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20 February 202518 February 2025

The power of biobased solvents in paint, electronics, and more

Here are the areas where these green chemicals are making a mark

10 May 20246 May 2024

Merck Introduces New Greener Solvent, Cyrene™

New bio-derived product is a safer, more sustainable alternative for Dimethylformamide and N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvents

Merck stellt neues, umweltfreundlicheres Lösungsmittel Cyrene™ vor

Neues Produkt auf biologischer Basis bietet sichere, nachhaltige Alternative zu den Lösungsmitteln Dimethylformamid und N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidon

21 February 202421 February 2024

Bio-based innovations for industrial applications: stakeholder event on 24 April 2024 in Brussels presents latest breakthroughs and key findings from research on circular bio-based solutions

Organised by two EU-funded research projects, CHAMPION and PERFECOAT, this stakeholder event is dedicated to the latest developments in bio-based solutions for a variety of materials such as coatings, paints, adhesives and detergents

19 October 202217 October 2022

Building the bio-based chemical economy: Circa launches Circa Renewable Chemistry Institute

New industrial innovation hub, tasked with supporting customer and market applications for renewable chemicals, is including Circa’s portfolio of bio-based products based on platform chemical levoglucosenone

3 December 202129 November 2021

Continued Progress and Positive Market Activity

Circa Group is enabling the transition to sustainable chemistry by providing a safe low carbon alternative to toxic fossil-based chemicals, and new opportunities for specialty material and pharmaceutical manufacturers

27 October 202127 October 2021

MeMBrane project ends after more than three years

The ERA CoBio funded MeMBrane project is drawing to a close at the end of this year and the team are reflecting on a successful project in difficult times

30 August 202125 August 2021

New levoglucosenone derivative provides alternative to toxic chlorinated solvents

A study using Circa’s renewable solvent Cyrene™ and new solvent Cygnet 0.0 showed that they have enhanced performance in the production of membranes, as well as when used as solvents in the bio-catalysed synthesis of polyesters

11 May 202118 June 2021

“Dominating” fungus could provide solution to producing more biofuels and valuable chemicals

Researchers have discovered an enzyme in a fungus which can act as a catalyst to bring about a biochemical reaction that breaks down lignocellulose

26 October 202021 October 2020

Flagship EU project aiming to replace toxic solvents with renewable alternatives launches today

The new ReSolute project is addressing the need for plant-based, higher-performing and safer chemicals in Europe

28 July 202024 July 2020

Developing new circular materials from safe bio-based building blocks

New library of biobased materials will bring the circular ambitions of the European Union a step closer

1 July 202030 June 2020

Circular High-performance Aza-Michael Polymers as Innovative materials Originating from Nature

Recovery, chemical recycling and organic recycling (with the option of controlled energy recovery) are the end-of-life options planned for the design of products using CHAMPION polymers

4 March 20202 March 2020

Project that uses waste from pea processing to clean water receives funding boost

“Often discarded and considered as waste, unavoidable food supply chain waste such as pea waste is a treasure trove of useful chemicals that can be utilised in many applications that impact global grand challenges.”

9 January 20206 January 2020

New flagship EU project focused on replacing toxic solvents with renewable alternatives

ReSolute brings together 12 partners from 6 countries and will provide new manufacturing and employment opportunities

2 December 201927 November 2019

Resolve-project develops bio-based alternatives for hazardous solvents

New solvent molecules proved to have better performance than their fossil counterparts

27 November 201927 November 2019

Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia uses moths to transform unwanted clothing into “precious” bio-waste material

London-based Italian designer to explore the potential for farming moths' larvae and using them to digest keratin-based fibres

20 November 201915 November 2019

Let’s play with rubbish: a new board game for the bioeconomy

New game was developed in collaboration with MeLoop Foundation, India, and the THYME Project, a North of England project to improve productivity of the bioeconomy

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

19 August 201913 August 2019

Growing bio-based solvent market

These specialty chemicals continue to look for safer and less carbon emitter alternatives

12 August 20196 August 2019

Bio-based solvent helping develop uk’s first industrial-scale car battery recycling project

According to the IEA, the global electric car fleet exceeded 5.1 million in 2018 and is estimated to reach at least 130 million by 2030

23 May 201920 May 2019

Circa Group’s Renewable Solvent Wins Environmental Leader’s Top Product 2019 Award

Cyrene^TM is made from waste cellulose and has a unique property set, including viscosity, surface tension and polarities

22 May 201921 May 2019

Biome Bioplastics applauds findings of Plastics in the Bioeconomy report

There are approximately 10,000 tonnes of compostable packaging on the UK market at present, which is less than 1% of all consumer plastic packaging

21 May 201916 May 2019

Lösungsmittel auf biologischer Basis bietet sichere, nachhaltige Alternative

Cyrene erwies sich als leistungsfähiger als herkömmliche Lösungsmittel

17 May 201913 May 2019

UK compostable packaging market poised for tenfold increase by 2025, new report finds

Study showed an abundance of renewable bioresources that could supply the biochemicals needed to produce low-carbon biopolymers for the compostable packaging market

19 March 201914 March 2019

Biosolvents solving challenges– from dry cleaning and cleaning shorelines to biomass and biofuel production

Biosolvents are looked at as an environmental win-win - as well as a win for better performance and safety with lower toxicity issues

18 March 201913 March 2019

Green biorefinery technologies based on waste biomass

Turning waste streams from being environmental threats into valuable resources could make a real difference for our planet and those that live on it

6 February 20194 February 2019

A public report is available in the ReSolve project

Public report on ‘labelling requirements for hazard communication and ecolabelling possibilities for bio-based solvents’

25 January 201922 January 2019

Bio-based Solvent Produces Highest-quality Graphene Ink Ever Reported

Report about Cyrene^® shows "near-ideal physical properties for graphite exfoliation and the production of graphene dispersions"

13 December 201815 December 2018

Circa Receives Green Light to Sell Non-toxic, Bio-based and Biodegradable Solvent in EU

With Cyrene^TM the company are offering a bio-based solution with an exciting new prospect for advanced materials

10 December 20186 December 2018

Don’t quibble with a gribble: why a curious crustacean could hold secret to making renewable energy from wood

Discovery brings researchers a step closer to identifying cheaper and more sustainable tools for converting wood into low carbon fuel

19 April 201817 April 2018

Funding boost announced for the region’s bioeconomy

THYME project to build a new regional collaboration between the Universities of York, Hull and Teesside

11 April 20186 April 2018

The University of York is to lead on a £5million project to develop the bioeconomy across Yorkshire, the Humber region and the Tees Valley

Funding boost announced for the region’s bioeconomy

28 September 201726 September 2017

North of England generates £91 billion for UK bioeconomy

The north of England report showed innovation capability and industrial capacity to deliver a world-leading bioeconomy

5 September 20171 September 2017

New bio-based monomers: tuneable polyester properties using branched diols from biomass

Diol monomers, previously little known to polymer chemistry, have been combined with FDCA and TA derivatives to produce a range of novel polyesters

9 August 20177 August 2017

Cyrene, a biosolvent, to end the use of toxic solvents

Australian company Circa partnered with the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at the University of York, UK and company Norske Skog to start industrial production in Europe

18 July 201714 July 2017

Circa Sustainable Chemicals UK Wins Innovate UK Grant For New Biosolvent Applications

Company focusing on two biosolvent application areas: polymer dispersions and coatings removal for paint or graffiti

21 June 201720 June 2017

Bio-based solvent EU project launched

Three-year project looking for alternatives to substances categorized as very high concern

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

12 May 201727 April 2017

Unstash that Trash: Material(s) progress in making fuels, chemicals from Municipal solid waste

Enerkem’s product removes carbon emissions from the atmosphere, rather than adding to them

27 January 201725 January 2017

Green Chemistry wins H2020 Funding

Project STAR-ProBio to promote a more efficient and harmonized policy regulation framework

17 January 201713 January 2017

UK bioeconomy supports over 5 million jobs. An interview with Margaret Smallwood, CEO BioVale

How is the bioeconomy in UK developing after Brexit and what means the election of Donald Trump as US President?

15 September 201614 September 2016

New pilot-scale facility opens to create high-value products from municipal waste

Wilson Bio-Chemical have opened their Micro Autoclave Fibre Production Plant for turning municipal solid waste into biomass fibre that can be converted into a range of useful products

8 September 20166 September 2016

Value creation from biomass through bio-chemicals

Dr Thomas Farmer, researcher at the University of York, explanes that bio-chemicals need to be derived more through reduction than oxidation

15 August 20169 September 2021

York chemists lead breakthrough in carbon capture

Starbons keeping great potential on large scale high CO₂ adsorption from waste biomass

11 April 20167 April 2016

9th Intl Conference on Bio-based Materials – Day 1

Policy and markets, bio-based building blocks and biorefineries

16 March 201617 March 2016

Get in touch with the whole value chain of the PHA platform

One of the most important and well established meeting points for the European Bio-based Economy

10 March 20164 March 2016

Researchers’ new advance in quest for second generation biofuels

York researcher present first time molecular structure of key enzymes involved in break down tough cellulose-based materials

4 December 20154 December 2015

Fibre Quality Workshop for young researchers

EC Multihemp Project Consortium offers multidisciplinary workshop to PhD students and Young researchers on January 18th 2016

25 November 201524 November 2015

Better biomass utilisation in the biobased economy

BUE analysis will answer two important questions regarding the bioeconomy and bio-based chemicals

23 September 201522 September 2015

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