesenpapier des BDI e.V. zur Einordnung von Carbon Management als Teil einer umfassenden Klimastrategie

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19 January 202412 January 2024

EUBP unveils the results of the 2023 Market Data Report

European Bioplastics unveils the 2023 edition of the market development update. Main findings show that after a period of stagnation, the overall plastic production is picking up again

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EUBP-Marktbericht: Biokunststoffe wachsen wieder

European Bioplastics (EUBP) stellt einen aktuellen Marktbericht vor. Die Produktion von Biokunststoffen zieht wieder an, bis 2028 ist ein starkes Wachstum in Sicht

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Reliance Industries becomes first in India to use chemical recycling for circular polymers

RIL shipped its first batch of ISCC-Plus certified Circular Polymers, named CircuRepol™ (Polypropylene) and CircuRelene™ (Polyethylene)

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UChicago chemists hope to lay foundation for greener chemistry

UChicago chemists found a way to use electricity to boost a type of chemical reaction often used in synthesizing new candidates for pharmaceutical drugs

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Forscher finden mit Hilfe von Elektrizität eine vielversprechende neue Methode zur Beschleunigung chemischer Reaktionen

Chemiker hoffen, den Grundstein für eine umweltfreundlichere Chemie zu legen

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Making paper from grass

Wageningen researchers are turning worthless grass from verges and nature areas into the raw material for paper and cardboard. That could give a boost to the local economy

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How does PepsiCo deliver Positive sustainability impacts?

PepsiCo’s latest 2022 Summary shared the results of the first full year of reporting since the pep+ launch, and highlights the progress that has been achieved

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New dimensions of electrospun nanofiber material designs for biotechnological uses

Electrospinning technology has garnered wide attention over the past few decades in various biomedical applications including drug delivery, cell therapy, and tissue engineering

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18 January 202411 January 2024

Bio-based plasticizers from Central Germany

Using rapeseed oil as a starting product in the "Biocerine" project, more sustainable solutions for tires and packaging should become possible

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Bio-basierte Weichmacher aus Mitteldeutschland

Im Projekt "Biocerine" soll Rapsöl als Ausgangsprodukt für nachhaltige Reifen und Verpackungen dienen

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Compostable fishing nets: An end to Ghost Nets in the oceans?

South African initiative Catchgreen is developing nets and other gear from compostable Biodolomer, a net lost at sea would degrade into biomass within a few years

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Aether Industries, H.B. Fuller, and Saudi Aramco Technologies Company jointly announce the first commercialization of the sustainable Converge® polyols technology

These are a differentiated series of polyols with promising applications in the CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers) industry

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Making plastics biodegradable by UV-light

The project ULTRADREAM is using agricultural side streams and residues for developing novel modified bio-based, renewable polymers, with inherent biodegradation capabilities

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The bioeconomy: What next for Europe?

The bioeconomy's focus has shifted from fuels production to bio-based materials

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The lignocellulosic biorefinery concept is sound

A commentary on Zhao et al.

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17 January 202417 January 2024

Substantiate your green claims – Get ahead of the curve!

In recent years, consumers have been confronted by producers and retailers with statements such as “carbon neutral”, “carbon negative” or “net-zero” that have increasingly lost their credibility. And rightly so, as many of these statements were more marketing than scientifically based

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The brightest stars of Renewable Materials meet in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), 11-13 June 2024

The Number One Meeting Point for Global Leaders in Industry, Academia and Policy – first 40 speakers announced, deadline for submissions for the innovation award is 28 February 2024

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Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2024: Nominierte Innovationen reichen von ressourceneffizienten und recycelten Fasern für Textilien und Wandpaneelen bis hin zu Geotextilien für den Gletscherschutz

Sechs für den Preis nominierte Unternehmen präsentieren innovative und nachhaltige Lösungen für verschiedene Branchen in der Cellulosefaser-Wertschöpfungskette. Das gesamte wirtschaftliche Potenzial der Cellulosefaser-Industrie wird einem breiten Publikum vorgestellt, das in Köln (Deutschland) und online über die Gewinner abstimmen kann

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Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2024: Nominated Innovations Range from Resource-efficient and Recycled Fibres for Textiles and Building Panels to Geotextiles for Glacier Protection

Six award nominees present innovative and sustainable solutions for various industries in the cellulose fibre value chain. The full economic potential of the cellulose fibre industry will be introduced to a wide audience that will vote for the winners in Cologne (Germany), and online

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TIPA and ATI craft compostable, biobased coffee capsules lids

The new, compostable lids combine TIPA’s breakthrough high-barrier film and ATI’s patent protected system to support consisted flow and enhanced taste experience

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Genera Announces $340+ Million Investment in Sustainable Biomaterials Campus

The investment will expand Genera’s manufacturing, production and distribution operations of its circular, compostable packaging solutions and biomaterials

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DSU receives $300,000 grant for microalgae research

A Multiple-Stage Cost Effective Smart Farming of Engineered Microalgae for Simultaneous Production of High-Value Molecules and Bioenergy

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Bio-based plastic: Made from renewable materials

FuraCore® by Stora Enso is introducing an innovative process that addresses traditional challenges associated with FDCA production

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GreenLight Biosciences Announces EPA Registration of Calantha

GreenLight Biosciences Secures EPA Registration for new bioinsecticide, Calantha - Historic Step Towards A Safer and More Sustainable Food System

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16 January 202417 January 2024

Renewable Carbon Companies directory with nearly 41,000 company profile downloads in 2023

The Renewable Carbon Companies (ReCaCo) business directory has established itself as the primary source of information on renewable and sustainable materials solutions. Innovative companies in the field of renewable carbon present their products, intermediates and services

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A Glass That Sifts Carbon Dioxide

Research Group Develops a Glass Material That Precisely Separates Gases

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Ein Glas, das Kohlendioxid siebt

Forschungsgruppe entwickelt ein Glasmaterial, das Gase präzise voneinander trennt

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2023 Sees NETL Make Strides in CO2 Conversion Research & Development

Researchers grew versatile biocatalysts using microbes from a coalbed methane (CBM) well to convert industrial CO2 wastes and other single-carbon compounds into useful chemicals

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Industrie sieht Chance für ökologisch sinnvolle Alternative zur verschobenen Plastiksteuer

So wäre es nach Ansicht der IK beispielsweise zielführend, stärkere finanzielle Anreize für hochgradig recyclingfähige Verpackungen zu setzen und damit auch den Trend hin zu schlecht recyclingfähigen Papier-Verbundverpackungen zu stoppen

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Maersk signs MoU with City of Yokohama and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical on development of green methanol bunkering infrastructure in Yokohama

The successful implementation of this initiative heavily relies on the establishment of port bunkering infrastructure for methanol worldwide

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Glitter has a microplastics problem. One company says it has the solution 

Like the Ronald Britton team decided Germany’s Sigmund Lindner to replace plastic with regenerated cellulose and reconstitute it into a clear film, which is then coated with a thin layer of aluminum and color

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15 January 202416 January 2024

Invitation to the Stakeholder Event “Bio-Based Innovations for Industrial Applications“

24 April 2024, 9:00-17:00 CET, Brussels, Belgium

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Innovative Bastfaseranwendungen für die Industrie

– Vorträge zum Workshop des DuroBast Projektes verfügbar

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Print­ing inks made from plants

On the path to a circular economy, Judith Deriu is developing natural color pigments from plants and uses them to make sustainable printing inks for industry in the laboratory at the Research Institute of Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics in Dornbirn

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Druck­far­ben aus Pflan­zen

Auf dem Weg zur Kreislaufwirtschaft entwickelt Judith Deriu im Labor am Forschungsinstitut für Textilchemie und Textilphysik in Dornbirn natürliche Farbpigmente aus Pflanzen und darauf basierende, nachhaltige Druckfarben für die Industrie

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Global Bioenergies specifies the schedule of its new biobased isobutene plant for cosmetics

The finalization of the basic engineering design, concurrent with the signing of the first tranche of financing for the plant, is expected in summer 2024

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No More Crying Over Spilled Milk 

Research chemist at the ARS has spent much of his career researching ways to convert agricultural waste products into bioplastics

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ACWA Power signs agreement to develop green hydrogen project in Egypt worth more than $4 billion

First phase of project will produce 600,000 tonnes-per-year of green ammonia

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12 January 202411 January 2024

Free PEFerence webinars in February: PEF in bottle applications and for textiles

PEF is an aspiring new bio-based material aiming at replacing fossil PET in a variety of applications such as PEF bottles and as a new and sustainable material in the textile industry

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OMV and Synthos sign MoU to cooperate on sustainability, including the supply of sustainable butadiene for synthetic rubber

Sustainable butadiene will be produced in the steam cracker at the Burghausen refinery in Germany, which received full ISCC PLUS certification in March 2022

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OMV und Synthos unterzeichnen MoU zur Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit, einschließlich der Lieferung von nachhaltigem Butadien für synthetischen Kautschuk

Nachhaltiges Butadien wird im Steamcracker der Raffinerie Burghausen in Deutschland hergestellt, der im März 2022 die vollständige ISCC PLUS-Zertifizierung erhielt

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LyondellBasell and Pigeon Singapore Collaborate to Incorporate CirculenRenew Polymers in Nursing Bottles

The used LyondellBasell CirculenRenew polymers are made from renewable feedstocks derived from bio-based wastes and residual oils, such as used cooking oils

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A new EU project to valorize slaughterhouse waste and paper and pulp sludge

Valorisation of different organic wastes to produce cost-efficient polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) for agricultural and personal care applications