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6 December 20244 December 2024

Charm Industrial Selects Manufacturo as Partner to Scale Manufacturing Operations

Charm Industrial, a leading climate technology company that specializes in the capture and permanent removal of carbon, has selected Manufacturo for a new strategic partnership

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5 December 20242 December 2024

Developing circularity in fashion: ANDRITZ receives engineering order for landmark textile recycling plant from Circ®

The plant will be the first to recover cotton and polyester from blended textile waste

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How AI is helping discover new biomaterials

AI has already become a key part of generating new sustainable and renewable materials

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Bye-bye microplastics: new plastic is recyclable and fully ocean-degradable

Scientists have been trying to develop safe and sustainable materials that can replace traditional plastics, which are non-sustainable and harm the environment

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4 December 20242 December 2024

Reaction to ENVI Committee’s adoption to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

The PPWR is critical to accelerating the transition of the European plastics system to circularity and net zero due to worrying decline in EU competitiveness, threatening the circular plastics transition

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CO2 utilisation as an alternative to permanent sequestration

According to the International Energy Agency, plans are already underway for over 20 commercial-scale CO2 capturing facilities

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Face mask from agri-food wastes

We have still not forgotten the panic and aftermaths of COVID-19 pandemic

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UNCAGED Innovations launches ELEVATE: a sustainable leather alternative in partnership with global fashion brands

Central to UNCAGED’s innovative approach is its proprietary technology platform, BioFuze

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3 December 202413 January 2025

Please submit your abstract and innovation to the leading event in the Renewable Carbon Economy: The “Renewable Materials Conference 2025”, 20-22 September 2025 in Siegburg

22 to 24 September 2025, Siegburg near Bonn/Cologne (Germany) and online

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Milliken & Company Announces Investment in Tidal Vision

This strategic partnership will accelerate the introduction of biodegradable chemistries across the markets

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Agilyx announces Final Investment Decision for Second Cyclyx Circularity Center

Together, the company with ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell are investing $135 million into Cyclyx to fund the construction and operations for CCC2, which has an expected startup in the second half of 2026

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Improved catalyst turns harmful greenhouse gases into cleaner fuels, chemical feedstocks

The team improved a reaction called dry reforming of methane that converts methane and carbon dioxide into syngas

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Marking First Full Year of Operations, Vaulted Deep Secures $32.3 Million Series A Funding Led by Prelude Ventures

As a spinoff from an established waste disposal company, Vaulted launched in late 2023 with existing, permitted well infrastructure and an experienced team

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Breakthrough in capturing ‘hot’ CO2 from industrial exhaust

A metal-organic framework, or MOF, is capable of capturing CO2 at extreme temperatures

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2 December 202429 November 2024

Place Your Banner on the Renewable Carbon News

Increase your company's visibility to an international audience by advertising in the Renewable Carbon News newsletter and on the Renewable Carbon News website

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Transforming Meat and Fruit Waste into Biogas

New research from the BBTWINS project demonstrates the potential of converting waste into sustainable and renewable resources

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Neste and PCS to bring renewable solutions to Southeast Asia’s chemicals industry

The collaboration aims at introducing renewable raw materials to replace fossil ones in chemicals and plastics value chains in the region

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Debut’s BiotechXBeautyLabs™ Enters the Professional Beauty Services Market, Signs First Partnership with Formula Fig

BiotechXBeautyLabs™ now creates specialized, clinically-backed products for professional beauty services including skincare studios, facial bars and med-spas

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29 November 202428 November 2024

Advanced Recycling: Innovative Improvements and New Technologies – a Promising Investment Sector for Europe

Almost 270 delegates attended the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) in Cologne on 20-21 November 2024 - the leading advanced recycling conference in Europe

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Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2024

Let's take a look at what happened in November 2024 at RCI:

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Navigating the Future of Sustainable Chemistry and Textiles: Insights from the ISC3 Investor Forum 2024

All the participants want is that their innovations contribute to a more sustainable textile industry and are supported by the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3)

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ExxonMobil to expand advanced recycling capacity

Plans for 1 billion pounds capacity per year by 2027

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Recycling Batteries with Citric Acid

Highly efficient recycling process for NCM lithium-ion batteries

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Hankook begins mass production of tyres using first ISCC PLUS certified carbon black

Premium tyre manufacturer Hankook has commenced the mass production of its tires utilising three types of ISCC PLUS (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) certified carbon black

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28 November 202425 November 2024

Henkel and Celanese collaborate to offer adhesives made from captured CO2 emissions

This partnership to enhance circularity in emulsion production by utilizing carbon capture-based materials

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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