26 October 202620 October 2026 BioBTX receives EU Innovation fund for its first-of-a-kind plant The plant is expected to converting plastic waste directly into renewable aromatics at Chemie Park Delfzijl, which are essential building blocks for the plastics and pharmaceutical industries
22 October 202616 October 2026 Can Sustainability Criteria Unlock Biomass Demand? CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, is urging the European Commission to establish an EU-wide sustainability framework for biomass used in products
20 October 202614 October 2026 Plastiksteuer: Was ändert sich? Die Koalition aus CDU/CSU und SPD plant eine neue bundesweite Abgabe auf Kunststoffverpackungen. Was bedeutet das für Verbraucher*innen?
19 October 202613 October 2026 Estonia takes lead on cicular economy policy The local government has brought out pioneering policies to spur the circular economy since Oct. 2019, when Tallinn brought in a local anti-plastic regulation banning single-use tableware completely at public events
15 October 20269 October 2026 Sustainable Innovations joins BIOSPARK, a new EU project to build the skills for a circular bioeconomy The project consortium will develop a network of 27 Bio-Based Education Centres (BBECs), one in every EU member state, and will narrow the gap between Europe’s education systems, paying particular attention to countries with less research and innovation capacity
How the EU could finally give bio-based plastics a fair chance As the EU weighs binding targets for bio-based content in plastics, MEP Jeannette Baljeu and Braskem’s Katarina Molin discuss how policymakers can create real market incentives for investment without compromising credible sustainability standards
14 October 20269 October 2026 EIC Board President visits eChemicles as Hungarian CO₂-electrolysis company begins EIC Accelerator scale-up project Szeged visit highlights Hungarian deep tech moving from university research to industrial productization, backed by an EIC Accelerator grant and a proposed EIC Fund equity investment
12 October 20268 October 2026 Last Chance to Join: WaterProof Workshop “From Waste(water) CO₂ to Formic Acid” 22 October 2026, 10:00-15:30 CET, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Croatia creates new framework for bioeconomy The bioeconomy is increasingly viewed at European level as an important part of the transition towards a more sustainable economy, particularly as countries seek alternatives to fossil-based materials and energy
9 October 20265 October 2026 SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS to carry out the communication and dissemination of BIOEASTWIDE BIOEASTWIDE will address key gaps in policy alignment, funding coordination and innovation uptake aiming at advancing bioeconomy research and innovation (R&I) across Central and Eastern Europe
Moeve launches construction of the first phase of Europe’s largest green hydrogen project Moeve is anchoring from Huelva the development of the largest green molecules hub in Europe’s energy sector
ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report 2026 The report thus offers a comprehensive, data-driven picture of the EU SAF market in 2025 and enables progress towards the objectives of RFEUA to be effectively monitored
8 October 20263 October 2026 CIRCALGAE Final Event: four years of results and innovation The CIRCALGAE Final Event brought together project partners, experts and stakeholders to share the project’s final results and reflect on the future of the European algae sector
The UK is paying to invent the bioeconomy, but letting other countries keep it With the right policy support, bio-based chemicals and materials alone could generate upwards of £200 billion in annual revenue for UK
6 October 202630 September 2026 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), September 2026 September Highlights: Open Letter to DG GROW and the CCA Steering Group; Biotech Act II, PPWR, public procurement, and cascading use, updates on RCI projects, the Renewable Materials Conference, New RCI member Supercritical Solutions, RCI General Assembly 2026
5 October 202629 September 2026 Biotech Open Platform inaugurates its biotechnology platform, opening a new chapter for industrial innovation in Europe The Biotech Open Platform was founded by Michelin together with several industrial partners and is supporting from the laboratory to industrial-scale production
Sprungbrett für biotechnologische Innovationen 2024 wurde von Michelin gemeinsam mit anderen Unternehmen und Marktpartnern die Biotech Open Platform ins Leben gerufen, die vom Labor bis hin zur Produktion im industriellen Maßstab unterstützt
2 October 202628 September 2026 Alder BioInsights News Review – Biobased Products, September 2026 It is crucial that less harmful alternatives to disposable – often single-use – items to be found, for which demand has consistently been on the rise
30 September 202624 September 2026 New EU-funded project UNCOVER to advance the market uptake of CO2 utilisation technologies The European Commission has awarded €7 million to UNCOVER, a new Horizon Europe project bringing CO₂ conversion technologies closer to industrial-scale deployment and market uptake
EU-Projekt UNCOVER will die Markteinführung von Technologien zur CO2-Nutzung vorantreiben Die Europäische Kommission fördert das Horizon Europe Projekt UNCOVER mit 7 Millionen Euro, mit dem Ziel Technologien zur CO₂-Umwandlung näher an den industriellen Einsatz und die Markteinführung zu bringen. Das Steinbeis Europa Zentrum leitet das Arbeitspaket zu Verwertung, Skalierung und Markteintritt und ist für die Verwaltung der Projektdaten zuständig
Confitex Technology wins INDEX Award and Hygienix Innovation Award for world-first washable nonwoven absorbent hygiene products Confitex Technology has become the first company to win both of the nonwovens industry’s top honors, the INDEX Award and the Hygienix Innovation Award
Rouven Zietzs Kolumne “Kreislaufwirtschaft”: Grün nur noch mit Beleg Ein neues Gesetz räumt mit grünen Floskeln auf der Packung auf. Lebensmittelhersteller trifft es härter als andere Branchen
Comment: How do we bring biobased packaging materials to commercial scale? Ward Heij, business development manager at Colesco Circular & Climate Credit Impact Fund (C4IF), discusses the opportunities and challenges for biobased materials
28 September 202622 September 2026 Stargate Hydrogen secures 21 million Euros from the EU Innovation Fund to further scale up its operations The grant will support the expansion of Stargate in Europe, enabling the production of large-scale electrolyser systems, thereby increasing the company’s ability to supply Power-to-X projects with EU-made equipment
World’s Largest Green Methanol Project Achieves ISCC EU Certification Buyers, shipping lines, and regulators increasingly require certification under ISCC EU to demonstrate compliance with sustainability and GHG emissions-saving criteria
23 September 202617 September 2026 Mehr Innovation, weniger Abhängigkeit durch Circular Economy: Landesregierung legt Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie vor Nordrhein-Westfalen will Drehscheibe für Circular Economy in Europa werden / Schon jetzt arbeiten mehr als 240.000 Menschen in der Kreislaufwirtschaft
22 September 202616 September 2026 Kirkbi to Significantly Step Up Investment in Plastics Circularity The company is targeting business models and technologies that reduce plastics consumption, replace fossil-based feedstocks, and improve sorting, reuse and recycling
Kirkbi: Lego-Mutter mit deutlichem Ausbau der Kunststoff-Kreislaufwirtschaft Es sollen Geschäftsmodelle und Technologien unterstützt werden, die den Kunststoffverbrauch reduzieren, fossile Rohstoffe ersetzen sowie Sortierung, Wiederverwendung und Recycling verbessern
21 September 202615 September 2026 Syklo’s factory complex unique on a world scale will produce high-quality recycled plastic pellets and biocomposite The plant alone raises Finland’s plastic recycling capacity by 50%
Syklos weltweit einzigartiges Kreislaufwirtschaftszentrum produziert hochwertige recycelte Kunststoffgranulate und Biokomposite Die Gesamtkapazitäten des Landes für Kunststoffrecycling erhöhen sich dadurch um 50 Prozent
BIOWEG to build Europe’s largest bacterial cellulose plant, backed by Series A of €30 million Construction starting before the end of this year and industrial-scale production ready from 2028
BIOWEG baut Europas größte Anlage zur Herstellung von bakterieller Zellulose – finanziert durch eine Serie-A-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 30 Millionen Euro Die Bauarbeiten sollen noch vor Ende dieses Jahres beginnen, und ab 2028 soll die Produktion im industriellen Maßstab anlaufen
17 September 20266 October 2026 WaterProof Workshop: From Waste(water) CO₂ to Formic Acid 22 October 2026 10:00–15:30 CET at Matrix ONE - Science Park 301 - 1098 XH Amsterdam - The Netherlands
EU will Bioökonomie skalieren – Mikroalgen werden zum industriellen Rohstoff Die geplante Bio-based Europe Alliance soll am 20. und 21. Oktober beim Global Bioeconomy Summit in Dublin starten und Abnahmezusagen großer Unternehmen für biobasierte Materialien, Produkte und Technologien im Umfang von insgesamt zehn Milliarden Euro mobilisieren
11 September 20264 September 2026 PLA-Recycling aus Mischabfällen kann funktionieren Ein EU-Projekt hat ein Vorgehen entwickelt, wie Biokunststoffe aus Abfällen recycelt werden können
ReBioCycle demonstrates closed-loop recycling of PLA bioplastics from mixed plastic waste EU-funded project confirmed that PLA can first be effectively sorted using existing technologies, achieving purity levels suitable for further processing
FOREST validates sustainable composite materials that reduce transport component weight by up to 35% The EU-funded FOREST project, coordinated by AIMPLAS, has developed and validated advanced lightweight biocomposites for automotive, aerospace and bus applications
9 September 20262 September 2026 Greyparrot Secures $27M Series B as AI Waste Intelligence Becomes Critical Infrastructure for the Circular Economy New funding will scale Greyparrot’s AI waste intelligence platform to make secondary materials measurable, recoverable and investable worldwide
8 September 20267 September 2026 Open Letter to DG GROW and the CCA Steering Group: Shaping the Alliance’s Next Phase Stakeholders offer constructive input to help shape the next phase of the Critical Chemicals Alliance
7 September 202631 August 2026 LyondellBasell: Pyrolysis Reactors Installed for MoReTec Plant in Wesseling The resulting feedstocks can then be used in crackers to produce monomers such as ethylene and propylene, which can be then used to manufacture polyethylene and polypropylene
LyondellBasell: Pyrolysereaktoren für MoReTec-Anlage in Wesseling installiert Die dabei erzeugten Rohstoffe können anschließend in Crackern zur Herstellung von Monomeren wie Ethylen und Propylen eingesetzt werden, um daraus wiederum Polyethylen und Polypropylen herzustellen
Halftime Interview with Manfred Hackl: Recycling is evolving from a focus on sustainability to a raw materials strategy Integrated process solutions along the entire value chain create additional growth potential
Halbzeit-Interview Manfred Hackl: Recycling entwickelt sich vom Nachhaltigkeitsfokus zur Rohstoffstrategie Integrierte Prozesslösungen entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette schaffen zusätzliches Wachstumspotenzial
3 September 202627 August 2026 Europa setzt bei ausgedienten Windrotorblättern auf Recycling Das von der EU geförderte Forschungsprojekt REWIND zeigt Wege auf, diese Verbundwerkstoffabfälle wiederzuverwenden. Die Deutschen Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF) sind einer von 13 Projektpartnern aus sieben Ländern
31 August 202624 August 2026 Wie Plastikmüll zum Rohstoff wird Ab 2030 müssen Kunststoffverpackungen einen Mindestanteil an recyceltem Material enthalten. Noch ist unklar, wie das funktionieren soll. Zwei Mittelständler zeigen, wie es heute schon geht
28 August 202621 August 2026 Cities need robust carbon dioxide removal strategies to meet net-zero targets Without a more rigorous, transparent framework for defining and compensating residual emissions, net-zero targets could entrench inequities and undermine long-term climate integrity
27 August 202621 August 2026 Is PLA Biodegradable? Regulatory Changes Could Force Companies to Prove It New U.S. and EU rules are closing in on vague biodegradability claims, and could change how PLA filament and the resulting products are marketed to consumers
26 August 202627 August 2026 Market Creation is Key to the Success of the Bioeconomy The ongoing discussion in Brussels on introducing a bio-based content target for plastics in packaging under the PPWR (DG ENV) is particularly noteworthy as it would represent the first demand-side measure of its kind for bio-based plastics in Europe
New packaging rules for less waste and easier recycling European Commission: Packaging has to be reusable or recoverable, meaning it can be used again or turned into something else after use
24 August 202617 August 2026 Again Acquires Genomatica (Geno), Combining Bio-Manufacturing Scale with Advanced AI Discovery and Design Policies set to mobilize tens of billions of dollars in investment to cement domestic bio-based supply chains