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28 February 20181 March 2018

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

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Could plant-based plastics help tackle waste pollution?

It does not seem feasible to get rid of plastics completely, but instead replace some of the petroleum-based plastic for biopolymers derived from plant-based sources

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13 February 20189 February 2018

New algae-based cosmetics developed

Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance Consortium led by GEOMAR achieves the first marine bioproduct success

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12 February 20188 February 2018

Ö-Klo: recovering valuable materials by composting toilets

"Aurin Recycled Fertiliser" has been officially authorised for use as fertiliser for flowers, ornamental plants and lawns

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9 February 20187 February 2018

The ‘Blue Planet effect’ kick-starts focus on plastic use in UK but Brexit and funding challenges remain

"In years to come, I think people will be shocked at how today we allow so much plastic to be produced needlessly.”

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UPM to build the world’s first biorefinery producing wood-based biodiesel

New facility to produce annually approximately 100,000 tonnes of advanced second generation biodiesel for transport

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2017 marks the first year in which more electricity in Europe was generated from wind, sun, and biomass than from coal

Agora Energiewende and Sandbag present annual evaluation of the European energy transition

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8 February 20186 February 2018

Which tree? Where? Why?

Agroforestry publication helps farmers decide which trees, where, for what purpose

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7 February 20185 February 2018

Phario project set to scale up to pilot production

In 2015, the Phario project reported being able to produce a kilo of PHA a week from sewerage sludge. Now the next step is in sight

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Welcome to the third RoadToBio newsletter

This newsletter to show another important aspect of this roadmap: Opportunities, barriers and hurdles concerning the acceptance of bio-based products

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EU and Gates Foundation pledge €500 million for innovations in agriculture

Joint initiative to drive research and technical and organisational innovations across agricultural and food systems in developing countries

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Forest owners boss: ‘Sustainable forest management crucial to maintaining carbon cycle ‘

When we talk about forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation, we need to understand the full picture

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6 February 20182 February 2018

Metsä Board launches an innovative eco-barrier paperboard

New barrier treatment packaging especially developed for food service use

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Neue Studie der Uni Halle: Diese Bakterien verdauen giftige Metalle und bilden dabei Gold

Deutsch-australische Forschergruppe präsentiert wichtige Erkenntnisse über die zweite Hälfte des bio-geochemischen Gold-Zyklus

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New study by the University of Halle: These Bacteria produce gold by digesting toxic metals

Joint German-Australian research team provides important insights into the second half of the bio-geochemical gold cycle

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Novamont starts a new partnership in Serbia

Serbian Chamber of Commerce’s vocation, is to create a pilot project enabling the introduction of new technologies in the city of Gornji Milanovac

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LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Braskem Hot 50 voting lead as voting nears final week

This week’s summary includes photo and other bonus votes which are just now beginning to come in

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2 February 201831 January 2018

Study warns wood bioenergy supporters can’t see carbon emissions for the trees

New research challenges the popular belief that biofuels are better for the environment

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BioAmber restructures its credit facility with its senior lenders

Company has agreed to present the lenders a recapitalization plan by March 15, 2018

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1 February 201831 January 2018

Akzonobel announces 2018 Imagine Chemistry Challenges

The overall winners will be awarded joint development agreements with AkzoNobel to help bring their ideas to market

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Welcome to the second RoadToBio newsletter

First project report describes a desk study of the opportunities for the chemical industry to introduce more bio-based chemicals into existing value chains

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Circular economy in the limelight in Davos

The first Circularity Gap Report indicates that merely 9% of the world’s exploited natural resources are re-used. EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports

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31 January 201829 January 2018

The rise, rise, rise of bio-methanol for fuels and chemical markets

For the North American and European markets more projects aimed at methanol as a chemical intermediate springing up are expected

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Lanzatech looks to AI to further the sustainable bioeconomy

Newly announced collaboration with TeselaGen is supposed to extend LanzaTech’s biological design platform

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Ecosystem services of EU forests

European forests have expanded continuously over the last 60 years and now cover around 160 million hectares

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30 January 2018

Tenth Edition of the Bioeconomy’s “Who is Who” Directory to be Published – The Beeline to Suppliers and Partners in the Growing Bio-Based Business

The success story that is the International Directory for Bio-Based Businesses (iBIB) continues. Book your free two-page company profile for an unlimited time now

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29 January 201825 January 2018

Neste: The Ham Trick campaign exceeds expectations

Recycling campaign achieved a total of nearly 44,000 kg of ham fat was collected - enough raw material for Neste MY Renewable Diesel to drive 14 times around the world

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Leaps and bounds in sustainable plastics and nylons: U Wisconsin, Genomatica, Aquafil, Anellotech, Suntory, ADM, DuPont in the mix

Performance improvement is universally compelling in the industry, even to those who don’t value new materials simply for a sustainable attribute

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Seaweed biorefinery: much work, high hopes

The aim is to find fractionation methods that are sufficiently effective, yet gentle too – as seaweed biorefinery opportunities keep on expanding

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26 January 201825 January 2018

Using Big Data for sustainable agriculture, forestry and fishery

Main goal of a new Horizon-project is to use Big Data particularly in the raw material production for the bioeconomy industry