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30 July 201429 July 2014

Organic farming has grown rapidly, says EU

The organic farming sector has grown rapidly over the past ten years, to about 500,000 new hectares every year, according to EU statistics

23 July 20149 September 2021

Invitation – Bio-business workshop on CO2-based chemicals

BIO-TIC partners seek input from key stakeholders from the European industry

16 July 201415 July 2014

Erste Ausschreibungen bei europäischer Bioökonomie-Initiative

Mit den ersten öffentlichen Ausschreibungen ist am 9. Juli 2014 das erste groß angelegte Public-Private-Partnership zur Bioökonomie in Europa gestartet - Die ersten 150 Mio. Euro des Milliarden-Budgets stehen damit zur Verfügung

11 July 201411 July 2014

EU and Industry Partners launch €3.7 Billion investments in the renewable Bio-based Economy

Bio-based Industries collaboration to use Europe's untapped biomass and wastes as feedstock to make fossil-free and greener everyday products

9 July 20148 July 2014

Exclusive interview with Nathalie Moll, EuropaBio

At EFIB to shape the European bioeconomy

8 July 20147 July 2014

Campaign highlights biodiversity cost of plastic bags

The 3^rd July marked the International Bag Free Day, but most of the world continues to use light-weight plastic bags, deemed the most harmful to the environment

7 July 20147 July 2014

Invitation: Workshop on label for bio-based products, 5 September 2014, Brussels

Adressed to stakeholders from companies producing bio-based materials as well as labelling and certification

4 July 20149 September 2021

Umstrittenes Kältemittel – Umweltministerium unterstützt Pläne für CO2-Klimaanlagen

Deutsche Autohersteller sträuben sich gegen den von der EU verordneten Einsatz einer umstrittenen Chemikalie. Als Kühlmittel für Klimaanlagen setzen sie auf Kohlendioxid. Das Umweltministerium schlägt sich auf die Seite der Industrie - und stellt Forderungen an Brüssel

1 July 201430 June 2014

UPM BioVerno wins EU Sustainable Energy Europe Award

Company recognized for using residue of their own pulp production as innovative resource for the production of advanced biofuels

Qualms over France’s move to ban plastic bags

The French government wants to ban single-use plastic bags by 2016, years ahead of a European directive. But replacing them with biodegradable packaging makes it equally problematic, EurActiv France reports.

26 June 201426 June 2014

The Bioplastics Industry in Korea – Where to Next?

Korea to invest US$200 million into the bio-chemicals industry over the next 5 years

25 June 201424 June 2014

Stora Enso acquires Virdia in (up to) $62M deal

For $33M upfront and $29M in incentives for meeting milestones — Stora Enso acquires renewable sugars pioneer Virdia — the former HCL CleanTech — as the Finnish giant hones its biobased strategy

24 June 201423 June 2014

Europe’s Green Tech Valley

Styria's development into a pioneer region in recycling, hydro power, biomass and solar energy

Cutting-edge research on non-food biofuels

MULTIBIOPRO project is developing second-generation non-food oils and biomaterials from poplar and the tobacco tree

23 June 201422 June 2014

US wants ‘science’ to settle GMO debate in trade deal with EU

EU retailers hardly stock any GM food because of widespread consumer resistance

20 June 201418 June 2014

Biofuels debate continues, despite EU agreement

EU energy ministers agreed to a 7% cap on the fuels for use in transport

Advanced biofuels best for emissions targets, say the Finns

Project investigates the impact of the emission goals on Finland’s energy system and the national economy

17 June 201416 June 2014

Proposal on indirect land-use change

EU Council reaches agreement

16 June 201415 June 2014

Sustainable algae cultivation making headway

Wageningen UR: production of raw materials for food and animal feed, chemicals, materials and biofuels is well on its way to be economically feasible by 2025

11 June 201410 June 2014

EU seeks common framework for Circular Economy

Commission to speed up the process with binding targets for recycling and public procurement

Ennovor First in UK to Earn RSB Sustainability Certification

Ennovor Group has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) sustainability certification for their used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME) biodiesel

10 June 20149 June 2014

Potočnik: ‘Subsidies to energy and water use raise barriers to a circular economy’

EU society still locked in old industrial patterns of production and consumption

A new bioplastic material reinforced with nanoclays suitable for the automotive sector has been achieved

ECOplast cooperation to create new collaborations and international projects according to the new materials

EuropaBio and Smithers Rapra, in association with IAR, unveil the agenda for the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology

from 1-2 October 2014 taking place in the heart of Champagne-Ardenne

3 June 20142 June 2014

Empyro breaks ground on biomass pyrolysis oil production plant in The Netherlands

Main aim of the project is to produce electricity, process steam and fuel oil from woody biomass

2 June 20141 June 2014

U.S. wood pellet exports double in 2013 in response to growing European demand

Transportation cost a large part of the total cost

30 May 201428 May 2014

EU celebrates biodiversity day, sort of

EU programme designed to cross-cut development aid with environmental protection

EU must do away with ‘concept of waste’

Janez Potočnik highlights the importance of a circular economy in a time of increasing competition and diminishing resources

27 May 201426 May 2014

AIMPLAS receives the award for the best European project due to biodegradable extruded nets for citrus fruits and mollusks

Compostable net to be put with the rest of the organic wastes generated at home and in shopping centers

26 May 201425 May 2014

Berlin BIO-TIC Workshop: Use of IB in Bio-Surfactants

Preceding the Third ICIS European Surfactants Conference as a satellite event

Internationale Debatte über Synthetische Biologie

Biodiversitäts-Konvention (CBD) tagt Ende Juni in Montreal

Green Chemistry Award 2014 Winner

Honored: Professor Michael York of Green Chemistry at the University of York

Bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion durchflusszytometrisch verfolgt

Forschungsprojekt SYNPOL untersucht bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion aus Synthesegas im Bioreaktor

22 May 201422 May 2014

Airbus performs its longest flight using sustainable jet fuel with KLM

First flight of a series of 50 long-haul commercial flights - Largest European initiative for a local production of sustainable jet fuels - Longest biofuel flight performed by an Airbus aircraft

21 May 201420 May 2014

Biobased chemicals: European share to drop sharply

R&D efforts necessary for developing cellulosic chemicals, both in Europe and in the US, Lux Research analysts say

EU-Projekt: Mit Enzymen zur Natur-Kosmetik

Optibiocat - Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production

The upcoming elections are crucial for the future of the bioeconomy in the European Union

Next 5 years will be critical to set up a new model of economic and social development

20 May 201419 May 2014

Biomass: the sustainability challenge

Scientific experts, policymakers and NGO and industry representatives discussed this question at the recent European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) conference in Brussels

14 May 201413 May 2014

France concerned about liberalisation of EU sugar market

The deregulation of the European sugar market is looming. A French parliamentary report has requested support to French overseas departments where the sugar sector is fragile

5 May 20142 May 2014

Coca-Cola: PlantBottle Technology™ Tops 2014 Sustainable Bio Awards

Company recognized for its first-ever recyclable PET plastic bottle made partially from plants

29 April 201410 March 2015

Global Information adds “Biorefinery Products: Global Markets” to list of reports

BCC report finds, removing barriers and introducing new mechanisms would facilitate market entry

28 April 201425 April 2014

Lufthansa to Evaluate Gevo’s Renewable Jet Fuel

Lufthansa's Testing Supported by the European Commission

23 April 201414 August 2014

“Bio-based Material of the Year 2014” Innovation award presented to QMilch (Germany) at the 7th International Conference on Bio-based Materials

160 participants from more than 20 countries came together at the 7th International Conference on Bio-based Materials

Innovationspreis „Biowerkstoff des Jahres 2014“ auf dem Kölner Biowerkstoff-Kongress an QMilch aus Deutschland

160 Teilnehmer aus über 20 Ländern trafen sich beim 7. Biowerkstoff-Kongress, einem der wichtigsten Branchentreffpunkte der Bio-basierten Ökonomie in Europa

EC adopts new guidelines on renewable energy, biofuel support

Renewable Energy Association calling Commission’s guidelines a “huge leap into the unknown.”

22 April 201417 April 2014

Expert survey on bio-based products in support of the European Commission’s bioeconomy strategy!

Please share your expertise with us!

Wichtiger Schritt gegen die Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln

Europäisches Parlament stimmt neuer Finanzinstrumente-Richtlinie MiFID zu

17 April 201416 April 2014

World Watch: Biofuel Production Declines

New Worldwatch Institute analysis examines the trends in global biofuel production

16 April 201415 April 2014

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