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10 February 20215 February 2021

IFF to Complete Merger With DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences Business

Combination Creates a a Leader in Serving Consumer-Oriented Food & Beverage, Home & Personal Care and Health & Wellness End Markets

Planungsbeginn für die Produktion von klimaneutralem Kerosin

Das DLR erstellt mit Partnern aus Forschung und Industrie Pläne für eine Pilot-Anlage zur Produktion klimaneutraler, synthetischer Kraftstoffe im industriellen Maßstab

Developing fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material

Fibrillated cellulose is produced from renewable resources, so its sustainability potential combined with its other functional properties makes this nanomaterial insteresting

Mehr Transparenz für Recyclingkunststoffe

Der Recycling Supply Tracker von ICIS verschafft Kunden einen schnellen und umfassenden Überblick und informiert zu potenziellen Lieferanten

A mild way to upcycle plastics used in bottles into fuel and other high-value products

The researchers developed a method to react simple hydrocarbon chains with hydrogen in the presence of noble-metal nanoparticles under mild conditions

Carbon Capture Coalition Submits Key Carbon Capture Priorities to President Biden’s Climate Team

Carbon capture is a critical component for the economywide decarbonization needed to meet midcentury climate goals

9 February 20219 September 2021

Eastman and Governor Lee Announce World-Scale Plastic-to-Plastic Molecular Recycling Facility to be Built in Kingsport, Tenn.

Company investing approximately $250 million in facility to make specialty products from plastic waste using its innovative polyester renewal technology

Hohlprofile aus Massivholz

TU Dresden entwickelte neues Verfahren zur Biegeumformung von Vollholzplatten

How the EU wants to achieve a circular economy by 2050

Find out about the EU’s circular economy action plan and what additional measures MEPs want to reduce waste and make products more sustainable

Buch »Prototype Nature« erschienen: Neue Ansätze in Bionik und Biotechnologie

Übersicht über die Vielfalt der Schnittstellen zwischen Biologie, Technik und Design und Informationen zur Funktionsweise heutiger Organismen und Ökosysteme, sowie Möglichkeiten, wie diese in analoge technische und gestalterische Lösungen überführt werden können

In one cycle: ecopaper, energy and fertiliser made from Silphium perfoliatum

German compay Silphie-Paper together with partners developed a decentral concept to produce naturalfibres for an innovative gras paper

Benvic helps film packaging move to natural solutions

Company’s biopolymer grades are available in compostable and durable versions and can be deployed across a very wide variety of packaging applications

UPM’s growth plans in biofuels progress to the next stage

UPM’s solid wood biomass-based residues and side streams would play a substantial role in the feedstock pool

UPM treibt die weitere Umsetzung seiner Wachstumspläne bei Biokraftstoffen voran

Einen wichtigen Teil im Rohstoffmix der Raffinerie würden die bei UPM anfallenden Holzreststoffe und Nebenströme ausmachen

Competitive Edge: Reducing CO2 emissions via next-gen industrial processes – Brimstone Energy

Brimstone Energy’s mission is to globally reduce industrial process emissions by developing innovative next-generation industrial processes

8 February 20219 September 2021

EEA Report: Plastics, the circular economy and Europe′s environment – A priority for action

Reducing impacts while retaining the usefulness of plastics requires a shift towards a more circular and sustainable plastics system

Online-Bürgerdialog zur Bioökonomie startet

Was genau ist Bioökonomie und wie kann sie im Einklang mit Natur- und Umweltschutz eingesetzt werden?

More environmentally friendly vehicles thanks to bio-lightweight bodywork: the “Bioconcept-Car” moves ahead

Researchers at the Fraunhofer WKI have succeeded in replacing the carbon fibers in a car door with natural fibers - which is already being installed in small series at Porsche

Cyanobacteria could revolutionize the plastic industry

Microbiologists at the University of Tübingen modify bacteria to produce climate-neutral and rapidly degradable bioplastics

Cyanobakterien könnten die Plastikindustrie revolutionieren

Klimaneutral und schnell abbaubar: Mikrobiologen der Universität Tübingen ermöglichen Produktion von klimafreundlichem Bioplastik

Vihreäkeiju is the first food producer to bring herbs packed in carbon-neutral Woodly material to K-Market stores

Finnish innovation called Woodly^® is a new type of wood-based, carbon-neutral material and can be used to reduce the use of fossil raw materials

Axilone is first manufacturer of sustainable cosmetics packaging made with Eastman Cristal Renew to obtain ISCC PLUS certification in multiple regions

Axilone begins producing luxury packaging with 50% certified recycled content in the U.S., Europe and China

Nova Pangaea Technologies breakthrough – ‘game-changer’ for biochemicals and advanced biofuels

The UK technologist has proven a new process route which significantly reduces the customer’s capital expenditure and delivers attractive economic returns

Chirik Lab Discovers “Transformative” Route to Chemically Recyclable Plastics

The Chirik lab explores sustainable chemistry by investigating the use of iron as a catalyst to synthesize new molecules

5 February 20214 February 2021

Online-Tagung der KBU zum Weltbodentag 2020

„Kunststoffe in der Umwelt – Ein Problem für unsere Böden, oder nur falscher Alarm?“ am 3. Dezember 2020

Chevron Phillips Chemical receives ISCC PLUS certification

Secures supply agreement with Nexus as advanced recycling program matures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trinseo Receives Mass Balance Certification for its Styrene

Certificate Allows Validation of Sustainable Materials

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Microbial Cell Factories Webinar Series – Biological Principles to Commercial Products

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

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

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

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

Weniger Kunststoff im Biomüll, weniger Mikroplastik in der Umwelt

Verbändeanhörung zur Novelle der Bioabfallverordnung gestartet

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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