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19 February 202413 February 2024

Transforming textiles into bricks: FabBRICK

The use of various waste-derived, biologically inspired, technologically advanced innovative materials has been increasing in line with many concerns and goals recently

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The “keystone species” of the sustainable bioeconomy

Like every bioeconomy sector, the industries around biobased chemicals and biomaterials depend on the living world. Certain species hold immense importance in biobased supply chains – particularly crop species that are usually destined for human food. Among the most important is corn, which makes up 80% of current bio-based plastics

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16 February 20246 February 2024

MycoWorks Announces First 1000 Sheets Harvested and First Commercial Shipments

The sheets will first pass through the expert hands of MycoWorks' partner tanneries across Europe, transforming Fine Mycelium™ into products including the company's own flagship material Reishi™

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Neue Verpackungslösungen aus Cellulose

Cell2Green entwickelt plastik- und additivfreie Verpackungsfolie der nächsten Generation - CHEManager im Interview mit den Gründern

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Home compostability certification for Metsä Board paperboards

All these paperboards can be recycled after using or be composted with your biowaste

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The Unbearable Complexity of Defining Recycling 

What is recycling and how can it be measured? This question may sound quite trivial at first but on a closer look turns out to be rather complex – and vital

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Die unerträgliche Komplexität der Recycling-Definition

Die Definition der EU für Recycling führt uns in erster Linie zum Sortieren und Sammeln von Abfällen, nicht zum tatsächlichen Recyceln

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Here’s how a lingerie brand designed its new undies to be totally biodegradable

Some 11 million pounds of underwear ends up in landfills every day. Lingerie brand Uwila Warrior designed its product to be totally biodegradable

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Researchers find bioplastic drinking straws intact after over a year buried underground

The 5 Gyres research institute says bioplastics are "not a silver bullet solution" for plastic pollution, following a study that raises concerns about so-called biodegradable products

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Natural Fiber Composites

Sustainable Alternatives for Various Applications

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15 February 20245 February 2024

Dressed to Impress: McDonald’s Debuts New, More Sustainable Uniforms in the U.S.

These new aprons, jeans and graphic T-shirts are made with innovative CiCLO® technology, which enables polyester fibers to biodegrade like wool

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Särge, Leder, Möbel: So haben Sie Pilze noch nie gesehen

Die Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Pilzmyzel scheinen auch außerhalb des Tellers unendlich zu sein. Das zeigen diese fünf Beispiele aus der Bioökonomie

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Letter to the CBE JU community

Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore will be the new Executive Director for the CBE JU

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Wild Republic launches biodegradable toy line 

New eco-friendly products available in five themes: Rainforest Tracker, Safari Ranger, Jungle Guide, Ocean Diver, or Arctic Explorer

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Borealis ernennt Mirjam Mayer zur Vice President Circular Economy Solutions

Bevor sie zu Borealis kam, sammelte sie mehrere Jahre Erfahrung als Beraterin bei McKinsey

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Borealis appoints Mirjam Mayer as Vice President Circular Economy Solutions

Prior to Borealis she gained extensive experience as a consultant with McKinsey for several years

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Climeworks and Svante Collaborate in Development and Supply for Direct Air Capture

Climeworks and Svante have signed a collaboration and supply agreement to further advance commercial-scale solutions for direct air capture

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Climeworks und Svante kooperieren bei der Entwicklung und Bereitstellung von “Direct Air Capture”

Beide Unternehmen vereinbaren die Zusammenarbeit bei drei großen CO₂-Abscheidnungsprojekten

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14 February 20244 February 2024

Green Methanol for the Circular Economy – New Catalyst Developed at LIKAT

This process is highly selective (it produces virtually no by-products) and completely dispenses with fossil raw materials

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Grünes Methanol für die Kreislaufwirtschaft – neuer Katalysator am LIKAT entwickelt

Dieses Verfahren ist hochselektiv (verursacht also fast keine Nebenprodukte) und verzichtet komplett auf fossile Rohstoffe

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Sonichem is leading a £600K Innovate UK-funded consortium to revolutionise the automotive industry with sustainable, bio-based materials

One emerging solution to this problem is biorefining, which offers a method of processing low-carbon feedstocks into intermediate chemicals that can be made into renewable plastics for vehicles

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Recyclingbilanz 2022: Verbrauch an Verpackungen sinkt, Recycling steigt

GVM-Studie: Pro-Kopf-Verbrauch sinkt 2022 von 237 auf knapp 229 Kilogramm

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Transforming textile waste

Berlin-based start-up Re-Fresh Global today launches the EPR-Promise campaign in preparation for the EU EPR 2025 regulation on sustainable circular economy in the textile industry

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Faserhanf in Deutschland: Gemischte Aussichten für die Hanfindustrie

Aus Sicht der stofflichen Nutzung spielt Hanf unter anderem in der Textilindustrie, im Bauwesen, sowie im Bereich der Verbundwerkstoffe eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle

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Bayreuth scientists find a close-loop recycling process for one of the most widely used plastics

A pioneering development enables the targeted replication of the chemical structure of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), a plastic that has been difficult to imitate until now, and shows great potential for sustainable alternatives in the plastics industry

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Bayreuther Wissenschaftler finden einen geschlossenen Recyclingkreislauf für einen der meistgenutzten Kunststoffe

Eine wegweisende Entwicklung ermöglicht die gezielte Nachbildung der chemischen Struktur von Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), einem bisher schwer nachzuahmenden Kunststoff, und zeigt großes Potenzial für nachhaltige Alternativen in der Kunststoffindustrie auf

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13 February 20244 February 2024

Paques Biomaterials: New funding round closed today, raising €14 million 

We closed a new funding round today, raising €14 million to produce a biopolymer with the advantages of plastic but not the disadvantages. Among the investors are impact investor Invest-NL and the NOM

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Wasserstoff erreicht kleine Verbraucher auch ohne Pipelines

Das Fraunhofer IEG hat erstmals alle wesentlichen Wasserstoffderivate und deren Transportoptionen zwischen Importhub und Verbrauchern flächendeckend und umfassend analysiert, bewertet und verglichen

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Oxygen – The bioeconomy’s forgotten element?

Oxygen does play an important role in fuel additives such as ethanol, where its presence enhances fuel combustion and thereby reduces exhaust emissions

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Lucent Bio Introduces Nutreos: A Biodegradable Seed Coating to Meet Impending Microplastic Bans

This environmentally responsible solution aligns with impending regulatory changes, particularly in anticipation of upcoming EU microplastic ban regulations

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Bewerbungen für den Ernst-Pelz-Preis und Förderpreis Nachwachsende Rohstoffe ab sofort möglich

Bis zum 30. April 2024 können sich Unternehmen, Institutionen, Verbände, Vereine, Kommunen oder Privatpersonen bei C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V. um die beiden Preise bewerben, die mit je 10.000 Euro dotiert sind

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Aston University scientists to tackle challenges of converting rice straw into the next generation of biofuels

Plant dry matter such as rice straw is seen as a better alternative to current crops because it doesn’t affect food security

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Advanced materials for solar fuel technology: when sunlight becomes fuel

Producing sustainable fuels from solar energy is an ambitious project and presents major challenges to people and material. In the MAfoS project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Center for High Temperature Materials and Design HTL are developing materials for the first industrial solar-to-fuel demonstration plant

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Fortschrittliches Material für die Solarkraftstofftechnologie: Wenn aus Sonnenlicht Treibstoff wird

Nachhaltige Kraftstoffe aus Sonnenenergie zu gewinnen, ist ein ambitioniertes Vorhaben und stellt Mensch und Material vor große Herausforderungen. Im Projekt MAfoS entwickeln Forschende des Fraunhofer-Zentrums für Hochtemperatur-Leichtbau HTL Werkstoffe für die erste industrielle Solar-to-Fuel-Demonstrationsanlage

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12 February 20243 February 2024

Breakthrough for an Alternative to Crude Oil & Palm Oil: COLIPI Receives €1.8 Million Seed Funding for Further Development of CO2-Neutral Climate OilTM

Start up is going to enter the market with its Climate Oil and scale precision fermentation processes to 10 cubic meters the pilot scale

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Durchbruch für Alternative zu Erdöl & Palmöl: COLIPI erhält 1,8 Mio. € Seed-Finanzierung zur Weiterentwicklung des CO2-neutralen Climate OilTM

Start-up möchte die innovative Technologie endlich am Markt testen und in den Pilotmaßstab skalieren

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Semi-Crystalline PHA (scPHA) added to FDA’s inventory of Food Contact Substances

Second CJ Biomaterials biopolymer added to inventory, joining amorphous PHA

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Products made from oxo-degradable plastic: the General Court endorses the prohibition on the placing on the market

The European legislature did not make a manifest error when it adopted a prohibition in line with the objective of protecting the environment and human health

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GreenPor – aus natürlichen Ressourcen

AirPor®-Dämmplatte aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen spart fossile Energieträger ein und senkt den CO2-Verbrauch

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Seastex develops acoustic tiles made of mussel filaments

Founded in June 2021 by Belgian designer Sander Nevejans, Seastex has developed a method to turn mussel beard (byssus) waste into lightweight acoustic tiles and insulation

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France made composting compulsory. What does it mean for the bioeconomy?

France already has had the third highest rates of circular material usage in the EU after the Netherlands and Belgium in first and second place

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How sustainable construction works

Bio-based aerogel fibres replace synthetic insulation materials

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So geht nachhaltiges Bauen

Biobasierte Aerogelfasern ersetzen synthetische Dämmstoffe

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9 February 20242 February 2024

Drax to launch new business focused on becoming the global leader in large-scale carbon removals

New research published today by Foresight Transitions highlights the critical and cost-effective role that BECCS will play in aiding the United States in the delivery of its ambitious decarbonisation

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Biologisch abbaubarer Schaumstoff aus Altkartons

Chinesische Forscher entwickeln Polsterschaum mit hervorragenden Dämpfungseigenschaften

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“All Set for Carbon Capture in Rakkestad”

KANFA is awarded the first full-scale carbon capture plant for a Waste-to-Energy facility

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Lifetime of ‘biodegradable’ straws in the ocean is 8-20 months, study finds

A team of researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and others conducted experiments using real seawater to investigate the environmental lifetimes of different straws

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Lösung für die Maker-Szene: Biokunststoff aus 3D-Druck wiederverwendbar

Gute Nachrichten für Fans des 3D-Drucks: Abfälle aus Polymilchsäure (PLA) lassen sich in kürzester Zeit enzymatisch depolymerisieren und ohne Qualitätsverlust erneut einsetzen

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King’s scientists discover enzyme used in laundry detergent can recycle single-use plastics

New method of chemical recycling achieves full degradation of plastics within 24 hours

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Wissenschaftler entdecken, dass ein in Waschmitteln verwendetes Enzym Einwegkunststoffe recyceln kann

Neue Methode des chemischen Recyclings ermöglicht den vollständigen Abbau von Kunststoffen innerhalb von 24 Stunden