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21 April 202221 April 2022

Søren Kristiansen, Senior Technology Director Materials at LEGO (DK), on the current and future framework for a renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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An Industry Pioneer: Beiersdorf Launches the World’s First Cosmetics Product with Recycled CO2

The formula of the new NIVEA MEN Climate Care Moisturizer has a soothing effect on the skin and adds a refreshing moisture boost

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Branchenvorreiter: Beiersdorf bringt weltweit erstes Kosmetikprodukt mit recyceltem CO2 auf den Markt

Die Formel der neuen NIVEA MEN „Feuchtigkeitspflege Climate Care“ mit kosmetischem Ethanol wirkt beruhigend auf die Haut und fungiert zusätzlich als erfrischender Feuchtigkeitsspender

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World’s first ‘Smart Circular Bridge’ in a city

The Eindhoven University of Technology-led EU project ‘Smart Circular Bridge’ recognizes the potentials of flax by building three city bridges made from a biocomposite material consisting of flax and a special bio-resin

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Decarbonizing the chemical industry with sustainable photons

Decarbonizing the chemical industry is possible, provided decreases in the cost of solar energy and increases in LED efficiency continue

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Die Spurlosen: Anne Lamp & Johanna Baare

Die Mission von Anne Lamp und Johanna Baare mit ihrem Start Up Traceless Materials will der globalen Plastikverschmutzung den Kampf ansagen

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Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Professor Herbert Sixta for the development of Sustainable wood-based textile fibres

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Herbert Sixta and Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres

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Light, oxygen turn waste plastics into useful benzoic acid

Cornell researcher has discovered a new path for polystyrene waste that includes being upcycled into benzoic acid, through a mild process that uses light, an oxygen-rich environment and an abundant iron-based catalyst

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Chemiker nutzen die Sonne, um Plastikabfälle zu recyceln

Licht und Sauerstoff verwandeln Kunststoffabfälle in nützliche Benzoesäure

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Yankee Stadium Introduces Biodegradable, Compostable Straws

A biodegradable and compostable drinking straw will be available for baseball fans in New York at Yankee Stadium this season

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20 April 202213 April 2022

Giant grass miscanthus: Bioethanol source with negative CO2 balance

European collaborative project led by the University of Hohenheim shows: Combining bioethanol production with carbon storage can effectively reduce CO2

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Riesengras Miscanthus: Bioethanol-Quelle mit negativer CO2-Bilanz

Europäisches Verbundprojekt unter Leitung der Universität Hohenheim zeigt: Kombination von Bioethanol-Produktion mit Kohlenstoff-Speicherung kann CO2 effektiv reduzieren

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New Latitude 5000 Series Are Dell’s Most Sustainable Laptops Yet*

New packaging is made from 100% recycled or renewable materials and is 100% recyclable

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Pure White CELLIANT from Hologenix receives second prestigious recognition

The Company’s Newest Innovation Shortlisted in Drapers Sustainable Fashion 2022 Awards

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Schaumaplast: Thermoboxen aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

Die Produktlinie Thermocon Nature besteht aus nahezu 100% nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

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Renewable Methanol Market – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth And Forecast 2022-2027

The demand for renewable methanol is extensively driven by the automobile sector where it is implemented as fuel for the internal combustion engine, hybrid (fuel/electric) systems, and fuel cells

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Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide

Rice University lab turns hard-to-process trash into carbon-capture master

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Behandelte Kunststoffabfälle können Kohlendioxid gut binden

Labor der Rice University verwandelt schwer zu verarbeitenden Müll in ein Meisterwerk der Kohlenstoffabscheidung

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Özdemir: Osterpaket macht Landwirtschaft zum Treiber der Energiewende und stärkt die Wertschöpfung im ländlichen Raum

Damit die erneuerbaren Energien mit der erforderlichen Dynamik ausgebaut werden können, wurde das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) überarbeitet

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19 April 202212 April 2022

Avantium and Sukano sign offtake agreement to develop PEF film masterbatches

With PEF from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, Sukano will develop masterbatches for PEF resins, facilitating fast adoption in many diversified markets and thus acceleratin the growth of PEF

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H2Wood – BlackForest: Biowasserstoff aus Holz

Fraunhofer IGB entwickelt ein biotechnologisches Verfahren, um aus Holzabfällen Wasserstoff und biobasierte Koppelprodukte herzustellen

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Sustainable lightweight thermoplastic honeycomb panel with flax fibre composites to replace glass and carbon fibre materials

Innovation by EconCore & Flaxco (Division of Flipts & Dobbels NV) partnership

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Plastics Europe supports new report’s call for faster systemic change towards circularity and net zero carbon emissions

Report calls for a new and enabling policy framework to incentivise net zero investment and innovation

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Start des Forschungsverbunds „Modellregion Bioökonomie im Rheinischen Revier“ – Förderung von bis zu 72 Millionen Euro

Bundesforschungsministerin Stark-Watzinger: Kohleausstieg als Chance begreifen und das Rheinische Revier zur Chancen-Region für Klimaneutralität und nachhaltige Wertschöpfung machen

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Treasury chemical recycling ruling condemned in open letter

MPs and Peers from four major parties have called for the Treasury to reconsider its decision to classify the products of chemical processes as ‘recycled content’ in the Plastic Packaging Tax

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Production of bio-fabricated silk up to 6 tons

Based on its scalable biotechnological platform and a best-in-class patent portfolio, AMSilk can provide large quantities of premium bio-fabricated silk materials in constant quality

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Neue Methode reinigt Wasserstoff aus Kohlenmonoxidgemischen

Lizenzierung der Technologie für ein Start-up

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New method purifies hydrogen from heavy carbon monoxide mixtures

Penn State associate professor of chemical engineering, proposes using high-temperature proton-selective polymer electrolyte membranes, or PEMs, to separate hydrogen from other gases in an ACS Energy Letters paper

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14 April 202211 April 2022

Bcomp closes CHF 32m Series B with mobility- and impact venture capital

The combination of investors is unique and confirms the strong interest from the market in Bcomp’s technologies, ranging from the automotive and aerospace industry to wider mobility and sustainability sectors

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Bcomp schliesst Serie B-Finanzierungsrunde über CHF 32 Mio. mit Mobilitäts-, Finanz- und Impact Venture-Capital Investoren ab, darunter BMW i Ventures

Die Kombination von Investoren ist einzigartig und bestätigt das starke Interesse des Marktes an Bcomps Technologien, welche von der Automobil- und Luftfahrtindustrie bis zu weiteren Mobilitäts- und Nachhaltigkeitssektoren reichen

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Finnish companies Lumene and Sulapac collaborate to become one of the world’s first to sell water-based cosmetics in sustainable packaging that leaves no traces behind

Lumene and Sulapac routinely use material sidestreams in their innovations and draw inspiration from the no-waste reality of Finnish nature in their effort to build a future of sustainable cosmetics globally

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Continental Launches First Tires with Polyester Made from Recycled PET Bottles

A set of standard passenger car tires uses the material from around 40 recycled PET bottles

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Continental bringt erste Reifen mit Polyester aus recycelten PET-Flaschen auf den Markt

Bei einem Satz Standard-Pkw Reifen kommen rund 40 recycelte PET-Flaschen zum Einsatz

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Turning plastic trash into clean hydrogen fuel

NTU scientists can now convert plastic litter into two main products, hydrogen and a form of solid carbon known as carbon nanotubes

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Veolia launches an innovative industrial solution to produce CO2-neutral biofuel from pulp production

Developed in close cooperation with Metsä Fibre, a new refinery will be based on Veolia’s innovative industrial scale concept of commercial bioproduct-derived biomethanol production,

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Direct Air Capture Startup Heirloom Raises $53MM Series A, Among the Largest Investments in New Carbon Removal Technologies

Raise Co-Led by Carbon Direct Capital Management, Ahren Innovation Capital, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, for first major deployment

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Braskem and Sojitz Corporation join hands to bring renewable MEG technology to the market

The companies have created a joint venture, which will become the global leader in the bioMEG market. Once technology development is concluded, the project foresee the construction of three industrial plants in the first stage

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13 April 202230 August 2023

Six Innovations are Nominated for the “Renewable Material of the Year 2022” Award

Participants at the “Renewable Materials Conference” will vote for the winners

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Eastman enters exclusive negotiation with site in Normandy for molecular recycling facility in France

Chemical company selected this location of three potential options

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Eastman: Bau der neuen Anlage für molekulares Kunststoffrecycling in der Normandie in Planung

Chemiekonzern evaluierte zuvor drei potenzielle Standorte in Frankreich

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Seevix replicates spider silk to produce high performance products

The company, co-founded in 2014 as ​​a spin-off from the Technology Transfer Branch of Hebrew University, manufactures SVX, a biopolymer material, which was created and patented based on its genetic code

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Porsche strengthens commitment to industrial production of eFuels

German sports car manufacturer invested in HIF Global LLC

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Porsche investiert 75 Millionen US-Dollar in E-Fuels-Produktion

Der deutsche Sportwagenhersteller beteiligt sich an einem Unternehmen, das Produktionsanlagen für E-Fuels herstellt

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A better way to separate gases

A new membrane material could make purification of gases significantly more efficient, potentially helping to reduce carbon emissions

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Mattel Expands its Sustainable Product Offering with New MEGA BLOKS CarbonNeutral Green Town Line and Matchbox Tesla Roadster Made from 99% Recycled Materials

Just in time for Earth Month, also four new MEGA BLOKS Green Town building sets support a greener way to play for little builders

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Pollen paper that you can print on and ‘unprint’

This innovative, printer-ready pollen paper could become an eco-friendly alternative to conventional paper, which is made via a multi-step process with a significant negative environmental impact

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Bridgestone Awarded Department of Energy Grant to Advance Guayule Natural Rubber Research

The grant will accelerate the company’s efforts to optimize guayule shrubs for increased rubber content, producing higher-yielding crops

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TENCEL™ brand and RCGD Global spotlight eco-couture at the Oscars® and unveil winning looks of the 2020 and 2021 Global Design Contest

Winning designs of the 2020 and 2021 Global Design Contest were unveiled publicly for the first time in Los Angeles on March 25th

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12 April 202212 April 2022

The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030

Limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector which will involve a huge reduction in fossil fuel use, improved energy efficiency, and use of alternative fuels (such as hydrogen)

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Neuer IPCC-Bericht: “Die sichere Existenz der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel”

Der letzte IPCC-Bericht war vor einem Monat unter den schockierenden Nachrichten des Krieges in der Ukraine sowie steigenden Energiepreisen untergegangen. Das darf nicht noch einmal passieren