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30 March 202025 March 2020

The world’s first aerogels made from scrap rubber tyres

Aerogels are useful as insulation and absorbers, or as noise- and thermal comfort in vehicles

Forscher machen aus Altreifen Universalschaum

Aerogel dient als Dämmstoff, Feuchtigkeitsschutz und auch zur effektiven Schallabsorption

Governor Janet Mills Signs Renewable Products Tax Credit into Law

New legislation will help Maine compete for a market share in the growing global bioeconomy

OSU research paves way to improved cleanup of contaminated groundwater

Bio-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater

From Greenhouse Gas to a High-tech Resource

At KIT, the NECOC research project is aimed at building a unique test facility for active reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Vom Treibhausgas zum Hightech-Rohstoff

Am KIT entsteht im Forschungsprojekt NECOC eine weltweit einzigartige Versuchsanlage zur aktiven Reduktion des atmosphärischen Kohlendioxids

27 March 20209 September 2021

Innovative and sustainable ideas can’t be stopped by the Corona crisis! The winners of the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2020” are Air Vodka made from CO2, a biological methanation process as grid-scale energy storage solution and a direct air capture solution for CO2

At nova-Institute’s first online conferences on PtX and Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU), 50 speakers presented and discussed the future of aviation fuels and carbon dioxide as feedstock!

Henkel will reduce fossil-based virgin plastic by 50 percent

Company has set further ambitious packaging targets for 2025 to promote a circular economy

Bioökonomie in Lettland

Schon heute ist die Bioökonomie der größte und wichtigste Wirtschaftssektor Lettlands - den Weg in eine noch stärkere Bioökonomie soll die 2017 verabschiedete Bioökonomiestrategie weisen

DSM honors Professor Marc Hillmyer with the 2020 Bright Science Award in materials sciences

The jury selected Professor Hillmyer because of the scientific breadth and depth of his work and its relevance to the advancement of bio-based and circular materials

Next Five Years Could be Pivotal for Bioplastics

Bioplastics industry is yet to take off and the sector is littered with bankruptcies - but the situation is beginning to change

Ein Partydrink aus Kohlendioxid

Wie versucht wird, CO₂ aus der Luft zu holen und zu nutzen

Made to degrade (Eventually)

Osaka researchers developed a transparent plastic mainly from cellulose nanofibers and starch obtained from plants, that degrades in marine environments

Biomass’ Role in Europe’s Green Deal

Along with the Green Deal, the European Commission announced a very ambitious goal: Climate Neutrality by 2050

Nachwachsende Materialien für leichte Konstruktionen

Neue technische Bio-Verbundwerkstoffe für Automobil- und Elektroindustrie

26 March 202021 April 2020

Verbundprojekt EvaChem – ONLINE Stakeholder-Workshop am 14. Mai 2020

Aufgrund der aktuellen Situation und zum Schutz der Gesundheit aller haben wir beschlossen, den EvaChem Stakeholder-Workshop am 14. Mai von 14:00– 17:00 Uhr als Online-Veranstaltung über ZOOM anzubieten. Das Workshop-Programm finden Sie unter: www.nova-institute.eu/evachem/workshop/programm.

Closing the Carbon Cycle to Stop Climate Change

Researchers at TIFR have developed a new catalyst system where metal nanoparticle active sites were replaced with defects as catalytically active sites

Den Kohlenstoffkreislauf schließen, um den Klimawandel zu stoppen

Defekte in Nanosilika können die Erde vor der globalen Erwärmung retten

AR Packaging drives sustainable innovation and targets a major shift to dry molded fibre packaging together with PulPac

Group has joined the PulPac Technology Pool and thereby gets unique access to optimised processes for putting fully fibre based and renewable single-use products on the market

Symposium beleuchtet Wachstumschancen für nachhaltige biobasierte Wirtschaft

Erstes Symposium „Blaue Bioökonomie in Norddeutschland“ an der Kieler Universität mit rund 80 Teilnehmenden aus Wissenschaft, Industrie, Politik und Verbänden

In stressful times, some good news

This legislation to help Maine compete for a market share in the growing global bioeconomy

“What we urgently need is a less emotionally charged debate on plastics”

According to the EU’s plastics strategy, the aim is for PET bottles to contain at least 25 per cent of recycled material by 2025. How realistic is this target?

BMEL legt Waldschadenszahlen vor

Keine Entlastung für 2020 in Sicht

More rapeseed meal in compound feeds despite declining production

UFOP Chart of the week (12 2020)

UPM develops a truly wood based biocomposite material with up to 100% renewable resources

Utilising residues from pulp production, not compromising the food chain

Clariant: Kooperation mit Floreon bei Biopolymer-Anwendungen

Erweiterte Materialperformance bei Biopolymeren, basierend auf Floreon's hauseigenem Wissen um Verbraucherwünschen entgegenzukommen

Clariant and Floreon announce collaboration to expand high-performance biopolymer applications to additional markets

Enhanced material performance of biopolymers based on Floreon’s proprietary know-how to meet demanding material requirements

SuperFOIL doesn’t leave ‘mushroom’ for improvement with recycled plastic insulation

We have worked closely with Texfelt to create a unique insulation product for mushroom polytunnels

25 March 202023 March 2020

EUBP raises concerns over biased EASAC report on bio-based and biodegradable plastics

Statements implicitly lead to some very questionable recommendations to EU institutions and citizens

YC graduate Genecis Bioindustries turns food waste into compostable plastics

Company is working on technologies to solve another major problem: climate change

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft erstellt Wasserstoff-Roadmap für Deutschland

Nationale Strategie Wasserstoff (NSW) der Bundesregierung will die wesentlichen Eckpunkte für die Entwicklung einer Wasserstoffwirtschaft ausarbeiten

Clover Sonoma Advances Social and Environmental Impact with B Corporation Recertification and New Fully Renewable Milk Carton

Company's new packaging will be available on shelves this summer in its organic half gallon and quart milk cartons

Department of Energy Announces $25 Million for Plastics Recycling R&D, Launches Upcycling Consortium

Department ’s Plastics Innovation Challenge is offering a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies

The Sustainable Packaging Evolution: Ineos, PS, and Chemical Recycling

As the coronavirus crisis casts polystyrene and PS products in a more favorable light, chemical recycling could change the long-term sustainable equation for the polymer

Umwelt: Statt Einwegverpackungen aus Plastik setzt das Studentenwerk Würzburg auf biologisch abbaubare Materialien

Sieht aus wie Plastik - ist es aber nicht!

DOE offers $25 million for plastics recycling R&D

BETO issued a joint funding opportunity announcement on March titled “BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment.”

Recycling of baby diapers

In our daily life disposable diapers are normally dismissed after single use and their usage is preferred over that of cloth diapers - but what about recycling them?

Building a lemon bioeconomy with green technology

Italy wants to open the route to a broader and richer economy for lemons, well beyond its conventional markets

Sekab and Vertoro to build large-scale demonstration plant to produce a new platform for sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials

Production is expected to start in about a year and deliver biofuel to the shipping sector as a first off take for this lignin ethanol oil product

Spinnenseide zur Heilung von Knochen und Knorpel

Orthopäden des Universitätsklinikums Bonn erforschen neuartige Biomaterialien für die Geweberekonstruktion

24 March 202024 March 2020

nova experts introduced: Andreas Kesenheimer

New head of the IT department.

Sateri Achieves Breakthrough in Commercial Production of Viscose Using Recycled Textile Waste

Forging Ahead with Circular Bioeconomy

Capricorn Partners invests in plant-based protein company Prolupin

Coming years will bring the company's unique Lupine Protein Isolate (LPI) as well as the vegan Made with LUVE brand centre stage for consumers

Start-up-Corner Umweltfreundliche Verpackungen

Firma StartUs stellt junge Firmen vor, die nachhaltige und kompostierbare Verpackungen produzieren

Inline Plastics – First USA Manufacturer to Infuse All Products with Post Consumer Content Derived from Chemical Recycling

rDPET™ is the latest innovative solution from the leading manufacturer of high quality, crystal clear, food packaging containers

Can chemical recycling help lead Europe to a circular economy 2.0?

Cefic views towards a carbon-smart circular future

Beetle Larvae Can Survive on Polystyrene Alone

Also known as superworms, the scavengers are able to digest the plastic, opening up the possibility of harnessing their abilities to help tackle our pollution crisis

Thermoplastische Hybridverbunde mit Holzfasern

Im Technikum der TH Rosenheim können Hackschnitzel zu Holzfasern aufgeschlossen werden - ein großes Potenzial für thermoplastische Hybridverbunde

PTG earmarks B5bn for pumps, expansion

Thai Company to invest $15.5M in PPP Green Complex JV - Goal is No. 2 in Thai market after outlay

Sustainable use of CO2 using a modified bacterium

New paths to the bio-economic use of CO₂

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