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18 January 202415 January 2024

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

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Der Pilz macht´s: Myzelbasierte Materialien nachhaltig und wirtschaftlich

Myzelium ist ein interessanter Kandidat für neue, nachhaltige Materialien, wie Forschende schon vor Jahren fanden und begannen, mit myzelbasierten Materialien zu experimentieren

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Using fungi to create sustainable and economical mycelium-based materials

Mycelium is an interesting candidate for producing new, environmental-friendly materials, as researchers many years ago began experimenting with mycelium-based materials

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Insights Into the Metabolism of Plastic-Eating Bacteria

Researchers have shown for the first time how bacteria break down common plastic coatings

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Einblick in den Stoffwechsel plastikfressender Bakterien

Forschende haben erstmals gezeigt, wie Bakterien häufig vorkommende Kunststoffbeschichtungen zersetzen

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11 January 202410 January 2024

Renewable formic acid derived from captured CO₂ as a replacement of fossil feedstock in consumer goods 

The Horizon Europe project WaterProof releases a catchy and informative project video describing its innovative carbon capture and utilisation process aiming at a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular EU economy

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Erneuerbare Ameisensäure aus abgeschiedenem CO₂ als Ersatz für fossile Rohstoffe in Konsumgütern

Das Horizon Europe Projekt WaterProof präsentiert ein überzeugendes und informatives Projektvideo, in dem das innovative Verfahren zur Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -nutzung beschrieben wird, mit dem ein klimaneutrales Europa und eine echte Kreislaufwirtschaft in der EU erreicht werden sollen

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nova experts (re)introduced: Dominik Vogt

Head of Conferences

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The German Ecodesign Award 2023 goes to twelve pioneering projects 

Federal Minister for the Environment Lemke and UBA Vice President Busse honour the award winners

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Bundespreis Ecodesign 2023 geht an zwölf Vorreiterprojekte

Bundesumweltministerin Lemke und UBA-Vizepräsidentin Busse ehren die Preisträger*innen

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Samyang Innochem’s White Bio-Material “Isosorbide” Receives International Eco-Friendly Certification “ISCC Plus”

Samyang Innochem has received international environmental certification for its in-house developed isosorbide, a white bio-material, and is ready to enter the global market

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Circular and Innovative Production of Microalgae-based Fuels for Shipping and Aviation

COCPIT is a new EU funded project supporting sustainable transport fuels uptake through a new end-user’ decision tool

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Lingrove Secures $10 Million in Financing to Ramp up Production of ekoa®

Plant-based Surfaces and Panels for Climate-friendly, Healthy Interiors

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First step towards synthetic CO2 fixation in living cells

Three modules forming a new-to-nature CO2 fixation cycle successfully implemented in E.coli

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Auf dem Weg zu Zellen mit künstlicher Kohlendioxid-Fixierung

Drei Module für einen neuartigen Stoffwechselweg funktionieren auch in Bakterienzellen

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Bio-Materials Startup BioFluff Raised $2.5M in Seed Funding

The funding will support BioFluff's mission to reduce reliance on animal and synthetic-derived products in the textile industry and further innovation in sustainability

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Toray Carbon Fiber Recycled from Boeing 787 Wing Production Process Applied in Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12

Boeing 787 components using Toray’s advanced carbon fiber, which is based on pyrolysis recycling process, are used as reinforcement filler for thermoplastic pellets

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ISCC PLUS certification completed for Polykemi and Scanfill

The current certification applies to Polykemi and Scanfill in Ystad, Sweden, and the subsidiary Rondo Plast has also initiated the project to obtain the same or similar certification

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Maximizing the benefits of biofilms in fermentation processes

Biofilm-based fermentation has great potential, as it possesses inherent characteristics such as self-immobilization, high resistance to reactants, and long-term activity

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10 January 20249 January 2024

Neste’s crude oil refinery in Finland to be gradually transformed into a renewables and circular solutions refining hub

The company expects both renewable and circular feedstocks for the polymer- or chemical Industrie, and sustainable biobased-fuels for transport and aviation

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Schrittweise Transformation der Neste-Rohölraffinerie in Finnland in einen zentralen Standort für erneuerbare und Kreislauflösungen

Das Unternehmen rechnet damit, dass sowohl erneuerbare als auch kreislauffähige Rohstoffe für die Polymer- und Chemieindustrie, als auch nachhaltige Treibstoffe für den Transport und die Luftfahrt