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12 October 20209 September 2021

Synthetic Methylotrophy in Yeasts: Towards a Circular Bioeconomy

Microbial methylotrophy is a powerful and versatile pillar of a future circular bioeconomy

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Growing momentum behind carbon capture can make it a new clean energy success story

Governments and companies have the chance today to turn CCUS into a clean energy success story that will bring environmental and economic benefits worldwide

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9 October 20209 September 2021

New enzyme cocktail digests plastic waste six times faster

The discovery, by a team co-led by Prof John McGeehan, is another leap towards beating plastic waste

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Brettsperrholz-Elemente aus Buche maßhaltig wie Nadelholz

Neues Verbundprojekt zum Einsatz von Laubholz im konstruktiven Bereich gestartet

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Scientists Offer Companies a Novel Chemistry for Greener Polyurethane

Groundbreaking Formulation Enables Renewable, Nontoxic Polyurethane — a Potential Drop-In Solution for Companies’ Products

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Agilyx successfully listed on Merkur Market, part of Oslo Stock Exchange

Advanced Chemical Recycling Technology is Making Plastics More Circular

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Spoontainable: “Don’t Waste It. Taste It.”

Aus den Schalen einer Kakaofrucht wurde der „Spoonie“, ein nachhaltiger Eislöffel entwickelt

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European Climate Policy and the Bioeconomy – Missed Opportunities or Muddling Through?

Policymakers in Brussels prefer to incentivize green power (and electric vehicles) as opposed to a balanced approach to economy-wide de-carbonization

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How waste CO2 is helping to turn renewable energy into liquid fuel

An adequate coordination could ensure waste products or byproducts from one process – such as CO₂ – can be used as a raw material for another

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Effective pathway to convert CO2 into ethylene

Scientists developed nanoscale copper wires with specially shaped surfaces to catalyze a chemical reaction that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while generating ethylene

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Startende Markt- und Technologiestudie zum Potential für bio-basierte Composite-Materialien

Das AZL untersucht zusammen mit einem Industriekonsortium das Marktpotential für bio-basierte Composite-Materialien

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Put fees, EPR and recycled content in the mix for plastics policy

This industry plan should include specific commitments for using recycled plastic in a wide range of products

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8 October 20209 September 2021

Newlight Technologies opens new commercial-scale AirCarbon production facility

Company develops carbon-negative, ocean-degradable straws and forks made from greenhouse gases

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Bündnis 90 / Die GRÜNEN: Unsere Vision ist eine Wirtschaft ohne Müll

Zusammenfassung des Fraktionsbeschlusses „Grüne Strategie für eine ressourcenleichte, klimaneutrale und giftfreie Kreislaufwirtschaft“

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Borealis receives European Investment Bank loan for development of circular economy solutions for plastics

Loan to boost Borealis research and development efforts in propelling the industry towards plastics circularity

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VTT’s new piloting platform for process chemistry ready for speeding up bio- and circular economy

With the launch of the piloting platform for process chemistry, VTT Bioruukki strengthens its position among the world's leading piloting centres

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Total Corbion PLA: Erste PLA-Anlage im Weltmaßstab in Europa in Planung

Die neue Anlage soll an einem Total-Standort in Grandpuits, Frankreich, errichtet werden und 2024 betriebsbereit sein  

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Agilyx Joins AmSty, INEOS Styrolution and Trinseo as Technology Partner to Accelerate Realization of Circular Polystyrene

The four-way NDA signifies a commitment to a circular economy of polystyrene and serves as a basis for exploring and optimizing advanced recycling technologies for polystyrene

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Nara has a new way to stop its deer from eating plastic bags

Japanese researcher developed a deer-friendly paper made from the pulp recycled from old milk cartons and the same rice bran used for crackers

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EU considers allowing more state aid to boost green projects

The European Commission also plans to kick off a consultation in the coming weeks on how competition rules and sustainability policies work together

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Rekordbeteiligung beim Bundeswettbewerb HolzbauPlus: 198 Bauherren bewerben sich

Jury bewertet Einsatz von nachwachsenden Baustoffen bei Neubauten, Sanierungsobjekten und Kindertagesstätten

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7 October 20209 September 2021

Energy Transition: Total Is Investing More Than €500 Million To Convert Its Grandpuits Refinery Into a Zero-Crude Platform for Biofuels and Bioplastics

New platform will focus on four new industrial activities and is demonstrating company's commitment to the energy transition and to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050

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Total: Komplette Neuausrichtung der Raffinerie in Grandpuits

Konzern avisiert neue Rohöl-freie Plattform mit vier Industriezweigen, um mittels eigener Zugeständnisse zur Energiewende ein Carbon-neutrales Europa bis 2050 zu erreichen

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Score Natural Fibres Fairly – IWTO Responds to Green Claims Consultation

The wool industry is currently active in developing a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology for apparel and footwear in Europe to ensure a robust and meaningful scoring for wool clothing

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Polystyrene can be circulated back to raw-material

MoPo project develops collection and reuse of the waste in Europe

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Bambusgeschirr: angesagt, aber bedenklich

Ob als Kinderteller oder Coffee-to-go-Becher: Bambusware wird als nachhaltig und ökologisch beworben. Doch sind die Produkte tatsächlich eine gute Alternative zu Plastikgeschirr?

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natureplus: Decisions of the Criteria Commission

natureplus discussed new standards, provides more transparency in assessment methods, and had basic discussions on gypsum-based products and radioactivity tests

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Unilever will mit Evonik-Hilfe grüner werden

Unilever will bis 2030 in seinen Reinigungs- und Waschmittelprodukten auf fossile Brennstoffe verzichten – unter anderem mit Hilfe von Evonik

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Unilever accredits its collaboration with Evonik as one key pillar of its “Clean Future” initiative

As a biotechnology leader, Evonik is enabling Unilever to make its household cleaning products more sustainable

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Call it by its name: Synthetic gas and oil from old plastics is not ‘recycling’, it’s ‘recovery’

Chemical recovery of plastics to produce new materials could be a welcome complement to mechanical recycling, and a useful way to reduce waste

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Chemische Speicher von Sonnenenergie

Forschungsteam von Leibniz-IPHT und Universität Jena stellt neuartigen Ansatz vor

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6 October 20201 October 2020

Total Corbion PLA announces the first world-scale PLA plant in Europe

The new plant is planned to be located on a Total site in Grandpuits, France and to be operational in 2024

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natureplus: Klimaverträglichkeit der Produkte wird bewertet

Die von natureplus definierten Anforderungen bezeichnen ein Mindestmaß an Klimaverträglichkeit und Energieeffizienz und sind in jedem Fall einzuhalten

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natureplus: Climate compatibility of the products is evaluated

The requirements defined by natureplus designate a minimum level of climate compatibility and energy efficiency and must be complied within all cases

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This fungus-based coffin doesn’t preserve your corpse. It decomposes it

Delft University of Technology researcher has come up with what is surely one of the most original startup ideas of 2020

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Dieser Sarg lebt

Bestattungen sind eine Umweltbelastung. Der Living Cocoon soll das ändern

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Sustainable Plastics Inspired by Nature

Plant-based plastics offer a sustainable alternative to traditional petrochemical plastics. Scientists and engineers are making the shift easier by fine-tuning the structure and function of these biomaterials while also developing better processing techniques

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Mars habitats could be built from a super-strong bio-material made of bug shells

Javier Fernandez and their team want to give Martian habitats the toughness of arthropod exoskeletons

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Not Your Average Refinery

Review led by PNNL researchers offers a vision of sustainable energy production through electrochemical reduction

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Multifunctional microbe simplifies processing of plant-derived fuels, chemicals

ORNL researchers got an organism to co-utilize multiple compounds in a single bioreactor, gaining a better understanding of how these different pathways interact

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5 October 20209 September 2021

Call for abstracts: 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, Cologne (Germany)

Lenzing, Levaco Chemicals and Kelheim Fibres will support the conference as gold sponsors. Further sponsors are welcome.

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Evonik, Siemens commission artificial photosynthesis pilot plant at Marl

Rheticus demonstrates how the Power-to-X idea can be successfully put into practice

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Reeboks erster pflanzlicher Laufschuh ist da

Der Forever Floatride Grow wurde aus pflanzenbasierten Materialien entwickelt und ist ab Oktober im E-Shop von Reebok erhältlich

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FINEX™ Reaches New Milestones; Launches Officially at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics

As part of its efforts to promote textile fibre recycling in China, Sateri is in dialogue with the China Association of Circular Economy (CACE)

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Kelheim Fibres nominated for Sustainability Heroes Award

The award is presented by DQS (German Association for Sustainability) and DGQ (German Association for Quality) to pioneers in sustainability

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Kelheim Fibres für Sustainability Heroes Award nominiert

Der Preis von der DQS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltigkeit) und der DGQ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität) ergeht an Vorreiter im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit

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Sugarcane waste upcycled into plastic-free packaging

‘Dispose SupraPulp the same way you would your salad’

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Neste and Shell sign an agreement to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel

Cooperation brings together Neste’s expertise in the production and supply of renewable diesel and SAF with Shell Aviation’s world-class credentials in supplying and managing fuel around the world

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Neste: Sweden becomes a frontrunner in sustainable aviation

Neste will have the capacity to produce some 1.5 million tons of sustainable aviation fuel annually by 2023

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Germany to ban plastic straws by mid-2021

The new law passed by Germany’s lower house of parliament will halt the sale of certain single-use plastics by July 2021