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6 May 20222 May 2022

Teflon EcoElite™ Renewably Sourced Finish

The World’s First Plant-Based Textile Repellent

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Biological matrix composites from cultured plant cells

The use of fast-growing plant cells offers the benefits of short harvest time, zero biomass waste during processing, in situ manufacturing, and no arable land requirement

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Lignin-based jet fuel packs more power for less pollution

In a study published in the journal Fuel, researchers analyzed a Washington State University-developed jet fuel based on lignin, an organic polymer that makes plants tough and woody

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5 May 20225 May 2022

Dirk Leinweber, Director Global Research Center Surfactants at Clariant (Switzerland) on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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Trinseo Launches MAGNUM™ BIO ABS for Automotive Applications

MAGNUM™ BIO ABS series contains up to 80% bio-attributed content

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Origin Materials and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Form Strategic Partnership to Bring Carbon Negative Materials to Perfumes and Cosmetics Industry

LVMH signed a multi-year capacity reservation agreement to purchase sustainable carbon-negative materials from Origin Materials

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EPBP gives 3-year endorsement to allow multilayer PET/PEF packaging in PET bottle recycling stream

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP)1 has awarded an interim endorsement to Avantium, allowing recycling of multilayer PET/PEF packaging in the European bottle recycling market.

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4 May 20224 May 2022

Cultivation Area for Energy and Industrial Crops in Germany 1994-2021

Since 2014, the cultivation figures have stagnated since the RED limited the share of first-generation plants (maize, wheat, sugar beet)

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Next Week: Renewable Materials Conference, 10-12 May, Cologne (Germany) – all information here

List of participants, panel discussions, exhibitors and the nominations for the Renewable Material of The Year 2022 are launched

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Archroma and Stony Creek Colors to enter strategic partnership to produce Indigold™ high-performance plant-based pre-reduced indigo at scale

The dyestuff will be sold as a 20% concentration in a soluble liquid form that displays similar performance to comparable synthetic indigo products available on the market

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The transition to a biobased products economy

An NNFCC perspective on five necessary steps

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Vegetable oil shortage: Implications for fuels and chemicals

Vegetable oils are the main feedstock to make bio-diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with tallow being a secondary source

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Tishwish: Starch-based Biopolymer for Sustainable Packaging

The company’s main focus is on the unwrapping experience of a product, providing sustainable cushioning such as compostable bubble and normal mailers, packaging tissues, stickers and more

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Hybrid Electro-biosystem Upcycles Carbon Dioxide into Energy-rich Long-chain Compounds

Artificial upcycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products in a sustainable manner represents an opportunity to tackle environmental issues and realize a circular economy

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3 May 202227 April 2022

Biodegradable and compostable Nespresso® compatible capsules

Bluestone Lane created this line of Nespresso compatible capsules in response to demand from its locals after a brief test run in 2020

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Turkey Looks To Produce Biomethane From Animal Waste

ITC head of business development explained, that the animal waste biogas being produced in existing waste incineration plants needs to be converted into biomethane, in order to be injected into the natural gas network

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Innovative Packaging Solution Cruz Foam Advances Manufacturing with the Support of New Investors

A manufacturer of a biobased alternative to Styrofoam has added Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher to its roster of investors

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2 May 20223 May 2022

Zhang Wei, COO of Zhejiang Sugar Energy Technology (China), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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World’s first bearing line-up featuring a bioplastic cage

NSK Tokyo developed a new new heat-resistant cage for deep groove ball bearings, which are ideal for fan motors in air conditioners

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Schmidt Futures Publishes Groundbreaking New Bioeconomy Strategy

Calls for Strategic Investment, Workforce Development, and Infrastructure to Bring Innovations from Lab to Market

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Ananas Anam Announces Saucony Partnership for Vegan Pineapple Footwear

According to vegconomist, the material, trade named Piñatex, will be used to substitute all components and overlays that are usually made with leather on the popular design

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Evolution Music Unveil The World’s First Bioplastic Vinyl Record

It will be launched during Music Declares Emergency’s Turn Up The Volume week 2022...

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29 April 202226 April 2022

Avantium celebrates the First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant

Construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2023, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards

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Mushroom buoys could be contender in fight to reduce ocean plastics

In the fight to reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean, an unlikely new combatant has been enlisted: fungi

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Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity

Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need

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NFW closes $85 million Series B to scale naturally circular materials

Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) upgrades waste cotton and recycled fibers

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28 April 202227 April 2022

Paul von Kirchbach, Manager Business Development and Innovation at Renolit (Germany), on market developments in the Renewable Carbon Economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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Fuel from waste wood

Possibility to produce ethanol on a financially competitive and technically efficient basis

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Frito-Lay Achieves Ambition for a Quieter, Industrially Compostable, 100% Bio-based Snack Bag

The Off The Eaten Path bag is unique in that the entirety of the materials used—the print web, barrier sealant webs, inks, and adhesive—had to meet current, often stringent, third-party certification requirements for industrial compostability

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Earthworms Break Down Bio-Based Plastic

According to a new study, earthworms have a strong capability for consuming bioplastic derived from polylactic acid (PLA), which is typically made from plant-based sugars

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27 April 202221 April 2022

pre-start-up company Wheyfinery: Acid whey as a valuable raw material for platform chemicals and more

Researchers at the University of Tübingen to make their scalable biorefinery concept marketable some time in the future

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Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence

The Commission is presenting today a new strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to tackle fast fashion, textile waste and the destruction of unsold textiles, and ensure the producers full respect of social rights

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26 April 202221 April 2022

World’s first LED lights developed from rice husks

Natural products and their residues could have the potential to get converted into non-toxic ungiftige optoelectronic devices

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AFYREN announces the industrial commissioning of its AFYREN NEOXY plant and publishes its 2021 Full-Year Results

Finalization of the construction of the AFYREN NEOXY plant at cost and on time despite the health crisis context

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22 April 202221 April 2022

Freya Burton, Chief Sustainability Officer at LanzaTech (US), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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Braskem and Sojitz Corporation join hands to bring renewable MEG technology to the market

The companies have created a joint venture, which will become the global leader in the bioMEG market. Once technology development is concluded, the project foresee the construction of three industrial plants in the first stage.

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21 April 202219 April 2022

Yankee Stadium Introduces Biodegradable, Compostable Straws

A biodegradable and compostable drinking straw will be available for baseball fans in New York at Yankee Stadium this season

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20 April 202213 April 2022

Renewable Methanol Market – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth And Forecast 2022-2027

The demand for renewable methanol is extensively driven by the automobile sector where it is implemented as fuel for the internal combustion engine, hybrid (fuel/electric) systems, and fuel cells

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Özdemir: Osterpaket macht Landwirtschaft zum Treiber der Energiewende und stärkt die Wertschöpfung im ländlichen Raum

Damit die erneuerbaren Energien mit der erforderlichen Dynamik ausgebaut werden können, wurde das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) überarbeitet

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19 April 202212 April 2022

Avantium and Sukano sign offtake agreement to develop PEF film masterbatches

With PEF from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, Sukano will develop masterbatches for PEF resins, facilitating fast adoption in many diversified markets and thus acceleratin the growth of PEF

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Sustainable lightweight thermoplastic honeycomb panel with flax fibre composites to replace glass and carbon fibre materials

Innovation by EconCore & Flaxco (Division of Flipts & Dobbels NV) partnership

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Production of bio-fabricated silk up to 6 tons

Based on its scalable biotechnological platform and a best-in-class patent portfolio, AMSilk can provide large quantities of premium bio-fabricated silk materials in constant quality

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14 April 202211 April 2022

Bcomp closes CHF 32m Series B with mobility- and impact venture capital

The combination of investors is unique and confirms the strong interest from the market in Bcomp’s technologies, ranging from the automotive and aerospace industry to wider mobility and sustainability sectors

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Braskem and Sojitz Corporation join hands to bring renewable MEG technology to the market

The companies have created a joint venture, which will become the global leader in the bioMEG market. Once technology development is concluded, the project foresee the construction of three industrial plants in the first stage

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13 April 20228 April 2022

Seevix replicates spider silk to produce high performance products

The company, co-founded in 2014 as ​​a spin-off from the Technology Transfer Branch of Hebrew University, manufactures SVX, a biopolymer material, which was created and patented based on its genetic code

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A better way to separate gases

A new membrane material could make purification of gases significantly more efficient, potentially helping to reduce carbon emissions

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TENCEL™ brand and RCGD Global spotlight eco-couture at the Oscars® and unveil winning looks of the 2020 and 2021 Global Design Contest

Winning designs of the 2020 and 2021 Global Design Contest were unveiled publicly for the first time in Los Angeles on March 25th

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12 April 202211 April 2022

Scientists Explore a Genetic Sensor of Blue Light to Double Oil Productivity in Industrial Microalgae

Microalgae-based conversion of carbon dioxide to biofuels

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11 April 20226 April 2022

BASF and Henkel focus on renewable raw materials in Henkel’s consumer goods products

Cooperation on climate protection

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Vow ASA: Builds large scale pyrolysis reactor to meet increased demand for advanced carbon products and CO2 neutral energy

The reactor will be built and delivered by the end of 2022 by C.H. Evensen Industriovner (“Evensen”), the recently acquired company, and now a wholly owned subsidiary in the Vow group