3 May 202227 April 2022 Biodegradable and compostable Nespresso® compatible capsules Bluestone Lane created this line of Nespresso compatible capsules in response to demand from its locals after a brief test run in 2020
Turkey Looks To Produce Biomethane From Animal Waste ITC head of business development explained, that the animal waste biogas being produced in existing waste incineration plants needs to be converted into biomethane, in order to be injected into the natural gas network
Innovative Packaging Solution Cruz Foam Advances Manufacturing with the Support of New Investors A manufacturer of a biobased alternative to Styrofoam has added Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher to its roster of investors
2 May 20223 May 2022 Zhang Wei, COO of Zhejiang Sugar Energy Technology (China), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute
Nachhaltiges Bauen mit Stroh statt Beton Die Welt baut in Beton. Doch der ist ein Klimakiller. Die Suche nach Alternativen läuft – und ist in Sachsen erfolgreich
World’s first bearing line-up featuring a bioplastic cage NSK Tokyo developed a new new heat-resistant cage for deep groove ball bearings, which are ideal for fan motors in air conditioners
MHIENG to License Carbon Capture Technology for Natural Gas Plant in Italy Agreement forms part of CCUS demonstration project, being developed by Eni S.p.A.
Der Engpass bei Kunststoffrezyklaten ist überwindbar Wie können Branchen wie die Automobilindustrie, die Lebensmittel- und Getränkeindustrie und die Kosmetikindustrie eine zuverlässige Versorgung mit hochwertigem recycelten Ausgangsmaterial sicherstellen?
Schmidt Futures Publishes Groundbreaking New Bioeconomy Strategy Calls for Strategic Investment, Workforce Development, and Infrastructure to Bring Innovations from Lab to Market
Remarkable rejuvenation From ‘biologically dead’ to chart-toppingly clean, the Thames has made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years
Ananas Anam Announces Saucony Partnership for Vegan Pineapple Footwear According to vegconomist, the material, trade named Piñatex, will be used to substitute all components and overlays that are usually made with leather on the popular design
Evolution Music Unveil The World’s First Bioplastic Vinyl Record It will be launched during Music Declares Emergency’s Turn Up The Volume week 2022...
29 April 202226 April 2022 Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant Construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2023, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards
Avantium: Bau von FDCA-Anlage gestartet – Kooperation mit Sukano Dem Unternehmen liegen bereits Abnahmezusagen für etwa die Hälfte der Produktionskapazitäten von ca. 5.000 Tonnen/Jahr vor
GIDARA Energy announces next advanced methanol facility in the Port of Rotterdam With the new plant, the company will achieve a reduction of 350,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year
Capturing Carbon With Inspiration From Battery Chemistry Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a gamut of technologies for direct air capture
Rohstoffknappheit auch in der Papierbranche Ähnlich wie der Kunststoffbranche kämpft auch die Papierbranche mit dem Preisanstieg und Knappheit von Rohstoffen
$1.4bln Waste-to-Hydrogen project planned in Oman The US firm says it plans to utilise its proprietary technology to transform landfill waste in a thermo-chemical process into green hydrogen and pure carbon dioxide
Mushroom buoys could be contender in fight to reduce ocean plastics In the fight to reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean, an unlikely new combatant has been enlisted: fungi
Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
NFW closes $85 million Series B to scale naturally circular materials Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) upgrades waste cotton and recycled fibers
28 April 202227 April 2022 Paul von Kirchbach, Manager Business Development and Innovation at Renolit (Germany), on market developments in the Renewable Carbon Economy Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute
Fuel from waste wood Possibility to produce ethanol on a financially competitive and technically efficient basis
Kraftstoff aus Restholz Treibstoff Ethanol finanziell wettbewerbsfähig und technisch effizient herstellbar
Frito-Lay Achieves Ambition for a Quieter, Industrially Compostable, 100% Bio-based Snack Bag The Off The Eaten Path bag is unique in that the entirety of the materials used—the print web, barrier sealant webs, inks, and adhesive—had to meet current, often stringent, third-party certification requirements for industrial compostability
McDonald’s Tests Circular Clear Cups Sourced From Recycled and Biobased Materials, Including Used Cooking Oil Along with its partners Pactiv Evergreen, INEOS, Neste, and LyondellBasell, the company will use a mass-balance approach to produce a recyclable solution
Cepsa Quimica führt chemische Produkte auf Basis von recycelten Rohstoffen und Biomasse ein NextLAB und NextPhenol: erste Produkte eines neuen Sortiments nachhaltiger Chemikalien
New Biomaterial Could Save Our Oceans From Plastic Pollution The recyclable, biodegradable material could someday replace the millions of tons of plastic used in single-use items
Borealis selects Axens Rewind® Mix Process for its Plastics Pyrolysis Oil Upgrading Unit in Stenungsund, Sweden The project will as well include a pyrolysis unit feeding the Rewind® Mix process, and storage and logistic solutions
Earthworms Break Down Bio-Based Plastic According to a new study, earthworms have a strong capability for consuming bioplastic derived from polylactic acid (PLA), which is typically made from plant-based sugars
A Focus on Pyrolysis Coproducts CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs
Neue Methode zur Umwandlung von Plastikmüll in sauberen Wasserstoffkraftstoff NTU-Wissenschaftler können nun Plastikmüll in zwei Hauptprodukte umwandeln, Wasserstoff und eine Form von festem Kohlenstoff, bekannt als Kohlenstoff-Nanoröhren
27 April 202221 April 2022 Creating a sustainable Finnish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres The Telavalue project continues the line of previous projects of the Telaketju network and have promoted the creation of a Finnish circular economy of textiles
Anbau nachwachsender Rohstoffe 2021 konstant FNR bietet neues Statistikportal für nachwachsende Rohstoffe an
How biomass can enable a hydrogen economy Building a collaborative net zero future through negative emissions and zero-carbon fuel
pre-start-up company Wheyfinery: Acid whey as a valuable raw material for platform chemicals and more Researchers at the University of Tübingen to make their scalable biorefinery concept marketable some time in the future
pre-Start-up Wheyfinery: Sauermolke als wertvoller Rohstoff für Plattformchemikalien und mehr Forschende der Universität Tübingen möchten ihr skalierbares Bioraffineriekonzept für die Zukunft marktfähig machen
Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence The Commission is presenting today a new strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to tackle fast fashion, textile waste and the destruction of unsold textiles, and ensure the producers full respect of social rights
China: Recycling of 25% of all textile waste by 2025 Country wants to produce 2 million tons of recycled fiber by 2025 as part of its push to peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2060
Method efficiently breaks down plastic bottles into component parts Researchers first to demonstrate use of metal-organic frameworks to degrade plastics
Methode zerlegt Plastikflaschen effizient in ihre Bestandteile Forscher demonstrieren erstmals den Einsatz von metallorganischen Gerüsten zum Abbau von Kunststoffen
26 April 202221 April 2022 OGE and TES join forces to develop a 1,000 km CO₂ transmission system OGE and Tree Energy Solutions (TES) have entered into a strategic partnership for a CO2 circular economy
OGE und TES entwickeln gemeinsam ein 1.000 km langes CO₂-Transportnetz OGE und Tree Energy Solutions sind eine strategische Partnerschaft für eine CO2-Kreislaufwirtschaft eingegangen
World’s first LED lights developed from rice husks Natural products and their residues could have the potential to get converted into non-toxic ungiftige optoelectronic devices
Weltweit erste LED-Leuchten aus Reishülsen entwickelt Natürliche Produkte und ihre Abfälle könnten das Potenzial haben, in ungiftige optoelektronische Geräte umgewandelt zu werden
AFYREN announces the industrial commissioning of its AFYREN NEOXY plant and publishes its 2021 Full-Year Results Finalization of the construction of the AFYREN NEOXY plant at cost and on time despite the health crisis context
NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Advance Commercialization of Made-in-Alberta Chemical Recycling Technology The team has been working to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions while significantly accelerating the upgrading process for waste materials
Bridgestone Partners with LanzaTech to Pursue End-of-Life Tire Recycling Technologies Bridgestone is partnering with Carbon Capture and Transformation company LanzaTech to develop a scaled solution for recycling end-of-life tires. The exclusive partnership will leverage LanzaTech’s technology to create a pathway toward tire material circularity and the decarbonization of new tire production
Enerkem closes $255 million financing round to drive its growth and deployment of its leading gasification technology Strong partnership support through new investments by Repsol and Monarch and additional investments from Avenue and other existing shareholders
25 April 202221 April 2022 European plastics system needs significant change within five years to meet long-term circularity and net zero emissions goals, warns major new report New study finds that a fully circular, net zero carbon emissions plastics system in Europe is possible, but achieving it will require radical innovation, ambitious policies, and significant capital investment