9 September 20216 September 2021 5 Projects Using Hempcrete as an Environmental Building Material Exploring building materials that have a low environmental impact has been concerning contemporary architects and professionals of the construction field, especially since various global crises are escalating
Sinopec aims Yuan 30 billion investment through 2025 to boost hydrogen strategy Hydrogen expansion to lower carbon emissions by 10 mil mt/year - To install 4 GW of wind, solar power capacity
8 September 20216 September 2021 Former Adidas executive launches new sustainable streetwear brand Eric Liedtke's, former executive board member and Brand President's latest venture: a new zero-waste, zero-plastic streetwear brand called Unless
Unless: Ex-Adidas Vorstand startet nachhaltige Streetwear-Marke Eric Liedtke, hat mit "Unless" eine eigene Streetwear-Marke auf den Markt gebracht - Bekleidung, die sich komplett biologisch abbaut
A once defunct Sarnia bioplastics plant has risen from the ashes After buying the plant of the BioAmber bancruptcy and investing millions, LCY Biosciences Inc. is today producing more succinic acid than its predecessor did
Kreislaufwirtschaft in Deutschland: Mit Recycling gegen Ressourcenknappheit? Interview mit Eric Rehbock vom bvse: Bedeutung von Gesetzesänderungen, Pandemiegeschehen und öffentlicher nachhaltiger Beschaffung
What Is the Most Effective Use of Captured CO2? Some US-researchers estimated the climate "return of investment" for 20 potential CCU pathways leading to concrete, chemicals, or minerals
This wood alternative is made from kombucha brewing waste Pyrus - the winner of this year’s national James Dyson Award - mimics rare woods so we don’t need to cut down the rainforest to get them
Pangaia Adds 100% Biobased Plant and Fruit Fibres To Its Sustainable Materials Menu The new materials are made entirely from plant and agricultural waste, and will be used as part of Pangaia’s goal to replace resource-intensive cotton and synthetic fabrics that are produced with fossil fuels
7 September 20212 September 2021 LG Chem Invests 2.6 Trillion Korean Won In High Value-add Eco-friendly Materials In Seosan, Chungnam Province Company will make a large-scale domestic investment to foster eco-friendly materials in the petrochemical sector
Fossile Ressourcen einsparen: Warum Partikelschaumverpackungen aus Biokunststoff sein sollten Partikelschäume aus PLA sind bei Verpackungen eine Alternative zu Partikelschaum aus PS. Hier erfahren Sie mehr zum Stand der Entwicklungen
Synthetic biology enables microbes to build synthetic muscle No animals required to produce these fibers, which are tougher than Kevlar
Next Horizons: Heimtextil präsentiert Trends 2022/23 Kommende Heimtextil, internationale Fachmesse für Wohn- und Objekttextilien, findet vom 11. - 14. Januar 2022 in Frankfurt / Main statt
Next Horizons: Heimtextil presents the 2022/23 trends International trade fair for home and contract textiles, 11 - 14 January 2022 to take place in Frankfurt/Main
Carbon Take Back Obligation: make sure fossil fuels producers take responsibility for cleaning up CO2 Producer or importer of carbon compounds will have to measure the amount of CO2 that would be released in using their product, if it will be captured/stored instead or released into the atmosphere
LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2 Twelve’s carbon transformation technology converts CO2 into materials that are traditionally made from fossil fuels
Zertifizierungssystem für Torfersatzstoffe Ausschreibung zur Entwicklung eines einheitlichen Zertifizierungssystems veröffentlicht
6 September 20211 September 2021 60. Dornbirn-GFC 2021, 15. – 17. September, Online event 96 Lectures from Industry, Universities and Research Institutes, 20 Exhibitors and Break Out Sessions – guided by top class Keynotes
The Story behind the Development of CELLIANT® Viscose presented at Dornbirn Global Conference » World’s first in-fiber sustainable infrared viscose
Sustainable materials policy? Try bans and taxes Lux Research, an international research policy company based in Boston, published a report on sustainable materials policy. What are the most effective policy instruments in this area?
One if by sea, two if by sky: the search for affordable CO2 capture technology Here’s the math. According to a chart from the US Department of Energy, we need to bring 10 billion gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That’s enough, by volume, to fill 5 million Empire State Buildings, or 2 million Great Pyramids
Clariant gains full ownership of Brazil natural ingredients firm Swiss specialty chemical Clariant has bought out the 70% of shares it did not already own in Beraca, a manufacturer of natural ingredients for the personal care industry, from company’s founders.
3 September 20219 September 2021 ITA Group becomes ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles Goal is the holistic biotransformation of textile technology and thus the use of biological principles for cycle-oriented value creation processes
ITA Group wird zur ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles Ganzheitliche Biotransformation der Textiltechnik und damit die Nutzung biologischer Prinzipien für kreislauforientierte Wertschöpfungsprozesse
Fake plants – made from bio-based plastic VISTAFOLIA® - Artificial Green Walls Bringing Your Walls To Life
Luft, Wasser, Öl: Was PLA-Biokunststoff gut filtern kann – und was nicht Forschende der Zuse-Gemeinschaft haben ihre Resultate des kürzlich abgeschlossenen Forschungsprojekts „BioFilter“ veröffentlicht
Using plastic waste to help solve sand shortages Does the world have a shortage of sand? At first, that might sound like a peculiar question
Economic Impact of US Biobased Products Industry Established in 2011 underneath USDA’s BioPreferred Program, the Certified Biobased Product Label is intended to spur economic development, create new jobs and provide new markets for farm commodities
Velocys: SAF collaboration with Toyo advances to commercial stage Velocys announced on Aug. 31 that its collaboration partner, Toyo Engineering Corp., is starting the advanced engineering and design phase of a commercial scale biorefinery in Japan to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
MEPs blast Commission’s flagship forest strategy as vague, overstepping EU remit European lawmakers from across the political spectrum have united in criticism against the European Commission’s new flagship Forest Strategy, describing it as vague and superficial while flagging concerns that it goes beyond the remit of EU competences
2 September 20219 September 2021 Free Webinars on Markets and Strategies for Renewable Chemicals and Materials 11-22 October 2021 – 9 Sessions, 18 Presentations
AirCarbon x Nike: Newlight and Nike Partner to Reduce Carbon Footprint The carbon-negative biomaterial will be explored in a variety of applications, with the goal to advance Nike's mission to create products that are better for athletes and the planet
Nachwachsende Leichtbaumaterialien Worum geht es bei dem Projekt „Hocheffiziente, modulare Multikopter auf Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe“ (HerMes)? - Nachgefragt bei Martin Pietrek, Geschäftsführer von Leichtwerk Research
Encina Appoints Sheida Sahandy as Chief Sustainability Officer Sahandy Joins Encina to Lead its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Efforts
Trotz Biontech nur ein Nischenmarkt – Die Hürden für die deutsche Biotech-Branche Die Branche hofft nach dem Biontech-Erfolg auf Schwung für die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente. Doch Finanzierung und Produktion sind in Deutschland schwieriger als in den USA
Just out: new report on bio-based chemicals, polymers and materials Developing bio-based chemicals, polymers and products in a sustainable manner allows for substantial new business opportunities
Das Verständnis der Enzymevolution ebnet den Weg für die grüne Chemie Wie die Evolution Designer-Enzyme leistungsfähiger macht und den Weg zu maßgeschneiderten Katalysatoren ebnet
Verwendung von Hefe zur Entwicklung alternativer petrochemischer Prozesse Die Integration von Zelltechnik und zellfreier Biosynthese könnte zu effizienten Wegen zur Energieversorgung führen
1 September 20211 September 2021 The success story of cellulose fibres continues – plastic bans drive innovation International Conference on Cellulose Fibres 2022, 2-3 February in Cologne, Germany and online – Call for Abstracts and Posters – 300 participants and 30 exhibitors are expected
„Wir glauben nicht mehr an fossile Treibstoffe“ – Containerriese bestellt mit Methanol angetriebene Schiffe A.P. Möller-Maersk ordert für mehr als eine Milliarde Euro acht Frachter, die mit CO2-freiem Methanol fahren. Analysten sehen darin einen Wettbewerbsvorteil gegenüber der Konkurrenz
Japan to limit business use of select plastic utensils A new law requires business operators to switch to biodegradable plastic alternatives or be prepared to charge customers for the use of single-use plastic items
Defining plastic – What is it and how should we change the way we conceive it? To efficiently tackle the plastic crisis, it’s time to shed light on some of the problematic definitions and myths around it
Heimische Schafwolle: Potenziale identifizieren und nutzen Aktuell wird das Potenzial heimischer Schafwolle zur Herstellung einiger Produkte nur unzureichend ausgeschöpft. Gerade für die gröberen Wollen finden die Schafhalter häufig nur schwer einen Abnehmer
Amyris launched Terasana Clinical to open up new avenues in sustainable skincare Terasana Clinical’s first skincare product, Clear + Control Healthy Skin Serum – the company claims – addresses dry skin, flaking, irritation and redness with its moisturizing and anti-inflammatory properties which are designed to clear and balance the skin’s appearance
31 August 202131 August 2021 New BBI JU and EU Horizon 2020-Project PERFECOAT – High Performance Bio-based Functional Coatings for Wood and Decorative Applications Project aims to develop and validate wood and decorative coatings with more than 25 % bio-based components
Circular economy at Kelheim Fibres Examples of innovation from raw material, product design and all the way to “end of life”