31 October 201829 October 2018 New Partnership Aims to Make Payments More Sustainable Mastercard, Gemalto, Giesecke+Devrient and IDEMIA Commit to Develop Environmentally Friendly Cards
13 September 201812 September 2018 DuPont Expands Kinston, North Carolina, Facility to Meet Growing Global Demand for Sorona® Polymer, Support Circular Economy DuPont™ Sorona® polymer is made from 37 percent renewable plant-based ingredients
10 September 20188 September 2018 Lego Wants to Completely Remake Its Toy Bricks (Without Anyone Noticing) It is also pushing for the plastic in its toys to come from sources like plant fibers or recycled bottles by 2030
7 September 201817 September 2018 Biodegradable plastic that goes straight into compost bin could keep Ireland green Researchers discover biodegradable material that degrades in everyday compost bins
4 September 20183 September 2018 Report: Single-use plastic packaging must adapt to survive Recycling and sustainability are here to stay, and the plastics industry must adapt in order to survive
23 July 201818 July 2018 Australian Senate committee urges single-use plastic ban An Australian Senate report has recommended phasing out all single-use plastics by 2023
13 July 20189 February 2019 Pöyry launches plastic substitution global consultancy New global consultancy offering allows Pöyry to identify sustainable alternatives to plastic use across an entire company
4 June 201830 May 2018 Umweltforscher über EU-Plastikstrategie: „Plastik ist nicht gut oder böse“ Kreislaufwirtschafts-Experte Henning Wilts vom Wuppertal Institut im Interview mit der taz
1 June 201829 May 2018 Governments need to act to encourage plastic recycling markets Report to be presented at the May 29-31 Global forum on Environment: Sustainable Plastic Design in Copenhagen
29 May 201829 May 2018 Single-use plastics: New EU rules to reduce marine litter – Comment Michael Carus, Managing Director of the nova-Institut Why not become innovative and pro-active?
22 May 201814 May 2018 The Building Blocks of a Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium Avantium CCO Zanna McPherson gave this illuminating overview of the company’s prospects and progress at ABLC 2018 in Washington
15 May 201822 May 2018 NPE2018: The Plastics Show Kicks Off Record-Breaking Show in Orlando The largest NPE ever officially kicked off on May 07, 2018
25 April 2018 Six candidates are nominated for the Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018” From cashew nut residuals and cellulose fibrils over roof shingle sealer from soy-bean oil up to innovative composite and packaging materials
Sechs Kandidaten für den Innovationspreis “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018” nominiert Von Nebenprodukten der Cashewnuss-Produktion und Zellulosefibrillen über eine Dachschindelversiegelung aus Sojaöl bis hin zu innovativen Verbund- und Verpackungsmaterialien
5 April 20184 April 2018 Anellotech Achieves Key Process Technology Operating Milestone The Bio-TCat Process’s cost-competitive renewable aromatic chemicals are “drop in” replacements for their identical petroleum-derived counterparts
19 February 201814 February 2018 Plastic-eating bacteria more diverse and numerous than previously thought A study found that plastic-eating bacteria are more numerous and more diverse than previously thought – Can they help us solve the problem of plastics polluting our environment?
29 January 201822 January 2018 Plastics Strategy: EU must heed example of best practices Reducing plastic use, especially single-use plastics, could be a game changer in Europe
19 June 201713 June 2017 Neste deepens its knowhow on the circular economy – waste plastics now in focus Among the most important new raw materials of the future that Neste is interested are residues from the forestry industry, algae, and waste plastics
Connecting Chains Konstanz chemists demonstrate how the chain length of fatty acid molecules can be doubled
16 May 2017 nova Session “Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Markets, Trends and Innovations”, 24 May 2017 Register until Thursday, 18 May, 2017 www.bio-based.eu/sessions
26 April 201726 April 2017 10 reasons to join the “10th International Conference on Bio-based Materials” Cologne, 10 – 11 May 2017
21 February 201720 February 2017 Bio-based polymers worldwide: Ongoing growth despite difficult market environment In 2016: 6.6 Million tonnes production capacity, 2% share of all polymers, €13 billion turnover, durable applications are dominating
Bio-basierte Polymere weltweit – Wachstum trotz schwierigem Marktumfeld In 2016: Produktionskapazität 6,6 Mio. t, 2 % Anteil am Polymer-Gesamtmarkt, 13 Mrd. € Umsatz, dauerhafte Anwendungen dominieren
24 January 2017 Das Herzstück der Bioökonomie: Neue Entwicklungen bei bio-basierten Building-Blocks und Plattformchemikalien International Conference on Bio-based Materials am 10.-11. Mai in Köln
1 December 20162 December 2016 Global bioplastics production capacities continue to grow despite low oil price Stronger political support needed to realise full potential of bio-based materials in Europe
3 November 201617 September 2020 Plastic Not Fantastic: Industry Responds to US Microbeads Ban Bio-degradable polymers, currently on the losing side due to its poor market credibility, demand innovation to succeed
6 October 20165 October 2016 Biokunststoffe aus wertvollen Abfällen Ford verwendet Fasern aus der Tequilaproduktion zur Verstärkung von Kunststoff, mit dem dann Autoteile hergestellt werden - Ein Modell, das Schule machen könnte, weiß Hasso von Pogrell
6 September 201625 October 2016 Save the date: 10th International Conference on Bio-based Materials 10 - 11 May 2017, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany
19 August 201617 August 2016 Three bioplastics companies named winners of 2016 Innovation Competition Think Beyond Plastic recognizes role of bioplastics in sustainable innovation
5 July 201625 October 2016 K Show Special Offer for nova-Institute’s current market study and trend reports on “Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers in the World” Benefit from 30% discount on the most comprehensive market study and trend reports on bio-based polymers with the allowance code kshow30
25 May 2016 BiobasedWorld – the whole world of bioeconomy in Cologne First trade show for the biobased industries, debuting 15-16 February 2017 in Cologne, Germany
5 April 20169 May 2016 Kompostierbare Plastiktüten schaffen Märkte und Perspektiven Das nova-Institut veröffentlicht die erste umfassende Marktstudie zum Verbrauch von biologisch abbaubaren und kompostierbaren Kunststoffprodukten in Europa
15 March 201615 March 2016 Die umfassendsten Trend-Reports zu bio-basierten Polymeren – mit Geld-zurück-Garantie nova-Institut ist von der Qualität seines 500-seitigen Berichts überzeugt und sieht kein Risiko bei diesem außergewöhnlichen Angebot
9 March 201629 March 2016 Conference Journal of the International Conference on Bio-based Materials available, 5 and 6 April 2016, Cologne Special focus points of the conference this year are biorefinery concepts, trends in use of lignin and the production of PHA
24 November 020231 May 2023 WM and Dow Rollout First Major Residential Plastic Film Recycling Program in the U.S. According to The Recycling Partnership, currently, only 1.9% of U.S. households have access to curbside plastic film recycling, which is the plastic material with the lowest overall recycling rate
Single-use plastics: New EU rules to reduce marine litter – Comment Michael Carus, Managing Director of the nova-Institut
