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28 January 202626 January 2026

Call for Innovations Open for CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026

Prestigious “Best CO2 Utilisation” Innovation Award invites pioneering submissions by 6 February 2026

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Aufruf zur Einreichung von Innovationen für die CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026 gestartet

Wegweisende Beiträge zu dem renommierten Innovationspreis „Best CO₂ Utilisation“ können bis zum 6. Februar 2026 eingereicht werden

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EmpowerDPP: Data management meets digital product passport – support for companies

The introduction of the digital product passport (DPP) presents new challenges and opportunities for industry

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EmpowerDPP: Datenmanagement trifft digitalen Produktpass – Hilfestellung für Unternehmen

Mit der Einführung des digitalen Produktpasses (DPP) ergeben sich neue Herausforderungen und Chancen für die Industrie

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Co-reactive secures €6.5 million in seed funding for CO₂-negative construction materials technology

The capital will be used to scale the company’s CO₂ mineralization technology – which makes use of CO₂ and binds it permanently in high-performance construction materials – from prototype to industrial application

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Co-reactive sichert 6.5 Mio. € Seed-Finanzierung für CO2-negative Baustofftechnologie

Das 2024 gegründete Climate-Tech Start-up Co-reactive aus NRW hat eine Seed-Finanzierungsrunde über insgesamt 6,5 Mio. € abgeschlossen

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Wie Mikroben Plastik abbauen und verwerten können

Es gibt verschiedene Methoden, gebrauchtes Plastik sinnvoll zu verwerten. Ein Ansatz ist der Einsatz von Mikroben, Pilzen und Enzymen: Sie bauen Kunststoff nicht nur ab, sondern verwandeln ihn in nützliche Produkte – bis hin zu Medikamenten

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Toray’s Osaka trial shows 70% cost reduction in biogas purification

With rising energy shortages and global efforts to decarbonize, the demand for more efficient gas separation methods has increased

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Innovation turns food waste into healthy nutritional supplements

Every day, huge amounts of food waste is tossed out, even though much of it still contains compounds linked to human health and nutrition

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Microbes Convert Methane to Green Plastics, Fuel

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming impact roughly 28 times higher than carbon dioxide over 100 years, yet much of the world's methane still escapes from landfills, farms, mines, and wastewater systems into the air

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27 January 202622 January 2026

Borealis Invests EUR 49 Million in Burghausen, Germany to Accelerate Design for Circularity

Borealis announces a EUR 49 million strategic investment to scale up production of Borstar® Nextension polypropylene (PP) at its manufacturing site in Burghausen, Germany

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Borealis investiert 49 Millionen Euro in Burghausen, Deutschland, um die Produktion kreislauffähiger Kunststoffe voranzutreiben

Borealis kündigt eine strategische Investition in Höhe von 49 Millionen Euro an, um die Produktion von Borstar® Nextension Polypropylen (PP) an seinem Produktionsstandort in Burghausen, Deutschland, auszuweiten

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Climate-friendly generation of formate and hydrogen from the waste product glycerol

An electrolysis technique developed at JGU could make an important contribution to the electrification of the chemical industry

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Klimafreundliche Gewinnung von Ameisensäure und Wasserstoff aus dem Abfallprodukt Glycerin

An der JGU entwickeltes Elektrolyseverfahren könnte wichtigen Beitrag zur Elektrifizierung der chemischen Industrie leisten

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And the Winners are: CeraSleeve, ElementarHy and Primogene

A jury of experts has selected three start-ups as winners of the CHEManager Innovation Pitch 2025

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And the Winners are: CeraSleeve, ElementarHy und Primogene

Eine Expertenjury hat drei Start-ups zu Gewinnern des CHEManager Innovation Pitch 2025 gewählt.

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European biochemicals expand in Asia

Large European producers are opening capacity in Asia to dodge headwinds at home

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26 January 202623 January 2026

Renewable Carbon-based Materials Show Significant Lower CO2 Footprint Than Fossil Counterparts

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) published their latest report “Case Studies Based on Peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessments – Carbon Footprints of Different Renewable Carbon-based Chemicals and Materials (Second, Extended Version)”. The report was conducted by the sustainability experts from nova-Institute

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Fortum produces first hydrogen at Kalla Test Center

The test center is expected to be fully operational during spring 2026 and is committed to accelerating electrification across the Nordics

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Three Cascade Extrusion Lines from Leistritz for Finland

With the systems from Germany, Finnish recycling specialist Syklo is massively expanding its capacities for plastics recycling from post-consumer waste

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Drei Kaskadenextrusionslinien von Leistritz für Finnland

Mit den Anlagen aus Deutschland baut der finnische Recyclingspezialist Syklo seine Kapazitäten für das Kunststoffrecycling aus Post-Consumer-Abfällen massiv aus

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Sappi introduces the market’s widest portfolio of heat-sealable papers for recyclable packaging

Sappi has expanded its range of functional packaging papers with a full set of heat-sealable solutions designed for converters, printers, and brand owners who want fibre-based alternatives to plastic

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Lummus Invests in InnoVent Renewables to Advance Global Tire Recycling Technology

Investment strengthens collaboration and accelerates global deployment of tire recycling technology

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EU-Winterpaket: Brüssels Wette auf die Kreislaufwirtschaft

Das „Winterpaket“ und neue „Made in Europe“-Regeln sollen die Recyclingbranche stützen. Verbände sehen Lichtblicke, warnen aber vor Bürokratie und Vollzugsdefiziten

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23 January 202624 January 2026

Making CO2 valuable 

Novis GmbH creates added value from exhaust gases with a radically new approach. Unavoidable CO2 emissions can create added value for companies

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CO2 werthaltig machen

Mit einem radikal neuen Ansatz schafft die Novis GmbH Mehrwert aus Abgasen. Unvermeidbare CO2 Emissionen schaffen Mehrwerte für Unternehmen

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Europe could cut bio-waste by making food producers help to fund collection

The report, produced by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and Zero Waste Europe(ZWE), shows that the EU will struggle to meet its 2030 food waste and climate targets without a new way to pay for food waste prevention and collection, and proposes introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for Food Products (EPRFP

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Bio-naphtha, SAF economics drive interest in waste-carbon palm oil substitute as feedstock race intensifies: Lanzatech CEO

Efforts to decarbonize aviation cannot rely solely on sustainable aviation fuel, and balancing fuel and chemical production will be crucial to improving project economics and scaling low-carbon pathways

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Die trügerische Klimabilanz der Landwirte

Hat die deutsche Landwirtschaft ein Klimaproblem? Die Prognosen sagen: bis 2030 nicht

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Greentown Labs Announces Go Make 2026 with Shell and Technip Energies

Go Make 2026 is seeking applications from startups with a technology readiness level of 3-8 that are developing process technology and catalytic innovations for low-carbon fuels, low-carbon gases, CO2 removal, and alternative chemical manufacturing

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Emissionshandel: 21 Milliarden Euro fließen in den Klima- und Transformationsfonds

Emissionshandel bewährt sich als Treiber wirtschaftlicher, energieeffizienter Technologien

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22 January 202621 January 2026

A new sustainable raw material for chemistry

Plant residues instead of fossil fuels: A new way to produce important chemicals is being demonstrated in a current research project at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

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Biomasse als nachhaltiger Rohstoff für Chemie

Pflanzenreste statt fossiler Brennstoffe: Ein neuer Weg zur Produktion wichtiger Chemikalien wird in einem aktuellen Forschungsprojekt des Max-Planck-Instituts für Kohlenforschung aufgezeigt

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Avantium Receives Triple ISO Certification

Achieving all three ISO certifications demonstrates Avantium’s strong commitment to operating responsibly

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Vioneo drops Antwerp factory plans and opts for China

The company confirmed the decision on Friday, after reports in Belgian business daily De Tijd. Vioneo said its main goal remains to produce fossil-free plastics, but building in China would make this more affordable and faster

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Von Hanffasern bis Chitosan

Biomaterialien auf dem Vormarsch

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Toray Trial Shows All-Carbon CO₂ Separation Membrane Cuts Moisture Removal Costs in Biogas Purification by 70%

Global energy shortages and the push to decarbonize have increased demand for more efficient CO₂ separation

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PLA-Fahrradhelm des Fraunhofer ICT ausgezeichnet

Die Veranstalter würdigen mit dem Preis laut eigener Darstellung herausragende Ergebnisse in Design, Fertigung und Marktwachstum

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21 January 202620 January 2026

Recycling Becomes Feedstock for Europe – Encouraging Greater Autonomy

New position paper by BZL and nova-Institute outlines ten policy building blocks for a defossilised and resilient European chemical industry

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Recycling wird zur Rohstoffquelle für Europa – Mehr Autonomie wagen!

Neues Grundsatzpapier von BZL und nova-Institut zeigt zehn politische Bausteine für eine defossilisierte, resiliente Chemieindustrie

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From PMD bag tot store shelf

Colruyt launches the first meat trays made with recycled plastic

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Mars Materials Accepted into Shell GameChanger Program to Accelerate Alternative Acrylonitrile Pathway

The Shell GameChanger test program aims to validate bio-based sugar feedstock as an alternate raw material to CO2 for the MM's acrylonitrile pathway

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Verpasst Deutschland eine Chance?

Wie viel Verpackungsabfälle recycelt werden müssen, hat die EU mit der EU-Verpackungsverordnung, der Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), die Anfang 2025 in Kraft getreten ist und unmittelbar auch in Deutschland gilt, festgelegt

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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories takes possession of third rearing center, completing core infrastructure upgrades for 2026 production scale-up

This newest facility represents the final major component of the Company’s multi-year production expansion strategy

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Efficient method to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere developed at the University of Helsinki

The method is based on a recyclable filtration fluid consisting of a superbase-alcohol compound. One gram of the new compound can absorb 156 milligrams of carbon dioxide

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Effiziente Methode zur Abscheidung von Kohlendioxid aus der Atmosphäre, entwickelt an der Universität von Helsinki

Ungiftig und kostengünstig

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Mocom: Marktumfeld belastet Recyclinggeschäft

Mocom gibt den Standort Gardelegen auf. Das Recyclinggeschäft leide unter den aktuellen Marktbedingungen und der fehlenden EU-Regulatorik

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20 January 202619 January 2026

Avantium and Packamama Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for Releaf® to Drive Sustainable Wine Packaging

By combining Avantium’s breakthrough material with Packamama’s expertise in innovative, lower emissions wine bottles, the partnership aims to accelerate the development of next-generation, low-carbon footprint packaging solutions for the wine industry

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World’s first dynamic green ammonia plant starts operations in Denmark

Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, and its partners Skovgaard Energy, a Danish developer of green energy assets, and Vestas, the global leader in wind energy solutions, have reached a major milestone in their partnership

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Sunlight-driven technology for sustainable chemistry and solar fuels

Through Photons-to-Chemicals (P2C), we develop photocatalytic processes that use sunlight as an energy source