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5 February 20212 February 2021

Aktive Forstwirtschaft ist die Grundlage der Bioökonomie

Nachwachsende Rohstoffe aus nachhaltig bewirtschafteten Wäldern bilden die Grundlage biobasierter Produkte. Die aktive Bewirtschaftung garantiert neben der ausreichenden Rohstoffverfügbarkeit auch eine verstärkte Kohlenstoffaufnahme der Wälder

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Avantium provides update on the FDCA flagship plant final investment decision process

Avantium's update on its final investment decision (FID) process concerning the construction of its FDCA flagship plant

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Schweizer Morand Hypercar: Naturfaser, 1.470 kW und 400 km/h Höchstgeschwindigkeit

Bcomp's Naturfaser-Composites dienen sowohl mit zum Karosserieaufbau, als auch zur Gesamtgestaltung des Innenraums des Morand Hypercar

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SK Global Chemical and Brightmark Partner to Take the Lead in Circular Economy of Plastic

The two sides aim for plastics renewal plant with commercial scale to dramatically increase the recycling rate of plastic waste

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Sustainable hydrogen production a step closer

Reisner lab received ERC Proof of Concept Grant for "SolReGen" project aiming at coupling photoreforming process with a benign enzymatic waste pre-treatment

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Boeing Commits to Deliver Commercial Airplanes Ready to Fly on 100% Sustainable Fuels

Bold goal this decade to expand a proven, safe approach to reduce emissions

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Circular economy can cut CO2 emissions by 39%: study

Only 8.6% of the world’s economy can be considered circular, down from 9.1% two years earlier

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4 February 20219 September 2021

Stora Enso from Sweden wins the innovation award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2021” with new cellulose foam for packaging

They are followed by Kelheim Fibres from Germany with high-quality hygiene products made of cellulose and Metsä Spring from Finland with an innovative cellulose fibre production process

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A Swiss Hypercar mixing stunning performance and sustainable technology

Bcomp's natural fibre composites will be used for the external bodywork of the Morand Hypercar as well as throughout the interior

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Verpackungsgesetz: Ökologische Ausgestaltung für den Klimaschutz

Deutscher Bundesverband der Säge- und Holzindustrie (DeSH) sieht in Holzverpackungen große Potenziale für die Reduktion von Plastikmüll und  Abfallvermeidung

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Trinseo Receives Mass Balance Certification for its Styrene

Certificate Allows Validation of Sustainable Materials

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Ineos Styrolution: Demo-Anlage für ABS aus Rezyklaten in Planung

Anlage entsteht im Rahmen des EU-finanzierten Projekts "ABSolutely Circular" und soll eine weitere Demo-Anlage ergänzen

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Houston company could provide answer to Elon Musk’s $100 million question

Karimi's technology can turn carbon dioxide into 30 different molecules, creating substances useful for Musk’s home and his envisioned developments on Mars

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Carbon Capture Utilisation Storage: Revesting The Future Of Energy

CCUS technology can be retrofitted to existing energy and power plants, that is, existing infrastructure can accommodate CCUS technology. These industries will otherwise emit 600 billion tonnes of Carbon-dioxide across the next 50 years, as per International Energy Agency (IEA)

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UPM Raflatac scales up its linerless business

UPM Raflatac is strengthening its position in the fast-growing linerless labelstock market by scaling up its production capacity and building a new production line in Poland

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UPM Raflatac erweitert seine Produktion von trägerlosen Materialien

UPM Raflatac stärkt seine Position auf dem schnell wachsenden Markt für trägerloses Etikettenmaterial durch die Ausweitung seiner Produktionskapazität

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DuPont Launches SYNERXIA® Gemstone Collection of New High-Performance Yeasts for U.S. Ethanol Market

SYNERXIA^® SAPPHIRE and SYNERXIA^® RUBY, best-in-class yeasts, deliver combination of both yield and robustness to ethanol producers

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3 February 20219 September 2021

Expanded Deadline for the Innovation Award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2021”

The award will be granted at the 9^th Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals, 23–24 March 2021, online event

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Microbial Cell Factories Webinar Series – Biological Principles to Commercial Products

11th March, 25th March & 8th April, 17:00-19:00 CET

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New project aims to develop a sustainable, bioplastic bait bag alternative

Sea Trust Wales, together with Macduff Shellfish and the BioComposites Centre seek to find a sustainable alternative to plastic bait bags that are used by shellfish fishermen and in seafood processing factories

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Braskem lagert seine Biokunststoffe nun in Rotterdam

Weltgrößter Hersteller von Drop-in-Biopolymeren hat sein Lager von Antwerpen nach Rotterdam verlegt und stärkt den Rotterdam Polymer Hub in seiner Position als logistischer Knotenpunkt für Biokunststoffe in Europa

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Ingevity polymer aids bioplastics breakdown

The US firm said its Capa polycaprolactone (PCL) thermoplastics technology helps bioplastics  break down into carbon dioxide and water within 40 days

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Weniger Kunststoff im Biomüll, weniger Mikroplastik in der Umwelt

Verbändeanhörung zur Novelle der Bioabfallverordnung gestartet

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Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol

Joint IRENA-MI report "Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol" provides first comprehensive review of bio-methanol and e-methanol

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Turning food waste back into food

Fermenting used food can improve crop growth

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Sunfire acquires Swiss alkaline electrolysis company IHT

With the expansion of the product portfolio, Sunfire continues to strengthen its position as a leading electrolysis player in the green hydrogen revolution

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Sunfire übernimmt Schweizer Alkali-Elektrolyse-Unternehmen IHT

Mit erweitertem Produktportfolio stärkt Sunfire seine weltweit führende Marktposition als Elektrolyseanbieter für grünen Wasserstoff

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Abbaubare Polymere auf Zuckerbasis als Speicher für nützliche Frachtmoleküle

Möglichkeiten für chemisches Kunststoffrecycling

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2 February 202128 January 2021

Together for clean rivers: Audi Environmental Foundation, BABOR and everwave launch cleanup initiative

Campaign with employee projects, information events and waste collection activities will start in spring

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Gemeinsam für saubere Flüsse: Audi Stiftung für Umwelt, BABOR und everwave starten Cleanup Initiative

Kampagne mit Mitarbeiteraktionen, Info-Veranstaltungen und Müllsammel-Aktivitäten beginnt im Frühjahr

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World first: Bio-asphalt road in Vlissingen put into use

The fact that the Netherlands is leading the way in making road construction more sustainable is partly due to the unique collaboration of partners

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Renewables versus nuclear – a choice already made

Overview about the electricity production costs of the most important technologies, solar and wind power

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Elon Musk will 100 Millionen Dollar an denjenigen zahlen, der die beste Technologie zur CO2-Reduzierung erfindet

Gemeinsam mit anderen Milliardären hatte er versprochen, die Hälfte seines Vermögens zu verschenken

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These new McDonald’s trays are made from food waste

At franchises throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, you’ll now get your food served on an innovative new material

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You Donut Need A Single-Use Plastic Straw: The Biodegradable Phade Is Available At Dunkin’ And Other Locations

The phade is dubbed as a “breakthrough marine biodegradable drinking straw” made with a substrate derived from canola oil, aka PHA - and compostable

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Amyris Acquiring Terasana Brand To Offer Clean Cannabinoid Consumer Products

With Terasana, Amyris is focused on offering leading skincare applications formulated with unique natural cannabinoids

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First roll out of Absolut’s paper bottle launches in the UK

Pernod Ricard’s flagship vodka brand, Absolut, will be rolling out its prototype “paper” bottle from today (25 January), initially in both the UK and Sweden

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1 February 20219 September 2021

nova experts introduced: Ferdinand Kähler (M.Sc.)

Mechanical engineering, life cycle assessment, sustainability

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Probing the European bioeconomy’s development through its drivers and indicators

Partners from the BioMonitor project published its latest paper in the Sustainability journal on the drivers and indicators that will measure the development of the bioeconomy

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Major European project supporting hydrogen technologies about to launch

Call for expressions of interest issued for IPCEI on hydrogen

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Europäisches Großprojekt zur Förderung von Wasserstofftechnologien geht in die Startblöcke

Interessenbekundungsverfahren für ein IPCEI Wasserstoff ist gestartet

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Plastics for a green future: Bio-based semi-finished SMC products

Two companies worked together to develop a weight-reduced semi-finished product based on renewable raw materials of organic origin

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Eco Wrap®: World’s First Compostable Industrial Strength Machine Grade Stretch Film, Patent Pending!

Breakthrough for the industrial packaging and warehousing industries to prepare pallets of goods for storage, inventory, or shipment

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TECLA, a 3D printed global habitat for sustainable living

The challenge of TECLA, the eco-sustainable 3D printed habitat, took form. "From the shapeless earth to the earth as house shaped"

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Neue biologisch abbaubare Polyurethan-Schaumstoffe aus Weizenstroh entwickelt

Forscher der Universität Córdoba konnten aus dem landwirtschaftlichen Überschussmaterial neue Anwendungen entwickeln

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This Amazon-backed startup makes net-zero fuel for planes, ships, and trucks

Infinium uses captured CO₂ to create synthetic gas to power engines

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US DOE Releases Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap

The Plastics Innovation Challenge is a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies, which started in Nov 2019

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Bilfinger Tebodin supports Clariant in building first-of-a-kind advanced biofuels plant

Construction continues with over 650 workers on site operating in full compliancewith all COVID-19 pandemic precautionary measures

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CO2 as Feedstock!: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon to Value Initiative

Carbontech — technologies that capture and convert CO₂ into valuable end products

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29 January 20219 September 2021

nova Session: “Renewable Polymers: Production and Trends 2020-2025” – Final Programme available!

Renewable Polymers and Building Blocks: Technologies, Global Capacities, Production and Trends 2020-2025