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5 November 20154 November 2015

New circular economy package takes shape

The European Commission’s new circular economy package will include fresh legislation on waste, fertilisers, and water reuse, “strong commitments” on Eco-design, strategies for handling plastics and chemicals, and “major” funding for innovation, EurActiv has learnt

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3 November 20153 November 2015

Final conference of the FIBRA project

Final conference of the FIBRA project entitled “Boosting market share of fibre crops between EU and China” to be held in Brussels, November 23, 2015

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26 October 201521 October 2015

Bioeconomy: An Investment of 1 Euro Today Will Reap 10 Euro in 2025

A proposal to relaunch the European economy: To get started some 400 billion euro are available in the European Fund, 315 in the Juncker Plan, and another 3.7 from public-private partnerships

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22 October 201519 October 2015

Nachhaltigkeit: zwischen Theorie und Praxis

Wann sind Herstellung und Anwendung eines Kunststoffs oder einer anderen Substanz überhaupt nachhaltig?

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14 October 201513 October 2015

Greenwashing: misuse of EU composting standard EN 13432

European Bioplastics requests all producers of additives claiming to make conventional plastics biodegradable to fully comply with the standard EN 13432 or to seize misleading references

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Greenwashing: Zunehmender Missbrauch des EU-Standards für Kompostierung EN 13432

European Bioplastics fordert die Hersteller künstlicher Additive zur Förderung der biologischen Abbaubarkeit von konventionellen Kunststoffen auf, den Standard EN 13432 vollständig zu erfüllen oder irreführende Anspielungen zu unterlassen

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12 October 20159 September 2021

Sustainable Fuels, Chemicals and Polymers from Sun and CO2

Big visions – but also big potential

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Nachhaltige Kraftstoffe, Chemikalien und Polymere aus Sonne und CO2

Große Visionen – aber auch große Potenziale

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9 October 201526 November 2015

New bioplastics bring chitin out of its shell

EU-project shows innovative way to transform shell waste into tiny filaments called nanofibrils

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2 October 20151 October 2015

The Digest’s 2015 Guide to Italy in the Advanced Bioeconomy

The key takeaways - the mandates and national targets - the key producers - process technology R&D - feedstock & supply chain development

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24 September 201523 September 2015

Commission ready to give more aid to young farmers

Over 160,000 young European farmers will start their own businesses thanks to aid provided by the 2014-2020 rural development programmes

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CORDIS Express: All at sea – addressing marine litter and pollution

CORDIS Express takes a look at the results of EU-funded projects that address our growing marine litter and pollution problem

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CORDIS Express: Ab ins Meer? Meeresmüll und -verschmutzung endlich in den Griff bekommen

CORDIS Express wirft einen Blick auf die Ergebnisse von Projekten, die mithilfe von EU-Mitteln das wachsende Problem des Meeresmülls und der Umweltverschmutzung bewältigen wollen

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23 September 201521 September 2015

DfT awards £25m to develop advanced biofuels

UK Department for Transport investing in new premises and technology

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18 September 201517 September 2015

S2Biom Newsletter – Issue 4, September 2015

Find recent updates made in the cost-supply database, the ‘biomass conversion pathway matching tool’ and the full chain assessment tools

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17 September 201516 September 2015

Cascading use of wood in Finland – with comparison to selected EU countries

New report gives a short introduction on the discussion on cascading principles and definitions, and shows examples of the cascading flows in Finland and selected other European countries

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16 September 201514 September 2015

A Smart and Efficient Bioeconomy for Europe

“Cascading” can mean very different things to different people

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11 September 201510 September 2015

EU-weite Konsultation zur Reform der EU-Agrarstatistik

EU-Kommission plant Modernisierung der Rechtsgrundlagen zur Erhebung statistischer Daten

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10 September 20158 September 2015

Closing the loop on the ground: 10 EU projects working towards a circular economy

Over the last years we have been funding a whole range of projects across Europe on recycling, upcycling, reusing and recovering materials - each of them a building block for a circular economy. Here is a selection of some of them

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8 September 20158 September 2015

Experts from nova-Institute introduced:

This month Dr. Stephan Piotrowski, Agricultural economist

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From sewage sludge to syngas and biochar: new perspectives for small municipalities

Dr. Olivier Lepez, coordinator of PYROCHAR, explains how the project team has developed an energy- and cost-efficient process to thermo-chemically convert municipal sewage sludge into useful biochar and synthetic gas

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Aus Klärschlamm wird Synthesegas und Biokohle: Neue Perspektiven für kleine Gemeinden

Dr. Olivier Lepez, Koordinator von PYROCHAR, erklärt, wie das Projektteam ein energie- und kosteneffizientes Verfahren entwickelt hat, um Klärschlamm der Gemeinde mit thermo-chemischen Verfahren in nützliche Biokohle und Synthesegas umzuwandeln

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3 September 20152 September 2015

Bioökonomie: Eine neue Form der Geschäftemacherei?

Die Verwertung biologischer Ressourcen soll unter dem Primat der Bioökonomie bisher nicht gekannte Ausmaße erreichen

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2 September 201531 August 2015

LignoSilva: for Innovating the Forest-based Bioeconomy

Initial one-year project to produce a business plan for the Slovakian Centre of Excellence

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1 September 201528 August 2015

New €106 million released by BBI JU to research innovative ways of using renewable resources

Second call for proposals for the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) published today

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28 August 201526 August 2015

Making more of Bioeconomy R&D Results

6-7 October 2015, Brussels, Belgium

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26 August 201524 August 2015

4th SCAR Foresight Stakeholder Conference

8 October, Charlemagne Building, European Commission, Brussels

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25 August 201524 August 2015

Europe’s circular bioeconomy: at make or break point?

In the race to develop a more renewable, robust and competitive economy, does the EU have what it takes to innovate its way towards a cleaner, greener future? Joanna Dupont-Inglis, Director for Industrial Biotechnology at EuropaBio, provides an insight into the current landscape and challenges involved

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18 August 201519 August 2015

Biobased materials: cultivating a sustainable future

Ramon Arratia – Sustainability Director at Interface

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7 August 201514 August 2015

Tree loophole casts shadow over EU carbon action

Commission expected to outline new policy 2016-17

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3 August 20152 August 2015

Natürlich im Auto

Nicht Aluminium, Stahl und Carbon, sondern Naturfasern wie Flachs, Hanf oder Kenaf sollen die Autos leichter und sparsamer machen. Selbst Löwenzahn wird neu entdeckt

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23 July 201524 September 2015

The role of biomass and bioenergy in a future bioeconomy: Policies and facts

New paper paper proposes an analysis of the current status of bioeconomy in the European Union and worldwide until 2020 and beyond

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Reformers call for new thinking on ways to finance the CAP

What the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) really needs is a radical change in the way it is financed

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Biomasse – Rohstoff mit Zukunft?

Nachwachsende Rohstoffe: Der Einsatz kommt in der chemischen Industrie kommt nur schleppend voran - ein Interview mit Michael Carus, Geschäftsführer des nova-Instituts

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17 July 201515 July 2015

Europe needs a clean break for cleaner fuels

The technology-neutral policy for clean transport fuel is dead. Clean electricity must be put at the heart of EU transport policy, argues Jos Dings

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Statement on the own-initiative report on ‘resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy’

European Bioplastics welcomes the European Parliament’s call for a paradigm shift towards a resource-efficient circular economy

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Stellungnahme zur Verabschiedung des Initiativberichts „Ressourceneffizienz: Wege zu einer Kreislaufwirtschaft“

European Bioplastics begrüßt den Ruf des Europäischen Parlaments nach einem Paradigmenwechsel hin zu einer ressourceneffizienten Kreislaufwirtschaft

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16 July 201515 July 2015

EU Council formally approves new biofuel rules

EU Ministers have today officially rubber-stamped new rules to address indirect land use change (ILUC) impacts associated with biofuels

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EU Bioeconomy worth EUR2 trillion

A new study by nova-Institute: EU-28 bioeconomy is worth 2 trillion euro, providing 19 million jobs

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15 July 201514 July 2015

EU Parliament backs circular economy resolution

The European Parliament has approved measures to produce binding waste reduction targets in Europe by the end of 2015

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14 July 201513 July 2015

In Europe a circular economy could result in overall benefits of 1.8 trillion euro by 2030

Europe can take advantage of the impending technology revolution

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9 July 20158 July 2015

Renewable energy progress report

25 Member States are expected to meet their 2013/2014 renewable energy national targets

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8 July 20157 July 2015

Redrafting Circular Economy proposal right decision

The case of valorising former foodstuffs into animal feed shows why, says EFFPA President Paul Featherstone

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2 July 20151 July 2015

The European circular economy package

What the experts think

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30 June 201528 June 2015

Renewable plastics can provide the answer to sustainability in a circular economy

No wonder people are getting excited about the circular economy - Treating ‘waste’ as a resource and creating reuse and recycling loops for thousands of everyday products will have a dramatic effect on production and value chains, saving energy and materials

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G.M.O. Dilemma: Swaying a Wary Public

Genetic food modification worked out well the first time it was tried

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29 June 201526 June 2015

EU circular economy could create two million jobs by 2030

Parliament's environment, public health and food safety (ENVI) committee has adopted a report outlining the need for Europe to transition to a more resource efficient economic model

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26 June 201525 June 2015

EU commission states strong support for biotech sector at the EuropaBio Biotech awards

The EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety has reiterated the EU Commission’s “strong interest and fundamental support” for the biotech sector, saying that the sector benefits “people, the economy and sustainability”

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23 June 201522 June 2015

European Commission kicks-off discussion on a long-term strategy for agriculture research and innovation

How to elaborate a long-term strategy for European agriculture research and innovation and to contribute to EXPO discussions on the theme 'Feeding the planet' by providing views on agricultural research and innovation priorities

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22 June 201519 June 2015

Renewable energy progress report

The European Commission has published the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets, showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20% renewable energy targets