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10 August 2011

Move Over, Recycling Logo: Cereplast’s Bioplastics Logo is Coming

College student to be winner of the company's hosted national design competition

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Palmölnutzung weltweit 2010 –

so heißt die neue Grafik der FNR

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9 August 2011

RTP Company Receives USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for Two PLA-based Compounds

Compounds to be utilized in a wide range of structural or housing applications

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Is “food versus fuel” legacy holding back biofuel progress?

Science and Technology writer, Dr. Matthew Aylott, discusses the wider implications of the food v fuel debate at BusinessGreen.com

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8 August 2011

Plastic from the Wood: Environmentally Friendly Packaging

Thermal properties closely match and sometimes excel those of PET-materials

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Holzfachhandel mit einem Umsatzplus von 14 % im ersten Halbjahr 2011

GD Holz bewertet erstes Halbjahr 2011 für die Branche sehr positiv

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7 August 2011

Other uses of tobacco

Tobacco bio-oil tested against a wide variety of insect pests, including 11 different fungi, bacteria, and the Colorado potato beetle

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Industrial innovation: Final evaluation of the Lead Market Initiative

Shift in innovation policy focus to a demand-side approach is reflected in the European Commission Innovation Union flagship

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5 August 2011

Trellis Earth Products Files Patents on Proprietary Bioplastics Resins

Applications Cover Both High Performance Hybrid Bioplastic and 100% Petroleum-Free Resin From Agricultural By-Products

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3 August 2011

Clearer guidance call on bio-plastics

Current research into the redesign of plastics and developments in biodegradable plastics

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Brazil Sets New Record in the Adoption of Transgenic Crops

Hectares planted with high-tech materials, transgenic hybrids account for more than 70% of the area planted

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1 August 201117 February 2020

Lead Market Initiative signals new era for bio-based products

LMI to support and focus on six important markets, involving policy instruments

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Pakit Announces Agreement with PepsiCo for Sustainable Packaging

Innovative technology turning cellulose fibre into moulded board to replace the plastic and foam packaging

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BASF and CSM explore a bio-Based Succinic Acid joint venture

25,000 tons capacity fermentation production plant to start up by 2013 at the latest

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Bio-based plastics boom: Products chains and markets

Global average annual growth rate was 38% - Europe, 48% in the same period

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Dissatisfied With RSPO, Malaysia Begins Planning Its Own Palm Oil Certification Scheme

Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities to certifie over 300,000 smallholders by national certification scheme - as the RSPO is too expensive

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Biosprit aus der Wüste

Agaven lassen sich in öden Wüstenregionen für die Produktion von Biotreibstoffen anbauen

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Pakit gibt Vereinbarung mit PepsiCo für nachhaltige Verpackungslösungen bekannt

Innovative Technologie zur Kartonherstellung aus Zellulosefasern soll Verpackungsmarkt revolutionieren

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31 July 2011

Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation of lignocellulosis

Residues from commercial furfural production (furfural residue, FR) and corn kernels were carried out to compare different nutritional media

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Fourth German WPC Congress to Break Records

The European lead congress of the WPC-industry! (13. & 14.12.2011, Maritim Hotel Cologne, Germany)

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Vierter Deutscher WPC-Kongress hat Rekorde im Visier

Der europäische Leitkongress der WPC-Industrie! (13. und 14. Dezember 2011, Maritim Hotel Köln)

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29 July 2011

Nestlé launches bioplastic caps for milk brands in Brazil

In partnership with Tetra Pak and Braskem to advance use of packaging from renewable resources

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Algae Companies Diversify Into Green Chemicals, Oils

How Solazyme and Blue Marble are currently creating drop-in replacements for existing products

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28 July 2011

Cortec® Corporation Launches Biobased Film Products for Marine and Anaerobic Digestion Markets

EcoOcean^TM soon to be available in over 70 countries worldwide

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MU professor helps to plant seeds for an advanced biofuel economy

Moving away from corn - scientists to build largest biorefinery production system in the nation

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27 July 20113 October 2013

Bio-Based Economy Central to Europe’s 2020 Vision

Secretary General of EuropaBio talks about the role of industrial biotechnology in Europe

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Brazil’s Braskem to buy Dow’s global PP business

Included in the sale are two PP plants in the US and two in Germany

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Canada Missing Its Potential in Bioproducts

Study reveals barriers preventing growth in the bioproduct industry

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Eiweißbasierte Biofolien für Garten und Landwirtschaft entwickelt

Proteinbasierte Saatbänder mit Düngemittel im Onlineshop erhältlich

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26 July 2011

Telles Teams with Tenova Bioplastics on New Line of Biobased Film for Compostable Bags and Packaging Solutions in Europe

Mirel P5001 is the New Film Grade Resin to Reduce Organic Waste in Landfills and Aid in Bio-Energy Generation

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Synterra Energy Merges Key Technologies to Commercialize Next Generation Integrated Bio-refinery

Innovative process integration provides process efficiencies, lowers unit capital cost, reduces risk of securing adequate feedstock supplies

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Cathay Industrial Biotech files for IPO

Chinese n-butanol and propylene prices are highly correlated, according to the company

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Construction start for new CleanTech project with great future potential

Süd-Chemie lays foundation for largest cellulosic ethanol plant in Germany

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Boeing, Embraer and IDB to Fund Sustainability Analysis of Sugarcane-Based Jet Fuels

Brazilian research group ICONE to lead study; World Wildlife Fund to serve as independent reviewer and advisor

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Danone: Wir weisen die Vorwürfe der Deutschen Umwelthilfe vollumfänglich zurück

DUH veröffentlichte ungenaue Fakten ohne Rückfrage beim Hersteller

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Zusammenschluss zwischen Telles und Tenova Bioplastics für neue Reihe von Biofolien für kompostierbare Beutel und Verpackungslösungen in Europa

Mirel P5001 ist ein neues, zur Herstellung von Folien geeignetes Harz, mit dem organische Abfälle in Deponien verringert werden können und das bei der Erzeugung von Bioenergie behilflich sein kann

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Puma führt in Wasser auflösbare Einkaufstüte ein

Konzern rechnet mit jährlicher Einsparung von 192 Tonnen Plastik und 293 Tonnen Papier

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Deutsche Umwelthilfe: Danone führt Verbraucher Biokunststoffwerbung in die Irre

Deutsche Umwelthilfe mahnt Danone wegen irreführender Werbung für neue Activia-Joghurtbecher aus Bioplastik ab - IFEU-Studie belegt: Joghurtbecher aus so genanntem Biokunststoff haben keine gesamtökologischen Vorteile gegenüber herkömmlichen Plastikbecher

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Straubing: Baubeginn für CleanTech-Zukunftsprojekt

Süd-Chemie legt Grundstein für bis dato größte deutsche Zellulose-Ethanol-Anlage

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Polyethylen aus Zuckerrohr – Dow setzt auf Brasiliens Rohstoff No 1

Weltweit größte Pilotanlage soll effektive Produktionsverfahren realisieren

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25 July 2011

Farms of the future: bio-oil, biochar from biomass

USDA to fund South Dakota State University project

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Secretary Vilsack Announces BioPreferred Final Rule Designating Additional 14 Biobased Categories for Preferred Federal Purchasing

More than 8,900 biobased products now eligible for preferred Federal purchasing

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22 July 201118 January 2018

“MouldPulp”: New biocomposites from bioplastics and pulp fibres

Research project led by Fraunhofer UMSICHT

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Hemp Farming in California Even Closer to Reality as SB 676 Moves Through California Legislature

Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011 to remove federal restrictions on the cultivation of industrial hemp

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TCI Opens North American Oilseed Biorefinery

Company to control the complete specialty crop supply chain

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“MouldPulp”: Neuartige Biokomposite aus Biokunststoffen und Pulpefasern

Forschungsvorhaben unter Leitung von Fraunhofer Umsicht

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21 July 2011

Ideal carbon capture solution years off: study

Emerging reuse technologies still have years of development ahead before reaching technical maturity

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Consumers confused by terms like ‘bio-based’ and ‘renewable’

Consumers think that bio-based/renewable also means biodegradable

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2011 FEW Review: Cellulosic Ethanol Ready Now

U.S. falling behind other countries in the development of cellulosic biofuels

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20 July 2011

Milch macht Mode: Biofasern aus Casein

Modedesignerin nutzt Molkerei-Abfallprodukte für Herstellung von innovativer Naturfaser