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6 October 202530 September 2025

Carboliq: Chemische Recyclingtechnologie wandelt Kunststoffabfälle zu wertvollen Ressourcen um

Aus den sogenannten Circular Liquid Resources (CLR), also aus gemischten und kontaminierten Kunststoffabfällen, lassen sich flüssige Rohstoffe wiedergewinnen

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Enabling conditions key for chemical industry to deliver 2040 Climate Target

Discussions on the proposed 2040 climate target must be coupled with tangible actions by EU Institutions and Member States

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Avantium, LVMH and Tereos form strategic alliance to scale releaf® production across Europe

This alliance unites Avantium as the inventor of releaf® with trailblazers Tereos and LVMH to scale bio-based plastics from plant-based resources

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Aus Abfall wird Zukunft: Saarländische Wissenschaftler stellen Nylon-Grundstoffe aus Styropor her

Mithilfe von Bakterien konnten Forscher die molekularen Bausteine von Styropor abbauen und in nützliche Chemikalien umwandeln

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Biological upcycling of polystyrene into ready-to-use plastic monomers and plastics using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida

This study presents a strategy to upcycle PS waste into valuable chemical products, using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida KT2440

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Turning CO₂ Waste into a Resource: The ICO2NIC Project

The European Union (EU) awarded €14 million to a new EU-funded project, ICO2NIC (Innovative electrochemical CO2 Conversion to Versatile Feedstock), which aims to transform industrial CO2 waste into valuable materials through innovative climate technologies. Launched in January 2025, the project represents a key step in the EU’s goals for a more sustainable industrial future

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2 October 20251 October 2025

Agriculture and Bioeconomy: New Report Confirms Benefits of Using First-Generation Biomass for Food, Fuels and Chemicals in Europe

The new study from the nova-Institute confirms that the EU has the biomass resources necessary to realise Europe’s bioeconomy

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the Chemical Invention Factory

The Chemical Invention Factory – John Warner Center for Start-ups in Green Chemistry will create Europe's largest laboratory infrastructure for transfer and pre-start-up teams in green chemistry

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Spatenstich: 20 Millionen Euro für „Chemical Invention Factory“ in Berlin

„Chemical Invention Factory – John Warner Center for Start-ups in Green Chemistry“ wird europaweit größte Laborinfrastruktur für Transfer- und Vorgründungsteams in der Grünen Chemie / Gebäude entsteht auf dem TU-Campus

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Towards more efficient plastics recycling

A new catalyst for plastics recycling promotes hydrogenolysis: a chemical process that uses hydrogen and a catalyst to cut long polymer chains into shorter hydrocarbon

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Turning Waste CO₂ into High-Performance Foam for Sustainable Fashion

Borealis, Infinium and Fullstride Ventures introduce a new sustainable material for the apparel industry: a high-performance foam made using captured carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions

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INDRESMAT: Vom ISC3 Start-up des Monats zum Vorreiter für bio-basierte Dämmstoffe und Lösungen für die Bauindustrie

Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers: Der Weg in eine nachhaltigere Zukunft

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INDRESMAT: From ISC3 Start-up of the Month to a Pioneer in Bio-Based Insulation Materials and Construction Solutions

With its self-developed sRIM-PUR technology, the company creates energy-efficient products that use renewable resources, avoid harmful additives, and promote circularity

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CBE JU call closes with 248 project proposals submitted

Evaluation of the project proposals will take place in October-November 2025, and applicants will receive the call results in the second half of January 2026

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1 October 202526 September 2025

Sustainability gains through enzymatic recycling – ARC 2025 Interview Series: Innovators at work

With Lars Blank, RWTH Aachen

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Fiberdom and Kiefel form partnership to accelerate fiber-based packaging innovation with advanced dry forming technology

As packaging regulations become increasingly stringent, the new strategic partnership aims to accelerate the shift toward sustainable alternatives by expanding the scope of fiber-based solutions available to manufacturers and converters. The collaboration will unlock scalable, cost-effective applications that deliver high performance and functionality while ensuring full compliance with evolving environmental standards

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Partnerschaft für Verpackungen: Kiefel und Fiberdom

DuranovaTM trifft Dry Fiber - Material-Innovation trifft Anlagentechnologie – neue Anwendungen für nachhaltige Verpackungen im Dry Fiber Prozess

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Braskem: Neuheiten für eine kohlenstoffarme Zukunft

Durch technologische Entwicklungen und Investitionen will das Unternehmen seine Wettbewerbsfähigkeit stärken und gleichzeitig den Wandel der Branche aktiv mitgestalten

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Braskem’s sustainable advancements take center stage at K 2025

Resilient transformation, global reach, and pioneering carbon thinking headline Braskem's presence at the world's leading plastics and rubber fair

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BASF auf der Simac 2025 – Recycling trifft Performance: PU-Lösungen für die Schuhindustrie der Zukunft

Das Konzept des schmelzbaren PU ist ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung einer zirkulären Zukunft der Schuhindustrie: Sohlen, Oberteile oder sogar komplette Schuhe aus schmelzbarem PU oder Kombinationen aus TPU und PU können jetzt mechanisch recycled werden

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BASF at SIMAC 2025: Recycling meets Performance – PU solutions for the Future of Footwear

The concept of meltable PU is an essential step forward towards a circular future of footwear: Bottom units, upper parts or even complete shoes made of meltable PU or combinations

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Neues Kompetenzcentrum Kunststoffrecycling in Weißandt-Gölzau gestartet

Mit Mitteln des Landes und Bundes entsteht in Weißandt-Gölzau ein hochmodernes Technikum, neue Labore sowie ein Konferenzzentrum für bis zu 80 Personen

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30 September 202530 September 2025

The 3-CO Final Event: Empowering Bio-Based Choices Through Smart Certification 

21 October 2025 from 9:00 to 13:00 CEST, Online

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Big News: traceless® is nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025!

One of Germany’s most prestigious awards for science and innovation will recognize traceless' clear benefits for society, the environment, and the economy

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Hamburger Scale-up traceless® für den Deutschen Zukunftspreis 2025 nominiert

Eine der renommiertesten Wissenschafts- und Innovationsauszeichnungen Deutschlands wird traceless für seine Materialien verliehen, die eindeutig für Gesellschaft, Umwelt und Wirtschaft entwickelt wurden

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Great Earth shifts entire product range to paper closures

Following a successful pilot launch, Great Earth of Scandinavia decides to implement fiber-based closures on all of their supplement products

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National Winner: ENSO – Built to Return

ENSO tackles material complexity and obsolescence by rethinking luggage as a circular system - modular, repairable and responsable

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James Dyson Award 2025: ENSO will Wegwerfkultur-Problem mit modularem Koffersystem lösen

Das Gewinnerprojekt präsentiert ein modulares, vollständig recycelbares Koffersystem, das Langlebigkeit, Reparierbarkeit und Kreislaufwirtschaft neu denkt

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MIT students developing 3D printer that turns food waste into household objects

The machine, that is called FOODres.AI, uses computer vision to analyse each ingredient and guide users until the mixture reaches the right consistency for printing

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Arkema and Catalyxx accelerate the transition to lower-carbon footprint acrylic monomers and acrylic resins

This collaboration aims to develop a new value chain for low-carbon, bio-based acrylic resins by leveraging breakthrough proprietary technology

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Arkema und Catalyxx entwickeln Lieferkette für Acrylharze mit geringerem CO₂-Fußabdruck 

Arkema und Catalyxx kooperieren, um eine neue Wertschöpfungskette für biobasierte Acrylharze aufzubauen. Ziel ist es, Rohstoffe mit reduziertem CO₂-Fußabdruck für Beschichtungen und Klebstoffe bereitzustellen

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Bringing Bio-Based into Green Public Procurement: Lessons from Catalonia and Zeeland

Bio-based solutions, made from renewable resources, offer practical alternatives that directly help reduce emissions, close material loops, and replace virgin raw materials with circular ones

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29 September 202523 September 2025

Researchers leverage advanced bioengineering techniques to develop plastics made from sustainable biomaterials   

A team of university and industry researchers have been awarded funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop mechanisms to produce sturdy and reusable bioplastics

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Fashion for Good Unveils “The Next Stride”, A New Footwear Project To Replace Fossil Fuel Material With Bio-based Sole Innovation

In partnership with adidas, Target and Zalando, alongside leading material innovators, the initiative will test and validate bio-based polymers as high-performance alternatives to fossil fuel–derived materials

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Repurposing wood waste for a clean, green alternative to fossil-based chemicals

The EU and Europe’s bio-based industries are tapping into the hidden potential of wood to replace fossil resources in the production of high-performance resins with a low carbon footprint.

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Chung-Ang University Develops Chloride-Resistant Ru Nanocatalysts for Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Seawater

A breakthrough in sustainable hydrogen generation from natural resources

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Koreanische Wissenschaftler entwickeln bahnbrechenden Wasserstoffkatalysator für Meerwasser

Dieser Durchbruch ermöglicht die Elektrolyse von Meerwasser zur direkten Wasserstoffproduktion aus Meerwasser mittels chloridresistenter Katalysatoren und eröffnet so riesige Ozeanressourcen für die saubere Energiegewinnung

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TômTex debuts bio-based textile at New York Fashion Week

The new material is engineered using proprietary biomaterials that mimic nature’s own design principles

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NCGA Honors Three Winners Driving Innovation in Consider Corn Challenge V

Three winners were chosen, each with a unique way to improve a product or process using corn to produce biobased materials

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26 September 202522 September 2025

The EU increases disproportionate taxation instead of promoting circularity:

A call for maintaining the current Plastics Own Resource at 0.80 euro/kg and earmarking the revenues to fund plastics circularity

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PPWR: Firmen sind skeptisch – und sehen Chancen nicht

Die deutsche Wirtschaft nimmt die EU-Verpackungsverordnung PPWR primär als regulatorische Herausforderung wahr. Dabei bietet sie strategische Chancen

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The REFOLUTION project: Unlocking the potential of biofuels production in Europe

The Horizon Europe REFOLUTION project will deliver a cost-effective production of advanced biofuels in aviation and marine sector via a process that can be implemented in existing European refineries

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Biotechnology company ÄIO successfully produces first tonne of its yeast-based alternative to traditional oils for cosmetics and food applications

The 1 tonne production milestone marks a significant step in ÄIO’s journey toward commercial-scale manufacturing of its next-generation, ecologically conscious fermentation-derived ingredients for the cosmetics, food, and oleochemical sectors

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Dieses Start-up baut mit genmanipulierten Pflanzen Nickel ab

Genomines entwickelt Pflanzen, die Nickel aus dem Boden holen. Dafür erhält das Start-up jetzt 45 Millionen Dollar. Drei große Autokonzerne arbeiten bereits mit dem Unternehmen zusammen

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Genomines Raises $45M Series A to Redefine Global Metal Extraction with Plant-Based Nickel

This fundraise signals a structural shift in how the world will source critical metals — away from high-emission mining and toward scalable, regenerative agriculture

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Surviving the Valley of Death: a guide for bio-startups

What can biobased entrepreneurs do to give their startups the best start in life?

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25 September 202525 September 2025

Solar-driven Biomass Pyrolysis: Mid-term Achievements of the PYSOLO Project

The aim of Horizon Europe project PYSOLO (PYrolysis of biomass by concentrated SOLar pOwer) is to develop a fully renewable process that applies concentrated solar power to run biomass pyrolysis for the sustainable production of bio-oil, biochar and pyrogas, while minimising associated CO₂ emissions. PYSOLO highlights the milestones achieved of the first half of the project

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Solarbetriebene Biomasse-Pyrolyse: Zwischenergebnisse des PYSOLO-Projekts

Das Ziel des Horizon Europe-Projekts PYSOLO (PYrolysis of biomass by concentrated SOLar pOwer) ist die Entwicklung eines vollständig erneuerbaren Prozesses, bei dem konzentrierte Solarenergie genutzt wird, um Biomasse-Pyrolyse für die nachhaltige Herstellung von Bio-Öl, Biokohle und Pyrogas durchzuführen – bei gleichzeitiger Minimierung der damit verbundenen CO₂-Emissionen. PYSOLO stellt nun die Meilensteine der ersten Projekthälfte vor

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BASF’s Performance Materials division plants in Europe are now all REDcert² certified 

With the recent addition of its polyurethane production site in Malacky, Slovakia, the division can now offer its customers certified mass balance solutions from its ten plants

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Alle Anlagen des Unternehmensbereichs Performance Materials der BASF in Europa sind ab sofort REDcert²-zertifiziert 

Mit der kürzlichen Erweiterung um den Polyurethan-Produktionsstandort in Malacky, Slowakei, kann die Division ihren Kunden nun zertifizierte Massenbilanzlösungen aus allen zehn Werken anbieten