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22 October 201519 October 2015

Toyota-Premiere: Angela Merkel erlebte auf der IAA das erste Wasserstoff-Serienauto

Rund 550 Kilometer Reichweite komplett ohne Schadstoffemissionen: Toyota produziert die weltweit erste Brennstoffzellen-Serienlimousine

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Nachhaltigkeit: zwischen Theorie und Praxis

Wann sind Herstellung und Anwendung eines Kunststoffs oder einer anderen Substanz überhaupt nachhaltig?

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Ryegrass whisks up Waitrose egg boxes in UK first

New packaging could save 405 tonnes of paper

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Microbead bans moving forward in states, counties

With Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature early this month, California is the latest state to ban the sale of products containing plastic microbeads under what lawmakers there boast is the most stringent legislation to date

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Arno van de Ven appointed Senior Vice President Innovation at Stora EnsoBiomaterials

Stora Enso welcomes Arno van de Ven as Senior Vice President, Innovation in its Biomaterials division

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21 October 201519 October 2015

More lettuce thanks to biochar

Urban agriculture in West Africa

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Mehr Salat dank Biokohle

Nachhaltige Prozesse für Westafrikas Landwirtschaft

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Bio-inspirierte Lösungen für einstellbare Haftung in feuchter Umgebung

EU-Projekt BioSmartTrainee gestartet

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TerraVerdae Makes Major Strides in Commercializing its Line of PHA Biomaterial Products

Major milestones in scale up at facilities in Edmonton, Alberta and Wilton, UK this summer demonstrateTerraVerdae's progress toward commercial deployment

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Kohlendioxid fangen mit ultraporösem Material

Amerikanische Wissenschaftler nutzen extrem poröse Molekularstrukturen zur Umwandlung von Kohlendioxid in Kohlenmonoxid

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Metabolix to Present New Findings on Multifunctional Benefits of PHA Biopolymers in PVC Applications

Vinyltec 2015 Presentation Identifies Significant Performance and Economic Benefits of PHA Biopolymers as Additives for PVC

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Treibstoffe aus der Luft

Kanada: Feierlicher Auftakt zur Erzeugung von klimaneutralen Brennstoffen aus Kohlendioxid

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Bioplastic for the toy industry

In its JELUPLAST® bioplastic the German company JELU-WERK offers the toy industry a material that combines the advantages of wood and plastic for the first time

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Biokunststoff für die Spielzeugbranche

Mit dem Biokunststoff JELUPLAST® bietet das deutsche Unternehmen JELU-WERK der Spielzeugbranche einen Werkstoff, der erstmals die Vorteile von Holz und Kunststoff in sich vereint

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20 October 201516 October 2015

Viability of Aviation Biofuels Remains Distant, Say Experts

Report considers hydrotreated esters and fatty acids (HEFA) made from vegetable oil the only option immediately available

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Avery Dennison Introduces Bio-based PE Film for Label Applications

Converters can substitute conventional PE for a bio-based PE label film without investing in new machinery

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Linde develops a new production process for synthesis gas

New process enables energy-efficient, low-emission synthesis gas production with economical industrial-scale use of CO₂ as feedstock

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Linde entwickelt neues Verfahren zur Erzeugung von Synthesegas

Neues Verfahren ermöglicht die energieeffiziente und emissionsärmere Synthesegas-Produktion unter wirtschaftlicher großtechnischer Nutzung von CO₂ als Rohstoff

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CIRFS unveils latest report on global man-made fibres sector

47th edition summary of all available information about this dynamic and growing industry

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Efficient processes for the production of biokerosene and chemical intermediates

Algae cultivation center opened at the Ludwig Bölkow Campus

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Effiziente Verfahren zur Produktion von Biokerosin und chemischen Wertstoffen

Algentechnikum auf dem Ludwig Bölkow Campus eröffnet

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Saubere Kosmetik für saubere Umwelt

Fraunhofer IWM entwickelt biobasierte Ersatzmaterialien für Mikroplastik

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Caskets to die for

Marieke Havermans, a Dutch entrepreneur, is fast taking the idiom "from cradle to grave” to an entirely new level.

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19 October 201515 October 2015

EU lawmakers reject bill allowing opt-out from GM crop imports

A clear majority in the committee does not want to jeopardize the internal market

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Bioeconomy: Circular by Nature

Bio-based Industries Consortium position paper and article on circular economy

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What happens when science unlocks the secrets to natural cosmetics…

Interview with Judy Beerling

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Neue Partnerschaft für Kunststoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen: Covestro und Reverdia entwickeln biobasiertes TPU

Verbesserung des Kohlenstoff-Fußabdrucks entlang der Prozesskette

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Choice of construction materials is important in mitigating climate change

Measured by weight, construction in Europe consumes 35-50% of the natural resources and produces 40-50 % of the waste

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The Role of Bioeconomy in Climate Change Mitigation

The climate change mitigation potential of the bioeconomy is estimated at 2.5 billion tons CO₂ equivalent per year by 2030

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Researchers create inside-out plants to watch how cellulose forms

Researchers have been able to watch the interior cells of a plant synthesize cellulose for the first time by tricking the cells into growing on the plant’s surface

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Hydrogen for all seasons

LMU chemists have developed novel porous materials called “covalent organic frameworks”, which provide a basis for the design of polymeric photocatalysts with tunable physical, chemical and electronic properties

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16 October 201522 March 2016

HempFlax invests €5,000,000 in Romanian hemp market

Durch company supports initiative of the Romanian state to provide grants for farmers growing hemp

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Sweden, an industrialized country of 10 million, is going all out to ditch fossil fuels

Sweden, which has beat even the most enthusiastic Scandinavian countries on efforts to go green, is gunning to go even greener

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Alliance BioEnergy Plus Inc. Announces a Breakthrough in Cellulose to Sugar Conversion Rates and Efficiencies

A simple, inexpensive mechanical process that converts the cellulose into fermentable sugars and other valuable products in a single step in just minutes

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ReWoBioRef: Mobilisation and utilisation of recycled wood for lignocellulosic(LC)bio-refinery processes

The ReWoBioRef project addresses recycled waste wood that has reached the end-of-waste criteria according to the EC waste directive

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FKuR Polymers at Fakuma 2015

Compounding company puts customer solutions at the center of its activities

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FKuR Polymers auf der Fakuma 2015

Neu gegründeter Compoundierer stellt Kundennutzen in den Mittelpunkt

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Rivertop Renewables and DTI announce commercial production of glucaric acid

Successful startup of DTI’s Danville production facility with Rivertop’s proprietary oxidation process technology

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Chemist Peidong Yang receives MacArthur ‘genius award’

Peidong Yang, a UC Berkeley chemist who is trying to capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into a sustainable transportation fuel, has been named a MacArthur “genius” Fellow

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The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide to nova’s scenarios for biomass supply through 2050

How much biomass can be sustainably produced globally by 2050? How much of the demand for food, feed, materials, bioenergy and biofuels can be met by this supply?

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15 October 201513 October 2015

Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases in Biomass Conversion

LPMOs have emerged as key enzymes utilized in biology for the degradation of biomass

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Wunderweizen: Natürliche Genmutation steigert Ertrag deutlich

Punktmutation sorgt für Ertrags-Plus

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Sunfire gewinnt Industrie-Kategorie der Energy Awards 2015

Reversible Elektrolyse von sunfire als Wegbereiter der Energiewende ausgezeichnet

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An interview with CEFIC and Evonik on the future for biobased and chemistry

Interview with Pierre Barthelemy, CEFIC and Henrike Gebhardt, Evonik

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A concrete block with the CO2 baked right in

Brampton Brick is one of a growing number of companies trapping carbon dioxide in their products

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Composites Europe veröffentlicht Abschlussbericht

Mit Leichtbau auf Wachstumskurs

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TU Delft students win iGEM competition with bacterial printer

TU Delft students scooped up prizes galore at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition in Boston

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Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH gewinnt Landespreis für Innovation 2015

Die Entwicklung und Optimierung eines Aktivkohlefaser-Elektrodenmaterials für Superkondensatoren der Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH wurde im Rahmen des Landespreises für Innovation 2015 aus allen 82 eingereichten Innovationen mit dem Jurypreis für radikale Innovationen ausgezeichnet

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14 October 201513 October 2015

Emery Oleochemicals accelerates bio-based innovations with the commercialization of $50 million plant

World’s first industrial-scale facility using scrap foam to produce environmentally-friendly polyols

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Biogene Kantinentabletts auf dem Prüfstand

Binger Neuentwicklung aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen hat viel Potenzial