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14 July 202311 July 2023

Entwaldungsfreie Lieferketten

Neue Regeln in Kraft, 18 Monate Übergangsfrist


11 July 20236 July 2023

Commission tables proposal for 30% cut in EU food waste by 2030

The European Commission has proposed legally binding targets to reduce food waste by 2030, including a 30% reduction for households, restaurants, and retail, but organisations and lawmakers warn it does not match international ambition to halve food waste


7 July 202328 December 2023

Compostable Plastics: Unlocking the Potential in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

10 Member States are at risk of missing the target of 65% recycling of packaging waste by 2025


Kompostierbare Kunststoffe: Das Potenzial der Verpackungs- und Verpackungsabfallverordnung erschließen

Zehn Mitgliedstaaten laufen Gefahr, das Ziel einer 65-prozentigen Wiederverwertung von Verpackungsabfällen bis 2025 zu verfehlen


4 July 20233 July 2023

Infinite plastic recycling: The technology is ready, but what about legislation?

New chemical recycling technologies are creating an infinite loop for the plastic ecosystem, addressing waste streams that currently lack suitable recycling processes


19 June 202314 June 2023

Open Letter: Europe Can Count on the Bioenergy Industry for its Net-Zero Goals

Bioenergy plays and will keep on playing an increasingly important role in the EU’s efforts to decarbonise; this sector will be indispensable for meeting the European Union’s climate and energy targets for 2030, 2050 and beyond


12 June 20237 June 2023

Developing and strengthening Europe’s bioeconomy

John Bell, Director of Healthy Planet, DG Research & Innovation at the European Commission, discusses the strategies and initiatives in place to strengthen Europe’s bioeconomy


6 June 20231 June 2023

Forest soils can increase climate change mitigation with targeted management

Forest soils are larger carbon stocks than the trees that grow on them. Yet global studies on forest carbon stock changes often focus on wood biomass, wood products or various offsetting effects


1 June 202331 May 2023

Free Webinar on the Life Cycle Assessment of Avantium’s PEF

On 22 June, the PEFerence project team will organise a free webinar with the title: "PEF – A Circular Bio-Based Polymer with Improved Properties – LCA"


Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power

Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as drop-in fuel


Fahren mit der Sonne: saubere, nutzbare Flüssigkraftstoffe aus Sonnenenergie

Künstliche Blätter können direkt sauberes Ethanol und Propanol produzieren


31 May 202314 May 2024

EU-Staaten stimmen für Digitalen Produktpass und gegen Vernichtung von Neuwaren

Anders als die bisher geltende Ökodesign-Richtlinie soll die neue Verordnung nicht nur für energieverbrauchsrelevante Produkte, sondern für fast alle physischen Produkte gelten


30 May 20234 October 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), May 2023

Let's take a look at what happened in May 2023 at RCI


25 May 202323 May 2023

EU-Verpackungsplänen fehlt Praxisbezug: Paletten und Co. sind mobile Kohlenstoffspeicher!

Der HPE fordert, in Brüssel klar und unmissverständlich zwischen erneuerbaren Materialien wie Holz und solchen auf fossiler Basis zu unterscheiden


23 May 202317 May 2023

GRETE project: textiles from wood

The GRETE project has developed new and better technologies for wood pulp modification and it also improved cellulose dissolution and generation of high-quality textile fibres


22 May 202316 May 2023

McDonald’s Leads Lobbying Offensive Against Laws to Reduce Packaging Waste in Europe

Flawed assumptions and a “disturbing” lack of transparency characterise an industry campaign against reusable packaging, academics and campaigners warn


19 May 202316 May 2023

Simply EGG-genious: Students invent edible packaging from eggshells

Award-winning product from the University of Hohenheim: Packaging made from old eggshells impresses the jury as packaging for bagged soups, can be eaten & provides valuable additional proteins


Ceresana: Bioplastics Market Report

This is the eighth time that Ceresana has investigated the dynamically growing global market for “green” polymers: Analysts expect revenues generated with bioplastics to increase to around USD 11.4 billion by 2032


Ceresana: Marktstudie Biokunststoffe

Ceresana hat zum achten Mal den wachsenden Weltmarkt für „grüne“ Polymere unter­sucht: Die Analysten erwarten, dass der Biokunststoff-Umsatz bis zum Jahr 2032 auf rund 11,4 Milliarden US-Dollar wachsen wird


17 May 202317 December 2024

Bio-based content, compostable plastics, and chemical recycling – many opportunities for more innovation and sustainability in the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

The Renewable Carbon Initiative’s position paper highlights chances for the EU to lead the way to a sustainable packaging industry and to promote innovation


Biobasierte Inhaltsstoffe, kompostierbare Kunststoffe und chemisches Recycling – viele Chancen für mehr Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit in der neuen Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR)

Das Positionspapier der Renewable Carbon Initiative zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, wie die EU den Weg für eine nachhaltige Verpackungsindustrie ebnen und Innovationen fördern kann


12 May 202310 May 2023

Which material will become Europe’s future construction mainstay?

The European Union’s construction industry stands at a crossroads: In its transition to a climate-neutral ecosystem, the incumbent industry is worried that organic replacements are given disproportionate support.


10 May 20235 May 2023

EUBP publishes positions on PPWR and proposes amendments

The association appreciates the Commission’s recognition of the important role of compostable plastics in facilitating separate biowaste collection, which will be mandatory across Europe by December 2023


25 April 202324 April 2023

Reform des europäischen Emissionshandels: Parlament stimmt mit Ja

Das Europäische Parlament hat am Dienstag (18. April) weitreichende Reformen beschlossen, um die europäische Klimapolitik ehrgeiziger zu gestalten. Der EU-ETS wird reformiert, CO2 auszustoßen wird damit immer teurer


Parliament backs EU carbon market overhaul, world’s first CO₂ tariff

Europe’s carbon market forces power plants and factories to buy CO2 permits when they pollute. It has slashed those sectors’ emissions by 43% since 2005 but is facing a revamp to hit more ambitious EU climate change targets


24 April 202320 April 2023

Deutsche Umwelthilfe warnt vor hochriskanten und unausgereiften Technologien des chemischen Recyclings

Zwei neue Studien setzen falsche Prioritäten und könnten problematische politische Entscheidungen zur Pyrolyse oder Vergasung im Recycling von Kunststoffen zur Folge haben


The term recycling must not be watered down by pyrolysis and gasification

Two new studies set the wrong priorities and could encourage problematic policy decisions on pyrolysis and gasification of plastic packaging waste


21 April 202319 April 2023

Will the EU’s renewables directive change the landscape for forest biomass?

The EU’s revised Renewable Energy Directive strengthens the sustainability criteria for biomass heat and power, but the compromise text means it might only lead to limited improvements in the short term, argue Gemma Toop and Michèle Koper


19 April 202319 April 2023

EU-Verpackungsregeln: Linke-Koalition will Abfallvermeidung priorisieren

Die Priorisierung der umweltfreundlichsten Wege im Umgang mit Abfall, beginnend mit der Vermeidung und Wiederverwendung, sollte im Mittelpunkt des neuen EU-Verpackungsgesetzes stehen, fordern die zuständigen Europaabgeordneten


Left-wing lawmakers to prioritise waste prevention in new EU packaging law

Prioritising the most environmentally-friendly ways of dealing with waste, starting with prevention and reuse, should be central to Europe’s new packaging law, lawmakers working on the file told EURACTIV


17 April 202312 April 2023

EU eyes CO2-hydrogen combination to make synthetic fuels

Experts say the two molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen are the foundation of the EU’s future low-carbon synthetic fuel industry


EU prüft CO2-Wasserstoff-Kombination zur Herstellung synthetischer Kraftstoffe

Experten zufolge bilden die beiden Moleküle Kohlendioxid (CO2) und Wasserstoff die Grundlage für die künftige emissionsarme synthetische Kraftstoffindustrie in der EU


13 April 20236 April 2023

Why coffee capsules should be compostable

European Bioplastics sides with specific EU Commission proposal


12 April 20236 April 2023

Banning greenwashing: new EU rules to ReSet the Trend in the fashion sector

Greenwashing is particularly prevalent in the fashion industry: a recent screening of green claims in the textile, garment and shoe sector suggested that 39% could be false or deceptive


6 April 20235 April 2023

EU exports of used textiles in Europe’s circular economy

The common public perception of used clothing donations as generous gifts to people in need does not fully match reality


Driving SusTOYnability

Inspiring industry event: bio!TOY makes waves


bioTOYs für Alle​​​​​​

Rekordbeteiligung mit 110 Teilnehmern: 3. bio!TOY Konferenz zeigt große Relevanz und Fortschritte auf


31 March 202329 March 2023

Gesetzgebung gegen Greenwashing: EU will CO₂-Kompensation nicht verbieten

Das neue Gesetz gegen Greenwashing erlaubt es Unternehmen, weiterhin klimaneutrale Angaben vorzunehmen, sofern diese bestimmten Transparenzanforderungen entsprechen


EU says ‘not banning carbon offsets’ in greenwashing crackdown

New legislation presented by the European Commission on Wednesday (22 March) to clamp down on greenwashing allows businesses to continue making carbon-neutral claims, provided they meet specific transparency requirements


29 March 202329 March 2023

INEOS led consortium announces breakthrough in carbon capture and storage

A world first, Project Greensand, shows that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can work after carbon dioxide (CO2) from Belgium is successfully captured, transported and stored under the Danish North Sea


Konsortium unter INEOS-Leitung verkündet Durchbruch bei Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -speicherung

Weltpremiere in Dänemark am 8. März 2023: Project Greensand zeigt, dass Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -speicherung (Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS) funktioniert. Kohlendioxid (CO2) aus Belgien wurde erfolgreich abgeschieden, transportiert und unter der dänischen Nordsee gespeichert


28 March 202323 March 2023

Net-Zero Industry Act: Making the EU the home of clean technologies manufacturing and green jobs

Together with the proposal for a European Critical Raw Materials Act and the reform of the electricity market design, the Net-Zero Industry Act sets out a clear European framework to reduce the EU's reliance on highly concentrated imports


Net Zero Industry Act: Kommission will bessere Bedingungen und mehr Investitionen für saubere Technologien in Europa

Zusammen mit der Initiative zu kritischen Rohstoffen und der Reform des Strommarktdesigns schaffen die Vorschläge zur Netto-Null-Industrie einen klaren Rahmen, um die Abhängigkeit der EU von Importen zu verringern


Carbon farming law only ‘first step’ in negative emissions push

The EU executive’s proposed legislation on carbon sinks is only the first step in a broader effort to certify negative emissions in agriculture, as well as remunerate and potentially trade them, according to a Commission official


EU-Gesetz zu Carbon Farming nur ‚erster Schritt‘ hin zu CO₂-Senken

Die von der EU-Kommission vorgeschlagene Verordnung zu CO2-Senken ist laut einem Kommissionsbeamten lediglich der erste Schritt hin zu dem Ziel, negative Emissionen in der Landwirtschaft zu zertifizieren, zu vergüten und möglicherweise auch zu handeln


20 March 202315 March 2023

Wenn Mikroorganismen Plastik abbauen – “Schnell Lösungen finden”

Möglichst wenig Plastik sollte in die Umwelt gelangen. An bioabbaubaren Produkten wird gearbeitet – Wissenschaft und Industrie sollten gemeinsam vorgehen


17 March 202314 March 2023

The EU needs a business case for carbon removals

Carbon dioxide from biomethane and ethanol facilities is already routinely separated and transported at scale, for industrial purposes. The practice just needs to be adopted generally


16 March 202313 March 2023

Große Chancen und Herausforderungen für Biokunststoffe

AIMPLAS Seminar: Die weltweite Produktion von Biokunststoffen verdreifacht sich bis 2027 auf 6,3 Mio. t, doch es sind auch Herausforderungen zu meistern


Global AIMPLAS Seminar Highlights Biopolymers

Innovations for agriculture and packaging that use bioplastics or sustainable bio-composites were featured


9 March 20236 March 2023

Hydrogen: The path towards decarbonisation

The full energy transition to hydrogen will be an important pillar for facing the power of decarbonising all areas of the economy so that the roadmap for hydrogen is established

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