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26 November 202520 November 2025

Ducor Petrochemicals and Blue Circle Olefins partner to create a fully circular supply chain for polypropylene

The aim is to serve the increasing market demand for bio-based and carbon recycled polypropylene for demanding market segments from life-science over packaging materials up to automotive parts

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BioBond White Paper Redefines Plastic Pollution Debate: Introducing ‘Good’ vs. ‘Bad’ Microplastics

BioBond's work is directly applicable to the massive $190 billion coatings and adhesives sector, which currently relies heavily on petroleum-based products

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News zum Chemischen Recycling von Kunststoffen

Aktuell informiert: Die wichtigsten News zu neuen Anlagen, Kooperationen und technischen Durchbrüchen im chemischen Recycling von Kunststoffen

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Monument Chemical Launches Poly-CO2®: High Performance Polyols from Captured Carbon

The company is the first US manufacturer to produce CO₂ polyols based on renewable carbon technology from Econic Technologies

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Alder BioInsights News Review: Biobased Products, November 2025

Alder Bioinsights provides clients with a strategic view of feedstock, technology, policy and marketing opportunity across the bioeconomy

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25 November 202520 November 2025

Bayreuth Researchers Discover New Pathways to Green Hydrogen

Hydrogen directly from seawater – without the use of additional reagents? With a photocatalyst capable of clean hydrogen production directly from seawater it should be possible

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Bayreuther Forschende entdecken neue Wege zu grünem Wasserstoff

Grüner Wasserstoff direkt aus Meerwasser - und das ohne den Einsatz von zusätzlichen Reagenzien? Mit einem Photokatalysator ist die saubere Erzeugung von Wasserstoff direkt aus Meerwasser möglich

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2024 Data Reveals a Deepening Crisis of the European plastics recycling industry  

The sector is facing growing pressure from high production and energy costs, falling demand, and increasing volumes of low-priced, unregulated imports from outside the region

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Free Webinar: Success Stories RCI 2025 and Outlook to 2026 – Project results and position papers

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) gives another free webinar presenting its past achievements and future goals

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Popping the cork on new low-cost carbon capture method

The process uses water and pressure to remove carbon dioxide from emissions at half the cost of current methods

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Sprudel für Klima: Forscher beschreiben super simple CO2-Falle

Nur mit Wasser und Druck soll ein an der Texas A&M University entwickelter Prozess die CO2-Emissionen zu den halben Kosten entfernen

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EU and France boost circular fashion demand

The EU aims to shift responsibility for sustainably managing textile waste away from the consumer and towards the producer

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SMX and Bio-Packaging make green packaging more trustworthy

SMX and Bio-Packaging aim to help local converters access data that can speed Singapore’s shift toward a zero-waste circular economy

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24 November 202520 November 2025

Unique 50% discount on all nova reports during the winter season

Decisions of a strategic nature depend on reliable market information

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Launch of EMB Future Science Brief on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

An international working group of thirteen researchers has presented its findings and clear recommendations on the Monitoring, Verification and Reporting for mCDR activities

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Northern partnership to drive UK’s bio-based economic future

Research undertaken at the University of York will underpin a new regional partnership which aims to boost clean growth, create thousands of jobs, and attract major investment in the bio-based economy

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From Premiums To Parity: How Fashion for Good Is Rewriting the Economics of New Materials

Next-gen materials hold promise for addressing complex sustainability and circularity challenges, yet their path to mainstream adoption has been severely hindered by a fundamental economic barrier: price

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Can music change how we perceive plastic waste?

Aduro Clean Technologies presents the video “Chemistry Goes Music” and brings the break-down of plastic waste into renewable building blocks to life through music

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Engineered biochar emerges as a powerful, affordable tool to combat water pollution

Can one material clean up industrial waste and pharmaceuticals from water? A new study indicates it can, at a surprisingly low cost

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Spielzeug trifft Nachhaltigkeit: Playmobils nachhaltige Kunststoffe

Der deutsche Spielzeughersteller ist weltbekannt in Kinderzimmern. Das Unternehmen aus Zirndorff entwickelt immer mehr Spielfiguren und -sets aus pflanzenbasierten Kunststoffen

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Braskem unveiled bio-based product innovations at K 2025

Under its sustainable portfolio, Braskem launched products and partnerships that bring sustainability and innovation to life across packaging, healthcare, hygiene, and consumer goods

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Kawasaki Heavy unveils Japan’s biggest ‘air carbon removal’ pilot, plans megatonne system by 2030

Kawasaki aims to scale the system to a commercial unit capable of capturing 500,000 to 1 million tonnes annually by 2030 - one of Asia’s largest announced DAC deployments

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21 November 202517 November 2025

P2 Science and Algenesis Partner to Develop Algae-Derived Chemicals and 100% Biobased, Biodegradable Polyurethanes

Innovative collaboration combines P2’s proprietary green chemistry PIOz™ process with Algenesis’ Bio-Iso™ innovation

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DP CleanTech wins contract for revolutionary 50MWe biomass cogeneration project in Spain

La Robla Green Project in Castilla y León is a landmark initiative set to reshape Europe’s renewable fuels landscape

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Oterra signs partnership with Seprify to bring natural white color replacement for titanium dioxide to food and beverage industry

Seprify’s proprietary extraction technology produces particles inspired by natural structures that scatter light in a particular way to create a bright white surface

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EU palm oil imports continue to decline

UFOP: Total imports shaped by palm oil exclusion and rising waste oil demand

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Literature review on micro- and nanoplastic release from food contact materials during their use

This review identifies methodological shortcomings and data gaps, and makes recommendations on related future research needs

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CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials, a subsidiary of Zhink Group, are committed to the large-scale deployment of CARBIOS’ PET biorecycling technology in Asia

With the first step being the construction of a PET biorecycling plant in China

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Carbios + Wankai: Neue Anlagen für PET-Biorecycling in Asien in Planung

Das französische Chemie- und Biotechnologieunternehmen Carbios plant gemeinsam mit der chinesischen Wankai New Materials den Bau mehrerer Anlagen für biobasiertes PET-Recycling in Asien

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Arkema and Catalyxx accelerate biomanufacturing of low-carbon acrylic resins

Their patented technology, validated at a demonstration plant in Seville, Spain, offers a significantly reduced carbon footprint compared to fossil-based alternatives

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20 November 202514 November 2025

From waste to asset: Turning ethanol production CO₂ into jet fuel

Manufacturing sustainable aviation fuel with CO₂ byproducts of ethanol production could reduce carbon intensity by more than 80% compared to fossil fuels

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Neue europäische Norm erleichtert den Einsatz von Kunststoff-Rezyklaten

DIN EN 18065 schafft einheitliches Datensystem für die Kreislaufwirtschaft in Europa

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Avantium and Logoplaste Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for Releaf® to Accelerate High-Performance Packaging Innovation

Collaboration beyond the paper bottle and into Logoplaste’s core business of high-performance bottles for beverages, food, pharma, home care, and personal care

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Kunststoffrecycler fordern Zugang zum Industriestrompreis

Hohe Energiekosten und schwache Nachfrage setzen die Kunststoff-Recyclingbranche unter Druck. Die Unternehmen hoffen, dass die Bundesregierung den geplanten Industriestrompreis auch für sie öffnet

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Enzymit Achieves World’s First Scaled Cell-Free Production of Hyaluronic Acid

Enzymit and Cosun achieve a major milestone in sustainable biomanufacturing, producing high-purity hyaluronic acid with a novel cell-free process that offers unmatched control over molecular profile

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Clariant catalysts will power the Ecoplanta: Europe’s first waste-to-methanol plant

New facility will use Enerkem gasification technology and Clariant’s catalytic technologies are perfectly suited to the Ecoplanta process

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Öffentliche Beschaffung als Motor für den Holzbau in Europa

Neue WoodPoP-Studie zeigt europäische Erfolgsmodelle und Handlungsoptionen für Deutschland

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GBL, ICT Mumbai launch pilot plant to convert CO2 into clean fuel alternative 

The innovative pilot plant aims to transform carbon dioxide emissions from bio-ethanol production into a sustainable fuel alternative

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19 November 202514 November 2025

Promoting the Circular Economy Together: Companies of Schwarz Group Reaffirm Partnership with Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Reaffirming the continuing commitment to the partnership, which has been in place since 2018, until 2030 - resource sovereignty by advancing a systematic circular economy

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Kreislaufwirtschaft gemeinsam vorantreiben: Unternehmen der Schwarz Gruppe bekräftigen Partnerschaft mit Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Fortsetzung der seit 2018 bestehenden Partnerschaft bis 2030 verlängert - Ressourcensouveränität soll mittels konsequenter Kreislaufwirtschaft weiter vorangetrieben werden

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CEM Biofuture Platform Initiative launches Declaration on Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

The Declaration outlines a shared international vision to foster the use of bio-based, recycled, and captured carbon feedstocks

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LanzaTech Secures €40 Million EU Innovation Fund Grant for first-of-its-kind integrated CCUS project in Norway

By utilizing CO rich furnace gas from the ferroalloy production process, this project strategically links carbon capture and utilization (CCU) with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

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UPM schließt sich Cefic an, um die Rolle der erneuerbaren Chemie in Europa zu stärken

Mit seiner hochmodernen Bioraffinerie in Leuna, Deutschland, leistet UPM Pionierarbeit bei der Herstellung von Biochemikalien auf Holzbasis

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UPM joins Cefic to strengthen the role of renewable chemistry in Europe

With its state-of-the-art biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, UPM is pioneering the production of wood-based biochemicals – renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials used in packaging, textiles, and automotive applications

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Stärkung der Kreislaufwirtschaft nötig: Deutschen Altreifenrecyclern entgehen 100.000 Tonnen Altreifen jährlich

wdk fordert stärkere politische Unterstützung für die Reifenkreislaufwirtschaft

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Recycling CO2 into bioingredients: towards synthetic photo/litho-mixotrophy

Advances in carbon capture and gas fermentation technologies enable the sustainable production of one-carbon (C1) and C2 organic molecules, such as formate and acetate, by recycling CO2 and organic wastes

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18 November 202517 November 2025

BASF commences production of the first products from the core of the Verbund at its Zhanjiang Verbund site

With several downstream plants the new capacities will further enhance BASF’s capabilities to meet fast-growing market demand in China and across the Asia Pacific region

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BASF beginnt am Standort Zhanjiang mit der Herstellung der ersten Produkte aus dem Verbund

Mit mehreren Anlagen für Basischemikalien kann BASF durch die neuen Kapazitäten die schnell wachsende Marktnachfrage in China und der gesamten Region Asien-Pazifik besser bedienen

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EPA Issues Proposed Registration Decision for Biotalys’ EVOCA™ Biofungicide

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Initiates Public Participation Procedure

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Nachhaltige Pestizide für die Landwirtschaft

Ein Projekt der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf wird im Rahmen der Nationalen Bioökonomiestrategie mit rund 2,7 Millionen Euro gefördert