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3 December 202527 November 2025

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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Australia, China poised to lead APAC Power-to-X SAF push amid uneven regional readiness

No single country in the APAC region can independently cover all critical dimensions for PtX fuel scale-up, including renewable power, CO2 sources, feedstock supply, industrial capacity, and governance alignment

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2 December 202527 November 2025

Monthly News from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2025

November Highlights: RCI General Assembly, Upcoming RCI Webinar, ARC Partner Event, New Partner kunststoffland NRW (DE), Upcoming 10th ECP

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1 December 202526 November 2025

European PET Industry encourages adoption of the CEN Design-for-Recycling Standards

A Needed Major Step Towards PPWR Implementation

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GreenDot urges eco-modulation as the solution to help plastics recyclers in Germany and Europe

The closure of plastic recycling plants in Europe is accelerating dramatically

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Case: Henkel – Piloting new bio-based foam packaging material 

VTT helped Henkel take the next step and ultimately deliveredan innovation that opens up possibilities to replace conventional plastics with renewable solutions in packaging and beyond

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28 November 20251 December 2025

Latest nova Market and Trend Reports on Advanced Recycling, Mass Balance and Attribution (MBA), Bio-based Polymers and Alternative Naphtha

8 December 2025 – 14:00-15:30 CET - Online and free of charge

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nova’s experts reintroduced: Dr Ángel Puente

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) • Renewable Carbon • Chemistry • Critical Reviews

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UPCYCLE Project Launches to Transform Non-Recyclable Plastics into Circular and Non-Persistent Packaging Solutions

The project brings together 19 partners from 12 countries to develop novel circular value chains that convert non-recyclable plastic waste into highly recyclable and non-persistent packaging materials

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MCi Carbon unveils scale-up breakthrough at COP30

MCi Carbon returns to the world’s most watched climate summit to invite industry partners to run industrial trials using its CO2-to-materials technology named 'MYRTLE'

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From air to plastic: Norsk e-Fuel and Braskem partner to turn captured carbon into long-lasting product

This partnership aims to accelerate the development of plastics derived from carbon that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere

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27 November 202526 November 2025

Renewable Materials Conference 2026 — Save the Date: 22–24 September in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany)

Defossilisation through innovation: Early bird registration, exhibition and workshop booking, as well as submissions for abstracts and innovations for the "Renewable Material of the Year 2026" award are now open

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Lindner Launches a Premiere in Mechanical Recycling: Flexloop

A solvent-based extraction process is at the core of this method, which reliably removes impurities (NIAS), odours, adhesives and printing inks from polymer chains

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Verbio wins prestigious ICIS Innovation Award for bio-based chemicals

Award recognises Verbio’s innovative ethenolysis technology / Prize awarded in the category “Best Product Innovation from a large company” / Verbio gives chemical industry access to sustainable biogenic carbon molecules

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Renaissance BioScience and Biome Bioplastics Partner to Develop Next-Generation Sustainable, Renewable Bioplastics

C$1.5 million (£814,000) Canada-UK project will harness yeast and bacterial fermentation to produce renewable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics for packaging, personal care, health, and consumer goods

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Cashew Waste to Clean Energy: India’s first large-scale biofuel and biochar carbon removal plant

The plant, established by MASH Makes, converts cashew waste into renewable biofuel and biochar, aims to expand by utilizing additional agricultural residues

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26 November 202525 November 2025

New Technology Extracts CO2 from the Atmosphere

With a novel process, CO2 can be captured from the air with reduced energy consumption

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Neue Technologie holt CO2 aus der Atmosphäre

Durch ein neuartiges Verfahren kann man mit verringertem Energieaufwand CO2 aus der Luft abscheiden

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Ducor Petrochemicals and Blue Circle Olefins partner to create a fully circular supply chain for polypropylene

The aim is to serve the increasing market demand for bio-based and carbon recycled polypropylene for demanding market segments from life-science over packaging materials up to automotive parts

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BioBond White Paper Redefines Plastic Pollution Debate: Introducing ‘Good’ vs. ‘Bad’ Microplastics

BioBond's work is directly applicable to the massive $190 billion coatings and adhesives sector, which currently relies heavily on petroleum-based products

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Monument Chemical Launches Poly-CO2®: High Performance Polyols from Captured Carbon

The company is the first US manufacturer to produce CO₂ polyols based on renewable carbon technology from Econic Technologies

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25 November 202520 November 2025

Bayreuth Researchers Discover New Pathways to Green Hydrogen

Hydrogen directly from seawater – without the use of additional reagents? With a photocatalyst capable of clean hydrogen production directly from seawater it should be possible

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2024 Data Reveals a Deepening Crisis of the European plastics recycling industry  

The sector is facing growing pressure from high production and energy costs, falling demand, and increasing volumes of low-priced, unregulated imports from outside the region

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Free Webinar: Success Stories RCI 2025 and Outlook to 2026 – Project results and position papers

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) gives another free webinar presenting its past achievements and future goals

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Popping the cork on new low-cost carbon capture method

The process uses water and pressure to remove carbon dioxide from emissions at half the cost of current methods

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SMX and Bio-Packaging make green packaging more trustworthy

SMX and Bio-Packaging aim to help local converters access data that can speed Singapore’s shift toward a zero-waste circular economy

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24 November 202520 November 2025

Unique 50% discount on all nova reports during the winter season

Decisions of a strategic nature depend on reliable market information

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Launch of EMB Future Science Brief on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

An international working group of thirteen researchers has presented its findings and clear recommendations on the Monitoring, Verification and Reporting for mCDR activities

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Northern partnership to drive UK’s bio-based economic future

Research undertaken at the University of York will underpin a new regional partnership which aims to boost clean growth, create thousands of jobs, and attract major investment in the bio-based economy

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From Premiums To Parity: How Fashion for Good Is Rewriting the Economics of New Materials

Next-gen materials hold promise for addressing complex sustainability and circularity challenges, yet their path to mainstream adoption has been severely hindered by a fundamental economic barrier: price

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Can music change how we perceive plastic waste?

Aduro Clean Technologies presents the video “Chemistry Goes Music” and brings the break-down of plastic waste into renewable building blocks to life through music

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Braskem unveiled bio-based product innovations at K 2025

Under its sustainable portfolio, Braskem launched products and partnerships that bring sustainability and innovation to life across packaging, healthcare, hygiene, and consumer goods

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Kawasaki Heavy unveils Japan’s biggest ‘air carbon removal’ pilot, plans megatonne system by 2030

Kawasaki aims to scale the system to a commercial unit capable of capturing 500,000 to 1 million tonnes annually by 2030 - one of Asia’s largest announced DAC deployments

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21 November 202519 November 2025

DP CleanTech wins contract for revolutionary 50MWe biomass cogeneration project in Spain

La Robla Green Project in Castilla y León is a landmark initiative set to reshape Europe’s renewable fuels landscape

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CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials, a subsidiary of Zhink Group, are committed to the large-scale deployment of CARBIOS’ PET biorecycling technology in Asia

With the first step being the construction of a PET biorecycling plant in China

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20 November 202514 November 2025

Clariant catalysts will power the Ecoplanta: Europe’s first waste-to-methanol plant

New facility will use Enerkem gasification technology and Clariant’s catalytic technologies are perfectly suited to the Ecoplanta process

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19 November 202514 November 2025

Promoting the Circular Economy Together: Companies of Schwarz Group Reaffirm Partnership with Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Reaffirming the continuing commitment to the partnership, which has been in place since 2018, until 2030 - resource sovereignty by advancing a systematic circular economy

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CEM Biofuture Platform Initiative launches Declaration on Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

The Declaration outlines a shared international vision to foster the use of bio-based, recycled, and captured carbon feedstocks

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LanzaTech Secures €40 Million EU Innovation Fund Grant for first-of-its-kind integrated CCUS project in Norway

By utilizing CO rich furnace gas from the ferroalloy production process, this project strategically links carbon capture and utilization (CCU) with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

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UPM joins Cefic to strengthen the role of renewable chemistry in Europe

With its state-of-the-art biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, UPM is pioneering the production of wood-based biochemicals – renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials used in packaging, textiles, and automotive applications

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18 November 202517 November 2025

BASF commences production of the first products from the core of the Verbund at its Zhanjiang Verbund site

With several downstream plants the new capacities will further enhance BASF’s capabilities to meet fast-growing market demand in China and across the Asia Pacific region

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EPA Issues Proposed Registration Decision for Biotalys’ EVOCA™ Biofungicide

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Initiates Public Participation Procedure

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ICIS and CPCIF Unveil New Study Revealing Wide-Ranging Impacts of EU Circularity Regulation on Global Recycled Plastics Demand

The study forecasts a sharp increase in demand for recycled content, particularly for polyethylene (rPE), polypropylene (rPP), and polyethylene terephthalate (rPET)

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The Realistic Future Of Carbon Capture: Pure Streams, Right Locations, Smart Uses

The point is to use it only where it is the lowest cost path to real emissions cuts - capture is not a giant chemical plant bolted on top of another plant

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EU, French laws to boost circular fashion demand

European laws will boost circular demand by making sustainable production more competitive

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17 November 202512 November 2025

TripleW launches world’s first food waste-based PLA bioplastic with support of Sulzer Chemtech

The new PLA is produced from food industry side streams, such as bakery processing rejects and expired logistic returns, significantly reducing the sector’s ecological footprint

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PIRELLI equips McLaren W1 with first supercar tyres made from more than 50% bio-based and recycled materials

Extreme performance meets tyre sustainability: the three bespoke tyres developed for McLaren’s latest supercar are made with over 50% bio-based and recycled materials1, as verified by a third party according to ISO 14021

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STEROPE: Pioneering Europe’s new model of carbon circularity and industrial decarbonization

Transforming industrial CO₂ into sustainable fuels for aviation, maritime and chemicals through innovation, industrial symbiosis and real-scale refinery integration

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14 November 202510 November 2025

Extract fertilizer from air and water

Pulsed electrolysis opens a path toward sustainable production of nitrogen compounds such as ammonia and urea

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Avantium’s Releaf® Receives CPBR Approval for Recycling in Japan

This approval represents an important condition for the adoption of PEF in Japan’s beverage packaging industry