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18 December 202517 December 2025

From Waste to Value: Borealis Helps Spark EU-Funded Project ELECTRO to Transform Hard-to-Recycle Plastics into Valuable Resources

Borealis is a proud partner of Project ELECTRO, a cutting-edge EU-funded initiative driving Europe toward a climate-neutral, circular plastics system


€170.7 million for new bio-based innovations

The 2026 work programme introduces 13 topics ranging from industrial flagship biorefineries to research actions that strengthen feedstock diversification, circular design, biotech scale-up and market uptake


Andreas Künkel Receives The Meyer-Galow Award For Business Chemistry 2025

Biodegradable polymers play a crucial role in the production of sustainable products and thus in a functioning circular economy


Futerro officially submits permit applications for its future biorefinery in Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine

With this submission, Futerro initiates the necessary administrative process for the establishment of its integrated biorefinery, the first of its kind in Europe


17 December 202515 December 2025

Understanding the Trade Impacts of Sustainability Certification: Insights from the STAR4BBS White Paper

The White Paper is based on a systematic review of 563 publications, of which 21 quantitative studies met the criteria for detailed assessment


Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens Announce Successful Progress in BioButterfly™ R&D Project: the most mature technology to produce biobased butadiene from bioethanol

Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens are pleased to announce significant advancements in the BioButterfly™ project, supported by ADEME, Région Nouvelle Aquitaine and Bordeaux Metropole, which aims to produce bio-based butadiene from bioethanol


China’s chemical giants invest in biomanufacturing

China’s bioeconomy moves from startup to scaleup


SK Chemicals achieves Korea’s first vertical integration in recycling through in-house feedstock sourcing 

The Feedstock Innovation Center (FIC) will process waste plastics into feedstock


Hemp-based Leather Alternative Featured in Leica’s latest Watch Strap

LOVR comes from European hemp residues combined with plant-based additives


16 December 202515 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence Reshaping Recycling

AI has already become a core enabler in industrial recycling


Arena Launches the First Swimwear Collection with Bio-based and Renewable LYCRA® Ecomade Fibre

A dive into innovation, performance, and sustainability with the Vitalife collection


15 December 202510 December 2025

Commission presents new Bioeconomy Strategy to drive green growth, competitiveness and resilience across Europe

The EU will move forward towards a more circular and decarbonised economy and can decrease dependence on fossil imports


An interview with Nicolò Giacomuzzi-Moore, Executive Director at CBE JU. “We have no time to waste if we want to maintain the leadership in the circular bioeconomy”

The new Bioeconomy strategy comes in a new context, in which the bioeconomy is at the heart of EU policies for green growth and European competitiveness


12 December 202511 December 2025

CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026: Preliminary Program Now Available

Leading global event on Carbon Capture and Utilisation to discuss green hydrogen strategies, cost-competitive e-fuels, CO₂-to-polymers and materials in Cologne and online on 28–29 April 2026


Nobel Prize for MOFs: Nanostructures enable large-scale extraction of carbon dioxide from the air

Thanks to their structure, MOFs are ideally suited to extract gases such as CO₂ or water vapor in confined spaces, or to catalyze chemical reactions


SOLRESS Drives Safe and Sustainable Bio-Based Solvents from Second-Generation resources

These bio-based solvents will be tested in sectors such as paints and coatings, cosmetics and industrial material processing


A new certificate for the renewable carbon economy: ‘OK renewable’ from TÜV AUSTRIA

This unique new label shows for the first time the share of fossil carbon in manufacturing and/or in products that has been replaced by biomass, CO₂ and recycling, and expresses it as a single, easy-to-understand product property


11 December 20258 December 2025

Fraunhofer CCPE presents the “Monomaterial Design Set” 

Innovative solutions for circular product design


SBTi publishes new pathways to accelerate chemicals sector’s net-zero transition

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has today published new pathways and supporting criteria for the chemicals sector, providing chemical manufacturers with the practical tools needed to lead the net-zero transformation


Toray Develops Recycling Technology that Retains Carbon Fiber Strength and Surface Quality

Toray applied innovated a decomposition agent that breaks down degradation-resistant, three-dimensionally crosslinked thermosetting resins at lower temperatures than conventional methods


Solar-driven PHB synthesis from wastewater by engineered semiconductor–bacteria biohybrids

Successfully scaling up this technology could disrupt traditional wastewater management by transforming treatment plants into net-positive biofactories


10 December 20255 December 2025

European Bioplastics Celebrates 20 Years of EBC and Calls for Unity in the Sector to Accelerate the Bioeconomy Transition

European Bioplastics concludes its 20th edition of the European Bioplastics Conference – two days of insightful presentations, panel discussions, networking, and market data analysis


GreenDot expands in Italy with subsidiary led by Luca Galimberti

Green Dot Global Sàrl has incorporated GreenDot Italy S.p.A.


Sustainable Chemistry Start-Ups Shine at Impact Festival

Breakthrough Start-Ups Honored at the ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2025 – Power2Polymers from Germany wins top prize


EU centres competitiveness in new bioeconomy strategy

The EU wants biobased and circular scaleup to boost regional competitiveness


Pegasus Materials Debuts Bio-based Specialty Materials for Electronics, Aerospace, and 3D Printing

Pegasus’s two new materials enable slimmer USB-C connectors, high-speed memory modules for data center servers, and field-ready 3D-printed components, supported by expanded Seed funding


9 December 20255 December 2025

Sustainable on the Trail: DITF Develop Hiking Pole Made from Natural Fibers and Bio-based Matrix

The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) and LEKI Lenhart GmbH have collaborated on a project to develop a hiking pole made largely from renewable raw materials. The finished product demonstrates that sustainable materials can also offer high performance in the outdoor industry


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


Beyond the bike: Growing Honda’s alternative material initiatives through Bio-based engineering and recycling

The initiatives address carbon neutrality, clean energy, and resource circulation as the three leading factors that will see net zero emissions by 2050


The challenge of sourcing sustainable CO2 for e-fuels

T&E commissioned ERM to carry out a study looking at CO2 transportation for e-fuels production in Europe


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


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


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


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


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


HY2GEN Norwegian Project Reaches Milestone

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


5 December 20254 December 2025

AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: Final Program Published

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


AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: Finales Programm veröffentlicht

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


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


Emirates Biotech: Neue PLA-Biopolymerreihe aus den VAE

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


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


What’s ZymoChem getting right?

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


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


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


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)


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.


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


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


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


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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