20 January 201718 January 2017 USDA announces $2.9 million available for biorefinery research This research to help integrated biorefineries reduce costs and improve performance
19 January 201717 January 2017 Paris bans non-bio plastic bags in supermarkets Only compostable biosourced bags as well as paper and cotton bags for primary packaging are going to be allowed
18 January 201716 January 2017 Amber Waves of Gain: BioAmber, CJ CheilJedang to launch Asian JV for bio-succinic Some Digest's editors background views
17 January 201715 January 2017 Global Bioenergies plans to acquire Dutch start-up Syngip B.V. Company has set the diversification of feedstocks usable in its isobutene process as its new R&D frontier
Global Bioenergies to acquire gas fermentation start-up Syngip Some Digest editor's backstories and stakeholder statements about this acquisition
UK bioeconomy supports over 5 million jobs. An interview with Margaret Smallwood, CEO BioVale How is the bioeconomy in UK developing after Brexit and what means the election of Donald Trump as US President?
16 January 201712 January 2017 BioAmber and CJ CheilJedang Plan JV for Succinic Acid Production in Asia Intent is to produce cost competitive bio-succinic acid in China to accelerate sales growth
13 January 201711 January 2017 ECN brings thermochemical aromatics production to Biorizon Shared Research Center Biorizon is working with partners to develop aromatics from organic waste
Second chance carbon: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren gave this illuminating address at ABLC Next 2016 in San Francisco
Ken Richards, CEO of Leaf Resources, is the most innovative bioeconomy CEO 2016 The bioeconomy revolution is a reality thanks to visionary managers
12 January 201710 January 2017 Kick-off €2.1 million European project InDIRECT by Biobased Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU) Contribution to European milestone ‘Manage waste as a resource’ by efficiently converting diverse organic waste into marketable protein, lipids and chitin using insects
All Bioeconomy Processes Developed Upstairs: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the ABPDU Technology centers to optimize and scale technologies to enable the commercialization of bio-based chemicals, materials, and fuels
11 January 2017 News from nova research: GreenPremium and EU Ecolabel Findings summarized in Bioplastics MAGAZINE
New global initiative launched in Maine to offer financial and development support to bio-based projects First of its kind challenge “truly” focuses on the commercialisation of innovation
10 January 201730 December 2016 Reverdia Hires New Business Development Manager, Grows Commercial Team Alexander Krapivin to establish strong tracks in international sales, business development and marketing
9 January 20174 January 2017 A good start for 2017: Let’s start measuring all plastics along the same yardstick! What is needed in the bioplastics economy is not more, but better communication
November-December – The Liquid Continent Mediterranean bioeconomy able to build a new bridge between the North and South rims
Introducing BamBook – The Global Bamboo Resources Directory BamBook contributes to WBO’s global network and a series of INBAR Taskforces
16 December 201615 December 2016 Meet the French Seaweed Startup rethinking Bioplastics Algopack hopes to offer new office supplies made from algae
15 December 201631 January 2017 Are there GreenPremium prices for bio-based products along the value chain? Be part of it and take 5 minutes for the latest BIOFOREVER survey
AVALON Industries Takes Over All Bio-based Chemistry Activities From AVA-CO2 Subsidiary of AVA-CO2 to taking over all operational activities and focus on global implementation of the HTP-technology for the industrial-scale production of 5-HMF
Industry Leaders DuPont, Archer Daniels Midland Company Win Platts Global Energy Breakthrough Solution of the Year Award Award Honors the Companies for Developing New Platform Technology for Long Sought-After Molecule
Research Banking on Peels of Shrimp The new laboratories of the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials, AMIBM, have been inaugurated
14 December 201615 December 2016 Survey from nova confirms GreenPremium prices for bio-based plastics nova-Institute is conducting a number of surveys on GreenPremium prices within the BIOFOREVER project
13 December 201610 December 2016 Tetra Pak gets closer to fully renewable packaging goal with new aseptic carton World's first aseptic carton package to receive the highest class of Vinçotte certification for its 80% content of renewable materials
Who is afraid of the bioeconomy? Election of Donald Trump at the US presidency will be a strong brake in the development of the bioeconomy
The Emerging Bioeconomy Ecosystems Leaf Resources and Novozymes collaboration to further increase the yields and efficiency with Leaf Resources’ innovative biomass conversion technology
12 December 20168 December 2016 Leaf Resources and Novozymes launch biomass-to-sugars collaboration Novozymes bringing its expertise in biotechnology to customize its broad portfolio of robust, high-yielding enzymes to the GLYCELL process
Commission under fire over post-2020 biofuels targets EWABA suggests that Commission's proposal for a new Renewable Energy Directive can still be improved during its legislative passage
9 December 20167 December 2016 Christophe Schilling talks to Il Bioeconomista An exclusive interview with the CEO of Genomatica
INEOS Compounds announced today that it has entered into a licence agreement with Resysta International GmbH The Resysta ARF will initially be manufactured at the INEOS Compounds site in Sins, Switzerland, to respond to the growing demand from European customers
The Bioeconomy in a World Without Carbon Pollution Scientist concludes that, with smart land use strategies, the bioeconomy need not be a zero-sum game
8 December 20166 December 2016 5 minutes with… Alex Baker, COO of Leaf Resources Emily O’Dowd speaks with COO of Leaf Resources, an Australian firm, which look to cellulosic feedstocks as next generation biomaterials
Glycerin as Anti-Freeze Agent for Coal Many biodiesel producers questioning to rely on a market associated with the coal industry
7 December 20166 December 2016 ‘Rethinking Plastics’ – Insights into the bioplastic materials of the future 11th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin attracts 300 experts from around the world
“New £5 Note Row Over Tallow Blasted As ‘Absolutely Stupid’ By Polymer Note Inventor Australian Professor says ‘trivial amounts’ of tallow in new notes
6 December 20163 December 2016 Voting is open! TECNARO competing for nomination for the GreenTec Award 2017 Company’s environmentally friendly bioplastic liquid wood ARBOFORM has made the preselection
5 December 201615 February 2018 Canada Invests in Canadian Biomass and Composites Industries AgriInnovation Program to provide up to $1.9 million for development of quality standards and research about adoption of natural fibres in the composites industry
EC releases RED II, proposes first-generation biofuels phase-out and new sustainability criterion for forest biomass EC also wants to introduce a sub-mandate for advanced biofuels, new sustainability criterion on forest biomass
2 December 20161 December 2016 Sweet success: new bioplastic candy wrapper from Mars wins 11th Global Bioplastics Award European Bioplastics Conference became an excellent event with rousing discussions about policy in promoting bioplastics
Angry vegans are calling on the Bank of England to scrap the new £5 note because they contain animal fat Petition signed by 13,500 people has been created to have tallow removed
Protected forests in Europe felled to meet EU renewable targets – report Europe’s bioenergy plants are burning trees felled from protected conservation areas rather than using forest waste, new report shows
1 December 20162 December 2016 Global bioplastics production capacities continue to grow despite low oil price Stronger political support needed to realise full potential of bio-based materials in Europe
Weltweite Produktionskapazitäten für Biokunststoffe steigen trotz niedrigen Ölpreises Stärkere politische Unterstützung notwendig, um Potenziale in Europa besser nutzen zu können
The Biobased Economy after Trump: the States May Lead the Way Brent Erickson's comment - Special to The Digest
European Bioplastics: New fact sheet on standards for bioplastics Overview of the numerous standards and test methods already available
30 November 201630 November 2016 Exciting new ideas, latest developments and 15% discount on early registration The preliminary programme for International Conference on Bio-based Materials in Cologne, 10 – 11 May 2017 is now online
6 Promising New Ways to Make Bio-based & Renewable Plastics Slideshow including a new thermoplastic elastomer (TPE ) made from consumer waste chewing gum, and a new line of black masterbatches containing 100% recycled post-consumer tires
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