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25 September 201424 September 2014

Bioplastics – driving a resource efficient Europe

9th European Bioplastics Conference – Programme out now!

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22 September 201426 September 2014

Oxo-degradable plastics: do they biodegrade? In search of a definite answer

OWS, IKT-University Stuttgart to set up a multi-client project aiming to find a “once and for all”

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Job vacancy: Executive Director of the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (AD 14)

Legal representative and public face of the BBI Joint Undertaking to perform his/her tasks with independence and shall be accountable to the Governing Board

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16 September 201415 September 2014

Here is the new team of the European Commission for the bioeconomy

Following are nominees for the next European Commission

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10 September 201410 September 2014

Provence: Lavendelfelder in Gefahr

Neue EU-Direktive verlangt für Lavendelprodukte künftig Warnhinweise wie bei chemischen Giften - die französischen Lavendelbauern fürchten um ihre Existenz und wehren sich

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8 September 20145 September 2014

Sugar, Europe’s strength

Sugar beet farmers should start making contracts with chemical industries now

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26 August 201425 August 2014

MBP Trading SA is getting certified according to the RSB Scheme

Company providing services and expertise in by-product collection to a wide range of industries

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ASA urges action on pending biotech approvals for nine soybean products in letters to USTR, EU Commission

Groups complained that no authorizations have been issued since November 2013

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6 August 20145 August 2014

PE suppliers go after oxo-biodegradable technology in Mexico

Parliament had been asked to comment on a proposal by the commission to ban or tax free-issue shopper bags in the EU

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Harnessing biotechnology for a more sustainable economy

Peder Holk Nielsen, president and CEO of Novozymes, speaking at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2014 in Copenhagen

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4 August 201431 July 2014

From Policy to Practice

Founding partner EuropaBio celebrates launch of new Public-Private Partnership on Bio-based Industries

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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

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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

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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

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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

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9 July 20148 July 2014

Exclusive interview with Nathalie Moll, EuropaBio

At EFIB to shape the European bioeconomy

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Cutting-edge research on non-food biofuels

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

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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

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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

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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

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17 June 201416 June 2014

Proposal on indirect land-use change

EU Council reaches agreement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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30 May 201428 May 2014

EU celebrates biodiversity day, sort of

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

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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

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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

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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

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Internationale Debatte über Synthetische Biologie

Biodiversitäts-Konvention (CBD) tagt Ende Juni in Montreal

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Green Chemistry Award 2014 Winner

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

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Bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion durchflusszytometrisch verfolgt

Forschungsprojekt SYNPOL untersucht bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion aus Synthesegas im Bioreaktor

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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

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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

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EU-Projekt: Mit Enzymen zur Natur-Kosmetik

Optibiocat - Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production

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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

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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

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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