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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


Solar goes biobased

Biomaterials could minimise the environmental impacts of solar panels


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

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