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8 December 20255 December 2025

Coffee waste helps make lower carbon concrete

RMIT researchers are advancing new ways to cut the carbon footprint of infrastructure by turning everyday organic waste into useful construction materials

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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

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Groundbreaking Ceremony of the New Biorefinery by PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia

Pengerang Biorefinery Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture between PETRONAS, Enilive S.p.A and Euglena Co., Ltd, marked a key milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of the new biorefinery in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia

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Lithuanian scientists use textile ash to create extremely strong cement

Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) are developing new ways to turn textile waste into energy and high-performance cement materials, offering sustainable solutions for two resource-intensive sectors – textiles and construction

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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

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HY2GEN Norwegian Project Reaches Milestone

Sauda municipal council approved zoning plan for the Iverson Renewable Ammonia plant

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5 December 20254 December 2025

AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: Final Program Published

Empowering Transformation: How AI Innovations Drive the Future of Circular Materials

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AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: Finales Programm veröffentlicht

Transformation vorantreiben: Wie KI-Innovationen die Zukunft der Kreislaufwirtschaft für Materialien gestalten

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Emirates Biotech launches its Embio product range – a new generation of PLA biopolymers made in the Emirates

With the Embio product launch, Emirates Biotech begins pre-marketing across the Middle East, offering customers the opportunity to source locally stocked PLA for faster delivery times and smaller minimum order volumes

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Emirates Biotech: Neue PLA-Biopolymerreihe aus den VAE

Mit dem Marktstart beginnt das Unternehmen eine Vermarktungs- und Vorvertriebsphase im Nahen Oste

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AFYREN raises €23 million through share capital increase to finance optimization and expansion of unique biorefinery AFYREN NEOXY

Plant optimization program has now started to gradually increase capacity

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What’s ZymoChem getting right?

Cost-cutting and product selectiveness have powered this biochemical startup to success

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Improved oxygen barrier in biodegradable plastic for coffee capsules

With M·VERA® GP1065, BIO-FED, a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC, has developed a specialised biocompound for coffee capsules

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4 December 20253 December 2025

Advanced Recycling Conference 2025 Fuels Innovation Across Key Waste Streams

220 Global Experts Unite to Drive Breakthroughs in Advanced Recycling Technology, Infrastructure, and Industry Trust

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CARBIOS signs two new multi-year commercial agreements for recycled PET with major players in the beverage industry

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris : ALCRB), announces the signing of two new multi-year commercial agreements with major players in beverage industry, for the supply of recycled PET (r-PET)

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BASF inaugurates the expansion of production capacity for Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) in Bangpakong, Thailand

The enhancement complements BASF’s global APG production network - including sites in Germany, China, and a new facility scheduled for start-up in 2026 in the U.S.

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From CO₂ to ski wax boxes: NG Nordic and SWIX partner to turn captured carbon into new sports innovation  

The partnership brings together NG Nordic’s pioneering Carbon2x technology, which converts captured CO₂ into sustainable raw materials, and SWIX’s innovation leadership in high-performance, PFAS-free ski products

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Arkema and Poolp unveil Nomura, a sculptural, bio-based coffee table produced using 3D printing

Arkema, a global leader in Specialty Materials, has partnered with Poolp, a French design-focused start-up, to create a fully 3D-printed sculptural coffee table

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3 December 20253 December 2025

Call for Innovations Open for CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026

Prestigious “Best CO2 Utilisation” Innovation Award invites pioneering submissions by 6 February 2026

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Ponda Raises $2.4M to Bring BioPuff® to Market and Restore Wetlands Across Europe

Every contribution reflects a growing belief that materials can help heal the planet, and that real change happens when we work together

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Australia, China poised to lead APAC Power-to-X SAF push amid uneven regional readiness

No single country in the APAC region can independently cover all critical dimensions for PtX fuel scale-up, including renewable power, CO2 sources, feedstock supply, industrial capacity, and governance alignment

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2 December 202527 November 2025

Monthly News from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2025

November Highlights: RCI General Assembly, Upcoming RCI Webinar, ARC Partner Event, New Partner kunststoffland NRW (DE), Upcoming 10th ECP

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1 December 202526 November 2025

European PET Industry encourages adoption of the CEN Design-for-Recycling Standards

A Needed Major Step Towards PPWR Implementation

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GreenDot urges eco-modulation as the solution to help plastics recyclers in Germany and Europe

The closure of plastic recycling plants in Europe is accelerating dramatically

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Case: Henkel – Piloting new bio-based foam packaging material 

VTT helped Henkel take the next step and ultimately deliveredan innovation that opens up possibilities to replace conventional plastics with renewable solutions in packaging and beyond

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28 November 20251 December 2025

Latest nova Market and Trend Reports on Advanced Recycling, Mass Balance and Attribution (MBA), Bio-based Polymers and Alternative Naphtha

8 December 2025 – 14:00-15:30 CET - Online and free of charge

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nova’s experts reintroduced: Dr Ángel Puente

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) • Renewable Carbon • Chemistry • Critical Reviews

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UPCYCLE Project Launches to Transform Non-Recyclable Plastics into Circular and Non-Persistent Packaging Solutions

The project brings together 19 partners from 12 countries to develop novel circular value chains that convert non-recyclable plastic waste into highly recyclable and non-persistent packaging materials

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MCi Carbon unveils scale-up breakthrough at COP30

MCi Carbon returns to the world’s most watched climate summit to invite industry partners to run industrial trials using its CO2-to-materials technology named 'MYRTLE'

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27 November 202526 November 2025

Renewable Materials Conference 2026 — Save the Date: 22–24 September in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany)

Defossilisation through innovation: Early bird registration, exhibition and workshop booking, as well as submissions for abstracts and innovations for the "Renewable Material of the Year 2026" award are now open

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Lindner Launches a Premiere in Mechanical Recycling: Flexloop

A solvent-based extraction process is at the core of this method, which reliably removes impurities (NIAS), odours, adhesives and printing inks from polymer chains

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Verbio wins prestigious ICIS Innovation Award for bio-based chemicals

Award recognises Verbio’s innovative ethenolysis technology / Prize awarded in the category “Best Product Innovation from a large company” / Verbio gives chemical industry access to sustainable biogenic carbon molecules

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Renaissance BioScience and Biome Bioplastics Partner to Develop Next-Generation Sustainable, Renewable Bioplastics

C$1.5 million (£814,000) Canada-UK project will harness yeast and bacterial fermentation to produce renewable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics for packaging, personal care, health, and consumer goods

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Cashew Waste to Clean Energy: India’s first large-scale biofuel and biochar carbon removal plant

The plant, established by MASH Makes, converts cashew waste into renewable biofuel and biochar, aims to expand by utilizing additional agricultural residues

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26 November 202525 November 2025

New Technology Extracts CO2 from the Atmosphere

With a novel process, CO2 can be captured from the air with reduced energy consumption

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Neue Technologie holt CO2 aus der Atmosphäre

Durch ein neuartiges Verfahren kann man mit verringertem Energieaufwand CO2 aus der Luft abscheiden

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Ducor Petrochemicals and Blue Circle Olefins partner to create a fully circular supply chain for polypropylene

The aim is to serve the increasing market demand for bio-based and carbon recycled polypropylene for demanding market segments from life-science over packaging materials up to automotive parts

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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

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Monument Chemical Launches Poly-CO2®: High Performance Polyols from Captured Carbon

The company is the first US manufacturer to produce CO₂ polyols based on renewable carbon technology from Econic Technologies

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25 November 202520 November 2025

Bayreuth Researchers Discover New Pathways to Green Hydrogen

Hydrogen directly from seawater – without the use of additional reagents? With a photocatalyst capable of clean hydrogen production directly from seawater it should be possible

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2024 Data Reveals a Deepening Crisis of the European plastics recycling industry  

The sector is facing growing pressure from high production and energy costs, falling demand, and increasing volumes of low-priced, unregulated imports from outside the region

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Free Webinar: Success Stories RCI 2025 and Outlook to 2026 – Project results and position papers

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) gives another free webinar presenting its past achievements and future goals

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Popping the cork on new low-cost carbon capture method

The process uses water and pressure to remove carbon dioxide from emissions at half the cost of current methods

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SMX and Bio-Packaging make green packaging more trustworthy

SMX and Bio-Packaging aim to help local converters access data that can speed Singapore’s shift toward a zero-waste circular economy

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24 November 202520 November 2025

Unique 50% discount on all nova reports during the winter season

Decisions of a strategic nature depend on reliable market information

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Launch of EMB Future Science Brief on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

An international working group of thirteen researchers has presented its findings and clear recommendations on the Monitoring, Verification and Reporting for mCDR activities

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Northern partnership to drive UK’s bio-based economic future

Research undertaken at the University of York will underpin a new regional partnership which aims to boost clean growth, create thousands of jobs, and attract major investment in the bio-based economy

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From Premiums To Parity: How Fashion for Good Is Rewriting the Economics of New Materials

Next-gen materials hold promise for addressing complex sustainability and circularity challenges, yet their path to mainstream adoption has been severely hindered by a fundamental economic barrier: price

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Can music change how we perceive plastic waste?

Aduro Clean Technologies presents the video “Chemistry Goes Music” and brings the break-down of plastic waste into renewable building blocks to life through music

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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