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27 August 20242 October 2024

Mura Technology and WMG secure innovate UK grant to grow commercial opportunities for Hydrothermal advanced plastic recycling technology

WMG at the University of Warwick, Innovate UK (IUK) and advanced recycler of plastics Mura Technology are to continue their collaboration on sustainability with a new IUK funded, two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)

14 September 202311 September 2023

Wood modification boosts biomass conversion

By adding a naturally-occurring polymer that makes wood more porous, scientists have engineered trees easier to disassemble into simpler building blocks

17 March 202314 March 2023

Sustainable, low carbon circular plastic economy enabled by advanced plastic recycling process

University of Warwick researchers publication shows, that advanced recycling technologies can replace the virgin fossil feedstocks used by the chemicals industry to create new plastics and other industrial products

29 July 202225 July 2022

What role does Hemp play in the Automotive Industry?

Ford's approach to developing sustainable solutions with cars made from bioplastics did not bear fruit. But almost a century later, companies are again looking at the value of industrial hemp to the automotive industry

16 February 202214 February 2022

Compounds made from ‘digested’ molecules feeds appetite for greener pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals

New method developed by University of Warwick scientists uses enzymes to produce indolic amides, carboxylic acids and auxins – vital for use in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries

Verbindungen aus “verdauten” Molekülen wecken Appetit auf umweltfreundlichere Pharmazeutika und Agrochemikalien

Neue Methode nutzt Enzyme zur Herstellung von Indolamiden, Carbonsäuren und Auxinen

15 June 20219 September 2021

Efficiently “switching on” bacteria to produce high-value chemicals

Most high-value chemicals are currently produced using fossil fuels - industrial chemistry's use of petroleum accounts for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions

3 December 20191 December 2019

Biotech breakthrough turns waste biomass into high value chemicals

The new breakthrough demonstrates that high-value chemicals can be produced directly from waste biomass in a single ‘one-pot’ process

24 June 201924 June 2019

Webinar on cascading conversion of ligno-cellulosic recalcitrant residues: screening for efficient biocatalysts

Broadcast date: July 4, 2019 - Time: 2:00 pm, CET

13 July 201811 July 2018

Biodegradable plastic made from ‘tree glue’ could be on shelves within five years

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a way to turn lignin into a strong, moldable plastic

9 July 201811 July 2018

Opportunity for industrial experts on zero waste biorefineries

Zelcor summer school: "Zero waste biorefineries: technical advances and sustainability assessment"

4 July 201730 June 2017

Trend: Naturfasern in der Automobilindustrie

Besonders die Hanffaser ist für den Bau von Karosserieteilen geeignet

6 September 201616 December 2016

Hemp, Flax Growing as Auto Plastics Building Blocks

Researchers worldwide developing tough materials from hemp fibers for the automotive sector

11 September 201526 November 2015

Bioplastics as strong contenders in the market

The pursuit of environmentally materials has been growing considerably

24 April 201523 April 2015

Biome Bioplastics leads £3m sustainable chemicals development programme

Researchers consortium to harness industrial biotechnology techniques to produce bio-based chemicals from lignin at a scale suitable for industrial testing

25 June 201425 June 2014

The British plan for the bioeconomy takes a step forward

Lignocellulosic technologies are an important solution for enabling the use of non-food crops with the production of biofuels and bio-based chemicals

20 June 201418 June 2014

Next generation of bioplastics could be made from trees

BIOME, Warwick's University research demonstrate Lignin as low-cost feedstock for high performance chemicals

20 December 201319 December 2013

£18M for 13 unique industry-academia Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy

13 new cross-disciplinary research communities

19 April 2013

An Advance in Viability of Bioplastics?

Tim Sykes interviews Biome's CEO Paul Mines about bio-based plastics made from organic chemicals and lignin

21 September 2012

Remarkable enzyme points the way to reducing nitric acid use in industry

Researchers develop a cytochrome P450 enzyme,called TxtE to catalyse an aromatic nitration reaction

3 September 2012

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