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29 July 202525 July 2025

CO₂-binding alcohols open new pathways for PVC upcycling 

Researchers have developed an innovative approach to functionally upgrade polyvinyl chloride (PVC) using CO₂-binding alcohols. The study provides valuable insights for more sustainable recycling processes

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Installation of a Demonstration Facility for New Low-concentration CO2 Capture Technology at Kobe Works

This will be the company’s first application of PCC for capturing CO2 from exhaust gas from a distributed power plant facility

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tExtended will present a workshop at the 3rd ECOSYSTEX conference about building a collaborative circular textile system

In order to demonstrate and validate the steps taken so far to develop a blueprint for the optimized cycling of discarded textiles, the EU-funded project tExtended will be present at the next ECOSYSTEX conference, which will take place on September 29 – October 1 at the Jacy’z Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden

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28 July 202528 July 2025

The Role of Circularity Indicators: New Standards and Certification-Schemes for a Sustainable Bio-Economy

Transforming Circularity Assessment and Certification Schemes

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Qore Launches in Eddyville, Iowa, Ushering in Large-Scale Corn Processing for Bio-Based Solutions

Grand opening showcases QIRA®, a renewably derived alternative to fossil-based manufacturing

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Guangdong launches world’s first 200,000 tons/year plastic recycling plant 

Wang Shaole, deputy Party secretary of Jieyang city, said the project has adopted the world's first chemical recycling process technology and the world's first integrated equipment

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Experimental camper surges into the future of circular RV life

Now Dethleffs is back in the driver's seat of the envelope-pushing eco-RV game, and it's previewing what the next generation of environmentally influenced design could look like in RV manufacturing

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Elektro-Wohnmobil soll 400 km Reichweite schaffen

Die Dethleffs-Studie E.home Eco beweist Mut zur Neugier. Was das für die Zukunft der Wohnmobil-Branche bedeutet, lesen Sie hier

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Opportunities, challenges and potential for improvement in the large-scale integration of CO2 sources and electrolyzers 

Roadmap for linking CO2 sources and sinks using electrochemical processes

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Chancen, Herausforderungen und Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten bei der großtechnischen Integration von CO2-Quellen und Elektrolyseuren

Roadmap für die Verknüpfung von CO2-Quellen und -Senken mittels elektrochemischer Verfahren

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15. Cofresco Forum Round Table

Mittwoch, 01 Oktober 2025, 10 Uhr bis 16:30 Uhr, Wirtschaftsförderung Sigmaringen (WFS) in Sigmaringen, Deutschland

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25 July 202522 July 2025

Making fuels from sunlight

Previous efforts to harness solar energy for converting seawater's dissolved carbon into useful products have faced significant challenges

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AmphiStar Secures €12.5m EIC Funding to Bring its Biosurfactants to Market

The blended funding takes the form of a €2.5m grant and a €10m equity investment

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AmphiStar sichert sich 12,5 Mio. € EIC-Finanzierung für die Markteinführung seiner Biotenside

Belgisches Start-up überzeugt mit nachhaltigen mikrobiellen Biotensiden, die aus einem biobasierten Abfallrohstoff recycelt werden

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Reacting to key vote on End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation, Plastics Europe urges for ambitious recycling targets

Plastics Europe is the pan-European association of plastics manufacturers with offices across Europe

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Abstimmung zur EU-Altfahrzeugverordnung: Plastics Europe drängt auf höhere Recyclingziele

Plastics Europe ist der europäische Verband der Kunststoffhersteller mit Niederlassungen in ganz Europa

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More bio-based innovation can help reduce environmental impacts, boost Europe’s bioeconomy and sustainability

The EEA briefing shows how examples of bio-based innovations can support the expected update of the EU’s bioeconomy strategy.

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Estonia’s largest festival pilots sustainable biowaste collection bags from local woody biomass

Estonia’s XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival, “Iseoma”, piloted sustainable biowaste collection bags made from local woody biomass, showcasing innovation in action. Here’s the story behind this collaboration, take a look!

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Versalis: Demonstrationsanlage für chemisches Recycling von Kunststoffen in Mantua geht an den Start

Versalis hat kürzlich an seinem Standort in Mantua eine Demonstrationsanlage vorgestellt, die auf "Hoop" basiert, der neuen proprietären Technologie des Unternehmens für das chemische Recycling von gemischten Kunststoffabfälle

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24 July 202521 July 2025

Synthetic Fuels from Offshore Wind Park

The First Offshore Production Plant for Synthetic Fuels Was Opened Under the H2Mare Hydrogen Lead Project Funded by the German Federal Government

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Synthetischer Kraftstoff aus dem Offshore-Windpark

Im Wasserstoff Leitprojekt H2Mare der Bundesregierung wurde die erste Offshore-Produktionsanlage für synthetische Kraftstoffe eröffnet

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Researchers present sustainable materials for industry – from biodegradable films to specialty polymers

Fraunhofer UMSICHT at the K trade fair

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Forschende präsentieren nachhaltige Materialien für die Industrie – von biologisch abbaubaren Folien bis zu Spezialpolymeren

Fraunhofer UMSICHT auf der K 2025

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Identifying chemicals of concern in plastics – and pathways towards safer polymers

Plastics are everywhere, and the chemicals they contain are a core issue

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Umfassender Katalog bedenklicher Plastik-Chemikalien

Kunststoffe sind allgegenwärtig, und die darin enthaltenen Chemikalien sind ein zentrales Thema

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Plastic waste is a solvable problem

A future international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution could provide a coherent policy framework for industry, governments, civil society and financial institutions to carry out coordinated action

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23 July 20251 September 2025

The fossil fuel trap: Why defossilising chemistry is essential – and feasible!

Renewable energy and carbon for climate protection, independence, resilience and competitiveness

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Die fossile Falle: Warum die Defossilisierung der Chemie unverzichtbar – und machbar – ist!

Erneuerbare Energie und Kohlenstoff für Klimaschutz, Unabhängigkeit, Resilienz und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit

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Underestimated sources of marine pollution

A study published in Nature reveals for the first time the extent to which nanoplastic pollutes the North Atlantic

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Unterschätzte Meeresverschmutzer

Nature-Studie belegt erstmals, wie stark Nanoplastik den Nordatlantik verschmutzt

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CBE JU welcomes the European Chemicals Industry Action Plan: Bio-based solutions powering a sustainable industrial transformation 

The plan recognises the potential of bio-based chemicals to contribute to the decarbonisation of the EU chemicals sector and to the development of new industrial value chains based on sustainably sourced European biomass

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Neue EU-Chemikalien-Gesetze untergraben Verbraucherschutz: BUND fordert Rücknahme der Gesetzesinitiative

Der Chemie-Omnibus ist Teil eines Gesetzespakets der EU-Kommission zur Reduzierung von Bürokratie und Berichtspflichten für Unternehmen

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Alder Bioinsights News Review: Feedstocks Issue 160, July 2025

European efforts to achieve net-zero targets heavily rely on biomass, but consistent and robust policy support is crucial, with organizations like the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) advocating for fair regulations that treat biomass for materials equally with bioenergy, particularly by adapting forest biomass rules and avoiding caps on primary agricultural biomass

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Startups take on Europe’s untapped feedstocks

Opportunities for Innovation in the Bioeconomy by the European Environment Agency, released July 2025, states the EU economy needs to increase its flow of biological raw materials to support a domestic renewable materials industry

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Bioplastics with Fibenol: Wood4plastic project

The company is partnering with the European LIFE-funded Wood4Plastic project, which aims to scale up industrially compostable, biobased plastics for everyday applications

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Stella McCartney bringt in Zusammenarbeit mit Balena nachhaltige Sneaker mit kompostierbaren Sohlen auf den Markt

Das Modehaus Stella McCartney hat sich mit dem Materialwissenschaftsunternehmen Balena zusammengetan, um eine neue Version seiner nachhaltigen S-Wave Sport Sneaker auf den Markt zu bringen

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22 July 202521 July 2025

Producing Desired Epoxides from Pollutants

Doctoral students at Ruhr University Bochum have described a new selective biocatalyst in an interdisciplinary and inter-university collaboration with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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Gewünschte Epoxide aus Schadstoffen gewinnen

Promovierende der Ruhr-Universität Bochum haben in einer fächer- und universitätsübergreifenden Kooperation mit der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf einen neuen selektiven Biokatalysator beschrieben

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University of Houston Engineer Creates a Possible Replacement for Plastic

Improved Bacterial Cellulose Could Lead to Stronger, Eco-Friendly Materials for Everyday Use

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Rezyklate – werden sie wirklich verwendet?

Für Nachhaltigkeit sind Rezyklate ein wichtiges Thema. Aber können sie wirklich das Original-Material ersetzen? Wir haben Kunststoffverarbeiter nach ihren Erfahrungen mit recycelten Kunststoffen gefragt

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Avantium Announces Offtake Agreement with PLIXXENT for FDCA in Insulation Foams

As a 100% plant-based and high-performance monomer, FDCA is emerging as a promising building block for sustainable materials

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COM4PHA: new biodegradable bioplastics for cosmetics, food and agricultural packaging

This research project is working on formulations based on the PHBV copolymer, for use in the packaging and agricultural sectors

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COM4PHA: biologisch abbaubare Kunststoffe für Verpackungen

Neuen PHA-Formulierungen sollen für Verpackungen und Beschichtungen die Umweltbelastung verringern und die Produktqualität verbessern

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21 July 202516 July 2025

ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical Complete Construction of Chemical Recycling Facility toward Launch of the Plastic-to-Oil Conversion Business

ISCC PLUS certification will be acquired for the facility to promote a circular economy

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Mitsubishi Chemical + Eneos: Neue Kunststoffrecyclinganlage fertiggestellt

Der japanische Chemiekonzern Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) hat zusammen mit dem Ölkonzern Eneos (ehemals Nippon Oil) eine neue Kunststoffrecyclinganlage fertiggestellt

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Mit ChemSelect die Nachhaltigkeit von Chemikalien einfach online bewerten 

Die Nutzer*innen können durch die Auswahl weniger belastender Stoffe ihren ökologischen Fußabdruck deutlich verringern

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Implementation of Japan’s “Positive List” Confirms FDCA Approval for Food-Contact Use

Japan introduced its Positive List (PL) system for synthetic resins in 2020 to ensure that only safe, approved substances are used in food-contact materials

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D-PAK™ cartons have smaller carbon footprint than plastic pouches for laundry detergent

Landmark Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) shows cartons have significantly smaller carbon footprint than plastic pouches for laundry detergent

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Circular economy: new EU rules to make the automotive sector more sustainable

On Monday, the Environment and Internal Market Committees adopted their proposals on new EU rules to cover the entire vehicle lifecycle, from design to final end-of-life treatment

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18 July 202515 July 2025

Climeworks raises USD 162M to scale up technology

Climeworks, the global pioneer in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology and leading provider of holistic carbon removal portfolios, has achieved a significant milestone by securing USD 162 million in additional equity funding — marking the largest carbon removal investment of 2025 to date globally