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23 March 201821 March 2018

Bioeconomy Potential of Portugal, Romania and Poland Profiled in New BIC Country Reports

All three countries are in the process of setting up national bioeconomy strategies

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22 March 201820 March 2018

Big Bioeconomy Challenges – Part 3

In this series of articles we will discuss some of the global challenges that the bioeconomy provides solutions for

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Bioeconomy: Textbook from University of Hohenheim Gives Guidelines for Education

Open Source or Hardcover: “Bioeconomy – Shaping the Transition to a Sustainable, Biobased Economy” from students and professors at the University of Hohenheim

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21 March 201819 March 2018

Bioeconomy execs bullish on 2018, 74% of companies expect revenue growth, 62 percent expect jobs increase, 48% seeking finance

Findings were among the highlights of the 2018 Bioenergy Business Outlook Survey

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Microplastics in rivers: The University of Bayreuth provides basis for new study from five German states

Majority of particles analysed were made of polyethylene and polypropylene - higher concentrations tend to be found in small and medium-sized tributaries

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20 March 201816 March 2018

Sustainability and moralism, keep them apart

Connection is just a relic from the environmental movement of the 1970s

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Modern Meadow Partners with Evonik to Grow Fermentation Processes to Commercial Scale

The biofabrication company will be joining forces with Evonik, a leader in microbial fermentation, as it prepares for commercial scale production of its bioleather materials

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Crack that Whip! Modern Meadow, Evonik partner to take vegan leather to world-scale

Evonik to optimize Modern Meadow’s fermentation strains and bring collagen protein biofabrication to commercial scale  

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19 March 201815 March 2018

RED II: Wood you believe Europe may turn its bio economy into ash?

State-supported funding schemes risk distorting raw material markets, pulling the plug on Europe’s bio economy ambitions, warns Sylvain Lhôte

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EU Bioeconomy 2.0– Cultivating a home grown success

An innovation-driven bioeconomy, with increased sustainability as its end goal, will provide renewability, circularity and multi-functionality

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16 March 201814 March 2018

Hot drink cups: recycle or digest?

Wageningen UR and TNO conducted a life cycle assessment study for the Dutch Government to compare two end-of-life routes after separate collection

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Bio concrete and other construction materials from local resources

Development of innovative kinds of concrete is needed, but with up to 93% lower CO₂ 

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Gaining bioactive compounds out of Citrus fruit waste

Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation researches at Jacobs University

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15 March 201813 March 2018

Shortlist Announced: Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 20th March at World Bio Markets 2018 in Amsterdam

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14 March 201812 March 2018

Rennovia’s demise, the Triple Rule, and the pursuit of sustainable nylon in a world of low oil prices

Could the butadiene route prove to be the technology path that wins out in the end?

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Kelheim Fibres Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

Clear labelling helps to create awareness for the benefits of biobased products

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13 March 20189 March 2018

Big Bioeconomy Challenges – Part 2

In this series of articles we will discuss some of the global challenges that the bioeconomy provides solutions for

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12 March 20188 March 2018

Searching for green alchemy

€100 million in EU funding for a new investment vehicle that could coax private capital into the bioeconomy

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7 March 20185 March 2018

Big Bioeconomy Challenges – Part 1

In this series of articles we will discuss some of the global challenges that the bioeconomy provides solutions for

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Ensuring the Continued Success of the Bioeconomy in Ireland:

Progressing & Translating Research

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6 March 20182 March 2018

Total Corbion PLA at Chinaplas: PLA bioplastics for demanding applications

Luminy^® PLA portfolio includes both high heat and standard PLA grades and is used in a wide range of markets

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First sustainable LEGO® bricks will be launched in 2018

New sustainable LEGO ‘botanical’ elements will come in varieties including leaves, bushes and trees

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Breakthrough technologies for a sustainable mushroom industry

New biorefinery project to recover used mushroom compost is now halfway to success

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Welcome to the fourth RoadToBio newsletter

This newsletter to introduce you to a new method for classifying bio-based chemicals under three categories

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5 March 20181 March 2018

EU waste legislation recognises benefits of bioplastics

Revised legislative package on waste acknowledges that bioplastics play a key role in achieving EU recycling goals

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What should the EU’s Plant Protein Strategy do?

A review of existing CAP measures for protein, oil protein and oilseed crops and market trends what lessons? What next?

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1 March 201827 February 2018

Environmental Certification Specialists of the Year Award Received by SCS Global Services under Clean Energy Awards Program

SCS Global Services has been an international pioneer and leader in third-party certification and standards development for more than three decades

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Public Engagement is the Key to bring Bioeconomy Forward

European bioeconomy stakeholder engagement needs to focus on civil society integration as a crucial cornerstone to improve the visibility of bioeconomy in the future

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28 February 20181 March 2018

Succinic acid: New bio-based building block with a huge market and environmental potential?

nova-Institute has published a new report on markets and trends for succinic acid as building block for the bio-based economy

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Bernsteinsäure – Eine neue bio-basierte Basischemikalie mit enormem Markt- und Umweltpotenzial?

Die nova-Institut GmbH veröffentlicht neuen Report zum Thema Märkte und Trends für Bernsteinsäure als Basischemikalie in der bio-basierten Ökonomie

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5 Minutes With… Christophe Schilling, CEO of Genomatica

Company’s 'programme biology' is backed by an intellectual property portfolio that includes around 700 patents and applications

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A Circular, Renewable and Smart Bioeconomy – Finland’s priority proposals for European Union

Finland firmly believes in the value of placing the bioeconomy on the list of top priorities, leading to a coherent and systemic new bioeconomy strategy

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The new bioenergy research center: building on ten years of success

US biofuels centre to develop sustainable alternatives to transportation fuels and products currently derived from petroleum

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27 February 201822 February 2018

An interview with Tony Duncan, CEO Circa Group, the Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2017

In this long interview with Il Bioeconomista, Tony Duncan talks about this recognition, what is innovation, the bioeconomy and the next steps of his company

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26 February 2018

Diversity of the Bioeconomy

Market leaders meet at the 11^th International Conference on Bio-based Materials, 15-16 May 2018 in Cologne (Germany)

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Brainstorming the Bioeconomy’s Future and Welcoming 56 New Members at BIC’s General Assembly

At the event, representatives of the BBI JU Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) also presented their projects to industry members

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22 February 201826 February 2018

European Bioeconomy in Figures 2008 – 2015

2.3 trillion Euro turnover and 18.5 million employees in the European Bioeconomy in 2015 – Continuous increase of 10% since 2008

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SECOS Group benefits from restructuring as global demand for bioplastics accelerates

Packaging industry demand for environmentally friendly bioplastics is increasing

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21 February 201819 February 2018

Enerkem: Partners agree on initial funding to kick off waste-to-chemistry project in Rotterdam

Project to be first of its kind in Europe to provide a sustainable alternative solution for non-recyclable plastics and other mixed wastes

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Self-healing concrete in full development

Concrete degradation of our infrastructure could have been avoided if we had used self-healing concrete in the first place

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DowDuPont boss: Merger will speed up innovation to face farming challenges ‘quickly’

Green NGOs have warned about agro-chemical company mergers, saying that they will deliver 70% of the sector into the hands of three giant merged companies

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The master BioCirce awarded with the Italiadecide prize for teaching innovation

The program allows the professionals to go in depth in all the aspects related to the production and marketing sides of bio-based products

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20 February 201816 February 2018

European Commission’s €2 billion support of advanced biofuels questioned

Ethanol Europe's research argues, that less than 1% of announced advanced biofuel capacity has successfully been materialised

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19 February 201819 February 2018

Norway establishes international high-level panel on sustainable ocean economy

Resolution put forward by Norway was passed at the UN Environment Assembly in December

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Stora Enso launches bio-based lignin as renewable replacement for oil-based phenolic materials

The launch of Lineo^TM by Stora Enso is another important step on the way to replacing fossil-based materials with renewable solutions. Lineo is available to companies seeking more sustainable, bio-based alternatives

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16 February 201814 February 2018

Packaging and the environment: A plan for plastics

Commission ready to push ahead with a headline goal of making all plastics produced in the EU reusable or recyclable by 2030

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Much choice in biobased materials at Material Xperience

World’s largest multisectoral materials exhibition’ intends to present an integral picture of actual developments

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15 February 201815 February 2018

Bioeconomy: A global trend?

More work is needed to realize bioeconomy's potential as a climate solution

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Peter Vanacker appointed President and CEO of Neste Corporation

Vanacker's broad international experience from the chemicals and polymers industry will be very welcome for Neste

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14 February 201812 February 2018

Conferences: old wine in new bottles

Events like EFIB should not be about protecting established bio-based industries, but also discuss actual topics, the latest developments in the field, plans and expectations