18 November 202415 November 2024 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
Earthfirst® Films Launches Unprinted, Regenerative Material Pre-lams Delivering on performance, sustainability and speed-to-market – sustainable pre-lams are now available
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
Royal Avebe and ChainCraft announce strategic collaboration To convert residual potato juice into circular chemicals
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tetra Pak and Lactalis shape the future of packaging, with recycled material linked to used beverage cartons Lactalis will take the packaging of the spanish Puleva-diaryproducts in Tetra Brik® Aseptic 1000 Slim-Cartons with HeliCap™ 23 Pro-closure
Selenis & Syre form a strategic partnership to establish a textile-to-textile recycling plant in North Carolina The coming together of the two companies will combine new technologies in depolymerizing and polymerizing for textile-to-textile recycling all in one place, allowing for a cost efficient, industrial scale operation
Dirty Labs Expands Whole Foods Lineup with Fan-Favorite Bio Enzyme Dishwasher Detergent Beginning November 1st, Dirty Labs' best-selling 2-in-1 Bio Enzyme Dishwasher Detergent + Booster will be available at Whole Foods Market stores across the country. This category expansion brings Dirty Labs' cutting-edge, eco-friendly cleaning products beyond the laundry room and into the kitchen, just in time for the holiday hosting season
OXMAN Unveils the O° Shoe – a 100% Biodegradable Shoe made without Petrochemicals, producing Zero Microplastics The O° collection is made using patent pending OXMAN technology that integrates digital, material, biological, and robotic innovations and uses a single organic material to create 100% biobased consumer products
12 November 202411 November 2024 New Players in Advanced Recycling – Innovators at work: BluePlasma Power Episode 1: Gonzalo Izquierdo (CEO); BluePlasma Power
Neste, Alterra and Technip Energies collaborate to offer standardized solution to build chemical recycling plants The partners aim to globally offer a standardized modular solution, based on Alterra’s proprietary liquefaction technology, to parties interested in building capacity for chemical recycling
The world’s first 100% “fiber-to-fiber” biorecycled clothing unveiled by multi-brand consortium: CARBIOS, On, Patagonia, PUMA, PVH Corp. and Salomon The world’s first enzymatically recycled polyester garment made from 100% textile waste using CARBIOS’ pioneering biorecycling technology
Development agreement signed for first full-scale PHA biomass plant from paper process water Development agreement signed for first full-scale PHA biomass plant from paper process water
11 November 202411 November 2024 LanzaTech and Eramet announce plans for first-of-a-kind integrated Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project in Norway To unlock further emissions reductions, the two companies also intend to build upon the CCU infrastructure and, if demonstrated to be feasible, integrate Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) technology as part of a second phase of the project
Adsorbi expands its product portfolio to cellulose-based air freshener for homes, designed to remove air pollutants and odors Made from sustainably harvested Nordic wood, Adsorbi’s cellulose-based air freshener is a longer-lasting alternative to conventional odor-removal products like activated carbon. As it expands its product portfolio, the company is now scaling up its commercial sales
8 November 20244 November 2024 Taking the circular path to sustainable clothing and fishing industries The Glaukos project finds a circular solution for bio-based textile and fishing gear production using marine-friendly polymers
LYB completes acquisition of solvent-based recycling company APK Company welcomes additional recycling technology to its portfolio
Poland’s growing bioeconomy Poland is among the fastest growing EU economies today, recording the region’s largest annual and quarterly GDP jump in the second quarter of this year
Melker of Sweden’s Värmdö Wins Product of the Year for Sea Kayaking Built with ampliTex™ flax fabrics and a solid cork core, the Värmdö kayak combines superior mechanical properties with innovative, sustainable design for paddlers of all levels
7 November 20242 November 2024 Bormioli Pharma partners with Chiesi to supply the first pharma primary packaging in Carbon Capture PET This supply marks the first time a Carbon Capture PET bottle will be used for pharmaceutical purposes, offering environmental benefits and high safety levels for patients
Avantium and SCGC to Accelerate the Market Adoption for FDCA and PEF in Asia Building on their strategic intent letter from January 2024, the companies have decided to take the next step in their collaboration in further developping FDCA and PEF applications
Carbon Capture on Board Ships as a Valuable Transition Technology Researchers at TU Graz have evaluated various carbon capture technologies for use in shipping. These technologies will be necessary to achieve the climate targets, but they will realistically not enable complete capturing of greenhouse gases on board
6 November 202430 October 2024 Towards a sustainable and circular economy The Netherlands have formulated the far-stretched goal to be entirely circular by 2050 - Utrecht University researchers listed the results and dilemmas
Envalior at Fakuma 2024 The company is presenting for the first time the new PBT product range Pocan® X-MB, which is based on biocircular 1.4-butanediol (BDO)
Avantium and Royal Vezet collaborate on PEF-based packaging trays for Albert Heijn’s salad bowls Avantium’s PEF (polyethylene furanoate) is a 100% plant-based, fully recyclable polymer and offers a renewable and circular packaging solution for Royal Vezet’s salad bowls
5 November 20245 November 2024 Advanced Recycling Conference 2024 – Driving Innovation in Sustainable Materials Management Europe’s largest conference on advanced recycling explores innovative technologies and transformative strategies that are reshaping the future of sustainability
Reflecting on Conference Experiences: Are you Maximising Your Networking Opportunities? Unlocking the full Potential of Networking and Visibility
Save the date for the leading event in the Renewable Carbon Economy: The “Renewable Materials Conference 2025” 22 to 24 September 2025, Siegburg near Bonn/Cologne (Germany) and online
autarkize Secures EUR 2.3 million in seed financing with innovative pyrolysis technology The technology developed by autarkize converts biogenic residues such as wood waste, peelings and fermentation residues into renewable gas and certified biochar
Eni set outs its transformation, decarbonization and relaunch plan for Versalis Shutdown of Brindisi and Priolo crackers, the last remaining, and polyethylene production in Ragusa announced. A new corporate structure is on the way
Neste to re-evaluate its renewable hydrogen plan and withdraw from investing into a 120 MW electrolyzer at the Porvoo refinery Evaluation of this project has been impacted by the tight limitations on the use of renewable hydrogen in the refinery’s processes in fulfilling the Finnish national distribution obligation
Capturing carbon from the air just got easier A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air
Hessian Minister of Economics opens revolutionary CO2Bioclean pilot plant Innovative fermentation technology unit transforms CO2 into biodegradable plastics
4 November 20242 November 2024 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), October 2024 Let's take a look at what happened in October 2024 at RCI:
Flower Power: Lavender Oil Fuels Batteries for the Future A researchers team at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces created a unique material, that acts like a confinement cage for sulfur and polysulfides
Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use trees as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum
Aerleum Raises $6M in Seed Round to Revolutionize CO₂ Capture and Conversion Technology Aerleum’s game-changing solution captures and converts CO₂ in a single reactor, using proprietary bifunctional materials and precision heating
31 October 202425 November 2024 Free nova Session: Latest nova Market and Trend Reports on Alternative Naphtha, Advanced Recycling, Bio-based Polymers and Bioeconomy in China 28 November 2024, 13:30-15:00 CET, online
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) – Comparing apples to apples Sustainability as a key driver of economic change
Cepsa and Sonatrach sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Green Hydrogen The integrated development of the project includes the construction of an electrolysis hydrogen production plant which would contribute to the decarbonization objectives of both companies
ORLEN launches sales of HVO100 With two service stations in Germany to become more, the HVO100 fuel can be used in most diesel engine vehicles without any modifications