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28 May 201927 May 2019

Biodegradable bags can hold a full load of shopping three years after being discarded in the environment

Researchers from the International Marine Litter Research Unit publish new research in Environmental Science and Technology

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27 May 2019

Six candidates nominated for the innovation award “Hemp Product of the Year 2019”

For the second time, the innovation award “Hemp Product of the Year” will be granted to the young, innovative hemp industry for finding suitable applications and markets for industrial hemp-based products

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Government Invests in Canada’s First National Bioeconomy Strategy to Help Grow a Clean Economy

Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program (CASPP) focuses on four priority areas: new technology; environmental sustainability; strategic development and emerging issues

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Treatment of saline wastewater during algae utilization

German-Chinese research project at Jacobs University Bremen

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Mit Algen salzige Abwässer reinigen

Algen sind als Lebensmittel gefragt. Ein deutsch-chinesisches Forscherteam will nun Makroalgen für neue Anwendungen erschließen

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Latest Global Bioplastics Packaging Market Report 2019

About Historical Development (2014-2018) and Estimated Forecast (2019-2025)

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Researchers develop biobased, self-healing elastomer derived from lignin

To achieve these results, ORNL researchers developed a unique method to extract a specific form of lignin

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LignoPure: aufstrebendes Start-up

Future Hamburg Award für einzigartigen Produktionsprozess von kosmetisch reinem Lignin verliehen

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At the HELM of the bio-based chemical ship

Interview with Christian Stammerjohann, head of department at HELM, to find out more about the company’s move to promote bio-based chemicals

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24 May 201921 May 2019

Biobased nanocarriers to cure plant diseases for the first time

Nanocarriers are very tiny degradable capsules that have been studied for medical applications in the last 30 years

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Biobasiert kleben und binden

BMEL förderte Forschung und Entwicklung mit 8,4 Mio. Euro – Abschlussworkshop im September in Dresden

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New Call for Proposals issued by BBI JU

At an info day in Brussels, visited by over 600 attendees, the organization presented and explained its latest Call

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Klimafreundliche Energiequellen: EU fördert synthetische Brennstoffe

Mit nichts als Luft und Sonne will ein Forschungsprojekt die Motoren von morgen antreiben. Die EU-Kommission gibt dafür zunächst eine Million Euro

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COEXPAN, NatureWorks and AMUT Group showcase PLA sheets for barrier packaging applications

Companies will be running together live thermoforming demos of COEXPAN PLA sheets during both Chinaplas and K-show international exhibitions

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Global Lignin Products Market 2019 – Borregaard, LignoTech, KMT Polymers, Tembec (Rayonier Advanced Materials), Domtar

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the market based on segmentation involving both economic as well as non-economic factors

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Patrick Zimmermann über natürliche Kreislaufwirtschaft

Der perfekte Kreislauf im Hinblick auf eine CO₂ Neutralität wird von der Natur seit jeher praktiziert

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23 May 201920 May 2019

Circa Group’s Renewable Solvent Wins Environmental Leader’s Top Product 2019 Award

Cyrene^TM is made from waste cellulose and has a unique property set, including viscosity, surface tension and polarities

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Bayern fördert biobasierte Chemikalien

Landesregierung investiert 40 Mio. Euro in den Bau einer neuen Mehrzweckanlage für die Produktion von biobasierten Chemikalien in Straubing

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Das Hamburger Start-up BIO-LUTIONS schließt seine Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde mit €8,3M erfolgreich ab

Neue Mittel sollen für den Ausbau der Produktion in Indien und für die Errichtung neuer Produktionsstätten in Europa und Asien eingesetzt werden

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The Increasingly Legal Cannabis Industry Could Offer Women Entrepreneurs an Even Playing Field

Women are already making major leadership strides in the industry, why shouldn't they have a leg-up on their male counterparts in the newly legal cannabis industry?

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Bio-Kleber bieten viele Vorteile

Biobasierte Klebstoffe besitzen viele Vorzüge im Vergleich zum erdölbasierten Pendant, wie eine Analyse des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Holzforschung zeigt

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The reinvention of bio-plastics: New kids on the block

Bio-plastics industry is looking into the use of non-food crops (2nd and 3rd-generation feedstock), such as cellulose, with a view to develop new materials

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Trevira at Techtextil 2019

Trevira to reveal numerous new, sustainable innovations at Techtextil 2019

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Cellulose Fibers Market to witness a CAGR of 9.02% during 2018-2024

Frequent changes in raw material prices, stringent environmental regulations by governments will act as main challenge for the market in future

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Lkw-Reifen mit weniger Abrieb: Synthesekautschuk übertrifft Naturkautschuk

Fraunhofer Forscher haben die Eigenschaften von Synthesekautschuk optimiert, so dass er nun über noch bessere Eigenschaften als Naturkautschuk verfügt

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Trevira auf der Techtextil 2019

Zahlreiche innovative, nachhaltige Neuentwicklungen

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Launch of burial coffin Saga – the world’s largest, 100% biobased, 3D-moulded biocomposite made of wheat bran and biofibers

OrganoClick has developed OrganoComp, a 100% bio-based, recyclable and fully biodegradable biocomposite material

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Chinesische Gastwissenschaftlerin forscht an neuen Kunststoffen auf Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe

Mithilfe von 3D-Drucktechniken lassen sich beispielsweise komplexe Bauteile aus Kunststoff einfach herstellen

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22 May 20199 September 2021

Is CO2 the New Fossil Fuel? A Closed Carbon Cycle for the Chemical Industry

RWTH-led research published in "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America" journal

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Ist CO2 das neue Erdöl? Ein geschlossener Kohlenstoffkreislauf für die chemische Industrie

Forschungsergebnisse unter der Führung der RWTH in Fachzeitschrift „Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America" veröffentlicht

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Ireland’s first grass-fed biorefinery hits the road to help farmers go green

A New Mobile Refinery Is Travelling Across The West Of Ireland To Turn Grass Into Sustainable Materials

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Biome Bioplastics applauds findings of Plastics in the Bioeconomy report

There are approximately 10,000 tonnes of compostable packaging on the UK market at present, which is less than 1% of all consumer plastic packaging

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ALWE Mikroalgenfilter: Wanddekor mit Algenbiofilm baut Luftschadstoffe ab

Berliner Biotechnologie Start-Up Solaga will der Schadstoffbelastung in den Städten mit neutralisierender Algentechnologie beikommen

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Biodegradable Seat Covers: Lenzing on the Latest in Circular Auto Parts

Through a partnership with Swiss automaker Rinspeed, textile giant Lenzing is expanding into auto upholstery — and changing what it feels like to sit on wood

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Italy updates its National Bioeconomy Strategy

Italian Bioeconomy means integrating the sustainable production of renewable biological resources and converting these resources and wastestreams into value added products

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21 May 201921 May 2019

Golden Compound’s sustainable coffee capsule

Evaluation of sustainability according to VDI-4605 standard

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Die heimkompostierbare Kaffeekapsel von Golden Compound

Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung nach VDI-4605

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DIN CERTCO increases its international network of laboratory partners

New cooperation with Scion from New Zealand

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DIN CERTCO baut sein internationales Netzwerk an Laborpartnern aus

Neue Kooperation mit Scion aus Neuseeland

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Lösungsmittel auf biologischer Basis bietet sichere, nachhaltige Alternative

Cyrene erwies sich als leistungsfähiger als herkömmliche Lösungsmittel

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Stora Enso launches wood-fibre-based biocomposite solutions for cosmetics, food and luxury packaging

DuraSense is a cost- and resource-efficient alternative for reducing the environmental impact of products

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BIO-LUTIONS schafft nachhaltige Alternativen für Einwegteller

Deutsches Startup fertigt nachhaltige Einwegteller aus Agrarreststoffen

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Basse Stittgen gives discarded eggs new life as bioplastic tableware

Inventor isn't setting out to replace ordinary plastics, but rather to remind us that resources are precious and need to be "handled with great care"

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Compostable packaging start-up tackles the ‘flexible plastic problem’

Tipa has created a bio-based film that will compost fully in six months in an industrial composter

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Methane-consuming bacteria could be the future of fuel

Discovery illuminates how bacteria turn methane gas into liquid methanol

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20 May 201915 May 2019

BASF signs exclusive contract with Lactips to market bio-based and biodegradable films for home care as well as industrial and institutional cleaning applications

Collaboration focusing development of film material technology based on technical casein obtained from excess of milk protein production

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BASF unterzeichnet Vertrag mit Lactips zur exklusiven Vermarktung von biobasierten und biologisch abbaubaren Folien für Reinigungsanwendungen im Haushalt sowie für die industrielle und institutionelle Reinigung

Zusammenarbeit will sich auf Entwicklung der Folientechnologie auf Basis von technischem Kasein aus überschüssiger Milchprotein-Produktion fokussieren

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Bio-based plastics prove suitable for prostheses

Bio-based knee prosthesis is endurance test according to ISO 10328

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Wenn aus Stärke Klebstoff wird

LH Mikl-Leitner und LR Bohuslav: Neues Forschungsprojekt „BioSet“ gestartet

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AI SpaceFactory Wins 1st Place Prize for NASA 3D Printing Habitat Challenge

Company won an international competition to design and build a habitat for a crew of four astronauts on a mission to Mars