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22 July 202119 July 2021

Turning bread waste into biobased packaging

Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge-Europe (BISC-E)

5 May 202118 June 2021

Steel2Chemicals pilot plant in operation at the end of April

ArcelorMittal, Dow Benelux and Tata Steel are investigating to convert CO from residual gases from steel production into raw materials for the chemical industry

3 February 20213 February 2021

Microbial Cell Factories Webinar Series – Biological Principles to Commercial Products

11th March, 25th March & 8th April, 17:00-19:00 CET

20 November 202017 November 2020

€ 140 Mio project transforms CO2 into green raw material in North Sea Port

North-C-Methanol: largest installations worldwide

30 October 202029 October 2020

Multi-million-euro project transforms CO2 into green raw material in North Sea Port

They will also generate 44,000 tons of “green” methanol locally, which can be used as feedstock for the chemicals and renewables industries, as well as fuel for ships and trains

20 January 202015 January 2020

Revealing the potential of hemp-based textile materials

Hemp4All, a 2-year TETRA project at FTI Lab (2018-2019; financially supported by VLAIO), aims to explore the potential of hemp textile materials

14 November 201912 November 2019

Two pilots for the more sustainable chemo-enzymatic production of chemicals via new EU project

The GREEN-CHEM network joins various other partners in a new project hat aims to incite a transition to a more green and sustainable chemistry

22 August 201926 December 2019

Launch of bio-based Cyrene to replace toxic solvents

GREEN-CHEM-researchers developed a new and safer bio-based solvent which is produced in two steps from renewable cellulose

15 May 201910 May 2019

Alternative Verwendungszwecke für Zucker in Kosmetik und Bioplastik

Projekt CARBAFIN will bis Ende 2021 eine Plattform-Technologie für eine ökonomische und ökologische industrielle Verwertung von Glukose und Fruktose schaffen

16 October 201811 October 2018

New renewable building blocks for step growth polymers

The GREEN-CHEM network at Ghent University developed new building blocks for a vast variety of step growth polymers

26 April 20189 February 2019

Advanced modelling to develop biobased surfactants from cellulose waste

Collaboration aims to produce biobased amines as building blocks for surfactants

21 February 201819 February 2018

Self-healing concrete in full development

Concrete degradation of our infrastructure could have been avoided if we had used self-healing concrete in the first place

27 October 201725 October 2017

Covestro: Europeans join forces on CO2 – Chemical industry will use waste gas from steel factories to make plastics

Research project launched with 14 partners from seven countries - EU supports development of a particularly sustainable process

Covestro: Europäischer Schulterschluss zur CO2-Nutzung – Chemie will Abgase aus Stahlwerken für Kunststoffe verwenden

Forschungsprojekt mit 14 Partnern aus sieben Ländern gestartet - EU fördert Entwicklung von besonders nachhaltigem Verfahren

4 October 201723 January 2019

Novel food packaging based on coriander for increased shelf life

Ghent University researchers are developing a sustainable food packaging using coriander oil and crustacean waste in order to prolong the shelf life of food

31 July 201727 July 2017

PolyBioSkin develops biopolymers for high-demand skin-contact applications

Kick-off meeting in Spain to discuss how new generation bio-based polymers can help advance sustainable alternatives in sanitary, cosmetic, and biomedical fields

19 August 201615 February 2018

Growing A Bioeconomy — Flanders To Produce Fossil-Free Fuels, Chemicals, And Products

Flanders region of Belgium to be transformed into a European center hub of a new biobased economic activity

17 March 201615 March 2016

International Collaboration for Sustainable Bioeconomy Development between Brazil and The Netherlands

Signed at ECO-BIO conference, 7 March 2016 in Rotterdam

6 November 20154 November 2015

IB2Market brings new biobased products to the market

IB2Market, a public project funded by the European Union, brought a number of new-to-market and biobased molecules to the market

5 November 20154 November 2015

KU Leuven, VIB and Performa Investimentos establish GlobalYeast to deliver superior industrial yeast strains for the production of bio-ethanol and green chemicals

With a a close relationship between science, technology, market and entrepreneurship, GlobalYeast will focus on the Brazilian market and large groups worldwide

31 August 201526 August 2015

Warum diese Angst vor Gentechnik – trotz ihrer Unbedenklichkeit?

Studie mit Biotechnologen und Philosophen der Universität Gent sucht nach Antworten

30 June 201529 June 2015

G.M.O. Dilemma: Swaying a Wary Public

Genetic food modification worked out well the first time it was tried

28 May 201527 May 2015

Elemental Sustainability

Concerns have reinforced interest in finding substitute materials for “critical” elements

12 May 201511 May 2015

Can biotech provide the magic formula for the green economy?

Genetic engineering could help cut our use of fossil fuels and resources with the right support from environmentalists and government

22 April 201521 April 2015

Ingested plastics spread beyond stomach – in everyone

Among the issues discussed at the 8th International Conference on Bio-based Materials in Cologne, was the problem of microplastic particles - plastic fragments smaller than 1mm - in the marine environment

10 March 201512 March 2015

Meet the leading companies of the bio-based industry!

Bio-based building blocks, polymers and composites - Bio-based 3D printing - Bioplastics and environment

3 November 20141 November 2014

Mikroplastik – Gefährlich, unsichtbar und unerforscht

Roland Essel (nova-Institut) im Deutschlandradio Kultur-Beitrag vom 30.10.2014

22 July 201422 July 2014

Mikroplastik in der Umwelt: Kongress zeigt Lösungen auf!

Die Vorträge der Veranstaltung sind ab sofort zum Download verfügbar

30 January 201429 January 2014

Europaweit Nährstoffkreisläufe nachhaltig und kostengünstig nutzen

Forschungsprojekt "BioRefine" bringt internationale Partner zusammen

6 January 20143 January 2014

Field trial with lignin modified poplars shows potential for bio-based economy, but also that work still needs to be done

Modified trees appear to grow somewhat less rapid than non-modified poplar trees

15 August 2013

New possibilities for efficient biofuel production

New discovery could finally enable cheap cellulosic biofuels

16 January 20134 October 2013

Biotechnologie in Belgien

Finanzielle Situation für Biotech-Unternehmen in Belgien ist günstig

12 December 2012

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