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8 October 20241 October 2024

ÄIO Secures €6 Million for Demo Plant Construction

Biotech startup to produce environmentally friendly oils and fats from wood and agricultural residues - a solution offering an alternative to the widely used oils in the food industry


Circular economy commissioner is a crucial step to a holistic EU vision for sustainable materials 

The EU has been fostering circularity for over a decade through regulation


Europe’s algae market expanding, driven by product innovation, climate potential 

The global algae products market size is estimated to surpass €8.2 billion by 2033


2 October 202427 September 2024

Biotalys Granted Patents for EVOCA in Both Europe and the United States

Company Builds Global Intellectual Property Safeguards for Its Crop Protection Pipeline


1 October 202427 September 2024

Maximising Impact: The Role of Communication in European Research Projects

Innovative research yields results, but it’s the effective communication and dissemination of those results that ultimately drive impact


LYB lays foundation for first industrial-scale advanced recycling plant at Wesseling, Germany site

Catalytic pyrolysis unit in heart of Europe to bolster sustainable growth, value creation


LyondellBasell legt Grundstein für die erste großtechnische Recyclinganlage am Standort Wesseling

Katalytische Pyrolyseanlage im Herzen Europas soll nachhaltiges Wachstum und Wertschöpfung fördern


30 September 202427 September 2024

Key Insights from two 3-CO Project Interviews: Focus on Labels, Certification and Social Innovations

The Horizon Europe 3-CO conducted two insightful interviews with the project partner Margaux Le Gallou from ECOS and the project’s advisory board member Nelo Emerencia from the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)


25 September 202424 September 2024

Creating a Circular Water Economy through Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

The Horizon Europe project WaterProof presents its new factsheet on wastewater treatment and solutions offered by the project


23 September 202417 September 2024

Building for the climate age: the uses of fungi in construction

One of the most promising uses of fungi is as a green construction material, ranging from spongy fungal blocks that are wholly biobased to composites that fuse concrete or other conventional construction materials


The New EU Political Cycle: A Defining Moment to Accelerate CCU Techs – CO2 Value Europe on Euractiv

For some CCU pathways, there are literally no rules or incentives


20 September 202419 September 2024

A Letter for the Future of Packaging

The EU has the opportunity to move forward by balancing its sustainability goals with the essential need for consumers to access everyday staples like milk and juice


19 September 202419 September 2024

Guide the EU Biotech Act to success, says top Belgian research institute

Europe has recently challenged the United States’ dominance in scientific research and innovation


10 September 20246 September 2024

What’s happening to the biofuels market?

The oil majors that had branched out into renewables in recent years began pausing biorefinery projects in quick succession over the summer of 2024


3 September 20242 September 2024

Produktion von Primär-Kunststoff unter Beschuss

„Bridge to Busan“-Erklärung will die Produktion von Primärkunststoffen reglementieren, um die Umweltverschmutzung mit Plastik in den Griff zu bekommen


30 August 202431 August 2024

nova-Institute participates in the discussion at the EDANA Conference Outlook Europe in Rome: Cellulosic fibres and biosynthetics – The status quo of renewable fibre sources in the context of the recent wave of regulatory developments

24-26 September 2024, Rome, Italy


22 August 202422 August 2024

Webinar “Painting a Bio-based Future with PERFECOAT”

Achievements and current challenges of creating sustainable solutions in paints and coatings - 27 August 2024, 13:00 to 15:00 CEST, online


13 August 202412 August 2024

Lenzing forces reformation of the textile value chain

Lenzing's sustainable, bio-based lyocell filaments promote the transformation of the textile value chain


Lenzing forciert Reformation der textilen Wertschöpfungskette

Lenzings nachhaltige, biobasierte Lyocell-Filamente fördern Umgestaltung der textilen Wertschöpfungskette


7 August 20245 August 2024

Deutsche Kautschukindustrie schlägt Alarm: Verzögerungen bei EU-Regulierung bedrohen Wertschöpfungskette bei Naturkautschuk

Der Präsident des Wirtschaftsverbands der deutschen Kautschukindustrie (wdk), Michael Klein, warnte davor, dass dadurch die Wertschöpfungskette bei Naturkautschuk akut bedroht sei


6 August 20245 August 2024

EU Project Circular Flooring

Creating value from waste: EU Project Circular Flooring turns post-consumer PVC flooring into plasticiser-free recyclates


EU-Projekt Circular Flooring

Wertstoffe aus Abfall: EU-Projekt Circular Flooring wandelt gebrauchte PVC-Böden in weichmacherfreie Rezyklate um


5 August 20242 August 2024

EU renewables compatible with food production, nature protection – and maybe humans

As the realities of the EU Green Deal become more apparent, land use has become a hotly debated issue


„Erneuerbare Energien mit Lebensmittelproduktion und Naturschutz vereinbar“

Ein neuer Bericht der NGO Europäisches Umweltbüro (EEB) besagt, dass es in Europa viel Platz für alle diese Ziele gibt, wenn wir die richtigen Entscheidungen treffen


2 August 202430 July 2024

The Circular Economy Act: Ursula Von Der Leyen plans after re-election

Ursula von der Leyen secures second five-year term as president of the European Commission following a European Parliament vote and promises a more circular and resilient economy


1 August 202430 July 2024

Building rural value chains for a fairer bioeconomy

Rural workers and businesses tend to participate in the bioeconomy largely as biomass providers


IPCEI funding approval paves way for progress at bp’s Lingen green hydrogen project 

bp has been granted funding, provided jointly by BMWK and Lower-Saxony Government, as part of the European IPCEI Hy2Infra wave for a green hydrogen project in Germany


31 July 202426 July 2024

Pläne der Bundesregierung: Warum Milliarden in Wasserstoff investiert werden

Bis 2045 will thyssenkrupp seine Stahlproduktion klimafreundlich umgebaut haben - mittels Wasserstoff sollen jedes Jahr etwa 3,5 Millionen Tonnen CO2 eingespart werden


29 July 202425 July 2024

Unlocking the Future of the European Circular Economy: Factsheet on Carbon Capture and Utilisation by the WaterProof Research Project

The new factsheet defines and explains CCU and its advantage over carbon capture and storage (CCS), describes strategies how to make CCU a sustainable technology and lists a variety of products that can be derived from carbon dioxide (CO₂)


Circular economy – New life for old mattresses

Several experts at the RWTH Geosciences in Erftstadt are developing chemical recycling technologies for discarded latex mattresses during the REFOAM project


Kreislaufwirtschaft – Neues Leben für alte Matratzen

Am Geoscience-Institut der RWTH in Erftstadt arbeiten zahlreiche Experten daran, im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts REFOAM alte Latexmatratzen chemisch zu recyceln


25 July 202424 July 2024

How can certification and labelling support green purchasing decisions?

Interview with Holger Gerdes & Zoritza Kiresiewa (Ecologic Institut gGmbH)


17 July 202416 July 2024

EU and CBE JU funded project HICCUPS: Website relaunched and leaflet with infographic produced

HICCUPS - Highly Innovative technology demonstration for bio-based CO2 Capture and Utilization for production of bulk plastics applications


15 July 202410 July 2024

From waste to value: The right electrolytes can enhance glycerol oxidation

A team led by Dr Marco Favaro at the Institute for Solar Fuels has now unveiled the influence of electrolyte composition on the efficiency and stability of the glycerol oxidation


Wertstoffe aus Abfall: Auf die richtigen Elektrolyte kommt es an

Ein Team unter der Leitung von Dr. Marco Favaro am Institut für Solare Brennstoffe hat nun den Einfluss der Elektrolytzusammensetzung auf die Effizienz und Stabilität der Glycerin-Oxidation systematisch analysiert


10 July 20244 July 2024

Trinseo Opens Next-Gen Depolymerization Facility in Italy

Depolymerization technology advances the circularity of acrylics, yields high-purity recycled monomer


Trinseo: Depolymerisationsanlage für PMMA in Italien eröffnet

Chemische Recyclingtechnologie soll diverse Acryllösungen in ihr Ausgangsmonomer, Methylmethacrylat (MMA), zurück verwandeln und Verunreinigungen aus Pre- und Post-Consumer-Acrylprodukten entfernen können


3 July 20242 July 2024

New Meta-Study Highlights That Hydrolysis Prevents the Formation of Persistent PLA Microplastics in the Environment

A systematic review of published scientific literature conducted by HYDRA Marine Sciences finds that in the presence of water or humidity, the bioplastic polylactic acid (PLA) will fully hydrolyze, and no persistent nano- or microplastics will remain or accumulate in the environment


1 July 202428 June 2024

AIMPLAS studies the quality of recycled plastics from automotive waste to help increase their use in this industry

As one of the world’s greatest consumers of plastics, the automotive industry is steadily increasing the percentage of recycled plastic to produce more sustainable vehicles and reduce their environmental impact


A deal is a deal: EU parties must stand by the European Green Deal

This call to action by The Club of Rome stresses that to guarantee resilience to future shocks and stresses, the European Green Deal must be implemented, optimised and systematised today, not tomorrow


28 June 202417 December 2024

The future of the chemical industry, plastics and recycling at the Renewable Materials Conference

Many initiatives are underway but there is a perceived difficulty at bringing products to market and an awareness around the urgency of the current situation


27 June 202421 June 2024

A project converts biodegradable plastic waste into green energy

The main objective of VALPLAST seeks to implement an alternative to current management of biodegradable plastic packaging waste that is aligned with circular economy principles


26 June 202424 June 2024

The Renewable Materials Conference 2024 kicks off between talks of carbon, CO₂ and CCU

Innovations, visions and strategies from around the world to understand how the policy framework for the chemical sector will change in the coming years


EU countries call for more checks on Asian biofuel imports

France, Germany and the Netherlands said it was necessary to tighten checks on biofuel production sites "wherever they are located in the world"


19 June 202413 June 2024

OLEAF4VALUE, sustainable tailor-made and market-ready solutions succeed at olive leaf biomass valorization

Crafting five processing routes for the smart biorefinery to yield over 40 bioproducts from olive leaves


18 June 202412 June 2024

EU-Vorschriften für E-Fuels riskieren „CO2-Tourismus“

Für den Luft- und Seeverkehr hat die EU Mindestquoten für „erneuerbare Kraftstoffe nicht-biologischen Ursprungs“ (RFNBO) ab 2030 beziehungsweise 2034 festgelegt, wozu auch Wasserstoff und E-Fuels gehören


EU rules on e-fuels threaten to create ‘CO2 tourism’

In aviation and maritime transport, the EU has set minimum quotas for “renewable fuels of non-biological origin” (RFNBOs) as of 2030 and 2034, respectively, including hydrogen and e-fuels


12 June 20245 June 2024

Jet Fuel Could Soon Be Made From Carbon Dioxide – Here’s How

The sci-concept of turning emissions into jet fuel is already here. How quickly it can power the world's jets is still up in the air


10 June 20247 June 2024

Navigating Consumer Choices: Factors Shaping Consumer Attitudes Towards Sustainable Products 

New state-of-the-art report by the 3-CO project examines factors influencing consumer behaviour towards sustainable products


5 June 20245 June 2024

Urban biorefinery

The European URBIOFIN and HOOP projects try to produce more circularity in waste processing

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