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9 August 2013

Industrial biotechnology: Chemical building blocks from renewable resources

Companies need to understand how to bring new biopolymers to market

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19 July 2013

How biobased energy, consumer goods will become the biggest vertical in cleantech

Richard Herbert explores how technology transformation, alternative financing, and consumer demand are driving success for Biobased materials and goods

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3 July 2013

“Biokunststoffe sind keine Exoten”

Hannover: Expertengespräche rund um das Thema Biokunststoffe und Bioverbundwerkstoffe

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17 June 2013

Biofuels and Renewable Chemicals’s Hottest Partners for 2013-14

You chose - here are the winners in this year’s poll

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7 June 2013

Market outlook: Shale gas impacts bio-based chemicals

Study of technically recoverable shale gas in 32 countries

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30 May 2013

ALPLA joins The Coca-Cola Company and Danone in Avantium’s PEF bottle development

Goal of collaborations is to bring 100% biobased PEF bottles to the market by 2016

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28 May 2013

Avantium Wins 2013 Innovation in Bioplastics Award

Inaugural SPI Bioplastics Council Award Recognizes Outstanding Creative Leadership and Contribution to the Growth of the Industry

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16 May 2013

Besucherrekord bei den Biotechnologietagen

Konsortium "Technofunktionelle Proteine" gegründet - Innovationspreisverleihung - Rohstofftolerante Prozesse gefragt

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7 May 2013

Cola-Cola launching PlantBottle in China

Company working with partners to find a way to use cellulose from plants

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25 February 2013

Growing the Biobased Economy

Strategies must address the needs of new customers and the challenges of building a sustainable supply chain

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21 February 2013

Sugar lobbying intensifies ahead of EU vote

EU's current sugar quota regime - Food and beverage companies vs. European beet growers and processors

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1 February 2013

Bio-based chemicals: When green is toxic

Market rush to bioproducts has raised some old questions and a new concern

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10 January 2013

Plastik ohne Erdöl

Pumps mit Öko-Absatz – Pflanzlicher Kunststoff im Kommen

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US bio-based chemical IPO window remains shut

Falling stock price in the past year makes it difficult to go to the public for bio-based chemicals company

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10 December 2012

NanoMarkets’ Latest Report Forecasts the Bio-Plastics Market Through 2020

Bio-plastics market seen to reach $ 6.1 billion in 2018

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6 December 2012

Plant-based plastics ‘no panacea’, Greens warn

Industry chief: 'In the long run, there is no alternative to bioplastics'

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7 November 2012

Bioplastics still on the rise

7^th European Bioplastics Conference demonstrates the future potential of the industry

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19 October 2012

European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology (EFIB) 2012:

Mit Kooperationen auf Kurs

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16 October 2012

Kompostierbarer Plastik auf dem Prüfstand

Wie nachhaltig und umweltschonend sind die Produkte wirklich?

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12 October 2012

Analysis: Bioplastics market set for fivefold growth by 2016

The bioplastics market is set to grow rapidly over the next few years as companies look for sustainable alternatives to fossil-based plastics, according to the latest statistics from the trade body for the European bioplastics industry

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5 October 2012

Rekordwachstum der biobasierten Wirtschaft

Europäisches Forum für industrielle Biotechnologie und Bioökonomie (EFIB) erwartet Besucherrekord

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27 September 2012

The Coca-Cola Company Accelerates Global Production of Plastic Packaging Made from Plants

New Partnership to Deliver World's Largest Facility

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24 July 2012

Capitalizing on the biobased boom

Advising USDA on strategic marketing considerations related to the launch of the USDA Certified Biobased label

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21 July 2012

ZDF heute: Biokunststoffe boomen

Gut für die Umwelt oder das Gewissen?

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14 July 2012

As commercialization increases, bioplastics promise to become a more significant feedstock

New bioplastics such as PLAs continue to face challenges and reduce production cost

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29 June 2012

Bioplastics surge towards commercialization

A snapshot of current bioplastics and major companies

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12 June 2012

The Bio-Based Revolution – 10,000 ways to replace a barrel of imported oil?

BioBased Digest launches to help sort out the news and products in this fast-growing sector

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11 June 2012

Global giants team up in bio-plastic push

Coca-Cola, Ford, Heinz, Nike and Procter & Gamble launch new working group to promote adoption of plant-based plastics

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6 June 2012

Design Chain: Packaging is moving away from oil

More than 25 percent of petroleum-based plastic packaging will be replaced by 2020 in sustainable alternatives, like "non food" sources and meat

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Leading brands join together to promote plant-based plastics

The great PTC members put on their influence in order to reduce dependence on petroleum-based plastics

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29 May 2012

Companies are removing oil from their products to cut costs

Rising crude prices are fueling a boom in bioplastics as manufacturers took for alternatives to petrochemicals in car seats, beverage containers, solar panels and other goods

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25 May 2012

Conference looks at green chemistry for polymers

Green Polymer Chemistry 2012 in Cologne to present sustainable resource for synthesis of conventional plastics

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9 May 2012

Coke plans to use more plant-based resin

Report, titled "How can a drink build a more sustainable tomorrow?” includes how the company to remove cardboard trays of small PET bottles

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2 May 2012

World Congress Talks Renewable Chemicals, Honors Steen Riisgaard

To get environmentally cleaner products, you start with a cleaner process!

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19 April 2012

Coca Cola and Dow Chemical Among Companies to Bring Consumer Focus to 2012 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

The world's largest industrial biotechnology Conference for bio-based products, biofuels, renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients, and biomass opens doors in Orlando

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18 March 2012

Coca Cola reveal that running fleet on biogas could reduce costs as well as emissions

Biogas fuelled vehicle reduce well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 50.3 per cent

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17 March 2012

Coca-Cola plant bottle™ vs. Pepsico Green Bottle:

The giant’s war!

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26 February 2012

The role of bioplastics in the European bioeconomy

Efficient and sustainable ways as a future key role of the bioeconomy

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9 February 2012

Bioplastics and the search for green packaging

Bioplastics are starting to take off, driven by sustainability concerns, particularly among major brands

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9 January 2012

100% biobasierte PEF- Flaschen

Avantium plant Massenproduktion der PEF-Flaschen

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15 December 2011

Avantium and The Coca-Cola Company sign partnership agreement to develop next generation 100% plant based plastic: PEF

Exceptional functional properties make biobased plastic PEF a suitable alternative for future beverage packaging following technology break-through by Avantium

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The Coca-Cola Company announces Partnerships to develop Commercial Solutions for Plastic Bottles made entirely from Plants

Breakthrough Technologies from Virent, Gevo and Avantium Selected to Reach Global Scale

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18 November 2011

Brand owners rally on bioplastic use

Multinational brand owners increasingly use bioplastic despite costs and supply challenges

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5 October 2011

Can PLA take the next big step?

Future will be dextrose from biomass in the form of agricultural residue like corn stover, switch grass, and rice straw

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26 September 2011

EU urged to support European bioplastics industry

Main messages from conference on plastics and the bio-economy held in Brussels

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22 September 201124 December 2013

Biokunststoffe – ein bedeutender Teil der Bioökonomie in Europa

Über 100 Besucher bei Ausstellung und Konferenz von European Bioplastics in Brüssel

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24 June 2011

Heinz Ketchup führt in den USA biobasierte PlantBottle der Coca-Cola Company ein

Zuckerrohr-Ethanol als Materialrohstoff reduziert Erdölanteil

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14 June 2011

Coke and Pepsi’s plant-based bottles still damage the environment

Recycling instead of making plant-based bottles to be a greater environmental good

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3 June 2011

Breaking Down Bioplastics

Is the Bioplastic Cup Half Full or Half Empty?

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31 May 2011

PepsiCo elaborates on new green PET bottle technology

An interview with director of Advanced Research - Beverage Packaging for Pepsi Co. Denise Lefebvre