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17 March 202211 March 2022

Doppelgänger creates polystyrene substitute from plastic-eating mealworms

The material, called Chitofoam, is shock-absorbent, water-resistant and can be formed into cups, foam peanuts and other packaging, much like its fossil-based counterpart


16 March 202210 March 2022

Drugstore chain dm uses clothes hangers made from grass

ALANA and PUSBLU children's textiles have been made of the grass fibre-based bioplastic AgriPlast from the company Biowert Industrie GmbH in Odenwald, Germany


Houston biotech startup will use microbes to make hydrogen from oil

The technology would extend the life of the low-value wells and create a new revenue stream from so-called “gold hydrogen,” which is produced biologically and emissions-free underground


PURA Plans To Disrupt $200 Billion Steel Rebar Market With Hemp Alternative In Addition To Disrupting $600 Billion Lumber Market

Company is constructing a facility in Farmersville, Texas where they will conduct consultative education for each corporate customer to how hemp can be utilized to improve the efficiency of existing products


A radical, carbon negative project in Turkey is turning algae into bio-jet fuel

The country is hoping to use both microalgae and macroalgae to produce a variety of products including fuel, food supplements and fertilisers at its new biorefinery


How an Indian company is transforming palm leaves into tableware

Bollant Industries purchase fallen areca leaves collected by farmers around Karnataka, India, and acquires used paper from local paper mills to transform the leaves into cutlery and tableware and into colorful plates


Alte Handwerkskunst neu gedacht: Franz Fertig entwickelt Vollholz-Verbinder für die industrielle Möbelproduktion

Ziel: Komplett metallfreie Holzgestelle für Funktionsmöbel – nachhaltig, recyclingfreundlich, leicht und reversibel zu montieren


Low-tech and its benefits for sustainability

Many proponents of sustainability adhere to the idea that the main path to sustainability lies in high-tech solutions. Like electric cars instead of the old ones, that guzzle fossil fuels. We even wrote a book on this ‘green growth’. But we also need to look at low-tech and its opportunities


15 March 202210 March 2022

Australian surf brand Piping Hot partners with climate scientists at the University of Technology Sydney to develop textile made from seaweed

The new, biobased solution will sequester carbon from the ocean and reduce the environmental impact of synthetic fibres


Lenzing successfully opens world’s largest lyocell plant in Thailand

New production unit will help to even better meet the increasing customer demand for TENCEL™ branded lyocell fibers


Danish biotech company to create more sustainable shipping

Cysbio may have broken the code on how to eliminate copper in ship’s paint. The copper is replaced with sustainable and biodegradable eelgrass acid


Driving up renewable fuel technology

Sulzer Chemtech will provide a BioFlux® technology package to support the creation of the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in Malaysia


14 March 20229 March 2022

Sulzer’s bio-plastic technology selected for Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material’s plant

Company was interesting for its proven track record as market leader, delivering scalable production solutions with both improved efficiency and quality for the production of PLA


EU lawmakers to accelerate adoption of circular economy package

To encourage stakeholders to move in this direction, the Commission will present several legislative proposals, including the so-called Circular Economy package due on 30 March


Woodly® Material Used in St1’s New Heat-Sealed Bags for Sandwiches

St1’s HelmiSimpukka, in collaboration with Woodly and Amerplast, launches the Woodly® heat-sealed take away bag


11 March 20228 March 2022

New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels

Some Cambridge researchers, working with a team from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal, have developed a method to improve the efficiency of electrolysis by fine-tuning the solution conditions to alter the local environment of the enzymes


Bio-based Engineering Plastic with Excellent Design and Durability “DURABIO™” Adopted for Use in Pilot Ballpoint Pens

Your choice in stationery can help reduce CO2


LVMH Beauty joins Avantium’s PEFerence consortium to develop sustainable packaging for Perfumes and Cosmetics

LVMH Beauty will be the first luxury cosmetic company to join the PEFerence consortium, further enabling the commercial introduction of PEF to the Cosmetics market


The Woodly W200 Series – Combining Bioplastics, Durability, and Efficiency

Whether it be containers for storage use, plastic cups, other similar objects/items, cosmetic cases, high-design specification packaging – these bioplastic products can all be done with sustainability in mind


Spain: New study confirms that compostable plastics biodegrade

Evaluation results showed that unlike conventional plastics, no compostable plastic (certified EN13432) could be found in the final compost samples


10 March 20227 March 2022

Scientists use “green” solvent and natural pigment to produce bioplastic

The process is sustainable and is described by researchers at universities in Brazil and Portugal in the journal Green Chemistry


Stora Enso and Picadeli join forces to reduce single-use plastic in salad packaging

New lids for take-away packaging are made of PureFiber™ by Stora Enso, and they are plastic-free, recyclable, and biodegradable


Market introduction of PHAs

PHAs are made by micro-organisms from raw materials such as sugars and vegetable oils or from various waste streams like food waste and sewage sludge, but production volumes are still limited and production costs are high


9 March 20224 March 2022

Sumo & Kelheim Fibres develop sustainable and high-performance absorbent washable diaper pad

The innovative nonwoven construction with the speciality fibres from Kelheim performs significantly better in tests in terms of air permeability, liquid absorption and rewetting than commercially available solutions made of synthetic fibres or cotton in knitted structures


Fashion for Good’s latest project transforms agricultural waste into fibres

The new consortium project will assess the technical feasibility of natural fibres created by selected innovators using agricultural waste such as rice husks, hemp, wheat straw, banana and pineapple


Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water

For years, researchers have tried to find efficient and cost-effective ways to harness the extreme reactivity of aluminum to generate clean hydrogen fuel. A new study shows that an easily produced composite of gallium and aluminum creates aluminum nanoparticles that react rapidly with water at room temperature to yield large amounts of hydrogen


Erste industrielle Produktionsstätte für Biokerosin in Deutschland

bp Raffinerie in Lingen startet Produktion von nachhaltigem Flugkraftstoff aus gebrauchtem Speiseöl


Carbios to build in France its first-of-a-kind manufacturing plant for fully bio-recycled PET in partnership with Indorama Ventures

With its world-first enzyme-based biological process, Carbios’ converts PET into its core monomers, which can then be used to manufacture 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable PET


Upcycling plastic waste into more valuable materials could make recycling pay for itself

Researchers at the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies have developed a new and simple method for upcycling plastic waste at room temperature


8 March 20228 March 2022

PHAs: Tenfold increase in production capacity in sight in just six years

Market report “Mimicking Nature – The PHA Industry Landscape. Latest trends and 28 producer profiles” published


Biofuel Associations: DUH Denies the Positive Climate Record of Sustainable Biofuels

Solar power cannot make the existing vehicle fleet climate-friendly


7 March 20222 March 2022

A new, sustainable way to make hydrogen for fuel cells and fertilizers

“We have achieved what has eluded scientists for decades”


EU-initiated impact fund oversubscribed with € 300 million

Growth capital for sustainable transformation to a bio-based circular economy


Human Plant Solutions Makes New Strides in Prosthetics Using Hemp Fiber

Co-founders Sam Spallitta and Kyle Trivisonno developed a patent-pending hemp material that is improving lives of prosthetic wearers while offering a safer and more sustainable alternative for prosthetic manufacturing


Neste reports strong Q4 for renewable products

Neste released fourth quarter financial results on Feb. 10, reporting that the company’s renewable products business segment achieved improve sales volumes and sales margins despite several scheduled shutdowns, a weaker U.S. dollar and higher fixed costs


4 March 20221 March 2022

Biopolymer specialist works with NIAB to tackle plastic pollution

The first innovation to be delivered from the new Teysha laboratory will be a series of new polyester composite materials


PHA Sample Shop Now Open

New sample shop initially offers samples of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxybutyrate co-valerate (PHBV) up to 5 kilograms for academic and non-commercial purposes


Versalis: the production of bioethanol up and running at Crescentino

Versalis, Eni's chemical company, announces that it has begun the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass at Crescentino (Vercelli).


3 March 20223 March 2022

Guest commentary: Let’s foster bioeconomy, not war!

A personal comment by chemist Ruben Richrath


Synthos to build a commercial bio-butadiene plant

It has been a long time coming for the commercialization of bio-based butadiene (at least for this one where you can count the percentage renewable content unlike some of the mass balance approaches)


A hydrogen strategy for a balanced EU-Africa partnership

The EU must work with Africa to develop hydrogen as part of a broader economic and development cooperation agenda moving beyond resource production and extraction, writes Eleonora Moro


PepsiCo explores use of recycled UBQ materials in pallets

PepsiCo Inc.'s Latin America operation is exploring the potential for pallets made with UBQ, a material made from unsorted household waste, that could soon replace the conventional pallets currently in use


2 March 20222 March 2022

Life Cycle Assessment study demonstrates the potential of Avantium’s FDCA and PEF technology to curb global warming

Use of renewable feedstock in PEF results in clear reductions in GHG emissions throughout the entire life cycle


Design of Pilot Plant for MMA Monomers Using Plant-Derived Materials Has Begun

Plant Signifies Major Progress Toward Full-Scale Development of “Sustainable MMA”


Relief for Oceans and Landfills?

Strong and elastic, yet degradable: protein-based bioplastics


1 March 20221 March 2022

nova Session: The Future of Refineries & Big Chemical Production Sites

Nine experts present and discuss their scenarios for the future of the chemical industry, hybrid session at 31 March 2022, Wöllhaf Conference Center Airport Cologne/Bonn


Biesterfeld Plastic: distribution of new DuPont™ Delrin® Renewable Attributed grades

The base polymer of Delrin® Renewable Attributed is produced from 100% bio-feedstock from waste, according to ISCC Plus mass balance certification


Lotte to develop seawater-degradable PHA-material

Lotte Chemical aims to complete the development of petrochemical-based PHA production technology and commercialize it by 2023


Sustainable reinforcement of e-bike battery cases

Ansmann AG and Fraunhofer LBF to develop a natural fibre reinforced plastic composite for use in e-bike battery cases


EU aims to make Africa a world champion in hydrogen exports

Europe wants to get out of fossil fuels and build a hydrogen economy. Without enough internal supplies, it is looking to import large quantities of hydrogen from countries in the Global South

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