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28 November 202425 November 2024

Council greenlights EU certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products

Certification schemes will be in place for operators to prove compliance with the regulation, who will be subject to robust and transparent monitoring, verification and reporting rules to promote trust in the system

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How Concrete Aggregate Innovations Can Meet Your Sustainability Goals

BioPowde has capitalized on bio-based materials, ensuring not only high-quality aggregates but also fostering ecological benefits by repurposing agricultural by-products

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Odisha Startup Tackles Environmental And Food Waste Challenges With Bioplastics

In a strategic development, an Odisha-based startup is transforming seafood waste into bioplastics, offering an innovative solution to both environmental pollution and food waste

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Liverpool – Georgia research team join forces to develop sustainable bioplastics

A collaboration between researchers from the University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia (UGA) aims to develop sustainable bioplastics

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27 November 20242 December 2024

Waiting for Results: The Road to CBE JU Funding in 2025

Advancing the European Circular Bioeconomy by public funding

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Join our free webinar today: “Discover Innovative Startups with RCI”

Each startup will deliver a concise, 10-minute segment, featuring a 7-minute presentation and a 3-minute Q&A

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Falling EU competitiveness threatens circular plastics transition

New data confirms further decline in European plastics manufacturing and recycled plastics production drops for first time

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CarbonFree debuts endurocal®, the world’s first zero-carbon mineral

CarbonFree’s proprietary SkyCycle™ process captures carbon emissions from hard-to-abate industrial sources and produces 'endurocal®', a pharmaceutical-grade calcium Carbonate

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Science breakthrough using plants as fuel without impacting food security

A breakthrough more than a decade in the making, makes use of a plant’s leaves and stems to create oil, which has the potential to be used as a new global energy source

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DOD Releases Final Nine Awards for Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program

The Department of Defense today announced the remaining nine awards to bioindustrial firms under the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP). This announcement completes the first phase of DBIMP investment at 34 total awards worth over $60 million

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26 November 202421 November 2024

Synata Bio’s Sylonto Project Awarded $4.5 Million NDRC Grant

The waste carbon-to-ethanol facility will transform Henan Energy Group’s on-site waste gases into 50,000 tons of ethanol per year

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Inspired by nature: Leaftronics pave way for biodegradable electronics

"Leaftronics" is an approach that leverages the natural structure of leaves to create biodegradable electronic substrates with enhanced properties

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CO2SMOS Project Releases Policy Recommendations for Accelerating CarbonCapture and Utilisation in Europe

The CO2SMOS Consortium Urges EU Policymakers to Address Key Gaps in Regulatory and Funding Frameworks to Enable Widespread Adoption of Sustainable CO₂-Based Chemicals

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Metgen integration with NewEnergyBlue will create full Array of Biochemicals refined from agricultural Waste

NewEnergyBlue’s first U.S. biomass refinery is expected to begin operations in 2027 in Mason City, Iowa

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25 November 202420 November 2024

Europe missing out on the potential of bio-waste with almost 75% ending up in landfills or incinerated

The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) together with Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) to produce a second edition of the report identifying the untapped potential to valorise bio-waste in Europe

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Shoe soles and heels with a new 3D printing material based on tanned leather waste

AIMPLAS, Pikolinos, Evatalking and the Footwear Technology Centre of La Rioja are working on the ECOFAP Project to develop a new 3D printing material based on recycled natural leather

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Electrochaea Partners with Hitachi to Bring Synthetic Methane to Japan

Electrochaea and Hitachi have signed a five-year technology transfer and licensing agreement

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22 November 202419 November 2024

Avantium and Kirin collaborate to explore the use of Avantium’s PEF for packaging of the Kirin product portfolio

Over the past three years, Avantium and Kirin have engaged in a productive collaboration, working on many PET-applications PEF monolayer evaluation - the results have been promising

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Polyplastics Develops DURACONⓇ POM Grades with Short Cellulose Fiber for Greater Sustainability

These new POM grades utilize regenerated cellulose fiber produced by the solvent method, which generates almost no waste

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel – Key Market Drivers and Production Tech

The ICAO is forecasting a tripling of international aviation emissions by 2050 without intervention - SAF has emerged as a crucial decarbonization tool offering up to 80% emissions reduction

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Malaysia’s 2025 budget promotes palm waste SAF

Malaysia's state-owned Petronas will work with palm oil producers to develop palm oil waste-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he presented the 2025 budget

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Small cells with big photosynthetic productivities: biotechnological potential of the Picochlorum genus

Biotechnological improvements are only beginning and valuable knowledge is emerging regarding outdoor growth potential and biomass conversion to sustainable products

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21 November 202418 November 2024

Econic, GC, and allnex Sign MOU to Explore Advanced Polymer Systems Made from CO₂

By integrating Econic’s technologies, GC and allnex aim to reduce the environmental footprint of their businesses and promote the development of eco-friendly polymer products

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Covestro deepens collaboration with Ausell to advance end-of-life automotive plastics recycling

Since 2020, Covestro has been partnering with Ausell to recycle 1 million polycarbonate water barrels annually, to convert them into high-performance post-consumer recycled polycarbonates for various industries

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Clariant upgrades its syngas catalyst portfolio to improve customers´ sustainability and profitability

The advanced versions of renowned catalysts have already proven their designed benefits at commercial scale

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20 November 202419 November 2024

Winter Special 2024 – 20% Discount on all Market and Trend Reports all Around Renewable Carbon until 31 January 2025

From advanced recycling technologies, over bio- and CO2-based chemicals, building blocks, and polymers to specific insights on regions and renewable building blocks like alternative naphtha: The latest nova-Institute reports around renewable carbon markets are available for a special price

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Winter Special 2024 – 20% auf alle Markt- und Trendreports rund um erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff bis 31. Januar 2025

Von fortschrittlichen Recyclingtechnologien, über bio- und CO₂-basierte Chemikalien, Bausteine und Polymere bis hin zu spezifischen Einblicken in Regionen und erneuerbare Building-Blocks wie alternatives Naphtha: Alle aktuellen Reports des nova-Instituts rund um erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff sind zum Sonderpreis erhältlich

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Presenting INGA: the next gener­ation of sustainable plastics made from CO₂ emissions

Fortum proudly presents INGA: the world’s first biodegradable plastic born entirely from CO₂

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Econic and Chimcomplex Sign MOU to Explore Production of CO₂ Polyols in Europe

Manufacturers can license this technology to produce high-performance polyols suitable for use in a wide range of applications

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Stargate Hydrogen expands its footprint in the Nordics via collaboration with VTT 

Stargate signed a collaboration agreement with VTT to bring testing and development activities of its next-generation alkaline electrolysers to Finland

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Ecoboard, use of agricultural wastes

Ecoboard uses agricultural wastes and leftovers to make boards from which are competitive against existing board materials

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19 November 202426 November 2024

Renewable Carbon Feedstocks: Building a Net-Zero Chemical Industry in 2050

A comprehensive analysis of 24 scenarios across 15 reports identifies biomass, CCU and recycling as the cornerstone of the chemical industry’s feedstock in 2050

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Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk takes a big step towards plastic circularity

With the new Market Development Upgrader (MDU), the chemical complex can process circular raw materials at scale and is essential for the development of plastic circularity in the Netherlands

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Birla Cellulose and Circ Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Scaling Textile Recycling Innovation

Strategic Collaboration Aims to Drive Growth of and Access to Recycled Fibres

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Inscripta® Announces Biomanufacturing of a Rapidly Growing Anti-aging Skincare Ingredient

Inscripta Achieves Important Milestone and Demonstrates Its Novel Whole Genome Engineering Biotechnology Platform With Accelerated Timelines

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18 November 202412 November 2024

Europe’s first polyester textile recycling system realised with PURE LOOP’s ISEC evo

Europe’s first commercial scale polyester textile recycling system has been nominated for the Plastics Industry Awards 2024 in the „Recycler of the Year“ category

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BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Acies Bio has developed the “OneCarbonBio”, a fully flexible synthetic biology platform designed to efficiently convert renewable methanol, derived from captured CO2 emissions, into a variety of chemical raw materials

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USDA Recognizes Leaders in Advancing the Use of Biobased Products Across the Nation

BioPreferred Program Awards Recognize Outstanding Efforts for Sustainable Procurement by Federal Employees and Contractors

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Teijin Frontier Announces Global Availability of Biodegradable BIOFRONT® PLA Resin

This resin, named to signify cutting-edge biotechnology, is now fully commercialized in Japan and internationally

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Earthfirst® Films Launches Unprinted, Regenerative Material Pre-lams

Delivering on performance, sustainability and speed-to-market – sustainable pre-lams are now available

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15 November 202412 November 2024

ORAC selects Styrolution® PS ECO grades for its 3D Duropolymer® wall panels

This collaboration highlights Orac's commitment to sustainability with the 2024 launch of its 100% bio-circular Duropolymer® panels

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Royal Avebe and ChainCraft announce strategic collaboration

To convert residual potato juice into circular chemicals

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Water hyacinth plant pots

Water hyacinth is a rapidly spreading plant that has been recognized as a threat to existing ecosystems in many countries around the world

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14 November 202413 November 2024

Maximizing the Impact of Advanced Recycling: The Importance of Pre-, Post Treatment, and Upgrading

With advanced recycling technologies progressing, the recycling sector is undergoing a significant transformation, which is particularly driven by pre- and post-treatment technologies that improve the outcome of all recycling operations

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Envalior launches a new range of sustainable Pocan® PBT compounds based on bio-circular BDO

Compounds can be combined with further mass-balanced raw materials as well as mechanically recycled materials

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Indorama Ventures Collaborates to Launch World’s First Commercialized PET Bottles Using Bio-Paraxylene for Suntory

This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the journey toward sustainable packaging, introducing PET bottles derived from used cooking oil

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Biodegradable synthetics – the latest development in tackling microfiber pollution

ISPO explores innovative solutions like Ciclo's biodegradable polyester and nylon, aiming to reduce microfiber pollution while maintaining the durability of synthetic materials

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Biolive has started using olive pits to make plastics

The company that is in charge of this project, started out as a university exercise within an entrepreneurship class and from there it developed into a business that is currently focused on creating plastics from olive pits

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $239 Million to Increase Access to Clean, Affordable Domestic Biofuels as Part of Investing in America Agenda

Funding from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Will Continue to Provide More Cost-Effective Options for American Consumers

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13 November 20248 November 2024

UPM, SELENIS and BORMIOLI PHARMA introduce the world’s first pharmaceutical bottle partially made with wood-based plastics

This bottle uses standard PET which is made with UPM’s world first wood based BioMEG, UPM BioPuraTM