9 December 20255 December 2025 EUBP presents the Results of the 2025 Market Data Report The increase reflects both rising market demand and ongoing innovation in material performance and applications
8 December 20255 December 2025 Rutgers researchers use a principle in nature to create plastics that self-destruct at programmed speeds, offering a solution to global plastic waste Yuwei Gu was hiking through Bear Mountain State Park in New York when inspiration struck
EU Bioeconomy Strategy puts bioplastics at the heart of Europe’s industrial transition EU Commission embeds biobased plastics in a coherent PPWR framework and prepares legally binding targets – signaling that biobased plastics are now an active priority of EU industrial policy
26 November 202519 November 2025 BioBond White Paper Redefines Plastic Pollution Debate: Introducing ‘Good’ vs. ‘Bad’ Microplastics BioBond's work is directly applicable to the massive $190 billion coatings and adhesives sector, which currently relies heavily on petroleum-based products
Alder BioInsights News Review: Biobased Products, November 2025 Alder Bioinsights provides clients with a strategic view of feedstock, technology, policy and marketing opportunity across the bioeconomy
24 November 202519 November 2025 Braskem unveiled bio-based product innovations at K 2025 Under its sustainable portfolio, Braskem launched products and partnerships that bring sustainability and innovation to life across packaging, healthcare, hygiene, and consumer goods
20 November 202514 November 2025 Avantium and Logoplaste Sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for Releaf® to Accelerate High-Performance Packaging Innovation Collaboration beyond the paper bottle and into Logoplaste’s core business of high-performance bottles for beverages, food, pharma, home care, and personal care
7 November 20256 November 2025 TUHH start-up EveryCarbon receives €2.5 million in funding from SPRIND Startup revolutionises the use of organic waste
6 November 202531 October 2025 Case: Granulous – Upcycling spent grains to compostable bioplastics VTT helped Finnish startup Granulous move from a concept to a final recipe for a biobased plastic alternative made from spent grains from the global brewing industry
5 November 202530 October 2025 Taghleef Industries Reimagines NATIVIA®: A New Era for Biobased and Biodegradable Films Through the incorporation of groundbreaking materials such as PHAs, the introduction of home compostability features and the functionalization with advanced barrier technologies, NATIVIA® continues to lead industry transformation
3 November 202528 October 2025 Lignin valorization There is still much work to be done before lignin-based products are commercialized, like ensuring consistent lignin supplies, achieving consistent quality and compatibility of end products with end-use applications
31 October 202527 October 2025 BASF and IFF announce strategic collaboration to drive next-generation enzyme and polymer innovation The aim of the partners is, to accelerate the development of IFF’s Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ technology platform and create next-generation enzyme technologies
23 October 202522 October 2025 Upcoming RCI-webinar about underestimated methane emissions and their impact on carbon footprints of fossil and renewable feedstocks The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) invites industry and policy stakeholders to a free public webinar on their latest report ‘Increased Methane Emissions in Crude Oil & Natural Gas Supply’
22 October 202516 October 2025 Sustainable Plastics from Plants TU Graz is coordinating the European B3PO Doctoral Network, which is developing innovative materials from plant by-products. The EU has supplied funding of EUR 4.3 million for the project
15 October 20259 October 2025 Healthcare has a plastic problem – biomaterials can help Biomaterials can lower healthcare emissions and simplify waste management
10 October 20256 October 2025 BioBond Enters the Hot Melt Market With BioBased Technology For Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA) Applications BioBond Accelerates the Transition to Biobased Hot Melt Adhesives with Better Performance, Better Pricing and Better for Everyone Approach
7 October 20257 October 2025 Breaking the Bubbles of the Different Renewable Carbon Sectors to Enhance the Transformation of the European Chemical Industry The Renewable Materials Conference opened up new avenues for the chemical industry in Europe. The three winners of the Innovation Award demonstrate the industry's potential for innovation: These include plasma technology for utilising waste and CO₂, white lignin for cosmetics and a bio-based solution for replacing PFAS and plastic in paper packaging
1 October 202525 September 2025 Braskem’s sustainable advancements take center stage at K 2025 Resilient transformation, global reach, and pioneering carbon thinking headline Braskem's presence at the world's leading plastics and rubber fair
29 September 202523 September 2025 Fashion for Good Unveils “The Next Stride”, A New Footwear Project To Replace Fossil Fuel Material With Bio-based Sole Innovation In partnership with adidas, Target and Zalando, alongside leading material innovators, the initiative will test and validate bio-based polymers as high-performance alternatives to fossil fuel–derived materials
24 September 202518 September 2025 New Organic Polymer Paves the Way for Recyclable Water-Based Batteries "By combining high charge storage capacity with recyclability, we can open new directions for sustainable battery research.", said the associate professor at Tokohu University
22 September 202516 September 2025 Ecovia Bio Commissions the First Polyglutamic Acid Production Facility in the U.S. Historic milestone: new state-of-the-art 20,000 square-foot facility will supply early customers with domestically produced high-quality PGA solutions to meet the growing market demand
15 September 202515 September 2025 The Future of Chemical Industry in Europe: Defossilised and Competitive, how this can work? This is the key question that will be addressed at the Renewable Materials Conference, 22–24 September in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), and online
12 September 20258 September 2025 Omya unveils sustainable innovations at K 2025: Spotlight on performance polymer materials, decarbonization and lightweighting The company offers pre-consumer recycled grades for engineering materials and biopolymers
10 September 20254 September 2025 Biobased Monomers and Polymers, New Developments and Applications Novamont’s innovative technologies result in the use of 1,4 bio-butanediol (Bio-BDO), produced via fermentation from renewable feedstocks at the world’s first industrial-scale plant
9 September 20253 September 2025 Avantium Successfully Starts Up First Part of its FDCA Flagship Plant This marks a key technical achievement in the phased commissioning and start-up of the world’s first commercial facility dedicated to the production of FDCA
5 September 20251 September 2025 Netherlands offers subsidies to switch to recycled, bio content To qualify for the subsidy, processors must use a ‘much higher’ proportion of recycled or bio-based content than they currently use
3 September 20252 September 2025 Mainstreaming Mass Balance and Attribution (MBA) – Fast-Growing Acceptance, Demand and Production For the first time ever, the new nova report provides detailed data on mass balance attributed intermediates and polymers, including 180 MBA building blocks and 50 MBA polymers produced by 49 companies at 189 locations
Avantium Secures €10 Million Financing from Invest-NL This short-term debt is expected to be repaid through the proceeds from a future planned equity raise
27 August 202521 August 2025 Vioneo Selects Lummus as its Polypropylene Partner for World’s First Industrial Scale Fossil-Free Plastics from Green-Methanol Facility First-of-a-kind complex will produce fossil-free-polypropylene grades leveraging Lummus’ proven sustainable polymer technology
19 August 202514 August 2025 BIOCOLEN® – Color meets responsibility BIOCOLEN ® from GRAFE: Color variety for biodegradable plastics – sustainable, certified and design-oriented
13 August 202512 August 2025 AI helps chemists develop tougher plastics Researchers created polymers that are more resistant to tearing by incorporating stress-responsive molecules identified by a machine-learning model
23 July 202525 September 2025 Bioplastics with Fibenol: Wood4plastic project The company is partnering with the European LIFE-funded Wood4Plastic project, which aims to scale up industrially compostable, biobased plastics for everyday applications
17 July 202517 July 2025 EU Support for Bio-based Pest Control in Food Production Approximately 40% of the world’s food crops are lost each year due to pests and diseases. The Borregaard-initiated project CROPSAFE has received €4.9 million in funding from the EU’s Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) to develop bio-based solutions for pest control in potatoes, tomatoes and bananas
16 July 202510 July 2025 Elopak introduces first-ever cartons incorporating recycled and renewable polymers New line of D-PAK™ cartons contains for the first time a unique mix of circular (recycled) polyethylene and bio-circular (renewable) polymers
14 July 202511 July 2025 AIMPLAS Investigates New Processes to Improve the Properties of Bioplastics for Packaging Applications The BIOPROCESS project, led by AIMPLAS, aims to enhance the mechanical and barrier properties of bioplastics to produce films for high-performance, flexible packaging in various sectors
10 July 20254 July 2025 RecyClass Validates Avantium’s PET/PEF Bottle as Fully Recyclable in PET Stream Due to its excellent barrier properties and its close resemblance to PET, a PEF layer is an excellent alternative to nylon
8 July 20252 July 2025 Inside Braskem’s push to scale biopolymer production for packaging and more The Brazilian chemical company’s recently opened $20 million research facility in Massachusetts is part of the company’s network of R&D sites and interest in alternatives to fossil-based plastics
3 July 202527 June 2025 Avantium announces €10 million financing to secure its short-term financial position Aligned with the strategic prioritization of its FDCA and PEF technology, the Company has initiated a comprehensive review of all other business units
2 July 202526 June 2025 Element Labs Unveils NEOZANT™ Polymer: A Groundbreaking Material Revolutionizing Industry Standards Exothermic and JBT Showcase NEOZANT™’s Real-World Impact
26 June 202523 June 2025 Sulzer inaugurates state-of-the-art biopolymer engineering and scale-up center Innovation Technology Hub is equipped with film, molding, foam and extrusion lines, enabling biopolymers to be shaped with precision to meet specific customer requirements such as durability, flexibility and biodegradability
25 June 202517 June 2025 Balrampur Chini Mills Limited launches ‘Balrampur Bioyug’, India’s first PLA Biopolymer Brand Launched in the grand presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis
23 June 202516 June 2025 Teknor Apex Acquires Danimer Scientific to Further Diversify Sustainable Materials Portfolio Acquisition underscores Teknor's continued commitment to building sustainable solutions through material science innovation
6 June 20252 June 2025 New bio-based polyamide 6 resins under the DOMAMID® brand from DOMO Chemicals DOMO Chemicals now offers an extended range of medium, high and low viscosity DOMAMID® MBB (Mass Balanced Biocircular) solutions with up to 69% bio content without compromising performance
4 June 202528 May 2025 Avantium Awarded Grant to Participate in Michelin-Led Consortium for Biobased Chemical HMF Production The consortium, led by Michelin Engineered Polymers, aims to construct and operate an HMF Flagship Plant to demonstrate the wide range of applications for HMF
30 May 202526 May 2025 Avantium Signs Capacity Reservation Agreement with BIOVOX for PEF in Pharmaceutical Applications The multi-year capacity reservation ensures BIOVOX preferred access to PEF volumes produced by Avantium's future licensee network
27 May 202521 May 2025 Avantium Partners with the Bottle Collective to Launch Innovative Fiber Bottles The Bottle Collective was launched in 2023 by PA Consulting and PulPac, which propriate technology uses renewable pulp and cellulose resources to produce low-cost, high-performance fiber-based packaging
23 May 202520 May 2025 From beer to bioplastics: How LIFE RESTART fuels circular economy and cuts plastic waste in Sicily LIFE RESTART transforms beer waste into bioplastics, replacing fossil fuel plastics use , while creating jobs in a depopulated Sicilian region
20 May 202519 May 2025 Evaluation of the substitution of polyethylene for polylactic acid in sanitary pads through life cycle assessment While sustainable alternatives to traditional pads exist, they are not widely adopted due to their low level of commoditization
15 May 20259 May 2025 Celebrating 15 Years of I’m greenTM bio-based with operation rates above nameplate capacity after expansion Braskem has reached 275,000 tons/year of green ethylene, 37% above the production capacity compared to the initial project in 2010