Global goals for sustainable development
In 2015 the international community adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is a roadmap for the future with the overriding objective of enabling people to live in dignity everywhere in the world. The 2030 Agenda embraces the economic, environmental and social dimensions of development and calls on everybody to gear their actions to these imperatives
When 3D-printed mushrooms make music: Mushroom mycelium as a sustainable high-tech material in speaker construction
A team of researchers at Fraunhofer IWU is exploring another application for mushroom mycelium material: for components in high-quality transmission line speakers, with the aim to enhance their sound even further
CBE JU boosting the EU’s biotech and biomanufacturing sectors
CBE JU funding supports projects developing and producing innovative, sustainable and circular bio-based solutions across many sectors spanning from bio-based chemicals to food and feed ingredients, from construction materials to packaging
Renewable Materials Conference: Six Innovations Nominated and Final Program Available
Three bio-based innovations from Germany and from Sweden, two CCU innovations from Denmark and Hungary and one advanced plastic recycling technology from Canada are nominated for the “Renewable Material of the Year 2024” innovation award
Minister McConalogue and Minister Muir launch €9 million funding call under the Shared Island Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative
The ‘Shared Island Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative’ will pilot and demonstrate the bioeconomy in action across the island of Ireland, as a key objective of the Bioeconomy Action Plan 2023-2025
USDA: Biobased products contributed $489 billion to the U.S. economy in 2021, up from $464 billion in 2020
As part of USDA’s activities to honor National Biobased Products Day, the Department has released two reports and announced a major investment in Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center
USDA Outlines Vision to Strengthen the American Bioeconomy through a More Resilient Biomass Supply Chain
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a plan that will boost biomass supply chain resiliency for domestic biobased product manufacturing, while also advancing environmental sustainability and market opportunities for small and mid-sized producers
BioReCer’s Policy Brief Advocates for Valorisation and Use of Organic Residues to Drive European Bioeconomy
BioReCer's recommendations urge policymakers to prioritise the utilisation of sustainable organic residues to reduce reliance on fossil feedstocks and mitigate associated greenhouse gas emissions
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