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16 August 201813 August 2018

Top 10 Biobased Summer Products

It's set to be a long summer, so here's our guide to enjoying it in a biobased way

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13 August 201813 August 2018

Driving on bark, building with nutshell

Towards the enhanced valorisation of European lignocellulosic biomass for a bio-based economy

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Welcome to the ninth RoadToBio newsletter

Presentation of the latest events results, asking for your opinion on key barriers for bio-based chemicals and a little dig deeper into the dedicated polymer chemicals

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10 August 20187 August 2018

BBI JU features in a Spanish study on “Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development”

New publication highlights the role of BBI JU as an opportunity for the development of a sustainable, competitive and innovative bio-based industries sector in Europe

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9 August 20187 August 2018

Innovative Policies Drive the Biobased Economy

BIO will ensure innovative policies allow the science of biotechnology to continue strengthening the biobased economy

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10 designs made from the human body that will make you squirm

Ten of the most stomach-churning examples, featuring blood, sweat and tears ... and more

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8 August 20185 August 2018

USDA amends its guidelines for designating bio-based products

USDA proposed designating 12 product categories for the preferred procurement program

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3 August 20183 August 2018

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 27th

Highlighting annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances

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Do trees actually talk to each other?

Trees do communicate with each other through a fungal network scientists have nicknamed the Wood Wide Web

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Canada is leading the way in the bioeconomy

The North American country really is a leader in this metasector, with the bio-based industries able to play a leading role

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31 July 201830 July 2018

nova experts introduced: Dr Seena Koyadan

Dissemination & Project Management

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Reps. Peters, Young Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Incentivize Carbon Capture Technology

Efforts of Representatives Young and Peters to secure passage of this important legislation as part of the broader 2018 Farm Bill

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27 July 201825 July 2018

Alternative materials at the heart of Starbucks elimination of single-use plastic straws

The company's movement to eliminate single-use plastic straws has been gaining tremendous momentum globally

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Cellulose-based fibres will open a new future for Finnish textile industry

Ongoing developments to new applications in the cellulose-based textiles sector and thus diversify the forest sector to new business areas where added value is higher

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26 July 201824 July 2018

High level event: Bioeconomy Conference

22 October in Brussels, Charlemagne Building

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US glycerine market finely balanced in H2 2018

While domestic supply situation remains snug, spot markets globally are starting to reflect the easing supply situation

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25 July 201823 July 2018

Emissions impossible – Big Meat and Dairy are Heating up our Planet

IATP and GRAIN jointly published a first of its kind study that quantifies emissions from 35 of the world's largest meat and dairy companies

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Sunny outlook for solar energy with “biogenic”, bacteria-powered cells

“These hybrid materials can be manufactured economically and sustainably and could perform at comparable efficiencies as conventional solar cells.”

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24 July 201820 July 2018

Top 10 Transformations – Pivotal Pivots for survival in the bioeconomy

Biofuels Digest focusing on some examples and the transformations with the leaders who live and breathe change to survive

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23 July 201819 July 2018

Beyond Drop-Ins: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Performance-Advantaged Biobased Chemicals

BETO gathered stakeholder input on the research and development (R&D) necessary for novel biobased compounds and functional replacements

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20 July 201819 July 2018

The EU’s renewable energy ambitions: Bioenergy from forests is not always carbon neutral – and may even increase the EU’s carbon emissions

Replacing coal with forest biomass in power stations is not a simple fix – forest biomass with long carbon payback periods could increase atmospheric CO₂ levels, putting Paris Agreement targets at risk

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The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 11th

Biofuels Digest is going to highlight rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances weekly in future

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19 July 201817 July 2018

How to Win the Public Policy Debate, and the Annual Government Agency Funding Battles for the Bioeconomy

Evans Craig from Lee Enterprises provides tips on how every person can become an effective advocate for the bioeconomy at the local, state, and federal public policy levels

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17 July 201816 July 2018

BETO Publishes New Workshop Summary Report on Performance-Advantaged Biobased Chemicals

Bioenergy Technologies Office gathered stakeholder input on the research and development (R&D) necessary for novel biobased compounds and functional replacements

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13 July 201811 July 2018

Biorefineries will have only minimal effects on wood products and feedstocks markets

Biomass markets should be able to handle the increased demand

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A big step on the road to lignin-based aerogels

Material for test purposes can obtain highly porous insulating boards with excellent insulating properties - industrial

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11 July 20189 July 2018

Bio-Based Industries to support the SDGs under HORIZON EUROPE

New position paper of Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) illustrates the strong link between the SDGs, the bioeconomy and the Bio-Based Industries with concrete examples

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High-tech hemp homes: Australia’s 3D-printed green building revolution

Australian company Mirreco has revealed plans to roll out 3D-printed hemp homes

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9 July 20189 September 2021

From emissions to a valuable feedstock for plastic precursors

The new project BioCOnversion unites multidisciplinary expertise from academia and industry in a cross-border consortium to make CO-containing process gases available for the production of added-value chemicals

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6 July 20184 July 2018

How relevant are today’s newly introduced and emerging bioproducts?

Modest advancement of bio-based industrial products

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­Welcome to the eigth RoadToBio newsletter

With this newsletter, we once more want to highlight our work on barriers that oppose an increase of bio-based resources in the chemical industry

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5 July 20183 July 2018

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories produces first roll of pure Dragon Silk fabric for U.S. Army

On the verge of demonstrating its capability to provide lifesaving performance blended with high flexibility and user comfort

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4 July 20183 July 2018

Corbion CEO Tjerk de Ruiter appointed as new EuropaBio Chairman

Mr. De Ruiter’s mandate as Chairman is not remunerated and runs until 2020.

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2 July 201828 June 2018

The next big home design trend? Bacteria

Outfit the nursery with living wallpaper, bacteria-made diapers, and an algae composter

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29 June 201811 July 2018

Avantium to open pilot biorefinery; sights already set on commercial scale-up

Province of Groningen awards €1.8 million subsidy for pilot plant in Delfzijl

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28 June 201826 June 2018

BRAIN AG and CyPlus GmbH develop disruptive technologies for biological processing of precious metal ores

Industrially relevant production of precious metals realized on the metric ton scale, even after scale-up of bio-based method

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Avantium begins construction of plant that spells good news for bio-plastics

Demonstration plant to advance the development of a key ingredient for the production of plastics and polyester textiles, derived from renewable sugars

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27 June 201825 June 2018

Renewable chemicals building the biobased economy

Recent BIO report on the status of the biobased economy shows that progress has reached a tipping point for accelerated growth in the 21st century

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IKEA and Neste confirm large-scale production of renewable, bio-based polypropylene plastic

Companies are now able to turn waste and residue raw materials, such as used cooking oil or sustainable vegetable oils into polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) plastic

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26 June 201822 June 2018

Bioeconomy in the Mountains: An Opportunity for Local Development

30 participants from 19 countries to focus on how bioeconomy can promote local mountain development

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Can we engineer life? 1 Gene technology is the key

Emeritus Professor at Wagenigen University, Hans Tramper, reflects on the development of his subject

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25 June 201821 March 2019

Project WOW! kicks off: waste water is valuable

VITO is proud partner of this project and will focus on the techno-economic feasibility of the new value chains

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NFL Joins the Green Sports Alliance as a League Member

Pledges support for environmental sustainability efforts

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Development of LignoCity to boost new businesses in bioeconomy

New project is being launched to further develop and help startups and small and medium-sized companies develop new green businesses with lignin as a base

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22 June 201820 June 2018

Book review: “Knowledge-Driven Developments in the Bioeconomy: Technological and Economic Perspectives”

Six bioeconomy-leading universities aim is to advance research and international cooperation in the field

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20 June 20189 September 2021

BASF invests in LanzaTech, ArcelorMittal’s underway on advanced fuels, Syngenta breaks 3B gallon mark, Leaf gets an accelerator: partnership frenzy in the bioeconomy

Robust technologies must find effective routes to market through robust partnership — the days of vertically-integrated companies that can “do it all” appear to be over

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Horizon Europe Welcomed by BIC as a Promising Bioeconomy Programme

BIC expects Horizon Europe to deliver R&I solutions to market, which would make a real difference in EU citizens’ lives

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Kreussler Inc. Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

Kreussler Inc.'s SOLVONK4 dry cleaning solvent is 88% biobased and now a USDA Certified BioPreferred product

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19 June 20189 September 2021

LanzaTech and Shougang Group towards a carbon-smart economy in China

Companies announced successful start-up of the world’s first commercial facility converting industrial emissions to sustainable ethanol

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18 June 201814 June 2018

DuPont Celebrates Official Opening of Industrial Biosciences’ Global Business Headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

The Renovated Facility Fosters Collaboration and Innovation with State-of-the-Art Biotechnology Laboratories and World-Class Scientists at Historic Experimental Station