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26 July 202425 July 2024

The BioReCer project announces the third stakeholders meeting on certification of biological waste and residues

Following the first two successful stakeholder events in Greece and Sweden, the Horizon Europe project BioReCer organises the next meeting in Milan, Italy on 2nd October 2024

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

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

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Recycled content is key to enable contact sensitive packaging

GreenDot Group is now supplying Pyrolysis Oil to Shell Chemicals Europe B.V.

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25 July 202431 July 2024

nova Session: Green Claims Directive and Consumer Communication

October 2 2024, 14:00-16:00, CET - Online

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Dr. Anna Kerps on transnational plastic recycling

“We are creating a basis that can also be transferred to other countries”

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Renewi And Freepoint Eco-Systems Announce Intention To Collaborate On Building New Waste Plastic Sorting and Treatment Infrastructure

New Sorting Line Required To Produce Feedstock For Advanced Plastic Recycling

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The world of bioplastics and their extensive potential in design applications

Bioplastic materials are more than just a sustainable choice; they can represent a shift in the paradigm of material usage in design

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24 July 202419 July 2024

Recycling cement paste – a cheap and efficient way to curb emissions

New study led by Imperial College London experts and scientists from Empa and EPFL, highlights that waste cement paste that has undergone CO2 mineralization is a cost effective way to reduce emissions from cement

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Advancing Circular Bioeconomy with Biomass Feedstocks

The Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future or VIFF is a partnership between Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), to enhance collaboration across scientific and technological disciplines

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Estonia’s First Green Asphalt Residential Area in Viimsi: A Collaboration between Capital Mill and Fibenol

This bio-based raw material, powered by LIGNOVA lignin, partially replaces bitumen in asphalt mixes, enabling the reduction of Scope 3 emissions

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23 July 202418 July 2024

ANDRITZ to supply world’s largest lignin production system to Södra pulp mill in Sweden

Swedish forest industry group Södra has selected international technology group ANDRITZ to supply a complete solution for kraft lignin production to its Mönsterås pulp mill in Sweden

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Renewable fuels with excellent environmental profile

New synfuels can be used directly in today's vehicles

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CCUS Capture Capacity to Reach 2.5 Gigatonnes Per Annum By 2045

CCUS market outlook, twenty-year granular forecasts, company profiles, and benchmarking of point-source carbon capture, direct air capture (DAC), CO₂ transport and storage (T&S), CO₂ utilization cases, and more

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Evonik expands sodium methylate production in Argentina to meet growing demand for biofuels

Evonik has announced the expansion of its sodium methylate production capacity at its Rosario plant, located in the Sante Fé Province in Argentina

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22 July 20245 August 2024

Last Opportunity to enjoy a 10% discount on tickets for the Advanced Recycling Conference

Uniting industry leaders and stakeholders across all waste value chains

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What is the bioeconomy and how can it drive sustainable development?

To advance the bioeconomy further, improving economic integration across sectors and managing environmental commodities like carbon credits and renewable energy certificates is crucial

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Braskem Forges Alliance with TNO to Transform Polyolefin Plastic Residue Recycling

The collaboration will advance the research and development of the state-of-the-art Möbius dissolution-based recycling technology for polyolefin plastic residue waste streams

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19 July 202415 July 2024

Savor Successfully Develops Dairy & Plant-Free Butter From CO2 and Hydrogen

Supported by by influential figures like Bill Gates the startup in San Jose from 2022 to offer an innovative solution to industrial fats

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Breakthrough in Textile Recycling: Separating Nylon from Cotton

Research team from the University of Delaware, Newark, develop process to recycle textile mixed waste

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Siemens and Boson Energy enter agreement to accelerate the green energy transition through waste-to-hydrogen (to-X) technology

Boson Energy and Siemens AG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate collaboration on technology that converts non-recyclable waste into clean energy

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18 July 202415 July 2024

Norner, Plast Nordic and Dr. Sarkissova establish collaboration in chemical recycling of PET

For plastic packaging and polyester textiles, the collaboration partners can now chemically recycle the materials back into their original chemicals, achieving 100% circularity without compromising quality

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Why carbon capture and storage is not the solution

Carbon capture and storage has been hailed as a potential way to reduce emissions, but it is more likely to increase them by boosting oil and gas extraction. The cheaper and more effective solution is to move to cleaner forms of energy

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UPM and Nokian Tyres partner to revolutionize the tire industry by introducing the first concept tire with UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Fillers

The partnership will launch UPM’s CO₂-negative Renewable Functional Fillers into a new market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative to traditional CO₂-intensive fillers

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17 July 202416 July 2024

New Report: Alternative Naphtha – Technologies and Market, Status and Outlook

For the defossilisation of the chemical industry it is crucial to replace fossil-based naphtha by alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers

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ESG Clean Energy’s Patented Technology More than Doubles CO2- Capture Rate

ESG Clean Energy's Patented Technology More Than Doubles CO2 Capture Rate

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AFYREN’s fermentation lab reaches 2-million-hour mark as it identifies new raw materials to fuel industrial expansion

The company confirms its innovative approach and identifies the biomass families that will underpin its industrial expansion

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Tailorlux & Germany’s TURNS pioneer traceability for recycled cotton

Both companies to set a new benchmark by launching a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at advancing traceability and transparency for recycled cotton products

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EU and CBE JU funded project HICCUPS: Website relaunched and leaflet with infographic produced

HICCUPS - Highly Innovative technology demonstration for bio-based CO2 Capture and Utilization for production of bulk plastics applications

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Algae offer real potential as a renewable electricity source, new Concordia research shows

Internet of Things devices are among what could be powered using photosynthesis

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16 July 202412 July 2024

nova Session on Mastering CSRD Compliance: Strategies for Effective Sustainability Reporting

September 26, 2024, 13:00-16:00 (CET)

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World-first trial of new technology to recycle CO2 emissions from steel production begins at ArcelorMittal Gent, Belgium

Together with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and D-CRBN, ArcelorMittal is going to trial a new technology to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide which can be used in steel and chemical production

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Q-GEO® by FULGAR

A unique yarn that combines its bio-based origin with exceptional comfort and durability

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German government supports SAF production in INERATEC’s e-Fuel plant in Frankfurt through Kopernikus P2X

During the three-year funding period, the production of e-Kerosene will be intensively investigated to create a sustainable alternative to fossil kerosene

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Superlab Suisse opens state-of-the-art facility in Basel, fostering new spaces for scientific breakthroughs

For life sciences and biotech companies, access to affordable dedicated lab spaces is hard to come by. Labs are prohibitively expensive to build and operate, posing significant financial barriers to innovation and research

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15 July 202416 July 2024

Advanced Recycling Technologies: Facts, Capacities, and Future Growth

Advanced recycling reaches way beyond chemical recycling and encompasses a diverse array of processes designed to transform waste into high-quality recycled materials and chemicals

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The IntegrityNext Carbon Emissions Navigator – The Smart Path to Decarbonization

The new Carbon Emissions Navigator streamlines data collection, monitoring and reporting in a single platform for more efficient regulatory compliance and rapid decarbonization

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Why MOF Players Are Becoming Carbon Capture Companies

With commercial systems expected to enter the market before the turn of the decade, IDTechEx's report predicts a 33-fold growth in the demand for MOFs in carbon capture between 2027 and 2034

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12 July 202411 July 2024

What’s New in the World of Cellulose Fibre and Biosynthetics?

Latest developments in the sustainable textile industry will be introduced and discussed at the “Cellulose Fibres Conference 2025 – New with Biosynthetics” in Cologne, Germany and online, on 12-13 March 2025. Abstract submission is now open

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World’s first supply chain established for more sustainable polyester fiber based on CO2-derived material as well as renewable and bio-based materials

For North Face in Japan, renewable and bio-based materials as well as carbon capture and utilization (CCU*) instead of fossil-based will be used. The consortium parties are Goldwin in the role of project owner, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation (all three from Japan), SK geo centric (Südkorea), Indorama Ventures (Thailand), India Glycols (Indien) and Neste

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Erstmals Lieferkette für nachhaltigere Polyesterfasern etabliert, hergestellt aus CO2-basiertem Material und erneuerbaren sowie biobasierten Rohstoffen

Für North Face in Japan sollen erneuerbare und biobasierte Materialien sowie CO2 eingesetzt werden. An dem Projekt beteiligt sind Goldwin als Projektträger, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation (alle drei aus Japan), SK geo centric (Südkorea), Indorama Ventures (Thailand), India Glycols (Indien) und Neste

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Bio-concrete and biogenic construction materials with cyanobacteria

Researchers at Fraunhofer FEP, led by Dr. Ulla König, are establishing the methods of culturing the cyanobacteria, the complementary microbiological analysis, and the upscaling of the biomass production to be achieved

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11 July 20245 July 2024

Technip Energies acquires technology from Shell to accelerate bio-polyester production

The acquisition of glycol purification technology will accelerate Technip Energies’ Bio-2-GlycolsTM commercialization

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What skills does the bioeconomy need?

Forestry and farming methods will be a major factor in keeping the environmental impacts of biomaterials to a minimum

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10 July 202410 July 2024

Only One Week Left to Save 20% – Book your Advanced Recycling Conference tickets by July 16th!

Future-focused attendees of the Advanced Recycling Conference 2024 have just one week left to secure their spot and save 20% with early bird bookings. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the future of advanced recycling!

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Trinseo Opens Next-Gen Depolymerization Facility in Italy

Depolymerization technology advances the circularity of acrylics, yields high-purity recycled monomer

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CARBIOS and Zhink Group enter official discussions for long-term partnership to build PET biorecycling industrial capacities in China

Letter of Intent signed for using CARBIOS’ revolutionary enzymatic depolymerization technology at minimum 50k tons of PET waste per year to reinvent the life cycle of PET-bottles

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Co-fermentation process making significant strides in biofuel research

Oklahoma State University researchers are converting through fermentation sugars into alcohols, organic acids and ketones

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Packaging that composts at ambient temperatures aims to make litter disappear

Aiming for uniquely long shelf life and strong versatility, a new biobased packaging innovation has been developed to make litter vanish

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9 July 20243 July 2024

Going towards the 4th wave of growth – Insights and trends from Cellulose Fibres Conference 2024

Companies with expertise in fiber processing, such as Valmet, are crucial partners in the development of processes for textile recycling and manufacturing of novel cellulose-based textile fibers

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On to the top of the the podium with textile recycling: re.solution wins ACHEMA Start-up Award 2024

The fact that start-ups are now an integral part of the process industry was demonstrated not only by the number and quality of the applications, but also by the range of innovations on which the start-ups are based