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82 Plastics Recycling: TotalEnergies Becomes the Sole Owner of the Grandpuits Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant (2026)
76 Stargate Hydrogen secures 21 million Euros from the EU Innovation Fund to further scale up its operations  (2026)
66 World's Largest Green Methanol Project Achieves ISCC EU Certification (2026)
41 TotalEnergies: Vollständige Übernahme der chemischen Recyclinganlage in Grandpuits (2026)
33 Bundesumweltministerium startet Innovationsplattform "Circular AI Hub" – Künstliche Intelligenz soll Unternehmen der Kreislaufwirtschaft helfen (2026)
30 I’m green™ bio-based Helps Deterra® Win Multiple Industry Awards for Pharmaceutical Packaging (2026)
24 Avantium and Klöckner Pentaplast advance next-generation food packaging with PEF capacity reservation agreement (2026)
22 Status and Outlook: Bio-based Polymers worldwide (2025)
22 „I’m green™ bio-based" verhilft Deterra® zu mehreren Branchenauszeichnungen für pharmazeutische Verpackungen (2026)
19 Toward circular elastomers: Covestro opens pilot plant in Leverkusen (2026)
17 How VpCI® Packaging Cuts Plant Energy Use and Carbon Emissions (2026)
15 nova-Institute Launches Groundbreaking Advanced Recycling Database for Strategic Market Insight (2026)
11 PolyCert Europe Launches A New Certification Scheme for Recycled Plastics in Food Contact  (2026)
11 Biobasierte Flüssigfarben - Rowasol GreenLine für nachhaltige Kunststoffanwendungen (2026)
10 30 strategies, three visions: What kind of bioeconomy is the world building? (2026)
9 Auf dem Weg zu zirkulären Elastomeren: Covestro eröffnet Pilotanlage in Leverkusen (2026)
9 BIOWEG to build Europe's largest bacterial cellulose plant, backed by Series A of €30 million (2026)
8 Chairman Cho Hyun-Joon Targets European Bio-Based Textile Market with regen™ Bio Spandex (2026)
8 Investment in Europe’s alternative protein companies grows – but sector can no longer rely on venture capital alone (2026)
8 Holcim’s Eco2fly carbon capture project takes key e-SAF step (2026)
8 New Bio-Based Liquid Colors for Plastics Applications (2026)
8 Kirkbi to Significantly Step Up Investment in Plastics Circularity (2026)
8 Avantium partners with Sojitz Pla-Net to drive adoption of releaf® in the Japanese market (2026)
8 HexSeed Technology raises over £600,000 to help keep the hyperscale data centre boom from overheating (2026)
8 Greewave develops bio-based synthetic rubber from industrial side streams (2026)

Last week

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191 Syklo’s factory complex unique on a world scale will produce high-quality recycled plastic pellets and biocomposite (2026)
170 nova-Institute Launches Groundbreaking Advanced Recycling Database for Strategic Market Insight (2026)
124 Toward circular elastomers: Covestro opens pilot plant in Leverkusen (2026)
124 Twelve Secures $45 Million Financing for CO2-Based Clean Fuels Plant (2026)
123 Worley Awarded Engineering Contract for D-CRBN’s Renewable Syngas Demonstration Plant (2026)
122 BIOWEG to build Europe's largest bacterial cellulose plant, backed by Series A of €30 million (2026)
115 BIOWEG baut Europas größte Anlage zur Herstellung von bakterieller Zellulose – finanziert durch eine Serie-A-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 30 Millionen Euro (2026)
108 Kirkbi to Significantly Step Up Investment in Plastics Circularity (2026)
102 Solar-Powered Photoelectrochemical Cells Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Methanol Fuel (2026)
102 Greewave develops bio-based synthetic rubber from industrial side streams (2026)
100 Avantium partners with Sojitz Pla-Net to drive adoption of releaf® in the Japanese market (2026)
98 30 strategies, three visions: What kind of bioeconomy is the world building? (2026)
97 Investment in Europe’s alternative protein companies grows – but sector can no longer rely on venture capital alone (2026)
95 Evonik breaks ground on biotechnology expansion in Slovakia (2026)
93 nova-Institut präsentiert innovative Advanced Recycling Datenbank für strategische Marktentscheidungen (2026)
91 Status and Outlook: Bio-based Polymers worldwide (2025)
85 Plastics Recycling: TotalEnergies Becomes the Sole Owner of the Grandpuits Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant (2026)
82 A Plastic-Plasticizer System That Transforms into Fertilizer After Use (2026)
80 Avantium and Klöckner Pentaplast advance next-generation food packaging with PEF capacity reservation agreement (2026)
79 Stargate Hydrogen secures 21 million Euros from the EU Innovation Fund to further scale up its operations  (2026)
78 Syklos weltweit einzigartiges Kreislaufwirtschaftszentrum produziert hochwertige recycelte Kunststoffgranulate und Biokomposite (2026)
76 PolyCert Europe Launches A New Certification Scheme for Recycled Plastics in Food Contact  (2026)
75 Plasma Activation Supercharges Copper Electrocatalysis to Turn CO2 Into Fuels (2026)
71 Mehr Innovation, weniger Abhängigkeit durch Circular Economy: Landesregierung legt Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie vor (2026)
68 Chairman Cho Hyun-Joon Targets European Bio-Based Textile Market with regen™ Bio Spandex (2026)

Last 4 weeks

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330 Spin-off Purtiso recycles complex plastic waste into pure raw materials (2026)
195 Syklo’s factory complex unique on a world scale will produce high-quality recycled plastic pellets and biocomposite (2026)
185 XENOCRAFT × Chromaverse Naturals building field-to-product bio-industrial platform from invasive biomass (2026)
185 13 compelling reasons to join the Renewable Materials Conference (RMC) (2026)
183 The top 10 most-read nova and RCI reports of the last 12 months (2026)
174 Holcim’s Eco2fly carbon capture project takes key e-SAF step (2026)
173 Discover How CO₂ from Wastewater Can Become Sustainable Packaging (2026)
170 nova-Institute Launches Groundbreaking Advanced Recycling Database for Strategic Market Insight (2026)
169 Methanol Qualified as a Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (2026)
166 Status and Outlook: Bio-based Polymers worldwide (2025)
153 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), August 2026 (2026)
143 Defossilisation Made Visible: Why OK Renewable Is Becoming the Reference Label for Renewable Carbon Products (2026)
140 Raw material from the air: Green methanol despite water scarcity (2026)
140 Europe Is Committed to Recycling End-of-Life Wind Turbine Blades (2026)
138 Avantium Completes Commissioning of Purification Unit at FDCA Flagship Plant (2026)
137 Can companies secure their fossil fuel supply at a reasonable cost and foster resilience? (2026)
136 Michelin and Axens enter exclusive talks to accelerate deployment of a key bio-based molecule for green chemistry, developed with IFP Energies Nouvelles (2026)
134 LyondellBasell: Pyrolysis Reactors Installed for MoReTec Plant in Wesseling (2026)
133 CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2027 – Call for Abstracts Now Open (2026)
131 Moving Advanced Recycling from Innovation to Implementation (2026)
131 Uniper advances NorthStarH2 into basic engineering (2026)
130 New RCI report finds that no single method fully captures biodiversity in life cycle assessments (2026)
130 Biopolymers for better soil (2026)
129 Researchers from Charles University, Prague, Have Developed a New Photocathode for Efficient Conversion of CO2 into Ethanol (2026)
129 The Energy Transformation: First Electrify – And Then Use Methanol Instead of Hydrogen for Everything Else (2026)
127 Wool and lyocell combine to create a biobased alternative for hygiene products (2026)
125 Bayer and Neste close commercial agreement to jointly scale newgold® winter canola for biofuels production (2026)
125 Twelve Secures $45 Million Financing for CO2-Based Clean Fuels Plant (2026)
125 One-step synthesis of catalysts that turn carbon dioxide into useful methane (2026)
124 Toward circular elastomers: Covestro opens pilot plant in Leverkusen (2026)
124 BIOWEG to build Europe's largest bacterial cellulose plant, backed by Series A of €30 million (2026)
124 Worley Awarded Engineering Contract for D-CRBN’s Renewable Syngas Demonstration Plant (2026)
124 Circular design: the underestimated key to the circular economy (2026)
123 European Energy and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. secure OMV as new offtaker for Kassø e-methanol facility (2026)
122 PureCycle: Start-up of Antwerp PP recycling plant postponed until 2029 (2026)
122 Bamboo bioplastic rivals conventional plastic (2026)
122 Greyparrot Secures $27M Series B as AI Waste Intelligence Becomes Critical Infrastructure for the Circular Economy (2026)
122 A Sustainable Flame Retardant Derived From Corn Steep Liquor (2026)
120 ReBioCycle demonstrates closed-loop recycling of PLA bioplastics from mixed plastic waste (2026)
119 Spain’s economic boom sparks biobased scale-up (2026)
116 From Pollution to Performance: On Scales the First EVA Midsole Made Using Captured Carbon Emissions to Over a Million (2026)
116 BIOWEG baut Europas größte Anlage zur Herstellung von bakterieller Zellulose – finanziert durch eine Serie-A-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 30 Millionen Euro (2026)
116 Market Creation is Key to the Success of the Bioeconomy (2026)
115 WaterProof Workshop: From Waste(water) CO₂ to Formic Acid (2026)
114 Continental Develops Concept Tire Containing Over 40 Percent Recycled Materials for EU Project (2026)
112 Mix of technologies required to recycle engineering plastics (2026)
112 Envalior and SECARA collaborate to deliver circular PA6 for automotive applications in line with coming regulations (2026)
112 Global Bio-based Polymer Market to Grow by 11% Annually Until 2030, Led by Europe and North America (2026)
110 This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle (2026)
110 Kirkbi to Significantly Step Up Investment in Plastics Circularity (2026)

Last 12 months

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1699 The world’s first 100% “fiber-to-fiber” biorecycled clothing unveiled by multi-brand consortium: CARBIOS, On, Patagonia, PUMA, PVH Corp. and Salomon (2024)
1127 EU Enforces Ambitious Packaging and Recycling Rules as New Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Takes Effect Today (2025)
1086 Global Bio-based Polymer Market to Grow by 11% Annually Until 2030, Led by Europe and North America (2026)
940 New Report: Mapping of Global Advanced Plastic Recycling Capacities (2025)
847 Developing CO₂-Based PLGA for high performance packaging (2026)
846 Global Bio-Based Polymer Market to Grow 13% Annually Through 2029, Led by Asia and North America (2025)
802 Breaking the Bubbles of the Different Renewable Carbon Sectors to Enhance the Transformation of the European Chemical Industry (2025)
749 Artificial metabolism turns waste CO2 into useful chemicals (2026)
716 Breakthrough in bio-composite recycling: from post-consumer waste into lactic acid – at scale (2026)
709 Prometheus Just Changed Energy and Fuels Forever (2025)
692 Global 2025/26 vegetable oil production set to hit record levels (2025)
685 nova-Institute Provides Scientific Basis for EU Policy on Bio-based Plastic Packaging under PPWR (2026)
653 Downcycling: Was bedeutet das? (2026)
652 CO₂-Entnahme: Ohne schnellen Hochlauf ist Klimaneutralität bis 2045 kaum erreichbar (2026)
650 Melt&Marble Secures €7M to Scale Designer Fats in Beauty and Food  (2026)
610 Could the production of European chemicals be achieved without naphtha and steam crackers? What alternative pathways could be viable in the future? (2026)
602 Consumer Concerns: Certification and Eco-Labels (2025)
593 Commission boosts Europe's competitiveness, decarbonisation and independence with Electrification Action Plan and ETS review (2026)
576 The Updated Poster on Biodegradable Polymers in Various Environments has been Released (2026)
576 €170.7 million for new bio-based innovations (2025)
543 CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026: Preliminary Program Now Available (2025)
531 Prometheus’ New e-Kerosene Tech Drives SAF Cost Below $2.50-per-Gallon, Makes Fischer-Tropsch Obsolet (2026)
518 nova Talk Premier: Next Generation Cellulose Fibre – Lyocell 2.0 (2025)
507 Why Thailand became Asia’s rising biobased star (2026)
506 Sustainable natural rubber: GNF publishes factsheet with recommendations for action (2025)
495 Methane Emissions from Crude Oil and Gas Supply Chains Significantly Underestimated (2025)
489 “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025”: Celebrating Pioneering Innovation in Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies (2025)
479 Renewable Carbon Feedstocks: Building a Net-Zero Chemical Industry in 2050 (2024)
471 Commission presents new Bioeconomy Strategy to drive green growth, competitiveness and resilience across Europe (2025)
471 EU-KunststoffgranulatVO (2025)
451 Artificial Intelligence Reshaping Recycling (2025)
449 Status and Outlook: Bio-based Polymers worldwide (2025)
440 Renewable Materials Conference 2026 — Save the Date: 22–24 September in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany) (2025)
435 Agriculture and Bioeconomy: New Report Confirms Benefits of Using First-Generation Biomass for Food, Fuels and Chemicals in Europe (2025)
434 nova talk #2: Textile Recycling: quo vadis? Just a hype or the next big thing? (2026)
432 Direct Air Capture, e-Methanol and CO2 Electrolysis Technologies Win “Best CO2 Utilisation 2026” Innovation Award (2026)
430 From Waste to Sustainable Fuels – Joint Symposium (2026)
429 BASF, Porsche, and BEST successfully complete pilot project on chemical recycling (2025)
428 ZOOM-Interview with Alex Hogan (CEO of Vioneo) by Michael Carus (nova-Institut/RCI), 11 May 2026 (2026)
427 Global Launch of AEROVENT ZERO: China-Developed Innovation Ushering Tech Textiles into a PFAS-Free Era (2025)
426 Study Confirms Biomass Can Meet 20% of Carbon Demand in Chemicals Sector by 2050 without compromising food and feed supply (2025)
421 Horizon Europe Project PYSOLO: Mid-term Stakeholder Event on Solar-driven Biomass Pyrolysis (2025)
415 Smarter, Faster, Greener: How Digital and AI-Based Technologies Are Transforming Recycling Systems (2025)
415 Policy and financing momentum sustain CCUS progress despite setbacks (2026)
412 CO₂ to E-Methanol, Aviation Fuels and Speciality Chemicals: Six Nominees Announced for the “Best CO₂ Utilisation 2026” Innovation Award (2026)
405 Renewable Materials Conference announces Six Nominees for the Innovation Award, Final Programme and High-Level Expert Panel (2026)
404 CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2027 – Call for Abstracts Now Open (2026)
398 Citroniq Chemicals Closes $12 Million Series A Financing (2024)
397 Enzymatic Recycling: Sustainable Valorisation of Plastic Waste (2025)
396 Arena Launches the First Swimwear Collection with Bio-based and Renewable LYCRA® Ecomade Fibre (2025)

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16391 Sugarcane Bagasse as Aggregate in Composites for Building Blocks (2023)
12263 Worldwide growth in industrial hemp – fibres, shivs, seed & oil and pharmaceuticals (2014)
12126 Biocomposites: 350,000 t production of wood and natural fibre composites in the European Union in 2012 (2013)
12094 Sativex - Novel cannabis derived treatment for MS pain now available in Canada by prescription (2005)
9482 Microplastics in the Environment (2014)
8078 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as Chemical Feedstock for Polymers – already nearly 1 million tonnes production capacity installed! (2021)
7969 CCU, Carbon Capture and Utilization, even better than biomass as a feedstock (2019)
7914 Products made from crude oil have a significantly higher CO2 footprint than previously assumed (2024)
7708 nova-Pressespiegel: Amflora - Pro und Contra sowie Sinn und Nutzen in der Diskussion (2010)
7601 Map of 224 European biorefineries published by BIC and nova-Institute (2017)
7478 Options for Designing a New Political Framework of the European Bio-based Economy (2014)
7407 For the first time: Growth rate for bio-based polymers with 8 % CAGR far above overall polymer market growth (2021)
7322 Wood Plastic Composite (WPC) Market - Global Trends & Segment Forecast to 2024 (2016)
7308 "Bambusfaser" ist Viskose (2008)
7284 Natural Fibres and the World Economy July 2019 (2019)
7130 Greenwashing: misuse of EU composting standard EN 13432 (2015)
7078 Evidence of Polyethylene Biodegradation by Bacterial Strains from the Guts of Plastic-Eating Waxworms (2014)
7028 Procter & Gamble launches new Fairy Ocean Plastic bottle made from 100% recycled plastic and ocean plastic (2017)
6893 2018 was a very good year for bio-based polymers: Several additional capacities were put into operation (2019)
6837 nova-Bericht: Globale Marktsituation der Biokunststoffe (2008)
6830 Bioplastics reduce CO2 emissions (2019)
6733 Global Bio-Based Chemicals Market Forecast 2017-2025 (2017)
6583 PUMA launches biodegradable InCycle collection (2013)
6569 Alternative Resin Binders for Particle Boards Reduce Health Problems (2009)
6550 TECNARO eröffnet Internet-Shop für nachhaltige ARBOFORM®-Produkte (2003)
6520 New grades of polyamide based on naturally occurring feedstocks (2011)
6477 Green Refinery (2014)
6431 The world’s first 100% “fiber-to-fiber” biorecycled clothing unveiled by multi-brand consortium: CARBIOS, On, Patagonia, PUMA, PVH Corp. and Salomon (2024)
6423 CO2 is ready to go as a fuel and chemical feedstock (2013)
6165 Naturfasern aktuell: Preise und Anbauflächen (2009)
6036 nova-Bericht: IKEA nimmt weltweiten den zweiten WPC-Stuhl ins Sortiment! (2007)
6022 nova-Bericht: Wandbaustoffe aus Hanfschäben und Kalk (2009)
5962 The rise of Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) as a renewable carbon feedstock – More than 1.3 million tonnes capacity for CO₂-based products already exist and are expected to at least quadruple by 2030 (2023)
5959 ZOE B Organic Introduces the World’s First Biodegradable Beach Toys: Finally Toys that Clean Up after Themselves (2014)
5550 New market and technology report: Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges – Technologies, Sustainability, Policy and Key Players (2020)
5545 Malaysia's pioneer bioplastics pilot plant is operational (2011)
5545 Levulinic acid and succinic acid – A realistic look at the present and future of two versatile bio-based platform chemicals and their market development (2019)
5503 Biobased Ingredients for the Cosmetics Sector (2019)
5462 High-tech strategies for small farmers and organic farming (2018)
5404 Compostable plastic bags carry goods and hopes for the future (2016)
5332 The safest and most sustainable electrical cable (2016)
5281 Rape cake: more than just a by-product (2007)
5202 Reißfest, wasserdicht und kompostierbar: die Biomülltüte aus Ecovio (2011)
5143 Bio-based Naphtha and Mass Balance Approach – Status & Outlook, Standards & Certification Schemes (2021)
5009 Increasing interest in industrial hemp – fibres, shivs, seed & oil and pharmaceuticals (2014)
4980 Viskose-Textilien aus Bambus-Zellstoff richtig kennzeichnen (2009)
4977 Fast growth of bio-based polymers: Production capacity will triple from 5.1 million tonnes in 2013 to 17 million tonnes in 2020, representing a 2% share of polymer production in 2013 and 4% in 2020 (2015)
4964 The global bio-based polymer market 2019 – A revised view on a turbulent and growing market (2020)
4895 The World’s First Compostable Marker (2020)
4810 Bio-based polymers worldwide: Ongoing growth despite difficult market environment (2017)