5 August 20254 August 2025 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), July 2025 RCI launches member-driven discussions, engages with SBTi, and welcomes significant policy momentum
24 April 202516 April 2025 From CO₂ to Sustainable Materials: CO₂SMOS Delivers Key Results for Circular Bio-Based Industries The CO₂SMOS project concludes its EU-funded research, marking a significant step forward in the development of CO₂-based bioproducts and sustainable materials
6 February 20253 February 2025 Avantium Finds Important Solution for Polycotton Textile Waste Recycling The first effective method for recycling both polyester and cotton components with high efficiency
29 October 202425 October 2024 Avantium CTO Gert-Jan Gruter Receives Royal Decoration Gert-Jan Gruter received this Royal Decoration from the Minister of Climate and Green Growth, Sophie Hermans, during the Official Opening Ceremony of Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant
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
28 March 202420 March 2024 Promising environmental degradation of PISOX polyesters UvA chemists have now developed a strong, heat-resistant plastic that breaks down in the nature after six months. “It’s a different mindset, but plastics with an expiration date make a lot more sense.”
UvA chemists develop new type of bio-based plastic: “Strong, recyclable and biodegradable” UvA chemists have now developed a strong, heat-resistant plastic that breaks down in the nature after six months
31 July 202327 July 2023 UvA chemists recycle shrimp waste as catalyst for hydrogen generation Flexible spheres of the biomolecule chitosan, made from shrimp waste, can be used for catalysts that generate hydrogen gas from borohydride salts
Chemiker recyceln Krabbenabfälle als Katalysator für die Wasserstofferzeugung Durchbruch gelang bei einem sogenannten Freitagnachmittagsexperiment
6 June 20231 June 2023 Avantium awarded €1.5 million EU grant to demonstrate the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into sustainable plastic materials The grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023
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 December 202113 December 2021 Advances in converting CO2 into polymers Sreeparna Das, independent specialist consultant to the chemicals industry and contributor to materials database Matmatch, outlines some key advancements in the market
9 June 20219 September 2021 Avantium awarded €1.78 million in total from EU grants for the development of electrochemical processes and CO2-based polymers Company is currently working on scaling up the Volta Technology in pre-pilot units that will be demonstrated at industrial sites in 2021
9 August 20189 September 2021 Carbon Capture, Solar Fuels, Fossil Bubble Tackling the CO2 challenge provides possibilities for encouraging innovation and a more sustainable circular economy
12 July 201810 July 2018 Solar Fuels could become competitive in the 2030s Renewable fuels as a valuable future alternative for current fossil based products
From LanzaTech to Sierra Energy and the latest research, syngas is on fire What companies and researchers are doing around the world with syngas is simply amazing – a few highlights are covered in this article
3 April 201828 March 2018 Who are the winners of the 2018 Bio-Based World News Awards? After a two month process, our panel of independent industry expert judges carefully deliberated and decided our shortlist and winners
19 June 201713 June 2017 Who are the winners of the European Bio-Based Innovation Awards 2017? Finnish company Paptic is opening a door for novel wood-based materials
21 April 201718 April 2017 UvA researchers invent novel catalyst to convert carbon dioxide New catalyst provides a possible means to sustainably utilise CO2
17 December 20159 September 2021 Photanol prepares itself for the market Fragrances and flavourings from cyanobacteria
3 July 20159 September 2021 Bio-inspired catalyst paves the way to ‘gas-to-liquid’-technologies Effective conversion of methane oxidation by a new copper zeolite
Bio-mimetischer Katalysator ebnet den Weg zu ‘Gas-to-Liquid’-Technologien Effiziente Umwandlung von Erdgas in Chemie-Grundstoffe
24 February 201523 February 2015 PaperWise: Papier und Karton aus landwirtschaftlichen Abfällen IVAM-Studie bescheinigt hochwertiger Kartonalternative bessere ökologische Umweltwirkung als zertifiziertem FSC-Papier
23 February 201521 February 2015 Netherlands: Take-off grant for alternative bioplastics Collected help and active support for innovative 100% plant-derived material in development and manufacturing
5 February 20154 February 2015 Quality paper and cardboard from agricultural waste Dutch company Paper Wise giving a good example of circular economy
3 March 201426 May 2014 Glycix, the biodegradable thermoset polymer that will conquer the world Researchers were looking for a biofuel and developed a bioplastic
21 November 20139 September 2021 CO2-Nutzung als Kraftstoff und Chemierohstoff steht in den Startlöchern Dynamische Technologie-Entwicklungen – Investoren warten auf Marktanreize
CO2 is ready to go as a fuel and chemical feedstock Dynamic technological developments – Investors await market incentives
17 October 201317 October 2013 CO2 aids Bayer’s sustainablility efforts Bayer is targeting PU as "an all-rounder among plastics."
1 March 2013 New Fischer-Tropsch catalyst invented in Amsterdam Tape recording patents inspire HIMS chemists
Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), July 2025
CO2-Nutzung als Kraftstoff und Chemierohstoff steht in den Startlöchern
