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12 July 2013

Secretary’s Column: New Progress Toward a Thriving Biobased Economy

USDA expanded variety of biobased products that Federal government will purchase and use

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UFOP Filling Station Study: Raw Material Diversity in Biodiesel Content Increasing

Sustainability certification systems open up market access for vegetable oils from countries outside the EU

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11 July 2013

Mushroom Tiny House: The part-grown portable home

Building kit with inserted mushroom-based insulation by Ecovative Design

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USDA Designates New Biobased Product Categories

Announcement Complies with Presidential Directive to Create Jobs Through Biobased Product Procurement

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ILUC factors could jeopardise how we measure the carbon footprint of a product

More focus and resources should be directed towards proactive mitigation of ILUC effect

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Environment Committee advocates promoting advanced biofuels

Biofuels from food crops to be capped following MEPs' vote

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Ethanol plant could require 45 square miles of ‘giant cane’

Chemtex’s NC plant equired 25,000 to 30,000 acres

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Aimplas: Innovative method for food packaging PLA production

InnoREX project Consortium enabling monolayer bioplastics by extruder

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Swedish project aims to produce bio-oil from pulp mill black liquor lignin

Biorefinery R&D project number 100 has now started in the Swedish Processum cluster

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Naturfasern in der Schmelze simuliert

Ein Konsortium entwickelt Werkstoff- und Fließmodelle für naturfaser-verstärkte Spritzgießmaterialien, um dem praktischen Einsatz von Natural Fiber Compounds in der Automobilindustrie den Weg zu ebnen

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Nature: Wie Wälder mit mehr Kohlendioxid umgehen

Langjährige Freilandmessungen erlauben umfassenden Blick auf die Klimawandelreaktion eines großen Ökosystems - Wassernutzungseffizienz stärker gestiegen als in der Theorie

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Kraftstoffe: EU-Umweltausschuss fordert Begrenzung von Biosprit

Deutscher Bauernverband (DBV) kritisiert "faktischen Rückwärtsgang für heimische Biokraftstoffe"

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10 July 2013

How much rubber in the world?

Global rubber consumption approached 26 million tons, according to International Rubber Study Group

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3.8 billion investment in biobased industries to boost growth and jobs in Europe

Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Bio-based Industries (BBI) being established in cooperation between the European Commission and the Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC)

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Optimizing Microbe Factories

Max Planck and Fraunhofer scientists team up to develop efficient biosynthetic processes for the production of pharmaceutical and industrial ingredients

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Cereplast Receives Orders From Italy for Blown Film Resins

Strong demand for resins from large retailers looking for bioplastic alternatives instead of single-use bags

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Rice Husks Recycled For Use In High-Capacity Lithium Batteries

Nano-porous Structure of Rice Shells Instrumental for Excellent Performance as an Anode

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EU-Commission: Creating value and reducing waste by exploiting animal by-products

PROSPARE project to develop a technological platform for the multi-purpose processing of AB-P

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ThyssenKrupp investiert in industrielle Biotechnologie

Produktionsverfahren für biologisch abbaubare Kunststoffe stehen im Mittelpunkt

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Optimierte Mikrobenfabriken

Max-Planck- und Fraunhofer-Wissenschaftler entwickeln effiziente Biosyntheseverfahren zur Gewinnung von pharmakologisch und industriell wichtigen Wirkstoffen.

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Wasserstofftechnologien: Neues Verfahren zur Nutzung von Enzymen als Katalysatoren

Forscherteam entdeckt Reagenz zur "künstlichen" Aktivierung inaktiver Hydrogenase

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Biotonnen ohne Geruchs- und Madenbelästigung

Bio-Filterdeckel für Biotonnen wirksam gegen Maden und Gerüche

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ThyssenKrupp investing in industrial biotechnology

Focus on processes for production of biodegradable plastics

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8 July 2013

Biofuel Investments at Seven-Year Low as BP Blames Cost

"Technology to produce fuel from woody plants and waste won’t be economical until 2020 or beyond"

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Hemp, Inc., Manufacturer of “Focus™” a Proprietary Memory Enhancing Herbal Product, Announces an Exclusive Deal with CleanPath Resources Corp.

Distribution of Life-changing Nutraceutical Already Collected over $200,000

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New report: EU biofuel proposal a futile effort to curb productive land use in Asia

ILUC reporting requirements to add new obstacles to imports from non-European biofuel producers

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Stroh zu Gold: Forschungsprojekt wertet regionale, biogene Reststoffe auf

Projekt "Nutzung regionaler Stoffströme" soll lokale "grüne" Wertschöpfungsketten schaffen

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7 July 2013

Governor Cuomo announces Trellis Earth Products moving manufacturing production from China to Rochester creating 189 jobs

With State Support, Company to Launch Eco-Friendly Food Service Products Line in 2014

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Develop Malaysia, develop palm oil biomass, develop bioenergy: the primer

"If palm oil has been key to the Malaysian economy, palm oil biomass may be key to the next steps", say Dovre Group’s Dr. Ronald Zwart in a detailed national survey

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6 July 2013

Malaysia: Biotech To Drive Knowledge-based Economy

Government and Leading Industry Players to Set National Goals for the Application of Biotechnology

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5 July 2013

Local, flexible manufacturing of personalised furniture

EU-funded CTC project to support European industry by devising methods and innovative enabling technologies

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KSB supports the development of bio-based elastomers

BIOPROOF project to strengthen industry's competitiveness using bio-based or recycled materials

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Intratec Evaluates the Economic Potential of Renewable Ethylene Production

Intratec has released the publication "Green Ethylene from Ethanol” detailing the economics of an ethylene via ethanol dehydration process suggested by BP Chemicals R&D staff

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Power-to-Gas-Projekt in Werlte: Biomethananlage speist ein

MT-BioMethan hat Inbetriebnahme der Gasaufbereitungsanlage abgeschlossen - CO₂-Übergabe an die Methanisierung in Vorbereitung

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Umweltpolitik: 80% der Europäer machen sich Gedanken über die Umweltauswirkungen von Produkten

Marketingmängel verursachen Verwirrung, Deutsche zählen zu den misstrauischsten Verbrauchern

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4 July 2013

CAP 2014-2020: A long road to reform

Many policies won’t be implemented before 2015- thank to intense lobbying

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Capa™ significantly enhances biodegradability & bioplastic performance

Perstorp to launch perfect polyester for bioplastics blends at K Fair 2013

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USDA restarts BioPreferred Bioproduct Certification and Labeling program

Brent Erickson and BIO Appreciating Policy's "Robust Funding for the Future"

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Oerlikon schliesst Verkauf des Naturfasergeschäfts ab

Konzentration auf wachsenden und weniger zyklischen Chemiefasermarkt

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3 July 20133 July 2014

Did you know…about meat?

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European Environment Agency: Bioenergy production must use resources more efficiently

Most efficient energy use of biomass is for heating and electricity as well as advanced biofuels

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Malaysia: Palm Oil Climbs as Crude Above $100 Increases Demand for Biofuel

Record 5.6 Million Tons of Palm was Used for Fuel in 2012, According to Oil World

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BASF, Cargill and Novozymes achieve milestone in bio-based acrylic acid process

Success in producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid for bio-based acrylic acid

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“Biokunststoffe sind keine Exoten”

Hannover: Expertengespräche rund um das Thema Biokunststoffe und Bioverbundwerkstoffe

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Ungewöhnliche Verfahrenskombination könnte CO₂ zum Rohstoff machen

CCU - DECHEMA startet Forschungsprojekt "Mikrobielle Elektrosynthesen"

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2 July 2013

Research suggests a wooden future for skyscrapers

Will architect's vision of social and environmental sustainability come true?

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New catalyst could cut cost of making hydrogen fuel

Scientists develop new catalyst structure with molybdenum disulfide to store and transfer energy

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Algae.Tec signs carbon capture biofuels deal with australia’s largest coal-fired power company

Power company Macquarie Generation to feed waste carbon dioxide into algae growth system

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European Commission: Expert Group on Bio-Based Products established

Three main tasks to assist the Commission in the preparation of legislation or in policy definition

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First in Colours and D&L polymers and Colours Named Ingeo Distributor and Compounder in the Philippines

Seeing strong local market interest for renewably sourced, performance products, NatureWorks taps into First in Colours' vast sales network and D&L Polymers and Colours' manufacturing expertise to expand Ingeo™ into the Philippines