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28 March 202223 March 2022

When Zero-Waste Meets 3D Printing

European start-up has created the world’s first 3D printing material based on wheat bran

Hysata’s electrolyser breaks efficiency records

Australian researchers developed an ultra-high efficiency electrolyser that will make green hydrogen competitive years earlier than generally assumed

Neuer Biokunststoff aus Gelatine und Ton

Brasilianische Wissenschaftler garantieren biologische Abbaubarkeit und Umweltverträglichkeit

LanzaTech, ReCarbon, Woodside team up on carbon capture and utilization project in Australia

In today’s Digest, the project details, while you may know LanzaTech, exactly who are ReCarbon and Woodside Energy, what does this project mean, reactions from the stakeholders, and more

ITOCHU and Aquafil announce the signing of a Business Alliance Agreement to expand and accelerate the nylon circular business

From the recovery of nylon waste to the development, production and sale of ECONYL® nylon products inspired by their common commitment for a sustainable future

25 March 202224 March 2022

Woodside launches carbon capture and utilisation collaboration with ReCarbon and LanzaTech

Together, all collaboration partners are investigating the viability of a proposed Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) pilot facility in Perth, Western Australia

Nachhaltige Bioökonomie: Entwicklung umweltfreundlicher Bio-Shampoos und Pflanzenschutzmittel-Technologien

Neue Studie hat die Toxizität nachhaltiger Biotenside, etwa jene für Bio-Shampoos, kombiniert aus Computerberechnungen und Experimenten untersucht

Neeam is saving the planet, one innovation at a time

Omani student creates new type of bioplastic using natural materials

Leuenberger presents new packaging technical adhesive with bio-based content

The hot-melt adhesive thus offers lower CO2 emissions while maintaining the performance of the Termomelt C range in terms of adhesion, tack, and open time

Den CO₂-Fußabdruck der Schuhproduktion verkleinern

3D-HAPTIC® Textildruck mit teilweise biobasiertem INSQIN® System auf recyceltem PET - Erfolgreiche Kooperation mit Textil- und Garntechnologie-Unternehmen in China

Reducing the carbon footprint of footwear production

3D HAPTIC® textile printing with partially bio-based INSQIN® system on recycled PET - Successful cooperation with textile and yarn technology companies in China

Staatssekretär Denis Alt: Biotechnologie macht unser Leben nachhaltiger

Innovationsbündnis "Waste2Value" erhält in den nächsten 6 Jahren eine Förderung von bis zu 16 Millionen aus dem Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Commission likely to push for recycled PET in food packaging despite concerns

The European Commission will soon decide whether to allow the use of recycled plastics in food packaging despite some suggesting this could endanger consumer health

CO2 Utilization for Cement: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Fortera

A picture gallery of the company's achievements for converting CO2 into cement

24 March 202222 March 2022

MHIENG and MHIEC to commence demonstration testing of separation, capture and effective use of CO2 from Waste-to-Energy plant

Collaboration with City of Yokohama and Tokyo Gas

Mehr Biokunststoffe einsetzen mit Verarbeitungssimulationen

Forschungsprojekt „BiKoSim“ ermittelt Prozessdaten und Materialkennwerte für die gekoppelten Prozess- und Festigkeitssimulationen von Biokunststoffen

Decathlon Selects GreenPoxy® Bio-resins for Latest Sustainable Wakeboards

GreenPoxy 33 resins will contribute to Decathlon’s environmental mission, deriving 28% of its carbon content from plant sources

Giving new life to end-of-life tyres

Taking a major step towards a more sustainable tyre industry, an EU-funded project has produced the world’s first sustainable carbon black (sCB) material in a truly circular process

Covestro wird klimaneutral

Weiterer Meilenstein zur vollständigen Ausrichtung auf Kreislaufwirtschaft

Covestro aims for climate neutrality

Further milestone in becoming fully circular

Textilwirtschaft verantwortet 20% der weltweiten Wasserverschmutzung

80% der Verschmutzung gelangt über Flüsse und Wasserstraßen in die Ozeane. Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Branchen haben dies als Chance begriffen und Technologien zur Verringerung der Verschmutzung entwickelt, erklärt Isabelle Juillard Thompsen, Co-Portfolio Managerin des DNB Fonds Future Waves bei DNB Asset Management, in ihrem Kommentar anlässlich des UN Weltwassertages am 22 März

Bacterial enzyme makes new type of biodegradable polymer

“A Synthetic Gene Library Yields a Previously Unknown Glycoside Phosphorylase that Degrades and Assembles Poly-β-1,3-GlcNAc, Completing the Suite of β-Linked GlcNAc Polysaccharides” ACS Central Science

Bisher unbekanntes bakterielles Enzym stellt eine neue Art von biologisch abbaubarem Polymer her

Zuckerketten, die so genannten Polysaccharide, sind die am häufigsten vorkommenden Biopolymere auf der Erde

23 March 202221 March 2022

New method could lead to cheaper, more efficient ways to capture carbon

New CU Boulder-led study shows, that using electrochemical methods capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere would allow carbon capture facilities to exist almost anywhere

Amazon forscht an biologisch abbaubarem Plastik

Der Online-Riese Amazon ist dem Bottle-Konsortium beigetreten und beteiligt sich damit an Forschungen zum chemischen Recycling sowie der Entwicklung umweltfreundlicher biologisch abbaubarer Kunststoffe

Amazon and U.S. Department of Energy team up to cut plastic waste

Together, Amazon and the BOTTLE consortium will focus on reducing plastic pollution through innovation in materials and recycling

Major Step Towards Zero Plastic Pollution Future

Plastics Europe Welcomes Global Plastics Agreement

Gelungener Auftakt im globalen Kampf gegen Plastikmüll in der Umwelt

UN-Umweltversammlung einigt sich auf Ausarbeitung eines Abkommens

Novel 3D wood fibre products tackle climate change and plastic challenges

Success story: 3D wood fibre production line for Valmet

Neues Forschungsprojekt: Spargelschalen im Einsatz für eine kreislauforientierte Bioökonomie

Reststoffe aus beispielsweise der Landwirtschaft, der Futtermittelindustrie oder der industriellen Lebensmittelproduktion werden meist ungenutzt entsorgt. Dabei bieten sie sich als Füll- und Farbstoffe für Biowerkstoffe an

UPM launches a new forest responsibility programme and biodiversity initiatives for sustainable forestry

UPM has published a new Forest Action Programme, which will run until 2030

The LEGO® brick road to open science and biotechnology

The development of LEGO® building in science and biotechnology constitutes an emerging trend that aims to provide widely available professional-grade tools and systems to all researchers regardless of financial and technological constraints

22 March 202216 March 2022

Carbon capture: Early days of a $1 trillion industry?

Solutions such as carbon capture, utilization and storage in reducing carbon emissions or even going a step further and removing existing CO2 from the atmosphere are necessary

Ideenwettbewerb Bioökonomie 2022 gestartet

Auch in diesem Jahr werden wieder Preise für innovative Projekte und marktfähige Produktideen ausgelobt

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Recent Advances in the Development of Camelina as a Production Platform for PHA Bioplastic

Field work completed during 2021 supports the Company’s decision to begin seed scale up of prototype PHA spring Camelina lines at acre-scale in 2022

SABIC Collaborates With Kraton for Certified Renewable Butadiene to Produce Certified Renewable Styrenic Block Copolymers

SABIC’s certified renewable butadiene is derived from animal-free and palm oil-free ‘second generation’ renewable feedstock, such as tall oil, a by-product from the wood pulping process in the paper industry

LanzaTech files for IPO in a SPAC deal

LanzaTech recently announced its planned initial public offering (IPO) via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) AMCI Acquisition Corp. II

Ein einfacher Weg zur Herstellung “flexibler Diamanten”

Originelle Technik prognostiziert und steuert die geordnete Herstellung von starken und doch flexiblen Diamant-Nanofäden

Discovered: An easier way to create “flexible diamonds”

As hard as diamond and as flexible as plastic, highly sought-after diamond nanothreads would be poised to revolutionize our world - if they weren’t so difficult to make

Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material setzt in seiner neuesten Anlage auf Sulzer Technologie zur Herstellung von Biokunststoffen

Sulzer liefert Technologie und Schlüsselkomponenten für die Anlage zur Herstellung von Kunststoffen aus Polymilchsäure (PLA) von Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material in der Provinz Jiangsu, China. Die Produktionskapazität liegt bei 30'000 Tonnen pro Jahr

TotalEnergies Begins Producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel At Its Normandy Platform

TotalEnergies' Normandy platform has successfully started production of sustainable aviation fuel1 (SAF). This new site complements the biojet fuel production capacities of La Mède biorefinery (Bouches-du-Rhône) and the Oudalle plant (Seine-Maritime)

21 March 202215 March 2022

A unique green composite obtained from coconut fiber: Roads Can Be Built from Coconut

New international study found, that coconut fibers - due to their lightness and strength, can be used to cover autobahns, create interiors for railway cars and airplanes, as well as for domestic needs

Preis des Zukunftsforums für Jose de Jesus Garcia Lima

Hervorragende Masterarbeit zeigt das Potenzial von "Mix-and-Match"-Ansätzen in Verbindung mit dem systematischen Vergleich von Stoffwechselwegen für das Metabolic Engineering

Start of Assessment for the Commercialization of Ethylene, Propylene, Etc. Using Plant-derived Raw Materials

MCC and Toyota Tsusho will evaluate the manufacture of 100% plant-derived ethylene and its derivatives using bioethanol as a raw material, and the manufacture and sale of the first plant-derived propylene in Japan

Birla Cellulose completes first pilot spin of lyocell fibres containing Nanollose’s microbial cellulose

This forest-friendly lyocell fibre marks a significant milestone in Birla Cellulose’s strategy for commercialization of this technology that uses a sustainable biomass

Neue Open-Access-Datenbank für plastikabbauende Enzyme

Datenbank hat die derzeit bekannten Mikroorganismen zusammenfasst und soll zur Weiterentwicklung des Forschungsfeldes beitragen

European Commission publishes REPowerEU communication

The document proposes an EU target to produce 35 billion cubic meters (bcm) of biomethane by 2030, which compares to 18bcm of biogas produced in 2020

International Women’s Day. We celebrate all the women who are making the bioeconomy happen

The current global labour force participation rate for women is close to 46% (for men it is 71%), according to the International Labour Organisation

Italy, Slovakia call to rethink CAP in light of Ukraine war

Slovakia and Italy have called for adjusting the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), including a policy postponement and a reconsideration of the EU’s green ambitions, amid fears of food insecurity caused by the war in Ukraine

Italien und Slowakei wollen Agrarreform aus Angst vor Lebensmittelengpässen anpassen

Angesichts der Befürchtungen über mögliche Lebensmittelengpässe wegen des Kriegs in der Ukraine haben die Slowakei und Italien eine Anpassung der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) sowie eine Verschiebung der EU-Agrarreform gefordert. Umweltziele für die Landwirtschaft sollten aus Sicht der Länder noch einmal überprüft werden

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