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1 July 202428 June 2024

BioBTX secures over € 80 million to launch world’s first renewable aromatics plant

Aromatics, essential for producing every-day products like insulating foams, coatings, PET bottles, batteries, and pharmaceuticals, will now have a sustainable alternative to fossil-based sources

3 June 20243 June 2024

Only one week left: 12 Good reasons to attend the Renewable Materials Conference (RMC)

11-13 June, Siegburg/Cologne (Germany) and online

6 May 202417 December 2024

Breaking news – Milestone for the Transition to Sustainable Carbon in the European Chemical Industry

The Dutch minister for the environment Vivianne Heijnen presented “A Call for a European Sustainable Carbon Policy Package”

3 May 20244 October 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), April 2024

Let's take a look at what happened in April 2024 at RCI

26 April 202424 April 2024

The Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic and Ireland call for a European policy package on sustainable carbon in the chemical industry

Vivianne Heijnen, Minister for the Environment of the Netherlands, handed over a joint statement to Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate Action, in Brussels

16 May 202310 May 2023

Senbis: Marine degradable fishing net protection

A conclusion after 20 years of monitoring showed the fishing nets as the biggest source of waste found on the Dutch shores

16 November 202214 November 2022

Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte Meets with UBQ Materials in Preparation for Opening of Large-Scale Bergen Op Zoom Facility

The company is beginning its global expansion with a state of the art, industrial-scale facility, and research & development lab

2 September 202230 August 2022

Niederlande: Ein Viertel aus Hanfhäusern entsteht

In der Kleinstadt Oude Pekela in Groningen werden gleich 13 Häuser aus Hanf gebaut, wobei der Baustoff aus der eigenen Region stammen wird

23 May 202220 May 2022

Germany, Denmark, Netherlands and Belgium sign €135 billion offshore wind pact

Heads of government from the North Sea countries met in the Danish town of Esbjerg on Wednesday (18 May) to sign a cooperation agreement on offshore wind development and green hydrogen. They will target at least 65 GW by 2030 and 150 GW by 2050

5 August 20201 August 2020

Dutch agency advises the Netherlands to phase out bioenergy

In its new GAIN report, SER recommends that biomass to be used for the highest value applications possible and comply with clear sustainability requirements

19 June 201914 June 2019

Mega-Insektenfarm in den Niederlanden: Fabrik für krabbelndes Tierfutter

Mit viel Tamtam eröffnet die größte Insektenfarm Europas in Bergen op Zoom. Sind Fliegenlarven besseres Viehfutter als Importsoja?

13 April 201812 September 2018

The position of the bioeconomy in the Netherlands

Ten action points have been formulated based on existing policy and goals achieved

16 March 201814 March 2018

Hot drink cups: recycle or digest?

Wageningen UR and TNO conducted a life cycle assessment study for the Dutch Government to compare two end-of-life routes after separate collection

18 July 201714 July 2017

Polymerisation pilot facilities can accelerate the development of biobased materials

Two new initiatives in the Netherlands aim to realise an open access pilot plant for polymerisation in order to boost production of plastics based on biomaterials

13 October 201611 October 2016

Rotterdam is proposed location for waste-to-chemicals plant using Enerkem’s technology

New chemical plant to convert residual waste into methanol as chemicalblock

9 June 20168 June 2016

Bioeconomy Barometer: knowledge is at the basis of effective policy

LEI Wageningen UR developed an analysis framework to monitor the status of the Dutch bioeconomy

10 December 20159 December 2015

Breeders’ rights, patents and genetic modification

TTIP could tip the balance towards patents what means a threat to innovation in the sector

21 April 201520 April 2015

CEO: We are moving away from the fossil age

Feike Sijbesma, CEO of Royal DSM, about how a climate change future will look

3 February 20152 February 2015

Biobased alternatives to hormone disrupting substance in cash register receipts

Dutch government to encourage the production of safe alternatives derived from renewable raw materials

26 January 201523 January 2015

Confidence in biofuel and wood firing misplaced

Burning of wood in power stations and bio-ethanol and biodiesel in cars seems hardly contribute to saving CO₂ emissions

25 November 201424 November 2014

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