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3 June 201929 May 2019

Walki Group Oy acquires Plastiroll Oy and broadens its offering of sustainable packaging solutions

With Walki, Plastiroll becomes part of a significant international packaging materials company. This will enable further international growth

Finland’s ‘bioeconomy’ could provide roadmap for Maine

Finland's top forestry official paints a picture of her country's push to develop a sustainable advanced economy with a natural resource mix that mirrors Maine's own

31 May 201928 May 2019

How companies across Europe are creating sustainable products using no fossil fuels

European Union is planning to invest another 10 billion euros in Bioeconomy research by 2027

29 May 201925 May 2019

Canada and Italy promote national bioeconomy strategies

Only nine countries in Europe have currently adopted national bioeconomy strategies

28 May 201923 May 2019

East European ministers to push EU for more bioeconomy support

EU Council meeting expected to see joint declaration by eastern agriculture and research ministers - a rare effort at coordinated east European lobbying over research in Brussels

27 May 201922 May 2019

Government Invests in Canada’s First National Bioeconomy Strategy to Help Grow a Clean Economy

Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program (CASPP) focuses on four priority areas: new technology; environmental sustainability; strategic development and emerging issues

24 May 201921 May 2019

New Call for Proposals issued by BBI JU

At an info day in Brussels, visited by over 600 attendees, the organization presented and explained its latest Call

Global Lignin Products Market 2019 – Borregaard, LignoTech, KMT Polymers, Tembec (Rayonier Advanced Materials), Domtar

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the market based on segmentation involving both economic as well as non-economic factors

23 May 201920 May 2019

The Increasingly Legal Cannabis Industry Could Offer Women Entrepreneurs an Even Playing Field

Women are already making major leadership strides in the industry, why shouldn't they have a leg-up on their male counterparts in the newly legal cannabis industry?

22 May 201918 May 2019

Ireland’s first grass-fed biorefinery hits the road to help farmers go green

A New Mobile Refinery Is Travelling Across The West Of Ireland To Turn Grass Into Sustainable Materials

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

DIN CERTCO increases its international network of laboratory partners

New cooperation with Scion from New Zealand

17 May 201914 May 2019

FAO vegetable oil price index at eleven-year low

UFOP Chart of the week (19 2019)

Three winners announced in the GC3 Startup Network’s 4th Annual Technology Showcase

Three of the 10 startups won the opportunity to pitch their solutions to a panel of business and technology experts on the main stage during the GC3 Innovators Roundtable

16 May 201916 May 2019

Compostable sanitary pads from India, sustainable fibres from Finland and home compostable coffee capsules from Germany are the winners of the innovation award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2019”

For the 12^th year in a row, the innovation award “Bio-based Material of the Year” has been granted to the young, innovative bio-based chemicals and materials industry. The award has been sponsored by InfraServ Knapsack and organized by nova-Institute (both located in Hürth, Germany)

DowDuPont Inc. selling out on sustainability?

Company is currently in the process of breaking up into three independent publicly traded companies

Tender: Survey of hemp cultivation and production in Europe in the year 2018

All hemp raw material producers and importers shall be motivated to take part in the online survey by e-mail, telephone or direct contact

15 May 201912 May 2019

Investing in Canada’s bioeconomy to help provide opportunities for farmers and grow the clean economy

The Canadian bioeconomy is an exciting opportunity for farmers, generating more than $4 billion in sales each year

14 May 201913 May 2019

Industry-ready process makes plastics chemical from plant sugars

Affordable, industry-compatible process produces high yields of the versatile chemical HMF

13 May 20199 May 2019

Paving the way to a bio-based future for the European chemical industry

EU project RoadToBio publishes roadmap

Welcome to the final RoadToBio Newsletter

We will introduce the various parts of the new Roadmap and show your opportunities and advantages to increase the bio-based share in the chemical production

10 May 20196 May 2019

Commission calls for bioeconomy strategies to be expanded and implemented

The updated strategy expanded its action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy from mainly biofuels to any kind of bio-based industry

9 May 20196 May 2019

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of May 1st

Tequila-waste straws, blood-based sneakers, green burials, spider silk athletic apparel, 3D printed heart, water-filled seaweed spheres, and more

8 May 20196 May 2019

Blue Bioeconomy in Northern Germany

BMBF has approved a project coordinated by Kiel University: "Bioeconomy at Marine Sites (BaMS)" with funding of up to 20 million Euro

7 May 201917 May 2019

The state of the European bio-based economy is very mixed, the market is in a critical phase

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of nova-Institute, on the development of the European bio-based economy and a shift towards a renewable carbon economy

Keynote speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at ‘Our Forests, Our Future’ conference, Brussels

Forests are multifunctional and hold enormous importance from an environmental, cultural, social and economic point of view

French low-carbon label plants seeds of agricultural and forestry transition

New label aims to encourage the development of projects that reduce and sequester greenhouse gas emissions

Bioeconomy will help to bring jobs to EU’s rural areas and keep the bloc ‘politically balanced’, Dutch MEP says

Bioeconomy is “extremely important” in keeping Europe balanced, not only in relation to the circular economy but in relation to its “political situation”

Bioeconomy, a smarter way of using agricultural resources

Bioeconomy is about converting renewable biological resources from land and sea into other vital products and bio-energy

6 May 201930 April 2019

Sumitomo Chemical and Zymergen partner on development renewable specialty materials

Companies aim to discover novel and improved molecules to bring to market competitive, high-performance, specialty materials

Tailor-made enzymatic solutions reduce time and cost of biorefinery processes

In the EU-funded research project BIOrescue, Finnish company MetGen developed more efficient enzymes to accelerate chemical reactions and reduce the cost of the process

3 May 20192 May 2019

Ten reasons to attend the “12th International Conference on Bio-based Materials” 15–16 May 2019, Maternushaus, Cologne

Comprehensive Update on Bio-based Fine Chemicals, Building-Blocks, Polymers and the Future of Biodegradation – Technologies, Markets, Consumers and Policy

Enabling the Advanced Bioeconomy through Public Policy Supporting Biofoundries and Engineering Biology

This paper considers several policy options to remove critical technical barriers to commercialization

2 May 201930 April 2019

State of play of Central and Eastern Europe’s bioeconomies

Study to map information and to help establishing data-driven support for the development and implementation of national bioeconomy policies in the BIOEAST macro-region

30 April 201929 April 2019

Join us: nova-Session „EU Circular Economy and Plastic Policy”, 21 May 2019, Cologne

Want to know what’s really going on with the new European plastics policy? Join our nova-Session!

Bioeconomy in CAP – the economy of tomorrow?

To reach a functioning economy in the future, the driving force should consist of a sustainable bioeconomic strategy

29 April 20199 September 2021

Biosolar cells: moving forward step by step

There are many research programs in the area of direct conversion of sunlight, and each of those takes this technology a step further

26 April 201920 April 2019

Global Bioplastics and Biopolymers Market Research Report 2019

Research report focuses on Bioplastics and Biopolymers volume and value at global level, regional level and company level during 2019-2025

25 April 201919 April 2019

Irish companies come together in Plastic Action Alliance for sustainable packaging

All participants will use their collective food production experience and expertise to significantly reduce problematic single-use packaging from the supply chain

100% sunflower waste finds use in bioproducts and design

Studio Thomas Vailly turning sunflower crop waste into biomaterials to make sustainable products from insulation panels to iPhone cases

Queensland’s quest for a circular bioeconomy

We look at Queensland, Australia – the innovators, the leaders, the investors

24 April 201919 April 2019

Facts must trump fear: EuropaBio responds to EU Parliament vote on food chain risk assessment

Response to the revision of the General Food Law adopted by the European Parliament, which aims at improving the transparency and sustainability of EU food risk assessment

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 12th

Coffee without the coffee bean, bioplastic burial pods, fruit and algae clothing, soy straws, and more

23 April 201918 June 2020

As Mass Timber Takes Off, How Green Is This New Building Material?

Mass timber construction is on the rise, with advocates saying it could revolutionize the building industry and be part of a climate change solution. But some are questioning whether the logging and manufacturing required to produce the new material outweigh any benefits

17 April 201912 April 2019

How to convert wheat straw waste into green chemicals

An EU initiative has produced renewable bio-isobutene for use in various applications ranging from cosmetics to fuels

16 April 201911 April 2019

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