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2 December 202527 November 2025

Monthly News from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2025

November Highlights: RCI General Assembly, Upcoming RCI Webinar, ARC Partner Event, New Partner kunststoffland NRW (DE), Upcoming 10th ECP

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15 October 202514 October 2025

Invitation to the 3-CO Final Event: Empowering Bio-Based Choices Through Smart Certification

By developing smart label design guidelines, digital support tools, and implementing social innovation strategies, 3-CO addresses transparency and trust in bio-based products

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18 September 202522 September 2025

K 2025: Products for every challenge

K.D. Feddersen will present together with leading partners and its own bioplastics brand BIO-FED solutions that combine ecological responsibility with technical excellence

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K 2025: Produkte für jede Herausforderung

K.D. Feddersen präsentiert gemeinsam mit führenden Partnern und der eigenen Biokunststoff-Marke BIO-FED Lösungen, die ökologische Verantwortung mit technischer Exzellenz verbinden

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15 September 202515 September 2025

The Future of Chemical Industry in Europe: Defossilised and Competitive, how this can work?

This is the key question that will be addressed at the Renewable Materials Conference, 22–24 September in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), and online

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Biopolymer-Folien im Aufwind: Chancen und Risiken für Hersteller

Biofolien unterliegen denselben Prüfungen wie konventionelle, petrochemische Folien: Nachfrage und Kapazitäten wachsen, aber Utilisierung und Polymer-Verfügbarkeit bleiben der Flaschenhals

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10 September 20254 September 2025

FKuR exhibits at K 2025

„Let’s keep it in the loop“ – sustainable plastic solutions for a circular future

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FKuR auf der K 2025

„Let’s keep it in the loop“ – nachhaltige Kunststofflösungen für eine kreislauffähige Zukunft

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8 September 20252 September 2025

From Tea Bags to Spacecraft: How Lenzing is high performing with cellulosic Lyocell fibers in a wide range of industrial applications

Lenzing fibers have a lower impact on the environment through the fiber production process, the natural biodegradability of the fiber structure, and the sustainable origin of the wood used to make the fibers

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28 August 202522 August 2025

Mikroplastik vermeiden: Welche Kunststoffprodukte biologisch abbaubar sein sollten

Checkliste und Anwendungsbeispiele für den Einsatz in GaLaBau, Landwirtschaft, Forst und Stadtreinigung

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25 July 202526 September 2025

Estonia’s largest festival pilots sustainable biowaste collection bags from local woody biomass

Estonia’s XXVIII Song and XXI Dance Festival, “Iseoma”, piloted sustainable biowaste collection bags made from local woody biomass, showcasing innovation in action. Here’s the story behind this collaboration, take a look!

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2 July 20251 July 2025

From Policy and Technologies to Practice: Twelve Interactive Expert Workshops at the Renewable Materials Conference 2025

Alongside the main conference programme this year, the Renewable Materials Conference will feature a wide range of in-depth knowledge exchange workshops. A 10% discount on the conference ticket price is available for registrations before 17 August

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Von Politik und Technologie zur Praxis: Zwölf interaktive Experten-Workshops auf der Renewable Materials Conference 2025

Neben dem Hauptkonferenzprogramm bietet die Renewable Materials Conference in diesem Jahr ein breites Spektrum an Workshops, die einen vertieften Wissensaustausch ermöglichen. Bei einer Anmeldung bis zum 17. August erhalten Sie 10 % Rabatt auf den Preis der Konferenztickets

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1 July 20252 July 2025

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), June 2025

What to Expect this Month: Publication of Position Paper on Sustainability Criteria for Biomass, New Projects, Launch of Roundtable Format and much more

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22 May 20253 June 2025

Renewable Materials Conference 2025: Nominees for the Innovation Award & Final Programme Unveiled

Latest update on the world's largest conference on innovative and renewable chemicals and materials, fossil-free plastics and related policies from 22-24 September 2025 in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany)

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Renewable Materials Conference 2025: Nominierte für den Innovationspreis und endgültiges Programm bekannt gegeben

Neueste Informationen zur weltweit größten Konferenz für innovative und erneuerbare Chemikalien und Materialien, fossilfreie Kunststoffe und politische Rahmenbedingungen vom 22.–24. September 2025 in Siegburg bei Köln

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14 May 20258 May 2025

New GRECO project on greener and safer bioplastics for food packaging

21 partners that have joined forces to develop and implement “Innovative biobased, biodegradable, recyclable, safe, and circular food packaging” under the lead of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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6 May 20256 May 2025

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), April 2025

Let's take a look at what happened in April 2025 at RCI:

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Final Programme Available – The Renewable Materials Conference (RMC)

World's largest conference on innovative and renewable chemicals, plastics and materials

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7 April 20258 April 2025

TÜV AUSTRIA’s ‘OK renewable’ Certification: a step towards a carbon circular economy

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), which was launched by nova-Institut in 2020, turned to us to implement the RCS concept through the "OK renewable" certification scheme

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2 April 202527 March 2025

Fiberdom Partners with S-Group to Expand the Availability of its Home Compostable, 100% Plastic-Free Cutlery Across Finland

Fiberdom is proud to announce a new retail partnership with S-Group, one of Finland’s largest retailers

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18 March 202517 March 2025

Smithers-Oasis Launches Plant-Based Floral Foam

OASIS® Renewal ™ Floral Foam is certified OK biobased with a 4-star rating from TÜV Austria

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13 March 20255 March 2025

Sinclair simplifies compostable produce stickers as global momentum rises

The launch of the Sinclair T55 label at Fruit Attraction last year is a culminated effort in high-performance compostable labels suitable for high-speed applications in packinghouses

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24 February 202518 February 2025

Conserving Beauty uses compostable NatureFlex™ films

The high-performance sachet material includes a layer of NatureFlex from Futamura, laminated to paper and another biofilm for hermeticity

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13 February 202510 February 2025

TOUS les JOURS begins US introduction of plant-based straws produced with PHACT™ PHA, a low carbon, biopolymer from CJ Biomaterials

In 2024, CJ BMS successfully launched PHACT™ CB0400A, a PHA compound made from CJ BMS’ unique grades of amorphous and semi-crystalline PHA biopolymers

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4 February 20253 February 2025

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), January 2025

Here is what happened in January 2025 at RCI:

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31 January 20251 February 2025

Free Webinar: Certification and Innovation in Bio-Based Construction

Certification plays a critical role in this transformation, providing a robust framework for validating the sustainability performance and attesting to the environmental credentials of these innovative bio-based materials

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24 January 20253 February 2025

The chance for companies to contribute to the world’s leading event: The Renewable Materials Conference

The international meeting place for the chemical, the plastics and materials industries will take place from 22 to 24 September 2025 in Siegburg/Cologne. It presents solutions and innovations for replacing fossil carbon with biomass, CO2 utilisation and recycling

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Die Chance für Unternehmen, zum weltführenden Event beizutragen: Renewable Materials Conference

Der internationale Treffpunkt für die Chemie-, Kunststoff- und Werkstoffindustrie findet vom 22. bis 24. September 2025 in Siegburg bei Köln statt. Die Konferenz präsentiert neue Lösungen und aktuelle Innovationen, fossilen Kohlenstoff durch Biomasse, CO₂-Nutzung und Recycling zu ersetzen

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21 January 202516 January 2025

With its RENATURE® Wrap product, Storopack is launching new eco-friendly, plant-based protective packaging

RENATURE® Wrap is almost exclusively obtained from yellow peas, and therefore represents a sustainable alternative to traditional bubble wrapping and foam made from polyethylene

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Mit RENATURE® Wrap bringt Storopack eine neue umweltfreundliche Schutzverpackung auf pflanzlicher Basis auf den Markt

RENATURE® Wrap wird hauptsächlich aus Erbsenstärke hergestellt und ist damit eine nachhaltige Alternative zu herkömmlichen Luftpolsterfolien und PE-Rollschaum

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14 January 202513 January 2025

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

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

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2 January 202518 December 2024

European Bioplastics concludes EBC24 on a high note

The sessions highlighted advancements in bioplastics, assessed their environmental impacts and sustainability milestones, and provided a comprehensive overview of the global industry landscape

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21 November 202418 November 2024

Das steckt in der Kaffeekapsel für den Heimkompost

Die Kaffeekapsel zu den Gartenabfällen auf den Kompost werfen und zu wertvollem Humus verarbeiten – eine tolle Errungenschaft. Woraus werden sie hergestellt und welche Kriterien müssen sie erfüllen?

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17 October 202411 October 2024

Launch of the Initiative natürliche Kreislaufwirtschaft e.V. (INAK)

Association of companies, certifiers, and waste management organisations will have their focus on the use of biodegradable and compostable plastics in specific applications

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Start der Initiative natürliche Kreislaufwirtschaft e.V. (INAK) – Biologisch abbaubare Produkte zur Vermeidung von Mikroplastik

Zusammenschluss von Unternehmen, Zertifizierern und Entsorgern hat biologisch abbaubare und kompostierbare Kunststoffe in sinnvollen Anwendungsbereichen im Fokus

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27 September 202426 September 2024

Webinar: Potential and challenges of certification and development of new labels

The Horizon Europe projects 3-CO and BioReCer present their first joined webinar with speakers from REDcert and TÜV AUSTRIA

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26 September 202423 September 2024

Special offer to celebrate our anniversary!

We're celebrating 10 years of Golden Compound GmbH! To mark the occasion, we're offering an exclusive anniversary deal on our home-compostable bioplastics for injection moulding

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Sonderangebot zum Jubiläum!

Feiern Sie mit uns: 10 Jahre Golden Compound GmbH – Exklusives Jubiläumsangebot für heimkompostierbaren Bio-Kunststoff für den Spritzguss

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19 September 202416 September 2024

Heimkompostierbare Kaffeekapseln: NESPRESSO bringt Kapsel-Innovation nach Österreich

25 Jahre nach dem Markteintritt ergänzt Nespresso sein Sortiment um heimkompostierbare Kaffeekapseln auf Papierbasis. Sechs neue Kaffeevarietäten für garantierte Nespresso Qualität

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22 August 202422 August 2024

Comprehensive poster on biodegradable polymers in various environments in a new version

The world's leading poster on biodegradability has been updated by the nova team of experts: current standards and certifications as well as the latest scientific findings

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Umfassendes Poster über biologisch abbaubare Polymere in verschiedenen Umgebungen in neuer Version

Das weltweit führende Poster zur biologischen Abbaubarkeit wurde vom nova-Expertenteam aktualisiert: Aktuelle Normen und Zertifizierungen sowie neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse

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14 August 202413 August 2024

BASF switches their portfolio to bio-based Ethyl Acrylate (EA)

BASF’s bio-based Ethyl Acrylate uses sustainable bioethanol predominantly from European sources with grain as a feedstock

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BASF stellt ihr Portfolio auf biobasiertes Ethylacrylat (EA) um

Das biobasierte Ethylacrylat der BASF wird in Ludwigshafen ausschließlich aus Bioethanol als Alkoholquelle hergestellt

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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

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21 June 202414 June 2024

Ausschreibungshilfen für biobasierte Kunststoffe in der nachhaltigen Beschaffung

Formulierungen für die Materialanforderung "Biobasierter Kunststoff" in einer Leistungsbeschreibung

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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

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

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

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29 May 202417 December 2024

Introduction of the new “OK renewable carbon” certificate: Award ceremony for the first products

TÜV AUSTRIA, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) and the nova-Institute introduce the new certificate at the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg

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Erste Produkte werden mit dem neuen Zertifikat „OK renewable carbon“ ausgezeichnet

TÜV AUSTRIA, die Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) und das nova-Institut präsentieren das neue Zertifikat auf der Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg