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27 November 202422 November 2024

Bio-based fibres could pose greater threat to the environment than conventional plastics, study suggests

The research has led scientists to suggest that materials being advocated as alternatives to plastic should be tested thoroughly before they are used extensively in a range of products

29 November 202225 November 2022

Bangor University: Greening some of our foundational manufacturing sectors

In a £7.3 million Innovate UK research grant, called BONDIFI, the University’s BioComposites Centre is leading on the testing required to reduce the carbon footprint of some of the UK’s major and most carbon-heavy industrial sectors

3 February 202129 January 2021

New project aims to develop a sustainable, bioplastic bait bag alternative

Sea Trust Wales, together with Macduff Shellfish and the BioComposites Centre seek to find a sustainable alternative to plastic bait bags that are used by shellfish fishermen and in seafood processing factories

27 February 202022 February 2020

Engineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater

Easy storage and rapid growth could see yeast compete with bacterial and chemical remediation

4 July 201715 February 2018

Bioplastics: the project Bread4PLA selected as one of the two best LIFE in the category of Environment of the 25 years of the programme

Recovery of wastes from bakery to result in new packages to be used in the same sector

12 June 201715 February 2018

LIFE Best 25 Years Award für Bread4PLA

100% biologisch abbaubaren Kunststofffolie unter Verwendung von Abfallprodukten aus der Backwarenindustrie

24 February 201715 February 2018

BEACON – From Plants to Products – a Biorefining Centre of Excellence in Wales

New initiative integrates expertise and facilities to assist companies in developing new products and processes

8 May 20157 May 2015

Enzyme aus dem Meer als Katalysatoren für den industriellen Wandel

Zähe Mikroben aus dem Meer könnten Enzyme enthalten, die sich ideal für extreme industrielle Prozesse eignen. EU-finanzierte Forscher des Projekts INMARE haben sich auf die Suche nach ihnen gemacht.

Catalysing industrial change with marine-based enzymes

Hardy sea-based microbes could contain enzymes ideally suited to extreme industrial processes. EU-funded researchers with the INMARE project aim to find out.

12 March 201512 March 2015

Waste-biogas is at least ten times more effective than crop-biogas at reducing greenhouse gas emissions

New study evaluated the environmental balance of various bioenergy options introduced into a typical arable farm rotation

29 September 201415 February 2018

Almac forms academia-industry collaboration to develop green chemicals

Team of scientists to develop novel chemical via an enzymatic route from under-utilised natural oil

2 July 20139 September 2021