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12 December 20259 December 2025

As seen in Cosmetics and Toiletries

Developed in collaboration with Sensient's Arianor water-soluble basic cationic dyes, these formulations aim to deliver effective results while addressing sustainability and scalp health

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Nachhaltige Partikelschäume aus Biopolymeren

Zusätzlich wird eine reaktive Extrusion der Polymermischungen mit grenzflächenaktiven Additiven geplant, um besonders für Partikelschäume geeignete Strukturen mit niedriger Dichte und feinen Zellgrößen zu erzeugen

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11 December 20258 December 2025

Fraunhofer CCPE presents the “Monomaterial Design Set” 

Innovative solutions for circular product design

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Fraunhofer CCPE präsentiert den »Monomaterial Baukasten«

Innovative Lösungen für zirkuläre Produktgestaltung

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CBE JU welcomes the EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy

The European Commission’s Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy also reinforces the role of biotechnology and biomanufacturing in Europe’s industrial resilience

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SBTi publishes new pathways to accelerate chemicals sector’s net-zero transition

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has today published new pathways and supporting criteria for the chemicals sector, providing chemical manufacturers with the practical tools needed to lead the net-zero transformation

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Toray: Chemisches Recyclingverfahren für hochqualitative Carbonfasern

Toray hat ein neues Zersetzungsmittel entwickelt, das die Auflösung dreidimensional vernetzter und schwer abbaubarer duroplastischer Harze bei reduzierter Temperatur erlaubt

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Toray Develops Recycling Technology that Retains Carbon Fiber Strength and Surface Quality

Toray applied innovated a decomposition agent that breaks down degradation-resistant, three-dimensionally crosslinked thermosetting resins at lower temperatures than conventional methods

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Solar-driven PHB synthesis from wastewater by engineered semiconductor–bacteria biohybrids

Successfully scaling up this technology could disrupt traditional wastewater management by transforming treatment plants into net-positive biofactories

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10 December 20255 December 2025

European Bioplastics Celebrates 20 Years of EBC and Calls for Unity in the Sector to Accelerate the Bioeconomy Transition

European Bioplastics concludes its 20th edition of the European Bioplastics Conference – two days of insightful presentations, panel discussions, networking, and market data analysis

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Sustainable Chemistry Start-Ups Shine at Impact Festival

Breakthrough Start-Ups Honored at the ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2025 – Power2Polymers from Germany wins top prize

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EU centres competitiveness in new bioeconomy strategy

The EU wants biobased and circular scaleup to boost regional competitiveness

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EU-Bioökonomiestrategie ohne Bodenhaftung?

Kann die neue EU-Bioökonomiestrategie Venture Capital überzeugen?

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Pegasus Materials Debuts Bio-based Specialty Materials for Electronics, Aerospace, and 3D Printing

Pegasus’s two new materials enable slimmer USB-C connectors, high-speed memory modules for data center servers, and field-ready 3D-printed components, supported by expanded Seed funding

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9 December 20255 December 2025

Sustainable on the Trail: DITF Develop Hiking Pole Made from Natural Fibers and Bio-based Matrix

The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) and LEKI Lenhart GmbH have collaborated on a project to develop a hiking pole made largely from renewable raw materials. The finished product demonstrates that sustainable materials can also offer high performance in the outdoor industry

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Nachhaltig unterwegs: DITF entwickeln Wanderstock aus Naturfasern und biobasierter Matrix

Die Deutschen Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF) und die LEKI Lenhart GmbH haben in einem gemeinsamen Projekt einen Wanderstock entwickelt, der größtenteils aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen besteht. Das fertige Produkt zeigt, dass nachhaltige Materialien auch in der Outdoor-Branche eine hohe Leistungsfähigkeit bieten

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EUBP presents the Results of the 2025 Market Data Report

The increase reflects both rising market demand and ongoing innovation in material performance and applications

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Beyond the bike: Growing Honda’s alternative material initiatives through Bio-based engineering and recycling

The initiatives address carbon neutrality, clean energy, and resource circulation as the three leading factors that will see net zero emissions by 2050

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Honda baut die Verwendung alternativer Materialien mit biobasierter Technik und Recycling weiter aus

Neben der Entwicklung von elektrisch betriebenen Motorrädern und Automobilen sowie der Umstrukturierung von Produktions- und Logistikzentren zur Reduzierung des CO2-Ausstoßes setzt Honda bei Motorrädern auch alternative Materialien ein

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8 December 20255 December 2025

Coffee waste helps make lower carbon concrete

RMIT researchers are advancing new ways to cut the carbon footprint of infrastructure by turning everyday organic waste into useful construction materials

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Rutgers researchers use a principle in nature to create plastics that self-destruct at programmed speeds, offering a solution to global plastic waste

Yuwei Gu was hiking through Bear Mountain State Park in New York when inspiration struck

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Groundbreaking Ceremony of the New Biorefinery by PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia

Pengerang Biorefinery Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture between PETRONAS, Enilive S.p.A and Euglena Co., Ltd, marked a key milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of the new biorefinery in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia

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EU Bioeconomy Strategy puts bioplastics at the heart of Europe’s industrial transition

EU Commission embeds biobased plastics in a coherent PPWR framework and prepares legally binding targets – signaling that biobased plastics are now an active priority of EU industrial policy

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5 December 20254 December 2025

AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: Final Program Published

Empowering Transformation: How AI Innovations Drive the Future of Circular Materials

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AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: Finales Programm veröffentlicht

Transformation vorantreiben: Wie KI-Innovationen die Zukunft der Kreislaufwirtschaft für Materialien gestalten

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Emirates Biotech launches its Embio product range – a new generation of PLA biopolymers made in the Emirates

With the Embio product launch, Emirates Biotech begins pre-marketing across the Middle East, offering customers the opportunity to source locally stocked PLA for faster delivery times and smaller minimum order volumes

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Emirates Biotech: Neue PLA-Biopolymerreihe aus den VAE

Mit dem Marktstart beginnt das Unternehmen eine Vermarktungs- und Vorvertriebsphase im Nahen Oste

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AFYREN raises €23 million through share capital increase to finance optimization and expansion of unique biorefinery AFYREN NEOXY

Plant optimization program has now started to gradually increase capacity

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What’s ZymoChem getting right?

Cost-cutting and product selectiveness have powered this biochemical startup to success

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Improved oxygen barrier in biodegradable plastic for coffee capsules

With M·VERA® GP1065, BIO-FED, a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC, has developed a specialised biocompound for coffee capsules

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Bio-Fed: M·Vera GP1065

Nominiert als Produkt des Jahres 2026

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4 December 20252 December 2025

BASF inaugurates the expansion of production capacity for Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) in Bangpakong, Thailand

The enhancement complements BASF’s global APG production network - including sites in Germany, China, and a new facility scheduled for start-up in 2026 in the U.S.

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Arkema and Poolp unveil Nomura, a sculptural, bio-based coffee table produced using 3D printing

Arkema, a global leader in Specialty Materials, has partnered with Poolp, a French design-focused start-up, to create a fully 3D-printed sculptural coffee table

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3 December 202528 November 2025

Governor Hochul Announces Round Seven Winners of the Grow-NY International Food and Agriculture Business Competition

$1 million Grand Prize for Brekland of Brooklyn, New York, for building a novel, biodegradable foam coating that brings new, in-field functionality to crop protection products

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Weniger Tüten, mehr Fakten: Kunststoff ist oft klimafreundlicher als gedacht

Plastics Europe Deutschland: Bilanz nach 5 Jahren Einweg-Plastiktüten-Verbot

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Ponda Raises $2.4M to Bring BioPuff® to Market and Restore Wetlands Across Europe

Every contribution reflects a growing belief that materials can help heal the planet, and that real change happens when we work together

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Auf Basis des deutschen Vorschlags: EU-Mitgliedstaaten beschließen gemeinsame Position zur EUDR

Bundesminister Rainer: Berechtigter Waldschutz darf Bürokratieabbau nicht ausbremsen

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New bamboo bioplastic offers strong alternative to traditional plastics

Northeast Forestry University-researchers used a special molecular engineering approach to turn bamboo into a durable, eco-friendly plastic

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2 December 202527 November 2025

Kelheim Fibres: Transaction Process Failed – Preparation for Production Phase-Out

The investor was compelled to withdraw from the agreement, as a viable business model could not be secured

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Kelheim Fibres: Transaktionsprozess gescheitert – Vorbereitung der Ausproduktion

Der Investor musste vom Kaufvertrag Abstand nehmen, da kein tragfähiges Geschäftsmodell gesichert werden konnte

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Monthly News from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2025

November Highlights: RCI General Assembly, Upcoming RCI Webinar, ARC Partner Event, New Partner kunststoffland NRW (DE), Upcoming 10th ECP

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Green D Market Analytics To Release New Market Report: “Detailed Assessment of the Renewable Surfactants Market”

Developed in collaboration with Neil A Burns LLC

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Biobasierte Kunststoffe für Infusionsbeutel

Forschungsteam der Frankfurt UAS entwickelt in Kooperation mit BIOVOX nachhaltige Alternative zu Medizinprodukten aus Erdöl

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Bio-based plastics for infusion bags

Frankfurt research team develops sustainable alternative to medical products made from crude oil in cooperation with bioplastics start-up BIOVOX

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MENA governments back circularity and biomanufacturing

In recent years, Morocco, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia have all mounted major initiatives to reduce plastic waste, build waste management infrastructure, and encourage investment into sustainable materials

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1 December 202526 November 2025

What Is Environmental Biotechnology? Although Widely Applied, a Clear Definition of the Term Is Still Needed

This lack of definitional consensus has several practical implications for funding, policy formulation, disciplinary identity and interdisciplinary collaboration

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Case: Henkel – Piloting new bio-based foam packaging material 

VTT helped Henkel take the next step and ultimately deliveredan innovation that opens up possibilities to replace conventional plastics with renewable solutions in packaging and beyond

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28 November 20251 December 2025

Latest nova Market and Trend Reports on Advanced Recycling, Mass Balance and Attribution (MBA), Bio-based Polymers and Alternative Naphtha

8 December 2025 – 14:00-15:30 CET - Online and free of charge

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nova’s experts reintroduced: Dr Ángel Puente

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) • Renewable Carbon • Chemistry • Critical Reviews

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Ministerin Gorißen stellt Waldzustandsbericht 2025 vor: Wald erholt sich leicht – aber keine Trendwende

Das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen bietet zur Wiederbewaldung und zur Entwicklung klimaanpassungsfähiger Mischwälder vielfältige Unterstützungsangebote an