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3 December 202528 November 2025

Weniger Tüten, mehr Fakten: Kunststoff ist oft klimafreundlicher als gedacht

Plastics Europe Deutschland: Bilanz nach 5 Jahren Einweg-Plastiktüten-Verbot

14 November 202510 November 2025

Wo steht Europa beim Recycling von Kunststoffverpackungen?

Die EU-Recyclingquote für Kunststoffverpackungen steigt. Doch einige Länder drohen die Ziele für 2025 zu verfehlen. Was muss jetzt konkret geschehen?

6 March 20253 March 2025

2023: Record-breaking Increase in Renewable Electricity

Electricity from renewables dominates in Austria, Sweden and Denmark while shares above 50% were registered in Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Latvia and Finland

12 September 20246 September 2024

Solar overtook hard coal as electricity source in 2022

Poland and Czechia are the only two remaining producers of hard coal in the EU, with only Poland using it as a major source for electricity generation

2 November 202331 October 2023

Supply chain letter on the need for mass balance fuel-use exempt for chemical recycling

20 associations call on EU Member States to urgently adopt mass balance fuel-use exempt as the EU harmonised mass balance method for allocating recycled content via chemical recycling

Verbände fordern Anerkennung von „Fuel Use Exempt“-Massenbilanzierung

20 europäische Verbände fordern eine EU-weite Regulierung und Anerkennung von Massenbilanzen für das chemische Recycling nach der „Fuel Use Exempt“-Regel

23 February 202321 February 2023

EU sees brutal drop in renewable energy used in transport

Recently released figures by EU statistics agency Eurostat show a spectacular drop in the amount of renewable energy used in the transport sector for 2021, a trend that affects almost all EU countries and is due to a change in the calculation methodology for biofuels

Eurostat: Starker Rückgang von erneuerbaren Energien im Verkehrssektor

Kürzlich veröffentlichte Zahlen der europäischen Statistikbehörde Eurostat zeigen einen deutlichen Rückgang des Anteils erneuerbarer Energien im Verkehrssektor für das Jahr 2021. Fast alle EU-Staaten sind von diesem Trend betroffen, der auf eine Änderung der Berechnungsmethodik für Biokraftstoffe zurückzuführen ist

28 November 202224 November 2022

Embraced, a step forward for a Circular Bioeconomy in Europe

Horizon 2020 Embraced Project was protagonist at Ecomondo in Rimini in early November

2 September 202230 August 2022

Warum Waldbiomasse nicht zu den „erneuerbaren“ Energien gezählt werden darf

Der Umweltausschuss sieht vor, dass die Verbrennung sekundärer Biomasse weiterhin als erneuerbare Energie im Rahmen der Richtlinie angerechnet werden kann und damit Subventionen erhält

Why forest biomass must not be counted as ‘renewable’ energy

The environment committee amendment still allows burning secondary biomass materials, like sawdust and bark from sawmills, to qualify as renewable energy under the RED and receive subsidies

9 November 20214 November 2021

EU recycled 41% of plastic packaging waste in 2019

In 2019, each person living in the EU generated 34.4 kg of plastic packaging waste, out of which 14.1 kg was recycled

29 March 201624 March 2016

Report quantifies employment, turnover impacts of EU bioeconomy

According to BIC, some sectors, such as the forest-based industry, are fully biobased and thus fully accounted to the bioeconomy

24 September 201523 September 2015

Commission ready to give more aid to young farmers

Over 160,000 young European farmers will start their own businesses thanks to aid provided by the 2014-2020 rural development programmes

11 September 201510 September 2015

EU-weite Konsultation zur Reform der EU-Agrarstatistik

EU-Kommission plant Modernisierung der Rechtsgrundlagen zur Erhebung statistischer Daten

How to Turn an Old Sofa into Biofuel

A Dutch initiative explores methods on how to use solid urban waste to produce liquid biofuels and biochemicals

8 September 20158 September 2015

Experts from nova-Institute introduced:

This month Dr. Stephan Piotrowski, Agricultural economist

16 July 201514 July 2015

EU Bioeconomy worth EUR2 trillion

A new study by nova-Institute: EU-28 bioeconomy is worth 2 trillion euro, providing 19 million jobs

2 June 20151 June 2015

A new study by nova-Institut: EU-28 bioeconomy is worth 2 trillion euro, providing 19 million jobs

Experts present an estimation of employment and turnover in the European bio-based economy

15 July 201414 July 2014

Biorefineries present ‘historic opportunity’ to regenerate rural Europe

The development of local biorefineries can 'completely reverse' the decline in rural EU communities, writes Rob Vierhout

11 June 201410 June 2014

EU-Agrarreform wird Artenvielfalt nicht ausreichend schützen

Forscher empfehlen in SCIENCE zusätzliche Maßnahmen

29 April 201410 March 2015

Global Information adds “Biorefinery Products: Global Markets” to list of reports

BCC report finds, removing barriers and introducing new mechanisms would facilitate market entry

22 February 2013

ADCELLPACK project advances the use of cellulose-based materials in food packaging

Wood-fibre-based packaging material to be developed by consortium

29 November 2012

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