Current market study forecasts annual growth of 17% for bio-based polymers between 2023 and 2028. Demand from Asia and the USA in particular is driving growth, Europe is lagging behind
New report released on the global bio‑based polymer market 2023 – a deep and comprehensive insight into a dynamically growing market
Current figures on the bioplastics market: IfBB presents “Biopolymers – facts and statistics 2023
Overview of current market-relevant and technical facts in the bioplastics sector, for example comparative market figures on individual materials, regions and applications, process routes, graphs on land use, resource and water consumption, diagrams on production capacities, geographical distribution and applications
Sway Unveils First Scalable Seaweed-Based Plastic Packaging Alternative, Following Close of $5M Seed Round
The California-based startup creating seaweed-based, home compostable replacements for plastic packaging, has revealed a breakthrough technology that will enable seaweed to replace flexible plastics at scale
Policy recommendations published: How Biosolutions can strengthen Europe’s sustainability, resilience and competitiveness
The European Biosolutions Coalition held the first “European High-Level Summit on Biosolutions” in Brussels, gathering institutions, member states and industry to discuss how for Europe not to fall behind
Veolia feasibility study highlights potential of UK’s first carbon capture technology to produce sustainable fuels using Energy Recovery Facilities
Innovative carbon capture project could deliver greater sustainability to marine and aviation transport, and achieve ecological transformation for these industries
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
Paptic successfully closed the 2023 growth financing round; EUR 27.5 million was raised to accelerate global growth and ability to serve global customers
The company’s unique contract manufacturing business model enables rapid capacity increase, and the new financing will also speed up the industrial scale-up of Paptic’s foam-based manufacturing technology
The “keystone species” of the sustainable bioeconomy
Like every bioeconomy sector, the industries around biobased chemicals and biomaterials depend on the living world. Certain species hold immense importance in biobased supply chains – particularly crop species that are usually destined for human food. Among the most important is corn, which makes up 80% of current bio-based plastics
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