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25 April 201823 April 2018

New European Investment Bank loans under Juncker Plan set to mobilise €1 billion in investment for agriculture and bio-economy sectors

New financing initiative aims to unlock close to €1 billion of investment in the agriculture and bio-economy sector

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Programmdarlehen der EIB für Landwirtschaft und Bioökonomie im Rahmen des Juncker-Plans wird knapp eine Milliarde Euro an privaten Investitionen in ganz Europa auslösen

Neue Finanzierungsinitiative soll rund eine Milliarde Euro an Investitionen in der Landwirtschaft und Bioökonomie mobilisieren

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For The First Time Germany Rules The Medical Marijuana Market

German market meanwhile offers more profit opportunities than even the Canadian market

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Sweden and Finland sign LOI for biofuels, biomaterials

Government’s collaborative program to find solutions for replacing fossil-based products with biobased ones

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Complex feedstocks, clean synthesis gas: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Sierra Energy

Sierra Energy CEO Mike Hart gave this illuminating overview of the technology’s promise and progress at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC

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Gene Editing Is A Continuum of Plant Breeding

Even with the FDA and the WHO determining that GMOs are safe, activists worked hard to sow fear and skepticism about the technology in the public

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Why “Certified” Compostable?

Certification is critical for making sure claims are clear, consistent, and scientifically based

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24 April 201821 June 2018

nova-Institut presents the “Future Protein Award”

Many new ways to overcome future protein bottlenecks in food and feed

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nova-Institut präsentiert den „Future Protein Award“

Viele neue Wege, um zukünftige Proteinengpässe bei Lebens- und Futtermitteln zu überwinden

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BBI JU announces a further € 115 million of funding to boost the development of EU’s bio-based industries sector

Deadline for submission of proposals to the BBI JU 2018 Call is 6 September 2018

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Emery Oleochemicals’ Green Polymer Additives business to feature high-performance antifogging and antistatic agents at Chinaplas 2018

Highlight of this year's exhibition will be Surface Modification of Plastics by Additives with focus on Antifogging and Antistatic Agents

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Technavio: Global Bioplastics and Biopolymers Market – Emergence of Bio-based and Renewable Raw Materials to Boost Growth

New market research report examines global bioplastics and biopolymers market from 2018-2022

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Biologisierung der Wirtschaft – Der große Wurf blieb aus

Mit der Bioökonomie soll die Wirtschaft nachhaltiger werden. Ziel ist die Nutzung nachwachsender Rohstoffe und erneuerbarer Energien

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CelluSome Plus: Neuer, maßgeschneiderter Ansatz für Biokraftstoffe

EU-Wissenschaftler haben Zellstrukturen, Zellulosome, entwickelt und getestet, die dabei helfen, große Mengen an Biomasseabfall aufzuschlüsseln, um Mehrwertchemikalien zu erzeugen, wie z.B. fortschrittliche Biokraftstoffe

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CelluSome Plus: A new tailor-made approach to biofuels

EU-funded CellulosomePlus project developed designer cellulosomes (DCs) to achieve high yields of fermentable sugars from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) to create advanced biofuels

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Veolia launch new online marketplace for organic resources in the UK

BioTrading will provide businesses the opportunity to better leverage the 100 million tonnes of raw materials and biofuels we produce every year

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RED II perpetuates advanced biofuel trade distortions and incentivises fraud

Today, almost all EU “advanced biofuel” comes from fake wastes, including starch, feed grade palm oil, imported used cooking oil (UCO), and even bread

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23 April 20189 September 2021

Covestro’s manifesto for a sustainable, clean economy

Keeping carbon alive: How Covestro is pushing its supply chain to make more from CO₂

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Durchstarten mit nachwachsenden Rohstoffen:

IfBB zeigt Innovationen im ressourceneffizienten Leichtbau auf der Hannover Messe

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GAP: Hogan verspricht weniger Bürokratie, effektive Unterstützung und technologische Durchbrüche

EU-Kommissar Phil Hogan sprach mit EURACTIV über die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik (GAP) nach 2020.

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Hogan: 3 reasons EU farmers should take the risk and invest in agriculture

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan told EURACTIV about the post-2020 CAP

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Greenpeace steigt bei Öko-Siegel aus – Was rettet den Wald wirklich?

Reicht das FSC-Siegel für nachhaltige Waldwirtschaft aus? Christoph Thies von Greenpeace im Streitgespräch mit FSC-Geschäftsführer Uwe Sayer

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The $20 Million Carbon XPRIZE: The 10 Finalists, revealed

As next steps, top 10 teams will have 2 years of access to an integrated test center

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Italy Earmarks EUR 4.7bn for Biofuel Incentives in the Transport Sector

The Decree aims to support biomethane producers with a premium to fill the cost gap

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NUS engineers pioneer greener and cheaper technique for biofuel production

A research team at NUS Faculty of Engineering first discovered the novel TG57 strain in 2015 and they went on to culture the strain to examine its properties.

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20 April 201818 April 2018

Global Bioenergies and SkyNRG announce their collaboration on ASTM-certification of a bio-isobutene feedstock and conversion process for the production of sustainable aviation fuel

Companies collaboration to accelerate the commercialization of Global Bioenergies’ approach to process isobutene into a jet fuel blending component

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Thermoforming compostable CPLA food trays at NPE 2018

OMG and Italy’s Advanced Extrusion Inc., headquartered in Minnesota, USA, have teamed up to exhibiting OMG's fully automatic servo driven thermoformer

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Doing Dutch biobased business in Midwest USA

Availability of biomass, knowledge on agriculture and biotechnology combined with relatively low costs of doing business could provide openings for Dutch industry

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Hannover Messe 2018: „Schaufenster Bioökonomie“

Gemeinschaftsstand von BioPro, FNR und PTJ mit Einblick in nachhaltige, biobasierte Forschungsthemen

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Results Point to Biosuccinium® S as Active Ingredient for Cosmetics Formulations

New experimental study confirms anti-microbial activity, positioning succinic acid as a possible replacement for salicylic acid in anti-acne products

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Bio-Based Strategies for Producing Glycosaminoglycans and Their Oligosaccharides

This review summarizes recently developed bio-based strategies for producing GAGs

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Advocating for Commercialization of Biobased Products: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to BRAG

Lauren Graham gave this illuminating overview of BRAG and advocacy for biobased products at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC

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19 April 201817 April 2018

nova experts introduced: Andreas Scharf

Life Cycle Assessments, Sustainability Chemistry

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BioLogiQ Launches Three New BioPolymers That Enhance Packaging and Product Sustainability

Specific Grades Targeted at Reduction, Recycling, Composting/Biodegradation

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Funding boost announced for the region’s bioeconomy

THYME project to build a new regional collaboration between the Universities of York, Hull and Teesside

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Charta für Holz 2.0 unterstützen, Charta-Logo nutzen

Für Unterstützer und Akteure der Charta für Holz 2.0 stellt das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) ab sofort das Charta-Logo zur Verfügung

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Circular bioeconomy: an uneasy marriage of concepts, so far

The unified term circular bioeconomy still needs much clarification. Or do we rather need a precision economy, in the end?

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BMC with natural fibre enables sustainable lightweight construction

Natural fibres as replacement for glass fibres leads to a lower energy consumption during production

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Berlin will be the world capital of bioeconomy from 19 to 20 April

High-ranking representatives from politics, science, civil society and the business sector will meet from 19 to 20 April to discuss the latest bioeconomy developments

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Study Shows 95% of Wooden Pallets are Recycled

Indicating Significant Gains in Landfill Avoidanc

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18 April 201818 April 2018

Home, urban and vertical farming will play a central role in the future food supply of metropolitan areas

New technologies are entering the market and will soon change our habits for good

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Urbane und vertikale Landwirtschaft sowie Anbau im eigenen Heim spielen eine zentrale Rolle bei der zukünftigen Lebensmittelversorgung von Metropolen

Neue Technologien kommen auf den Markt, die unsere Gewohnheiten umfassend verändern werden

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Unilever to pioneer breakthrough food packaging technology together with Ioniqa & Indorama Ventures

Ioniqa’s innovative technology can turn PET waste into a truly circular material which holds value after disposal by consumers

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Unilever, Indorama und Ioniqa kooperieren bei PET-Recycling

Ioniqas neues Verfahren soll künftig ermöglichen, alles PET wieder zu hochwertigen, für Lebensmittel geeignete Verpackungen zu verarbeiten

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Biotechnologies: EnobraQ is gaining momentum!

Company opens up capital, confirms 2^nd round of fundraising

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Glues, vanilla and aerospace. Lignin becomes a reality

Unlocking the potential of lignin, to replace fossil-based materials, has been a focus for Stora Enso for a number of years

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Can we turn pollution into products?

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies can turn CO₂ into a resource, says Dr. Issam Dairanieh, CEO, Global CO2 Initiative

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Engineering a unique plastic-degrading enzyme

Solution to plastic pollution on the horizon: Newly evolved enzyme could be the key to tackling the worldwide problem of plastic waste

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Jet fuels from crops: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the SPARC regional biojet consortium

SPARC’s Sheeja George gave this illuminating overview of the consortium’s promise and progress at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC

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EU-funded project looks to produce biodiesel and biomaterials from olive mill wastewater

In Turkey, a EU-funded project is helping researchers from Turkey, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Germany and Latvia to further develop technology to produce biofuels from olive oil processing wastewater