27 November 202323 November 2023 Drinking beer, making algae A 400-litre algae bioreactor installed in the Young Henrys brewery produces as much oxygen as one hectare of Australian forest
DuPont™ Tyvek® Luxembourg Facility Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification Certification helps drive continuous improvement in producing sustainable DuPont™ Tyvek® applications
Compostable Coffee Capsules Made with NatureWorks’ Ingeo Biopolymer Score Highest Sustainability Marks in New Study by Wageningen University & Research The study concludes that compostable coffee capsules are the most sustainable option when considering both greenhouse emissions and material circularity
Forests, nature and carbon removals in Europe The European Union wants to slash its greenhouse gas emissions but also boost the amount of carbon it removes from the atmosphere in order to prevent drastic global warming – and healthy forests have a big part to play in this
24 November 202320 November 2023 Liquid Wind and industry leaders solidify partnership to accelerate eFuel production capacity, enabling significant reduction of CO2 emissions in hard-to-abate industries such as global shipping By pooling the partners’ technology expertise and capabilities, the partnership aims to unlock new, innovative, and effective fuel solutions for the shipping industry, other hard-to-abate industries, and society at large
ZukunftBIO.NRW: Land fördert innovative Ideen aus der Biotechnologie und Bioökonomie für eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft Ministerin Neubaur: Biotechnologische Innovationen sind Treiber für Klimaschutz, Ressourceneffizienz und Medizin der Zukunft
VTT finds unprecedented extensible limits for formable cellulose-based food packaging to replace single-use plastic In a pilot-scale study, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has obtained unprecedented maximum limits of its highly extensible formable cellulose-based webs used for rigid packaging applications
The Ministry of Environment to implement measures to reduce disposable items from November 24 The (South Korean) Ministry of Environment will try to change social attitudes toward disposable items and make sure the government's measures are well implemented
Süd Korea: Lockerungen von Beschränkungen für Einwegprodukte stiften Verwirrung und sorgen für Kritik Mit der Maßnahme sollen Kleinunternehmer entlastet werden. Die Entscheidung stiftete jedoch selbst in den betroffenen Betrieben Verwirrung und sorgte für Widerstand von Umweltorganisationen
Recover™ and Valdese Weavers partner for circularity in the home textiles industry The integration of Recover™ fiber into Valdese Weaver’s product lines, enables the textile mill to remain frontrunners in delivering sustainable and innovative fabrics
Sulzer technology enables circular gas production plant in the Alps Sulzer’s mass transfer technologies are being leveraged by Messer, the world's largest privately owned industrial gas specialist, in collaboration with a manufacturer of inorganic chemicals to enable innovative carbon capture and utilization (CCU) at a plant in Landeck, Austria
Sulzer-Technologie für CO2-Rückgewinnungsanlage in den Alpen Sulzer liefert Stoffaustausch-Technologie für ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt des Industriegase-Spezialisten Messer und eines Herstellers anorganischer Chemikalien, um das Recycling von CO₂ (Carbon Capture and Utilization – CCU) in einer Anlage im österreichischen Landeck zu ermöglichen
23 November 202317 November 2023 REMONDIS and Pyrum Innovations AG sign a declaration of intent and start planning a joint recycling plant in Bremen The plant is supposed to have a recycling capacity of 20,000 tons of old tires per year, from which the raw material carbon black will be recovered
REMONDIS und die Pyrum Innovations AG unterzeichnen Absichtserklärung und starten mit der Planung eines gemeinsamen Recyclingwerkes in Bremen Es soll eine Recyclingkapazität von 20.000 Tonnen Altreifen pro Jahr haben, aus denen dort der Rohstoff Carbon Black zurückgewonnen wird
Sustainable gliding surfaces for skis & co.: through the winter sports season without microplastics Hof University of Applied Sciences experts are currently researching sustainable gliding surfaces made from biodegradable bioplastics to replace the existing components on snowboards, skis and water sports equipment
Nachhaltige Gleitflächen für Ski & Co.: Ohne Mikroplastik durch die Wintersportsaison Die Hochschule Hof forscht derzeit an nachhaltigen Gleitflächen aus biologisch abbaubaren Biokunststoffen, welche die bisherigen Gleit-Komponenten an Snowboard, Ski und Wassersportgeräten ersetzen sollen
New European Bauhaus Mission: Join the Wood4Bauhaus support letter The NEB Mission could be embedded in Horizon Europe with an own work programme and substantial possibilities for R&I funding in the coming years
Fate of New European Bauhaus: Mission hangs in the balance Member states aren’t convinced that giving the project Mission status is the best way to ‘green’ neighbourhoods and bring Europe’s architectural and cultural heritage into the net-zero era
Siemens Energy and Air Liquide pave the way for the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy with new gigawatt factory for electrolyzers The new gigawatt electrolyzer factory of Siemens Energy and Air Liquide was officially inaugurated today in Berlin
Siemens Energy und Air Liquide ebnen mit Gigawatt-Fabrik für Elektrolyseure Weg für den Hochlauf der Wasserstoffwirtschaft In Berlin wurde heute die neue Gigawatt-Fabrik für Elektrolyseure von Siemens Energy und Air Liquide offiziell eingeweiht
22 November 202317 November 2023 Partnership with AIPMA leads to German-Indian company cooperation The partnership founded in 2020 between the All India Plastics Manufacturers' Association (AIPMA) and the support association for polymer development and plastics technology POLYKUM
BioCelain®-Lizenz nach Indien vergeben Partnerschaft zwischen der All India Plastics Manufacturers‘ Association (AIPMA) und der Fördergemeinschaft für Polymerentwicklung und Kunststofftechnik in Mitteldeutschland POLYKUM
Petrobras Technology Enables Riograndense Refinery to Process 100% Renewable Feedstocks Test Unveils Pioneering Advancements in Biorefining on a Global Scale
How to sustainably remove and recycle microplastics from water Wasser 3.0, a non-profit start-up from Karlsruhe, has developed a customisable process to detect, remove and recycle microplastic pollutants
Mikroplastik aus Wasser nachhaltig entfernen und wiederverwerten Das gemeinnützige Start-up Wasser 3.0 hat ein Verfahren entwickelt, um Verschmutzungen mit Mikroplastik maßgeschneidert aufzuspüren, zu entfernen und anschließend wiederverwerten zu können
Provectus Algae Enters Into Livestock Methane Reduction Space Commissioning First Demonstration Biomanufacturing Plant Using Precision Photosynthesis™, the cornerstone of the company’s technology stack, Provectus Algae can produce Asparagopsis algae faster while consistently controlling the expression of bioactive compounds
Phantm raises $2M to lead circular regenerative natural materials economy Phantm, a new plastic reduction platform, has announced the successful completion of its oversubscribed seed round, raising $2 million
Bioplastics 101: what is truth and what is lore? The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is the talk of town in Brussels these days giving rise to studies, deep debate, and controversy, especially in the bioplastics sector
21 November 202321 November 2023 The Advanced Recycling Conference 2023 – Your Ultimate Guide to Cutting-Edge Recycling Solutions With the upcoming recycling quotas set by the EU, as well as quotas for mandatory recycled content for specific products, advanced recycling reaches far beyond the plastic packaging sector In consequence, estimations foresee 55% of renewable carbon to come from recycling until 2050. Join more than 250 other participants to discuss effective solutions to handle these capacities
INERATEC produces ASTM-conform Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Drop-in eSAF can be produced from CO₂ and green hydrogen - this has been confirmed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) site with the operation of a power-to-liquid (PtL) plant by INERATEC
INERATEC produziert ASTM-konformes Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Aus CO₂ und grünem Wasserstoff kann drop-in eSAF hergestellt werden – dies wurde am Standort des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT) mit dem Betrieb einer Power-to-Liquid (PtL) Anlage von INERATEC bestätigt
Lummus and Citroniq Announce Licensing and Engineering Agreements for Green Polypropylene Plants Agreements highlight Lummus and Citroniq’s progress in meeting surging demand for sustainable polypropylene
The bio-based foams to keep Christmas orders safe more sustainably For commercial entities considering renewable versions, the selection of biobased options is wider than ever
Verhandlungen zu UN-Plastikabkommen: Der Fokus muss auf Kreislaufwirtschaft liegen Kunststoffe durch andere Materialien zu ersetzen, ist nur in wenigen Ausnahmen sinnvoll und führt oft dazu, dass die Ökobilanz schlechter ausfällt
C2X takes important step towards large scale green methanol production in Spain The first plant will be located in the Port of Huelva Service Area, while the land has the potential to support up to one million tons per year of methanol production when fully developed
Joint Statement on High-Quality Recycling and Recyclability in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposal Several European organizations have collaborated to provide recommendations concerning the ENVI Committee Report on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
Bottled drink firms attacked over misleading green claims Bottled water producers such as Coca-Cola, Danone and Nestlé are making misleading claims about the green credentials of their plastic packaging, 13 European consumer groups and umbrella federation BEUC said
20 November 202317 November 2023 Novel coalition Natural Polymers Group launched A global coalition of packaging and material companies is calling on UN Treaty makers to recognise natural polymer materials as a key tool in the fight against plastic pollution
Neue Koalition fordert vor UN INC-3 die Anerkennung natürlicher Biomaterialien Eine neu gegründete globale Koalition von Unternehmen fordert UN Plastics Treaty INC-3 Teilnehmer auf, Biomaterialien auf Basis von natürlichen Polymeren als Schlüsselinstrument gegen Plastik anzuerkennen
CATCO2NVERS, CO2SMOS and VIVALDI to support the green transition towards a low-carbon circular economy by turning CO2 emissions into essential products The use of carbon dioxide to produce essential carbon-containing products like chemicals, but also fuels and building materials can allow various processes to reach net zero or even negative CO2 emissions
New Forest Analysis: Global Deforestation Veering Off Track, Threatening People, Climate and Biodiversity Comprehensive study shows deforestation worsened in 2022 despite high-level pledges to save and restore forests; world fell 21% short of annual targets that must be met to end deforestation by 2030
Statistik der Woche: Ausmaß der weltweiten Abholzung von Wäldern Die weltweite Zerstörung von Wäldern hat einem neuen Bericht zufolge im vergangenen Jahr zugenommen. Unsere Infografik zeigt einige Details
Bioplastics Plant Startup to Invest $83M in Knox County Turning waste into profit: AgroRenew announces $83M investment in Knox County for a processing facility that will repurpose food waste from the thriving watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkin industry into bioplastics
Hundreds of toxic chemicals in recycled plastics When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals. The results are published in a study led by scientists at the University of Gothenburg
Hunderte von giftigen Chemikalien in recyceltem Kunststoff Wissenschaftler halten recycelte Kunststoffe für die meisten Zwecke für ungeeignet
17 November 202313 November 2023 AFRY engineering partner in biorefinery project turning harmful seaweed into valuable products Origin by Ocean and AFRY have entered a collaborative engineering collaboration to plan an industrial-scale biorefinery for processing bio-based seaweed products in Finland. The conceptual study phases aim to define production concepts and the steps required to construct a biorefinery. Origin by Ocean’s first algae biorefinery in Finland is projected to reach full production capacity by 2027
Spargelschalen für Kunststoffe: IfBB zeigt neuen Bioverbundwerkstoff auf der Agritechnica 2023 Neben Ernterückständen bei Kartoffel oder Zuckerrübe lassen sich auch Spargelschalen insbesondere als Füllstoffe für biobasierte Kunststoffe nutzen, wo sie das bisher gebrauchte Holz ersetzen
Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Industry Advances Sustainability with $185M Investment in Recycled Content Resin Technologies The EPS Industry has collectively invested over $185 million in technology to integrate recycled content from used EPS packaging into various applications, with 79 million pounds of capacity already operational and an additional 150 million pounds planned. These advancements, powered by chemistry innovations, are enabling the production of recycled content resin, which can be used in the manufacturing of new materials, fostering increased sustainability in many sectors
Lignin coating makes geotextiles made from environmentally friendly natural fibers durable The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) are developing a bio-based protective coating that extends their service life
Ligninbeschichtung macht Geotextilien aus umweltfreundlichen Naturfasern haltbar Die Deutschen Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF) wollen eine biobasierte Schutzbeschichtung entwickeln, die deren Lebensdauer verlängert