26 September 202522 September 2025 The REFOLUTION project: Unlocking the potential of biofuels production in Europe The Horizon Europe REFOLUTION project will deliver a cost-effective production of advanced biofuels in aviation and marine sector via a process that can be implemented in existing European refineries
Surviving the Valley of Death: a guide for bio-startups What can biobased entrepreneurs do to give their startups the best start in life?
16 September 202510 September 2025 Plastic Value Chain Strategic Recommendations Letter Recent data confirm the severity of the decline and underscore the urgency for intervention
EU-Projekt zu nachhaltigen Batterien: BAM entwickelt neuartige Messmethoden für sichere Akkus Das EU-Projekt HyMetBat zielt auf eine innovative hybride Metrologie: Mehrere unabhängige Messverfahren sollen kombiniert werden, um Batteriematerialien unter realistischen Bedingungen zu analysieren
EU project on sustainable batteries: BAM develops innovative measurement methods for safe rechargeable batteries The EU-project HyMetBat aims to develop innovative hybrid metrology: Several independent measurement methods are to be combined to analyze battery materials under realistic operating conditions (“in situ”)
15 September 20259 September 2025 Harnessing Municipal Wastewater as a Resource Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB are working with partners to recover high-quality products from municipal wastewater
Kommunales Abwasser als Ressourcenquelle nutzen Forschende des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Grenzflächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik IGB gewinnen gemeinsam mit Partnern hochwertige Produkte aus kommunalem Abwasser
11 September 20258 September 2025 GreenDot und Agilyx: Gemeinsam für die Zukunft der Kreislaufwirtschaft GreenDot stärkt seine Anteilseignerstruktur durch die Aufnahme von Agilyx ASA (A2QD56) als neuen Teilhaber
GreenDot and Agilyx: Building the Future of Circularity GreenDot strengthens its shareholding with the inclusion of Agilyx ASA (A2QD56) as a new shareholder
9 September 20255 September 2025 BioReCer Project: Final Multi-Stakeholder Annual Online Meeting 11 September 2025, 14:00-16:00 CEST - Online
Turning Urban Waste into Value: European Cities Explore Biorefinery Innovation in Zaragoza The recently inaugurated flagship biorefinery has been built by Urbaser, the coordinator of the EU-funded project Circular Biocarbon, bringing together cities, exploring how to turn their waste streams into valuable resources that support circularity, innovation, and climate neutrality
3 September 20252 September 2025 Mainstreaming Mass Balance and Attribution (MBA) – Fast-Growing Acceptance, Demand and Production For the first time ever, the new nova report provides detailed data on mass balance attributed intermediates and polymers, including 180 MBA building blocks and 50 MBA polymers produced by 49 companies at 189 locations
„Mass Balance and Attribution (MBA)“ kommt in Massenmärkte: Schnell wachsende Akzeptanz, Nachfrage und Produktion Der neue nova-Report liefert erstmals detaillierte Daten zu Zwischenprodukten und Polymeren auf Basis von Massenbilanzierung und Attribution, darunter 180 MBA-Chemikalien und 50 MBA-Polymere, die von 49 Unternehmen an 189 Standorten hergestellt werden
2 September 202529 September 2025 Horizon Europe Project PYSOLO: Mid-term Stakeholder Event on Solar-driven Biomass Pyrolysis Save the date: 6 November 2025, 09-14:00 CET, ICB Instituto de Carboquímica, Zaragoza (Spain) or online
Forging international research alliances on the bioeconomy With a new round of tenders for the “Bioeconomy International” funding initiative, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is once again supporting the establishment of international research networks
1 September 202526 August 2025 Europas Wirtschaft den Weg zum Kreislaufprinzip weisen Auf der zweiten CircSyst-Mitgliederversammlung wurden Innovationen und Lösungen in den Bereichen Wasserbewirtschaftung, Bioabfall sowie Kunststoffe und Verpackungen vorgestellt, die Europas Kreislaufwirtschaft voranbringen
Showcasing the path to circularity for Europe’s economy CircSyst’s second general assembly highlights innovations and solutions in water management, biowaste, and plastics and packaging driving Europe’s circular economy
29 August 202525 August 2025 HiQ-CARB project: More sustainable conductive carbon additives for lithium-ion batteries The development and commercialization of innovative conductive additives not only improves battery performance, but also lays the foundation for a more environmentally friendly and economically viable battery manufacturing ecosystem in Europ
Projekt HiQ-CARB: Nachhaltigere leitfähige Kohlenstoffadditive für Lithium-Ionen-Batterien Die Entwicklung und Kommerzialisierung innovativer leitfähiger Additive verbessert nicht nur die Batterieleistung, sondern legt auch die Grundlage für ein umweltfreundlicheres und wirtschaftlich tragfähiges Batteriefertigungssystem in Europa
28 August 202522 August 2025 A Billion-dollar business is brewing in textile waste – potential for hundreds of plants across Europe The Finnish Telavalue project aimed to solve the sustainability and waste challenges associated with the textile recycling industry
27 August 202521 August 2025 Recyclingwirtschaft und Umweltverbände fordern EU-Kommission zu Korrekturen bei SUPD-Umsetzung auf Gemeinsames Schreiben warnt vor Risiken für Kreislaufwirtschaft und das Erreichen der Umweltziele
25 August 20255 September 2025 BioReCer Project: Final Multi-Stakeholder Annual Online Meeting 11 September 2025, 14:00-16:00 CEST - Online
22 August 202519 August 2025 Commission launches consultation and call for evidence for upcoming Circular Economy Act The feedback period is open until 6 November 2025
21 August 20254 September 2025 Transdisciplinary perspectives in the circular economy – WaterProof training workshop for students and early-stage researchers How can industry professionals, researchers and local communities work together to successfully close the carbon loop?
Biotechnology brings mycelium-based materials to market With the potential to transform multiple sectors, innovative biofabrication processes produce raw fully bio-based materials made from fungi
Werkstoffe auf Myzelbasis dank Biotechnologie Mit innovativen Biofabrikationsverfahren, mit denen mehrere Sektoren verändert werden könnten, werden vollständig biobasierte Rohmaterialien aus Pilzen gewonnen
PROMOFER: Turning Agri-food and Lignocellulosic Residues into Bioplastics and Sustainable Polyurethane Materials Coordinated by AIMPLAS, the project aims to unlock the potential of agri-food and lignocellulosic residues by converting them into two high-value bio-based compounds
20 August 202514 August 2025 BioReCer Final Event: Trust, Traceability, and Certification – Valorising Biobased Feedstocks Ciudad de la Cultura in Santiago de Compostela, Spain – scheduled from 9:00 to 14:45 CET
Recycling trifft High-Tech: Millionenförderung der EU für grüne Chemie im Rheinischen Revier und Ruhrgebiet Ministerin Neubaur: Investitionen in Schlüsseltechnologien sind dreifacher Gewinn für Klima, Jobs und unsere Innovationskraft
19 August 202519 August 2025 3-CO Validation Workshop: Smart Consumer Labels for the EU-BioEconomy 12 September 2025, from 10:00-13:00 CEST, free Webinar
18 August 202519 September 2025 The 3-CO Final Event: Empowering Bio-Based Choices Through Smart Certification 21 October 2025 from 9:00 to 13:00 CEST, Online
15 August 202514 August 2025 Challenge and opportunity of developing a lignin supply chain ‘Basal lignin’, which refers to lignin that has been extracted but not further modified, varies widely in properties and therefore also in quality depending on the extraction process
11 August 20257 August 2025 Verbrauch von Kunststoff-Tragetaschen geht weiter zurück Ceresana hat zum fünften Mal den europäischen Markt für Beutel, Säcke und Tüten aus Kunststoff und Papier untersucht und meldet einen weiteren Rückgang
8 August 20257 August 2025 Advancing circularity: Heidelberg Materials launches first industrial scale facility for enforced carbonation in Poland Heidelberg Materials has started operations at its new industrial pilot facility for enforced carbonation in Górażdże, Poland
Kreislaufwirtschaft stärken: Heidelberg Materials nimmt großtechnische Anlage für gezielte Karbonatisierung in Polen in Betrieb Heidelberg Materials hat seine neue industrielle Pilotanlage für gezielte Karbonatisierung im Zementwerk Górażdże, Polen, in Betrieb genommen
6 August 202530 July 2025 „Wir stehen mit dem Rücken zur Wand“ bvse-Vizepräsident Dr. Herbert Snell im Interview über die Krise der Kunststoffrecycler
5 August 20254 August 2025 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), July 2025 RCI launches member-driven discussions, engages with SBTi, and welcomes significant policy momentum
1 August 202529 July 2025 17 Inspiring Social Innovations Across Europe: New Brochure by the 3-CO Project The EU-funded 3-CO project (Concise Consumer Communication through Robust Labels for Biobased Systems) aims at empowering both consumers and industry stakeholders with the knowledge and tools to make more sustainable and environmentally conscious choices
31 July 202525 July 2025 Deutsche Papiersackindustrie stellt die Weichen für neue EU-Vorgaben Die Mitglieder der Gemeinschaft Papiersackindustrie e.V. (GemPSI) bereiten sich intensiv auf die Umsetzung der neuen regulatorischen Anforderungen vor
29 July 202528 July 2025 Scaling CO₂ Conversion: Advancing the HICCUPS-Process from Lab to Industry Interview with Mariana Araújo from the EU and CBE JU funded HICCUPS project
tExtended will present a workshop at the 3rd ECOSYSTEX conference about building a collaborative circular textile system In order to demonstrate and validate the steps taken so far to develop a blueprint for the optimized cycling of discarded textiles, the EU-funded project tExtended will be present at the next ECOSYSTEX conference, which will take place on September 29 – October 1 at the Jacy’z Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden
25 July 202522 July 2025 Reacting to key vote on End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation, Plastics Europe urges for ambitious recycling targets Plastics Europe is the pan-European association of plastics manufacturers with offices across Europe
Abstimmung zur EU-Altfahrzeugverordnung: Plastics Europe drängt auf höhere Recyclingziele Plastics Europe ist der europäische Verband der Kunststoffhersteller mit Niederlassungen in ganz Europa
More bio-based innovation can help reduce environmental impacts, boost Europe’s bioeconomy and sustainability The EEA briefing shows how examples of bio-based innovations can support the expected update of the EU’s bioeconomy strategy.
23 July 20251 September 2025 The fossil fuel trap: Why defossilising chemistry is essential – and feasible! Renewable energy and carbon for climate protection, independence, resilience and competitiveness
Die fossile Falle: Warum die Defossilisierung der Chemie unverzichtbar – und machbar – ist! Erneuerbare Energie und Kohlenstoff für Klimaschutz, Unabhängigkeit, Resilienz und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
CBE JU welcomes the European Chemicals Industry Action Plan: Bio-based solutions powering a sustainable industrial transformation The plan recognises the potential of bio-based chemicals to contribute to the decarbonisation of the EU chemicals sector and to the development of new industrial value chains based on sustainably sourced European biomass
Neue EU-Chemikalien-Gesetze untergraben Verbraucherschutz: BUND fordert Rücknahme der Gesetzesinitiative Der Chemie-Omnibus ist Teil eines Gesetzespakets der EU-Kommission zur Reduzierung von Bürokratie und Berichtspflichten für Unternehmen
Startups take on Europe’s untapped feedstocks Opportunities for Innovation in the Bioeconomy by the European Environment Agency, released July 2025, states the EU economy needs to increase its flow of biological raw materials to support a domestic renewable materials industry