Biobased Delta
The south-western Netherlands region is rich in agrofood, horticulture and chemical companies. They can tap into new markets via their traditional products and approaches. That takes place within the Biobased Delta, in which not just businesses but also knowledge institutions and government bodies are represented. Combining their forces increases the growth and appeal of the biobased economy.
VITO expands pilot line for bioaromatics to industrial scale
Roughly a year ago, VITO, a Biorizon partner, inaugurated the first and only pilot line for…
Circular Biobased Delta lives on in 2024 and beyond
With the arrival of the new year, the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation in the Netherland will…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
Shell installs final part of pyrolysis oil upgrader in Moerdijk
The final component for Shell's new pyrolysis upgrader plant in Moerdijk, The Netherlands, was installed this…
Dutch frontrunners publish international brochure on chemical recycling
Chemical recycling makes it possible to convert plastic waste and biomass into new basic chemicals and…
Dutch brochure highlights importance of chemical recycling
At the ChemistryNL Summit in The Hague (Netherlands) this week, the publication ‘Chemical Recycling in Circular…
Green light for BioBased Circular
The Dutch National Growth Fund is giving a go-ahead to the BioBased Circular (BBC) project, to…
CHAPLIN programme (bio-asphalt) now called CIRCUROAD
The CHAPLIN programme for the development of 100% fossil-free asphalt is now known as CIRCUROAD. The…
Conclusive solution needed for chemically recycled raw materials
Entrepreneurs who want to scale up pyrolysis technology for chemical recycling of plastic waste streams run…
Design of first commercial bio-aromatics plant ready
The conceptual design for the first commercial plant for the production of special bio-aromatics is ready.…
Biobased asphalt with lignin can cut emissions up to 60%
The Dutch asphalt sector can reduce emissions by 30% to 60% by using biobased asphalt in…
Biorizon celebrates 10th Annual Event on Bioaromatics in November
On 30 November 2023, Shared Research Centre Biorizon is organising a special anniversary edition of the…
Circular Biobased Delta ends, but projects continue
After 10 years at the forefront of promoting the biobased and circular economy in the south-west…
‘Recycling plastic waste more sustainable than incineration for energy’
Recycling plastic waste is more sustainable and better for the climate than incineration for energy generation.…
Can asphalt production become more sustainable?
Whether we drive on diesel or solar power, we cannot do without asphalt. However, the long…
More sustainable sportswear thanks to bio-aromatics
When it comes to climate, Decathlon is ambitious: the international outdoor sports brand wants to reduce…
Chemical recycling requires new value chains
The European industry is having a tough time. The challenges are piling up: high energy and…
‘Bio-aromatics can make sportswear more sustainable’
Customers of outdoor sports brand Decathlon spend a lot of their time in nature. Sustainability is…
‘The right time for chemical recycling is now’
Will industry in the Netherlands survive? With that question, employers' organisation VNO-NCW sounded the alarm this…
Umincorp plant opening step forward in green transition
Umincorp officially opened the doors of its new plant at Merwe-Vierhavens in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in…
Chemical Recycling is gaining momentum
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and for that it is important to fully engage in circularity.…
Natural Fibertastic 2022: spotlight on natural fibres
For the sixth time, the Natural Fibre Application Centre together with the Province of North Brabant,…
Biorizon partner VITO opens LignoValue pilot plant in Flanders
In Mol (Flanders, Belgium), LignoValue was officially opened on 6 October. It is the first and…
‘Value chains do not end at the border’
“This is the beginning of a long-term cooperation with our eastern neighbours.” This is how Freek…
“Netherlands world leader in plastic waste export”
In 2021, the Netherlands was the EU's largest exporter of plastic waste, mainly to countries in…
BIOMODEL4REGIONS improves decision-making in bioeconomy
The new European project BIOMODEL4REGIONS will improve the decision-making process in the field of bioeconomy at…
Embracing chain-wide circularity for climate neutrality
Europe wants to be climate-neutral and that can only be achieved by embracing circularity, also in…
Chemical recycling requires new coalitions
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and that can only be achieved by investing fully in circularity.…
How to get the market for bio-based products in motion
How do we market bio-based products? How do we get them on the shelves, convince buyers…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
Lignin promising raw material for biobased products
Lignin, one of the most common constituents of wood, is a very promising renewable raw material…
Potentially large CO2 savings in Central and West Brabant
The business community in the Central and West Brabant region is ready to make a substantial…
Biorizon Year Event 2022 split into live and online part
On 6 October 2022 Shared Research Center Biorizon & VITO's LignoValue Pilot Plant will host a…
Natural Fibertastic 2022
For the sixth time, the Natural Fibre Application Centre in the Netherlands, together with the Province…
Moving forward by joining forces
A year after the launch in corona time, members of the Network Chemical Recycling of Circular…
Relement scales up bio MPA production with help from Solvay
The Solvay Research & Innovation Centre in Lyon will help Relement BV from Bergen op Zoom…
Producers join biobasedinkopen.nl platform
Producers of biobased products in The Netherlands have immediate access to the supplier portal on the…
“New bio-based products are added every day”
The Dutch National Biobased Products Procurement Database, also known as the Biobased Products Database (BBPD), was…
West-Brabant region wants to become Waste2Chem hotspot
The PyroCHEM project in the Dutch West-Brabant region aims to make the chemical industry more sustainable…
Chemical recycling connects agrofood, waste and chemistry
Chemical recycling is currently attracting a lot of attention. Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) organised a number…
Circular round table on best practices from the Delta region
Circular biobased entrepreneurship offers opportunities for economic growth and reduction of CO2 emissions. This was demonstrated…
National procurement database for Biobased Products launched
In The Netherlands, the National procurement database for Biobased Products was recently launched via www.biobasedinkopen.nl.
Quartermaster for Circular Biobased Economy in West-Brabant
After 10 years of efforts by parties such as Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD), the Green Chemistry…
2022 will be year of change for Circular Biobased Delta
In the new year, Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) will enter a decisive phase: 2022 is to…
Ahrend and Gispen win Golden Circle Province of Brabant
Office furniture manufacturers Ahrend and Gispen have received the Golden Circle Award from the Dutch province…
Can digestate from biogas production replace peat in substrate?
If there is ever a versatile plant growing in the Netherlands, it is certainly the sugar…
Dutch Circular Economy Day in Dubai
On Tuesday 18 January, it is 'Dutch Circular Economy Day' at the World Expo 2022 in…
Zeeland rolls out red carpet for recycling companies
The Province of Zeeland in The Netherlands is "rolling out the red carpet" for recycling companies,…
Biobased materials ‘super important’ for LEGO
Biobased raw materials are becoming "super important" for LEGO in order to achieve sustainable growth, according…
BioVoice winner Instral looking for fertiliser manufacturers
Chemical company Instral is looking for fertiliser manufacturers who want to cooperate in the development of…
Scaling up bio-aromatics research and application development with the industry
It was supposed to be a physical meeting place, but the 8th Biorizon Annual Event in…
Shell to build plant for upgrading pyrolysis oil to bio-naphta
Chemical recycling is the way of the future. Shell alone has the ambition to recycle 1…
Chemical recycling: the holy grail of the circular economy?
Chemical recycling turns waste plastics into renewable raw materials. It is no wonder that the interest…
Better fertiliser pellets thanks to bio-based additives
Coatings for fertiliser granules are under the microscope. They form a protective layer and thus prevent…
CHAPLIN wins WOW 2021 Jury Award
CHAPLIN has won the WOW Jury Award for Best Collaboration 2021. The prize was awarded during…
Watch now: Natural Fibertastic 2021 – The Aftermovie
The first lustrum of Natural Fibertastic (NFT 2021) was celebrated at the end of September in…
BioVoice challenges lead to new forms of cooperation
The biobased challenges of BioVoice are leading to more and more forms of cooperation between large…
Biobased already commonplace in some areas
On the last day of September, the first lustrum of Natural Fibertastic was celebrated in Bergen…
Making an impact with bio-based democases
The bioeconomy is flourishing in Europe. Biorefinery initiatives are sprouting up all over the place; the…
NFT Award 2021 goes to Martens Keramiek
Martens Keramiek from Dinteloord/Oosterhout has won the Natural Fibertastic Award 2021 with Kerloc: ceramics made from…
Asphalt is getting ever greener
Many holidaymakers know the feeling: the relief when you cross the border after a long journey…
World’s largest protein plant to be build in the Netherlands
Scottish foodtech company ENOUGH (formerly 3FBIO) is going to build the largest new non-animal protein farm…
Progress of The Vanguard Bioeconomy Pilot
The innovative use of biomass for non-food applications can make a significant contribution to addressing contemporary…
Chemical Recycling Network launched with 10 frontrunners
The new Chemical Recycling Network, which was founded just before the summer holidays, is off to…
“Agriculture indispensable for climate transition”
Experts and organisations in the bioeconomy and green chemistry oppose plans to expropriate farmers in an…
Onward development of BioSeal Pavement on Green Chemistry Campus
BioSeal Pavement is an environmentally friendly and affordable 100% bio-based product that keeps paving stones free…
TerraWatt Biochar develops CO2-negative asphalt
TerraWatt Biochar is going to start a pilot for the production of biochar from biobased raw…
Getting the maximum value out of biobased feedstock
Biorefining is the way to get maximum value out of biobased raw materials and to close…
Relement working on Bio-Aromatic Conceptual Factory
Biorizon spin-off Relement has started the Bio-Aromatic Conceptual Factory project (BaroC), aiming for the creation of…
€ 7 Million for 6 new circular projects in Rotterdam
Six circular projects in Rotterdam that contribute to a low-carbon and resource-neutral industry are eligible for…
Bio-aromatics company Relement secures first capital investment
Relement BV has raised their first capital investment from the TTT Smart Industries Fund that is…
Pyrolysis on the rise
Pyrolysis is on the rise, as indicated by the number of initiatives in the South West…
World’s first bio-asphalt test road made with lignin
Infrastructure company Roelofs today (2 June) starts the construction of the world’s first test road made…
From waste plastics to ‘green’ raw material
The chemical industry of the future will no longer run solely on petroleum, but partly on…
Educating the workforce of the future
The transition to a greener society will create new jobs, but it will also place new…
‘People make the biobased economy future-proof’
The transition to a circular bio-based economy makes high demands on the knowledge of current and…
Willem Sederel joined Synova as Non-Executive Director
Willem Sederel, chairman of Circular Biobased Delta, has joined Synova, an advanced technology company in the…
Turning sugar into biofuel and green chemicals
Sugar is an ideal biofeedstock for green chemicals; it contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions…
Sugar as the ideal bio-feedstock for the chemical industry
IST Green Chemicals has advanced plans for a plant in Terneuzen in the Province of Zeeland…
12 New innovation and business opportunities for SMEs and start-ups
The BioVoice innovation and business booster programme has opened up a record number of twelve new…
Third round of BioVoice starts
Next monday (29 March), the third edition of BioVoice will kick off with the announcement of…
Rabobank joins Supervisory Board of Circular Biobased Delta
On Wednesday 24 March, Rabobank joined the Supervisory Board of the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation. Rabobank…
Renewable Materials Conference highlights bio-based, CO2-based and recycled materials
For the first time, nova-Institute jointly presents all renewable material solutions: bio-based, CO2-based and recycled in…
Sustainable fashion from the sea
The clothing industry causes 8% of all CO2 emissions worldwide: more than all aviation and shipping…
Substantial CO2 reduction through circular biobased projects in the Dutch Delta region
With 20 biobased circular projects, the process industry can achieve more than half of its climate…
Biorizon makes business plan for Application Centre
Biorizon is working on a business plan for a Bio-aromatics Application Centre, with a subsidy from…
Pyrolysis oil: The Netherlands in danger of missing the boat
During the Week of the Circular Economy, it became clear that pyrolysis is increasingly gaining a…
Dutch Database of Biobased Products
Procurement officials from large and small organizations will soon be able to use an independent Dutch…
8 Spearheads help to save 10 Mton of CO2
The 8 spearheads of Circular Biobased Delta will help to focus the efforts to save ten…
Highlights from the Circular Biobased Delta
Agro&Chemistry is bringing a constant flow of news from our partners, including Circular Biobased Delta. Below…
BIG-Cluster looking for input to update innovation agenda
The BioInnovation Growth mega-Cluster (BIG-Cluster) is looking for input from stakeholders in the biobased economy, for…
Biorizon to open Application Centre
Biorizon, the Shared Research Center for bio-aromatics, will have its own application center on the Green…
Pyrolysis oil as a raw material for new plastics
“Chemical recycling of plastic waste plays an important role for us in the transformation to a…
The 8 Circular Biobased Delta spearheads
The goal of Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) is to eliminate ten Mt of CO2 and to…
Biorizon on track for commercialisation of bio-aromatics
Biorizon is well on track towards the commercialisation of the production of bio-aromatics starting in 2025.…
‘Chemical recycling approach will become global blueprint’
Chemical recycling will become a game changer in the waste processing and chemical sector. It is…
News from the Circular Biobased Delta Region
Agro & Chemistry brings its readers a constant news flow from our partners, including Circular Biobased…
Bio-asphalt road in Vlissingen put into use
Commissioned by North Sea Port, contractor H4A has constructed a sustainable road in Vlissingen of which…
iLab helps green chemistry start-ups move forward
Innovative start-ups in the biocircular economy are currently in the spotlight. They receive plenty of media…
Relement BV commercializes specialty bioaromatics
Within the Biorizon programme, various specialty bioaromatics have been developed that are ready for commercialization. Relement…
“Consumers must regain trust in chemistry”
Consumers need to regain trust in chemistry, said Wilfried Blokzijl, Unilever's R&D Director Homecare during the…
Critical voices about the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a mega-project to ensure that the EU is "zero-carbon" by…
BioVoice 2020: eight new innovation contracts
No one could have foreseen that the second round of BioVoice would be held in such…
‘Great opportunity to get started as a start-up’
The 2020 BioVoice Challenges event is over. On 2 October the companies with which the Challengers…
“The real challenge is not technology”
“Hollow straws”, is how Leon Joore of the Natural Fiber Application Center (NAC) described natural fibers…
Trends and opportunities for international cooperation in chemical recycling
Collaborating on chemical recycling offers the chemical industry in the Netherlands and Germany good opportunities to…
Circular Biobased Delta to provide concrete support for promising projects
"The Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) foundation wants to get some 100 projects and programs on track…
Circular Biobased Delta accelerates green transition
The green transition towards a circular biobased economy in the Delta region must be accelerated. The…
Accelerated research into bio-asphalt
Will we be driving on roads made of wood in the Netherlands in the near future?…
Half a million euros for lignin production for biobased asphalt
Chemical company Avantium announces today that it has received a € 0.5 million grant for its…
Urgent appeal: create biobased cleaning agents from plant-based waste streams
The Green Chemistry Campus and Horizon 11 make an urgent appeal to entrepreneurs for the development…
Fourth edition of Natural Fibertastic in Bergen op Zoom
From Biobased Safari to a very first introduction to biobased options for the construction and infrastructure…
“Straightforward communication about complex products and processes”
If there is anything we need to get the market acceptance of biobased products off the…
Getting acquainted with biobased materials in The Growing Pavilion
Biobased materials are different. They cannot be compared to stone or steel or traditional plastics. They…
Commercial production of bio-aromatics is getting closer
Biorizon is on its way to the mission: the commercial production of bio-aromatics in 2025, said…
CoEBBE wants to become an international centre of expertise
The Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy (CoE-BBE) of the Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences Avans and…
‘Cooperation is more than an online story’
If the result of three years of Borderless Biobased Education (BBE) had to be summed up…
Green Chemistry Campus expands again
Less than a year after the opening of the Demo Facility, the Green Chemistry Campus in…
Production of bio-aromatics ready for scaling up
Upscaling is the central theme of the sixth Biorizon Event. This will take place this year…
Bio-aromatics are outgrowing the lab’s fume hood
In the six years of its existence, the Biorizon Shared Research Centre has made important steps…
Magnet for companies in green chemistry sector
Not even a year after opening its Demo Facility, the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op…
Successful Dutch presence during BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
In cooperation with the Green Chemistry Campus, Biobased Delta organised Dutch participation in the BIO World…
Use or Invest in Biobased Polymerization Shared Facility
Green Chemistry Campus, REWIN and Wageningen University are planning the development of the first multipurpose Polymerization…
GBO digital platform a ‘lifeline’ to the future
The end of the Interreg project Borderless Biobased Education (GBO), is looming; this October it will…
BioVoice: 13 new innovation contracts
Thirteen new contracts and a total of almost € 125,000 in innovation vouchers for researching, developing…
Growing interest in natural fibers
Natural fibers are getting more and more attention. For example as an insulation material, as a…
ECOR wins the Natural Fibertastic Award 2019
Gerard Paanakker received the Natural Fibertastic Award 2019 on behalf of ECOR BV on 18 April,…
Dare2Cross: Beauty and the Biobased
Getting the biobased and circular economy off the ground is not only a technological problem. The…
Dare2Cross video is now online
Looking beyond the boundaries of sectors to make new combinations, to adjust production systems and to…
Important link for scaling up green innovations
Entrepreneurs who are ready to take the next step can easily scale up in the Green…
Biobased Delta organises discussion about greening
The development of the biobased economy should go up a notch. Plastic soup, the essential CO2…
‘We need more Biorizons’
“We need more initiatives like Biorizon, if we want to meet our goals of reducing CO2…
Step into the world of elephant grass
"Change the script. Join the vibe." The invitation could not be more clear. Use vibers ™…
A surprisingly versatile biobased plastic
HemCell plastic is produced from polylactic acid combined with crushed palm leaf waste. The Dutch invention…
HemCell: a surprisingly versatile biobased plastic
The combination of polylactic acid and crushed palm leaf waste results in a biobased and excellent…
Step into the world of elephant grass, with vibers
"Change the script. Join the vibe." The invitation could not be more clear. Use vibers ™…
VITO to build pilot plant for production of bio-aromatics from lignin
The indepent Flemish research organization VITO and partners have presented a plan to build a pilot…
BIO-HaRT among European showcase projects
The Dutch MEP Lambert van Nistelrooij organized an exhibition of appealing EU-funded projects in Brussels. Among…
Five million euros for accelerating circular economy
Together with scientists and companies, the province of Zuid-Holland maps opportunities and bottlenecks of the circular…
Government needs to be a launching customer, rather than subsidy provider
The bio-based economy is just slowly getting off the ground, despite hundreds of millions of investments…
Let the bio-aromatics shine!
To show the good and relevant results that European subsidies can yield, nine members of the…
A better outlook on the opportunities and bottlenecks of the circular economy
Seizing opportunities for the circular economy is the idea behind ACCEZ, a new knowledge program of…
Plantics wins Natural Fibertastic Award 2018 for biobased thermoset plastic
Wridzer Bakker, CEO of Arnhem-based Plantics received the Natural Fibertastic Award 2018 in Bergen op Zoom,…
Natural Fibertastic 2018: focus on natural fibers in biocomposites
SMEs from the Biobased Delta make the difference in the biobased economy with innovative fiber technology.…
Biobased industries need more highly educated employees
In the coming years, the business community in Flanders and the Netherlands will require at least…
Bio-based businesses want enterprising professionals
The future success of the bio-based industry depends on the availability of highly educated professionals, in…
Zoomland viaduct: bio-based showcase across the motorway
Field voles, pine martens and foxes already know where the Zoomland viaduct is. The Brabant Landscape…
Biorizon launches Lignin Application Center
For companies that would like to introduce lignin-derived chemicals into their biobased products, Biorizon launches its…
An eye to the future
The Biobased Delta recently published its 2018–2020 long-term plan. This plan mainly looks to the future.…
Broad focus on biopolymers
‘The Biopolymer Application Centre is intended to bring biopolymers in a general sense to the attention…
Broad focus on biopolymers
‘The Biopolymer Application Centre is intended to bring biopolymers in a general sense to the attention…
The search for winning combinations
‘At the Pyrolysis testing ground in Moerdijk, we want to test value chains on the basis…
Ample opportunities and challenges
Slowly but surely, natural fibres are finding their way into widely varying markets such as construction,…
Market with prospects
Compostable disposables in food service still form a relatively small market, but certainly one with prospects…
Rein Willems: Government, invest more in activity and R&D
The future of the Dutch chemical industry lies in lowering the bottom line and making it…
Polymerisation pilot facilities can accelerate the development of biobased materials
While the polymerisation of biobased monomers is an important step in making plastics, resins and coatings…
Biobased Delta: Focus on SMEs
In the Biobased Delta, authorities from the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant and South Holland work…
Biobased Delta: Focus on SMEs
In the Biobased Delta, authorities from the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant and South Holland work…
Biodegradable still to climb out of the niche market
The market for biodegradable plastics will grow considerably in the coming years. A significant share of…
Biobased Delta looks ahead ‘Our ecosystem is growing’
‘The larger programme lines of Biobased Delta are gaining increasingly more traction. We can see that…
Biokerosene the only option for now
Just like every beginning market, biokerosene has to contend with ‘the establishment’. Higher prices, technologies under…
Jalila Essaïdi: Enough talk, now action!
Jalila Essaïdi reached the world press with a so-called bulletproof skin, a project that is being…
Demand for biobased applications must grow
The growth and innovation of the biobased economy in the Netherlands is receiving a significant contribution…
Back to basics
Biobased building started when the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens appeared. The first industrial revolution caused a…
Biobased procurement tool and app for better business
The Province of Zeeland, leader when it comes to biobased procurement, organised a meeting together with…
Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta
The visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to West Brabant felt very much like King’s Day.…
Agrofood sector extremely active
Biobased Delta was established in 2011 under the name Agro meets chemistry. Now, four years later,…
Europe’s leading bioeconomy clusters work together as 3BI
The leading bioeconomy clusters in the Netherlands, France, the UK and Germany have today joined forces…
Flax fibre as outer wall
300,000 housing units belonging to housing corporations and owner associations can be remodelled sustainably in the…
Clusters are making headway
As the Monitor Biobased Economy 2014 published in the summer shows, the biobased clusters are making…
Biobased Delta: international hotspot
The sugar fermentation study by Deloitte resulted in pleased reactions in ‘Biobased Netherlands’ at the end…
Lack of knowledge and information trump
The way in which manufacturers position and market their (partially) biobased products depends largely on how…
‘Europe not the lost continent’
Europeans sometimes tend to downplay their strengths when compared to other continents. It is no different…
Focus on materials
Around ten years ago, Rob Vasbinder decided to become self-sufficient where renewable energy was concerned. After…
‘Missing link between pilot and commercial’
‘Biobased Delta is not a study club or discussion group, but the missing link in concrete…
‘Ultimate goal is year-around refining process’
‘We will be satisfied if at the end of 2015 the entire business case for the…
Biobased Delta
The south-western Netherlands region is rich in agrofood, horticulture and chemical companies. They can tap into…
VITO expands pilot line for bioaromatics to industrial scale
Roughly a year ago, VITO, a Biorizon partner, inaugurated the first and only pilot line for…
Circular Biobased Delta lives on in 2024 and beyond
With the arrival of the new year, the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation in the Netherland will…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
Shell installs final part of pyrolysis oil upgrader in Moerdijk
The final component for Shell's new pyrolysis upgrader plant in Moerdijk, The Netherlands, was installed this…
Dutch frontrunners publish international brochure on chemical recycling
Chemical recycling makes it possible to convert plastic waste and biomass into new basic chemicals and…
Dutch brochure highlights importance of chemical recycling
At the ChemistryNL Summit in The Hague (Netherlands) this week, the publication ‘Chemical Recycling in Circular…
Green light for BioBased Circular
The Dutch National Growth Fund is giving a go-ahead to the BioBased Circular (BBC) project, to…
CHAPLIN programme (bio-asphalt) now called CIRCUROAD
The CHAPLIN programme for the development of 100% fossil-free asphalt is now known as CIRCUROAD. The…
Conclusive solution needed for chemically recycled raw materials
Entrepreneurs who want to scale up pyrolysis technology for chemical recycling of plastic waste streams run…
Design of first commercial bio-aromatics plant ready
The conceptual design for the first commercial plant for the production of special bio-aromatics is ready.…
Biobased asphalt with lignin can cut emissions up to 60%
The Dutch asphalt sector can reduce emissions by 30% to 60% by using biobased asphalt in…
Biorizon celebrates 10th Annual Event on Bioaromatics in November
On 30 November 2023, Shared Research Centre Biorizon is organising a special anniversary edition of the…
Circular Biobased Delta ends, but projects continue
After 10 years at the forefront of promoting the biobased and circular economy in the south-west…
‘Recycling plastic waste more sustainable than incineration for energy’
Recycling plastic waste is more sustainable and better for the climate than incineration for energy generation.…
Can asphalt production become more sustainable?
Whether we drive on diesel or solar power, we cannot do without asphalt. However, the long…
More sustainable sportswear thanks to bio-aromatics
When it comes to climate, Decathlon is ambitious: the international outdoor sports brand wants to reduce…
Chemical recycling requires new value chains
The European industry is having a tough time. The challenges are piling up: high energy and…
‘Bio-aromatics can make sportswear more sustainable’
Customers of outdoor sports brand Decathlon spend a lot of their time in nature. Sustainability is…
‘The right time for chemical recycling is now’
Will industry in the Netherlands survive? With that question, employers' organisation VNO-NCW sounded the alarm this…
Umincorp plant opening step forward in green transition
Umincorp officially opened the doors of its new plant at Merwe-Vierhavens in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in…
Chemical Recycling is gaining momentum
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and for that it is important to fully engage in circularity.…
Natural Fibertastic 2022: spotlight on natural fibres
For the sixth time, the Natural Fibre Application Centre together with the Province of North Brabant,…
Biorizon partner VITO opens LignoValue pilot plant in Flanders
In Mol (Flanders, Belgium), LignoValue was officially opened on 6 October. It is the first and…
‘Value chains do not end at the border’
“This is the beginning of a long-term cooperation with our eastern neighbours.” This is how Freek…
“Netherlands world leader in plastic waste export”
In 2021, the Netherlands was the EU's largest exporter of plastic waste, mainly to countries in…
BIOMODEL4REGIONS improves decision-making in bioeconomy
The new European project BIOMODEL4REGIONS will improve the decision-making process in the field of bioeconomy at…
Embracing chain-wide circularity for climate neutrality
Europe wants to be climate-neutral and that can only be achieved by embracing circularity, also in…
Chemical recycling requires new coalitions
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and that can only be achieved by investing fully in circularity.…
How to get the market for bio-based products in motion
How do we market bio-based products? How do we get them on the shelves, convince buyers…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
Lignin promising raw material for biobased products
Lignin, one of the most common constituents of wood, is a very promising renewable raw material…
Potentially large CO2 savings in Central and West Brabant
The business community in the Central and West Brabant region is ready to make a substantial…
Biorizon Year Event 2022 split into live and online part
On 6 October 2022 Shared Research Center Biorizon & VITO's LignoValue Pilot Plant will host a…
Natural Fibertastic 2022
For the sixth time, the Natural Fibre Application Centre in the Netherlands, together with the Province…
Moving forward by joining forces
A year after the launch in corona time, members of the Network Chemical Recycling of Circular…
Relement scales up bio MPA production with help from Solvay
The Solvay Research & Innovation Centre in Lyon will help Relement BV from Bergen op Zoom…
Producers join biobasedinkopen.nl platform
Producers of biobased products in The Netherlands have immediate access to the supplier portal on the…
“New bio-based products are added every day”
The Dutch National Biobased Products Procurement Database, also known as the Biobased Products Database (BBPD), was…
West-Brabant region wants to become Waste2Chem hotspot
The PyroCHEM project in the Dutch West-Brabant region aims to make the chemical industry more sustainable…
Chemical recycling connects agrofood, waste and chemistry
Chemical recycling is currently attracting a lot of attention. Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) organised a number…
Circular round table on best practices from the Delta region
Circular biobased entrepreneurship offers opportunities for economic growth and reduction of CO2 emissions. This was demonstrated…
National procurement database for Biobased Products launched
In The Netherlands, the National procurement database for Biobased Products was recently launched via www.biobasedinkopen.nl.
Quartermaster for Circular Biobased Economy in West-Brabant
After 10 years of efforts by parties such as Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD), the Green Chemistry…
2022 will be year of change for Circular Biobased Delta
In the new year, Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) will enter a decisive phase: 2022 is to…
Ahrend and Gispen win Golden Circle Province of Brabant
Office furniture manufacturers Ahrend and Gispen have received the Golden Circle Award from the Dutch province…
Can digestate from biogas production replace peat in substrate?
If there is ever a versatile plant growing in the Netherlands, it is certainly the sugar…
Dutch Circular Economy Day in Dubai
On Tuesday 18 January, it is 'Dutch Circular Economy Day' at the World Expo 2022 in…
Zeeland rolls out red carpet for recycling companies
The Province of Zeeland in The Netherlands is "rolling out the red carpet" for recycling companies,…
Biobased materials ‘super important’ for LEGO
Biobased raw materials are becoming "super important" for LEGO in order to achieve sustainable growth, according…
BioVoice winner Instral looking for fertiliser manufacturers
Chemical company Instral is looking for fertiliser manufacturers who want to cooperate in the development of…
Scaling up bio-aromatics research and application development with the industry
It was supposed to be a physical meeting place, but the 8th Biorizon Annual Event in…
Shell to build plant for upgrading pyrolysis oil to bio-naphta
Chemical recycling is the way of the future. Shell alone has the ambition to recycle 1…
Chemical recycling: the holy grail of the circular economy?
Chemical recycling turns waste plastics into renewable raw materials. It is no wonder that the interest…
Better fertiliser pellets thanks to bio-based additives
Coatings for fertiliser granules are under the microscope. They form a protective layer and thus prevent…
CHAPLIN wins WOW 2021 Jury Award
CHAPLIN has won the WOW Jury Award for Best Collaboration 2021. The prize was awarded during…
Watch now: Natural Fibertastic 2021 – The Aftermovie
The first lustrum of Natural Fibertastic (NFT 2021) was celebrated at the end of September in…
BioVoice challenges lead to new forms of cooperation
The biobased challenges of BioVoice are leading to more and more forms of cooperation between large…
Biobased already commonplace in some areas
On the last day of September, the first lustrum of Natural Fibertastic was celebrated in Bergen…
Making an impact with bio-based democases
The bioeconomy is flourishing in Europe. Biorefinery initiatives are sprouting up all over the place; the…
NFT Award 2021 goes to Martens Keramiek
Martens Keramiek from Dinteloord/Oosterhout has won the Natural Fibertastic Award 2021 with Kerloc: ceramics made from…
Asphalt is getting ever greener
Many holidaymakers know the feeling: the relief when you cross the border after a long journey…
World’s largest protein plant to be build in the Netherlands
Scottish foodtech company ENOUGH (formerly 3FBIO) is going to build the largest new non-animal protein farm…
Progress of The Vanguard Bioeconomy Pilot
The innovative use of biomass for non-food applications can make a significant contribution to addressing contemporary…
Chemical Recycling Network launched with 10 frontrunners
The new Chemical Recycling Network, which was founded just before the summer holidays, is off to…
“Agriculture indispensable for climate transition”
Experts and organisations in the bioeconomy and green chemistry oppose plans to expropriate farmers in an…
Onward development of BioSeal Pavement on Green Chemistry Campus
BioSeal Pavement is an environmentally friendly and affordable 100% bio-based product that keeps paving stones free…
TerraWatt Biochar develops CO2-negative asphalt
TerraWatt Biochar is going to start a pilot for the production of biochar from biobased raw…
Getting the maximum value out of biobased feedstock
Biorefining is the way to get maximum value out of biobased raw materials and to close…
Relement working on Bio-Aromatic Conceptual Factory
Biorizon spin-off Relement has started the Bio-Aromatic Conceptual Factory project (BaroC), aiming for the creation of…
€ 7 Million for 6 new circular projects in Rotterdam
Six circular projects in Rotterdam that contribute to a low-carbon and resource-neutral industry are eligible for…
Bio-aromatics company Relement secures first capital investment
Relement BV has raised their first capital investment from the TTT Smart Industries Fund that is…
Pyrolysis on the rise
Pyrolysis is on the rise, as indicated by the number of initiatives in the South West…
World’s first bio-asphalt test road made with lignin
Infrastructure company Roelofs today (2 June) starts the construction of the world’s first test road made…
From waste plastics to ‘green’ raw material
The chemical industry of the future will no longer run solely on petroleum, but partly on…
Educating the workforce of the future
The transition to a greener society will create new jobs, but it will also place new…
‘People make the biobased economy future-proof’
The transition to a circular bio-based economy makes high demands on the knowledge of current and…
Willem Sederel joined Synova as Non-Executive Director
Willem Sederel, chairman of Circular Biobased Delta, has joined Synova, an advanced technology company in the…
Turning sugar into biofuel and green chemicals
Sugar is an ideal biofeedstock for green chemicals; it contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions…
Sugar as the ideal bio-feedstock for the chemical industry
IST Green Chemicals has advanced plans for a plant in Terneuzen in the Province of Zeeland…
12 New innovation and business opportunities for SMEs and start-ups
The BioVoice innovation and business booster programme has opened up a record number of twelve new…
Third round of BioVoice starts
Next monday (29 March), the third edition of BioVoice will kick off with the announcement of…
Rabobank joins Supervisory Board of Circular Biobased Delta
On Wednesday 24 March, Rabobank joined the Supervisory Board of the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation. Rabobank…
Renewable Materials Conference highlights bio-based, CO2-based and recycled materials
For the first time, nova-Institute jointly presents all renewable material solutions: bio-based, CO2-based and recycled in…
Sustainable fashion from the sea
The clothing industry causes 8% of all CO2 emissions worldwide: more than all aviation and shipping…
Substantial CO2 reduction through circular biobased projects in the Dutch Delta region
With 20 biobased circular projects, the process industry can achieve more than half of its climate…
Biorizon makes business plan for Application Centre
Biorizon is working on a business plan for a Bio-aromatics Application Centre, with a subsidy from…
Pyrolysis oil: The Netherlands in danger of missing the boat
During the Week of the Circular Economy, it became clear that pyrolysis is increasingly gaining a…
Dutch Database of Biobased Products
Procurement officials from large and small organizations will soon be able to use an independent Dutch…
8 Spearheads help to save 10 Mton of CO2
The 8 spearheads of Circular Biobased Delta will help to focus the efforts to save ten…
Highlights from the Circular Biobased Delta
Agro&Chemistry is bringing a constant flow of news from our partners, including Circular Biobased Delta. Below…
BIG-Cluster looking for input to update innovation agenda
The BioInnovation Growth mega-Cluster (BIG-Cluster) is looking for input from stakeholders in the biobased economy, for…
Biorizon to open Application Centre
Biorizon, the Shared Research Center for bio-aromatics, will have its own application center on the Green…
Pyrolysis oil as a raw material for new plastics
“Chemical recycling of plastic waste plays an important role for us in the transformation to a…
The 8 Circular Biobased Delta spearheads
The goal of Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) is to eliminate ten Mt of CO2 and to…
Biorizon on track for commercialisation of bio-aromatics
Biorizon is well on track towards the commercialisation of the production of bio-aromatics starting in 2025.…
‘Chemical recycling approach will become global blueprint’
Chemical recycling will become a game changer in the waste processing and chemical sector. It is…
News from the Circular Biobased Delta Region
Agro & Chemistry brings its readers a constant news flow from our partners, including Circular Biobased…
Bio-asphalt road in Vlissingen put into use
Commissioned by North Sea Port, contractor H4A has constructed a sustainable road in Vlissingen of which…
iLab helps green chemistry start-ups move forward
Innovative start-ups in the biocircular economy are currently in the spotlight. They receive plenty of media…
Relement BV commercializes specialty bioaromatics
Within the Biorizon programme, various specialty bioaromatics have been developed that are ready for commercialization. Relement…
“Consumers must regain trust in chemistry”
Consumers need to regain trust in chemistry, said Wilfried Blokzijl, Unilever's R&D Director Homecare during the…
Critical voices about the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a mega-project to ensure that the EU is "zero-carbon" by…
BioVoice 2020: eight new innovation contracts
No one could have foreseen that the second round of BioVoice would be held in such…
‘Great opportunity to get started as a start-up’
The 2020 BioVoice Challenges event is over. On 2 October the companies with which the Challengers…
“The real challenge is not technology”
“Hollow straws”, is how Leon Joore of the Natural Fiber Application Center (NAC) described natural fibers…
Trends and opportunities for international cooperation in chemical recycling
Collaborating on chemical recycling offers the chemical industry in the Netherlands and Germany good opportunities to…
Circular Biobased Delta to provide concrete support for promising projects
"The Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) foundation wants to get some 100 projects and programs on track…
Circular Biobased Delta accelerates green transition
The green transition towards a circular biobased economy in the Delta region must be accelerated. The…
Accelerated research into bio-asphalt
Will we be driving on roads made of wood in the Netherlands in the near future?…
Half a million euros for lignin production for biobased asphalt
Chemical company Avantium announces today that it has received a € 0.5 million grant for its…
Urgent appeal: create biobased cleaning agents from plant-based waste streams
The Green Chemistry Campus and Horizon 11 make an urgent appeal to entrepreneurs for the development…
Fourth edition of Natural Fibertastic in Bergen op Zoom
From Biobased Safari to a very first introduction to biobased options for the construction and infrastructure…
“Straightforward communication about complex products and processes”
If there is anything we need to get the market acceptance of biobased products off the…
Getting acquainted with biobased materials in The Growing Pavilion
Biobased materials are different. They cannot be compared to stone or steel or traditional plastics. They…
Commercial production of bio-aromatics is getting closer
Biorizon is on its way to the mission: the commercial production of bio-aromatics in 2025, said…
CoEBBE wants to become an international centre of expertise
The Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy (CoE-BBE) of the Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences Avans and…
‘Cooperation is more than an online story’
If the result of three years of Borderless Biobased Education (BBE) had to be summed up…
Green Chemistry Campus expands again
Less than a year after the opening of the Demo Facility, the Green Chemistry Campus in…
Production of bio-aromatics ready for scaling up
Upscaling is the central theme of the sixth Biorizon Event. This will take place this year…
Bio-aromatics are outgrowing the lab’s fume hood
In the six years of its existence, the Biorizon Shared Research Centre has made important steps…
Magnet for companies in green chemistry sector
Not even a year after opening its Demo Facility, the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op…
Successful Dutch presence during BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
In cooperation with the Green Chemistry Campus, Biobased Delta organised Dutch participation in the BIO World…
Use or Invest in Biobased Polymerization Shared Facility
Green Chemistry Campus, REWIN and Wageningen University are planning the development of the first multipurpose Polymerization…
GBO digital platform a ‘lifeline’ to the future
The end of the Interreg project Borderless Biobased Education (GBO), is looming; this October it will…
BioVoice: 13 new innovation contracts
Thirteen new contracts and a total of almost € 125,000 in innovation vouchers for researching, developing…
Growing interest in natural fibers
Natural fibers are getting more and more attention. For example as an insulation material, as a…
ECOR wins the Natural Fibertastic Award 2019
Gerard Paanakker received the Natural Fibertastic Award 2019 on behalf of ECOR BV on 18 April,…
Dare2Cross: Beauty and the Biobased
Getting the biobased and circular economy off the ground is not only a technological problem. The…
Dare2Cross video is now online
Looking beyond the boundaries of sectors to make new combinations, to adjust production systems and to…
Important link for scaling up green innovations
Entrepreneurs who are ready to take the next step can easily scale up in the Green…
Biobased Delta organises discussion about greening
The development of the biobased economy should go up a notch. Plastic soup, the essential CO2…
‘We need more Biorizons’
“We need more initiatives like Biorizon, if we want to meet our goals of reducing CO2…
Step into the world of elephant grass
"Change the script. Join the vibe." The invitation could not be more clear. Use vibers ™…
A surprisingly versatile biobased plastic
HemCell plastic is produced from polylactic acid combined with crushed palm leaf waste. The Dutch invention…
HemCell: a surprisingly versatile biobased plastic
The combination of polylactic acid and crushed palm leaf waste results in a biobased and excellent…
Step into the world of elephant grass, with vibers
"Change the script. Join the vibe." The invitation could not be more clear. Use vibers ™…
VITO to build pilot plant for production of bio-aromatics from lignin
The indepent Flemish research organization VITO and partners have presented a plan to build a pilot…
BIO-HaRT among European showcase projects
The Dutch MEP Lambert van Nistelrooij organized an exhibition of appealing EU-funded projects in Brussels. Among…
Five million euros for accelerating circular economy
Together with scientists and companies, the province of Zuid-Holland maps opportunities and bottlenecks of the circular…
Government needs to be a launching customer, rather than subsidy provider
The bio-based economy is just slowly getting off the ground, despite hundreds of millions of investments…
Let the bio-aromatics shine!
To show the good and relevant results that European subsidies can yield, nine members of the…
A better outlook on the opportunities and bottlenecks of the circular economy
Seizing opportunities for the circular economy is the idea behind ACCEZ, a new knowledge program of…
Plantics wins Natural Fibertastic Award 2018 for biobased thermoset plastic
Wridzer Bakker, CEO of Arnhem-based Plantics received the Natural Fibertastic Award 2018 in Bergen op Zoom,…
Natural Fibertastic 2018: focus on natural fibers in biocomposites
SMEs from the Biobased Delta make the difference in the biobased economy with innovative fiber technology.…
Biobased industries need more highly educated employees
In the coming years, the business community in Flanders and the Netherlands will require at least…
Bio-based businesses want enterprising professionals
The future success of the bio-based industry depends on the availability of highly educated professionals, in…
Zoomland viaduct: bio-based showcase across the motorway
Field voles, pine martens and foxes already know where the Zoomland viaduct is. The Brabant Landscape…
Biorizon launches Lignin Application Center
For companies that would like to introduce lignin-derived chemicals into their biobased products, Biorizon launches its…
An eye to the future
The Biobased Delta recently published its 2018–2020 long-term plan. This plan mainly looks to the future.…
Broad focus on biopolymers
‘The Biopolymer Application Centre is intended to bring biopolymers in a general sense to the attention…
Broad focus on biopolymers
‘The Biopolymer Application Centre is intended to bring biopolymers in a general sense to the attention…
The search for winning combinations
‘At the Pyrolysis testing ground in Moerdijk, we want to test value chains on the basis…
Ample opportunities and challenges
Slowly but surely, natural fibres are finding their way into widely varying markets such as construction,…
Market with prospects
Compostable disposables in food service still form a relatively small market, but certainly one with prospects…
Rein Willems: Government, invest more in activity and R&D
The future of the Dutch chemical industry lies in lowering the bottom line and making it…
Polymerisation pilot facilities can accelerate the development of biobased materials
While the polymerisation of biobased monomers is an important step in making plastics, resins and coatings…
Biobased Delta: Focus on SMEs
In the Biobased Delta, authorities from the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant and South Holland work…
Biobased Delta: Focus on SMEs
In the Biobased Delta, authorities from the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant and South Holland work…
Biodegradable still to climb out of the niche market
The market for biodegradable plastics will grow considerably in the coming years. A significant share of…
Biobased Delta looks ahead ‘Our ecosystem is growing’
‘The larger programme lines of Biobased Delta are gaining increasingly more traction. We can see that…
Biokerosene the only option for now
Just like every beginning market, biokerosene has to contend with ‘the establishment’. Higher prices, technologies under…
Jalila Essaïdi: Enough talk, now action!
Jalila Essaïdi reached the world press with a so-called bulletproof skin, a project that is being…
Demand for biobased applications must grow
The growth and innovation of the biobased economy in the Netherlands is receiving a significant contribution…
Back to basics
Biobased building started when the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens appeared. The first industrial revolution caused a…
Biobased procurement tool and app for better business
The Province of Zeeland, leader when it comes to biobased procurement, organised a meeting together with…
Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta
The visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to West Brabant felt very much like King’s Day.…
Agrofood sector extremely active
Biobased Delta was established in 2011 under the name Agro meets chemistry. Now, four years later,…
Europe’s leading bioeconomy clusters work together as 3BI
The leading bioeconomy clusters in the Netherlands, France, the UK and Germany have today joined forces…
Flax fibre as outer wall
300,000 housing units belonging to housing corporations and owner associations can be remodelled sustainably in the…
Clusters are making headway
As the Monitor Biobased Economy 2014 published in the summer shows, the biobased clusters are making…
Biobased Delta: international hotspot
The sugar fermentation study by Deloitte resulted in pleased reactions in ‘Biobased Netherlands’ at the end…
Lack of knowledge and information trump
The way in which manufacturers position and market their (partially) biobased products depends largely on how…
‘Europe not the lost continent’
Europeans sometimes tend to downplay their strengths when compared to other continents. It is no different…
Focus on materials
Around ten years ago, Rob Vasbinder decided to become self-sufficient where renewable energy was concerned. After…
‘Missing link between pilot and commercial’
‘Biobased Delta is not a study club or discussion group, but the missing link in concrete…
‘Ultimate goal is year-around refining process’
‘We will be satisfied if at the end of 2015 the entire business case for the…
Biobased Delta
The south-western Netherlands region is rich in agrofood, horticulture and chemical companies. They can tap into…
VITO expands pilot line for bioaromatics to industrial scale
Roughly a year ago, VITO, a Biorizon partner, inaugurated the first and only pilot line for…
Circular Biobased Delta lives on in 2024 and beyond
With the arrival of the new year, the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation in the Netherland will…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
Shell installs final part of pyrolysis oil upgrader in Moerdijk
The final component for Shell's new pyrolysis upgrader plant in Moerdijk, The Netherlands, was installed this…
Dutch frontrunners publish international brochure on chemical recycling
Chemical recycling makes it possible to convert plastic waste and biomass into new basic chemicals and…
Dutch brochure highlights importance of chemical recycling
At the ChemistryNL Summit in The Hague (Netherlands) this week, the publication ‘Chemical Recycling in Circular…
Green light for BioBased Circular
The Dutch National Growth Fund is giving a go-ahead to the BioBased Circular (BBC) project, to…
CHAPLIN programme (bio-asphalt) now called CIRCUROAD
The CHAPLIN programme for the development of 100% fossil-free asphalt is now known as CIRCUROAD. The…
Conclusive solution needed for chemically recycled raw materials
Entrepreneurs who want to scale up pyrolysis technology for chemical recycling of plastic waste streams run…
Design of first commercial bio-aromatics plant ready
The conceptual design for the first commercial plant for the production of special bio-aromatics is ready.…
Biobased asphalt with lignin can cut emissions up to 60%
The Dutch asphalt sector can reduce emissions by 30% to 60% by using biobased asphalt in…
Biorizon celebrates 10th Annual Event on Bioaromatics in November
On 30 November 2023, Shared Research Centre Biorizon is organising a special anniversary edition of the…
Circular Biobased Delta ends, but projects continue
After 10 years at the forefront of promoting the biobased and circular economy in the south-west…
‘Recycling plastic waste more sustainable than incineration for energy’
Recycling plastic waste is more sustainable and better for the climate than incineration for energy generation.…
Can asphalt production become more sustainable?
Whether we drive on diesel or solar power, we cannot do without asphalt. However, the long…
More sustainable sportswear thanks to bio-aromatics
When it comes to climate, Decathlon is ambitious: the international outdoor sports brand wants to reduce…
Chemical recycling requires new value chains
The European industry is having a tough time. The challenges are piling up: high energy and…
‘Bio-aromatics can make sportswear more sustainable’
Customers of outdoor sports brand Decathlon spend a lot of their time in nature. Sustainability is…
‘The right time for chemical recycling is now’
Will industry in the Netherlands survive? With that question, employers' organisation VNO-NCW sounded the alarm this…
Umincorp plant opening step forward in green transition
Umincorp officially opened the doors of its new plant at Merwe-Vierhavens in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in…
Chemical Recycling is gaining momentum
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and for that it is important to fully engage in circularity.…
Natural Fibertastic 2022: spotlight on natural fibres
For the sixth time, the Natural Fibre Application Centre together with the Province of North Brabant,…
Biorizon partner VITO opens LignoValue pilot plant in Flanders
In Mol (Flanders, Belgium), LignoValue was officially opened on 6 October. It is the first and…
‘Value chains do not end at the border’
“This is the beginning of a long-term cooperation with our eastern neighbours.” This is how Freek…
“Netherlands world leader in plastic waste export”
In 2021, the Netherlands was the EU's largest exporter of plastic waste, mainly to countries in…
BIOMODEL4REGIONS improves decision-making in bioeconomy
The new European project BIOMODEL4REGIONS will improve the decision-making process in the field of bioeconomy at…
Embracing chain-wide circularity for climate neutrality
Europe wants to be climate-neutral and that can only be achieved by embracing circularity, also in…
Chemical recycling requires new coalitions
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and that can only be achieved by investing fully in circularity.…
How to get the market for bio-based products in motion
How do we market bio-based products? How do we get them on the shelves, convince buyers…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
Lignin promising raw material for biobased products
Lignin, one of the most common constituents of wood, is a very promising renewable raw material…
Potentially large CO2 savings in Central and West Brabant
The business community in the Central and West Brabant region is ready to make a substantial…
Biorizon Year Event 2022 split into live and online part
On 6 October 2022 Shared Research Center Biorizon & VITO's LignoValue Pilot Plant will host a…
Natural Fibertastic 2022
For the sixth time, the Natural Fibre Application Centre in the Netherlands, together with the Province…
Moving forward by joining forces
A year after the launch in corona time, members of the Network Chemical Recycling of Circular…
Relement scales up bio MPA production with help from Solvay
The Solvay Research & Innovation Centre in Lyon will help Relement BV from Bergen op Zoom…
Producers join biobasedinkopen.nl platform
Producers of biobased products in The Netherlands have immediate access to the supplier portal on the…
“New bio-based products are added every day”
The Dutch National Biobased Products Procurement Database, also known as the Biobased Products Database (BBPD), was…
West-Brabant region wants to become Waste2Chem hotspot
The PyroCHEM project in the Dutch West-Brabant region aims to make the chemical industry more sustainable…
Chemical recycling connects agrofood, waste and chemistry
Chemical recycling is currently attracting a lot of attention. Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) organised a number…
Circular round table on best practices from the Delta region
Circular biobased entrepreneurship offers opportunities for economic growth and reduction of CO2 emissions. This was demonstrated…
National procurement database for Biobased Products launched
In The Netherlands, the National procurement database for Biobased Products was recently launched via www.biobasedinkopen.nl.
Quartermaster for Circular Biobased Economy in West-Brabant
After 10 years of efforts by parties such as Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD), the Green Chemistry…
2022 will be year of change for Circular Biobased Delta
In the new year, Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) will enter a decisive phase: 2022 is to…
Ahrend and Gispen win Golden Circle Province of Brabant
Office furniture manufacturers Ahrend and Gispen have received the Golden Circle Award from the Dutch province…
Can digestate from biogas production replace peat in substrate?
If there is ever a versatile plant growing in the Netherlands, it is certainly the sugar…
Dutch Circular Economy Day in Dubai
On Tuesday 18 January, it is 'Dutch Circular Economy Day' at the World Expo 2022 in…
Zeeland rolls out red carpet for recycling companies
The Province of Zeeland in The Netherlands is "rolling out the red carpet" for recycling companies,…
Biobased materials ‘super important’ for LEGO
Biobased raw materials are becoming "super important" for LEGO in order to achieve sustainable growth, according…
BioVoice winner Instral looking for fertiliser manufacturers
Chemical company Instral is looking for fertiliser manufacturers who want to cooperate in the development of…
Scaling up bio-aromatics research and application development with the industry
It was supposed to be a physical meeting place, but the 8th Biorizon Annual Event in…
Shell to build plant for upgrading pyrolysis oil to bio-naphta
Chemical recycling is the way of the future. Shell alone has the ambition to recycle 1…
Chemical recycling: the holy grail of the circular economy?
Chemical recycling turns waste plastics into renewable raw materials. It is no wonder that the interest…
Better fertiliser pellets thanks to bio-based additives
Coatings for fertiliser granules are under the microscope. They form a protective layer and thus prevent…
CHAPLIN wins WOW 2021 Jury Award
CHAPLIN has won the WOW Jury Award for Best Collaboration 2021. The prize was awarded during…
Watch now: Natural Fibertastic 2021 – The Aftermovie
The first lustrum of Natural Fibertastic (NFT 2021) was celebrated at the end of September in…
BioVoice challenges lead to new forms of cooperation
The biobased challenges of BioVoice are leading to more and more forms of cooperation between large…
Biobased already commonplace in some areas
On the last day of September, the first lustrum of Natural Fibertastic was celebrated in Bergen…
Making an impact with bio-based democases
The bioeconomy is flourishing in Europe. Biorefinery initiatives are sprouting up all over the place; the…
NFT Award 2021 goes to Martens Keramiek
Martens Keramiek from Dinteloord/Oosterhout has won the Natural Fibertastic Award 2021 with Kerloc: ceramics made from…
Asphalt is getting ever greener
Many holidaymakers know the feeling: the relief when you cross the border after a long journey…
World’s largest protein plant to be build in the Netherlands
Scottish foodtech company ENOUGH (formerly 3FBIO) is going to build the largest new non-animal protein farm…
Progress of The Vanguard Bioeconomy Pilot
The innovative use of biomass for non-food applications can make a significant contribution to addressing contemporary…
Chemical Recycling Network launched with 10 frontrunners
The new Chemical Recycling Network, which was founded just before the summer holidays, is off to…
“Agriculture indispensable for climate transition”
Experts and organisations in the bioeconomy and green chemistry oppose plans to expropriate farmers in an…
Onward development of BioSeal Pavement on Green Chemistry Campus
BioSeal Pavement is an environmentally friendly and affordable 100% bio-based product that keeps paving stones free…
TerraWatt Biochar develops CO2-negative asphalt
TerraWatt Biochar is going to start a pilot for the production of biochar from biobased raw…
Getting the maximum value out of biobased feedstock
Biorefining is the way to get maximum value out of biobased raw materials and to close…
Relement working on Bio-Aromatic Conceptual Factory
Biorizon spin-off Relement has started the Bio-Aromatic Conceptual Factory project (BaroC), aiming for the creation of…
€ 7 Million for 6 new circular projects in Rotterdam
Six circular projects in Rotterdam that contribute to a low-carbon and resource-neutral industry are eligible for…
Bio-aromatics company Relement secures first capital investment
Relement BV has raised their first capital investment from the TTT Smart Industries Fund that is…
Pyrolysis on the rise
Pyrolysis is on the rise, as indicated by the number of initiatives in the South West…
World’s first bio-asphalt test road made with lignin
Infrastructure company Roelofs today (2 June) starts the construction of the world’s first test road made…
From waste plastics to ‘green’ raw material
The chemical industry of the future will no longer run solely on petroleum, but partly on…
Educating the workforce of the future
The transition to a greener society will create new jobs, but it will also place new…
‘People make the biobased economy future-proof’
The transition to a circular bio-based economy makes high demands on the knowledge of current and…
Willem Sederel joined Synova as Non-Executive Director
Willem Sederel, chairman of Circular Biobased Delta, has joined Synova, an advanced technology company in the…
Turning sugar into biofuel and green chemicals
Sugar is an ideal biofeedstock for green chemicals; it contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions…
Sugar as the ideal bio-feedstock for the chemical industry
IST Green Chemicals has advanced plans for a plant in Terneuzen in the Province of Zeeland…
12 New innovation and business opportunities for SMEs and start-ups
The BioVoice innovation and business booster programme has opened up a record number of twelve new…
Third round of BioVoice starts
Next monday (29 March), the third edition of BioVoice will kick off with the announcement of…
Rabobank joins Supervisory Board of Circular Biobased Delta
On Wednesday 24 March, Rabobank joined the Supervisory Board of the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation. Rabobank…
Renewable Materials Conference highlights bio-based, CO2-based and recycled materials
For the first time, nova-Institute jointly presents all renewable material solutions: bio-based, CO2-based and recycled in…
Sustainable fashion from the sea
The clothing industry causes 8% of all CO2 emissions worldwide: more than all aviation and shipping…
Substantial CO2 reduction through circular biobased projects in the Dutch Delta region
With 20 biobased circular projects, the process industry can achieve more than half of its climate…
Biorizon makes business plan for Application Centre
Biorizon is working on a business plan for a Bio-aromatics Application Centre, with a subsidy from…
Pyrolysis oil: The Netherlands in danger of missing the boat
During the Week of the Circular Economy, it became clear that pyrolysis is increasingly gaining a…
Dutch Database of Biobased Products
Procurement officials from large and small organizations will soon be able to use an independent Dutch…
8 Spearheads help to save 10 Mton of CO2
The 8 spearheads of Circular Biobased Delta will help to focus the efforts to save ten…
Highlights from the Circular Biobased Delta
Agro&Chemistry is bringing a constant flow of news from our partners, including Circular Biobased Delta. Below…
BIG-Cluster looking for input to update innovation agenda
The BioInnovation Growth mega-Cluster (BIG-Cluster) is looking for input from stakeholders in the biobased economy, for…
Biorizon to open Application Centre
Biorizon, the Shared Research Center for bio-aromatics, will have its own application center on the Green…
Pyrolysis oil as a raw material for new plastics
“Chemical recycling of plastic waste plays an important role for us in the transformation to a…
The 8 Circular Biobased Delta spearheads
The goal of Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) is to eliminate ten Mt of CO2 and to…
Biorizon on track for commercialisation of bio-aromatics
Biorizon is well on track towards the commercialisation of the production of bio-aromatics starting in 2025.…
‘Chemical recycling approach will become global blueprint’
Chemical recycling will become a game changer in the waste processing and chemical sector. It is…
News from the Circular Biobased Delta Region
Agro & Chemistry brings its readers a constant news flow from our partners, including Circular Biobased…
Bio-asphalt road in Vlissingen put into use
Commissioned by North Sea Port, contractor H4A has constructed a sustainable road in Vlissingen of which…
iLab helps green chemistry start-ups move forward
Innovative start-ups in the biocircular economy are currently in the spotlight. They receive plenty of media…
Relement BV commercializes specialty bioaromatics
Within the Biorizon programme, various specialty bioaromatics have been developed that are ready for commercialization. Relement…
“Consumers must regain trust in chemistry”
Consumers need to regain trust in chemistry, said Wilfried Blokzijl, Unilever's R&D Director Homecare during the…
Critical voices about the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a mega-project to ensure that the EU is "zero-carbon" by…
BioVoice 2020: eight new innovation contracts
No one could have foreseen that the second round of BioVoice would be held in such…
‘Great opportunity to get started as a start-up’
The 2020 BioVoice Challenges event is over. On 2 October the companies with which the Challengers…
“The real challenge is not technology”
“Hollow straws”, is how Leon Joore of the Natural Fiber Application Center (NAC) described natural fibers…
Trends and opportunities for international cooperation in chemical recycling
Collaborating on chemical recycling offers the chemical industry in the Netherlands and Germany good opportunities to…
Circular Biobased Delta to provide concrete support for promising projects
"The Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) foundation wants to get some 100 projects and programs on track…
Circular Biobased Delta accelerates green transition
The green transition towards a circular biobased economy in the Delta region must be accelerated. The…
Accelerated research into bio-asphalt
Will we be driving on roads made of wood in the Netherlands in the near future?…
Half a million euros for lignin production for biobased asphalt
Chemical company Avantium announces today that it has received a € 0.5 million grant for its…
Urgent appeal: create biobased cleaning agents from plant-based waste streams
The Green Chemistry Campus and Horizon 11 make an urgent appeal to entrepreneurs for the development…
Fourth edition of Natural Fibertastic in Bergen op Zoom
From Biobased Safari to a very first introduction to biobased options for the construction and infrastructure…
“Straightforward communication about complex products and processes”
If there is anything we need to get the market acceptance of biobased products off the…
Getting acquainted with biobased materials in The Growing Pavilion
Biobased materials are different. They cannot be compared to stone or steel or traditional plastics. They…
Commercial production of bio-aromatics is getting closer
Biorizon is on its way to the mission: the commercial production of bio-aromatics in 2025, said…
CoEBBE wants to become an international centre of expertise
The Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy (CoE-BBE) of the Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences Avans and…
‘Cooperation is more than an online story’
If the result of three years of Borderless Biobased Education (BBE) had to be summed up…
Green Chemistry Campus expands again
Less than a year after the opening of the Demo Facility, the Green Chemistry Campus in…
Production of bio-aromatics ready for scaling up
Upscaling is the central theme of the sixth Biorizon Event. This will take place this year…
Bio-aromatics are outgrowing the lab’s fume hood
In the six years of its existence, the Biorizon Shared Research Centre has made important steps…
Magnet for companies in green chemistry sector
Not even a year after opening its Demo Facility, the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op…
Successful Dutch presence during BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
In cooperation with the Green Chemistry Campus, Biobased Delta organised Dutch participation in the BIO World…
Use or Invest in Biobased Polymerization Shared Facility
Green Chemistry Campus, REWIN and Wageningen University are planning the development of the first multipurpose Polymerization…
GBO digital platform a ‘lifeline’ to the future
The end of the Interreg project Borderless Biobased Education (GBO), is looming; this October it will…
BioVoice: 13 new innovation contracts
Thirteen new contracts and a total of almost € 125,000 in innovation vouchers for researching, developing…
Growing interest in natural fibers
Natural fibers are getting more and more attention. For example as an insulation material, as a…
ECOR wins the Natural Fibertastic Award 2019
Gerard Paanakker received the Natural Fibertastic Award 2019 on behalf of ECOR BV on 18 April,…
Dare2Cross: Beauty and the Biobased
Getting the biobased and circular economy off the ground is not only a technological problem. The…
Dare2Cross video is now online
Looking beyond the boundaries of sectors to make new combinations, to adjust production systems and to…
Important link for scaling up green innovations
Entrepreneurs who are ready to take the next step can easily scale up in the Green…
Biobased Delta organises discussion about greening
The development of the biobased economy should go up a notch. Plastic soup, the essential CO2…
‘We need more Biorizons’
“We need more initiatives like Biorizon, if we want to meet our goals of reducing CO2…
Step into the world of elephant grass
"Change the script. Join the vibe." The invitation could not be more clear. Use vibers ™…
A surprisingly versatile biobased plastic
HemCell plastic is produced from polylactic acid combined with crushed palm leaf waste. The Dutch invention…
HemCell: a surprisingly versatile biobased plastic
The combination of polylactic acid and crushed palm leaf waste results in a biobased and excellent…
Step into the world of elephant grass, with vibers
"Change the script. Join the vibe." The invitation could not be more clear. Use vibers ™…
VITO to build pilot plant for production of bio-aromatics from lignin
The indepent Flemish research organization VITO and partners have presented a plan to build a pilot…
BIO-HaRT among European showcase projects
The Dutch MEP Lambert van Nistelrooij organized an exhibition of appealing EU-funded projects in Brussels. Among…
Five million euros for accelerating circular economy
Together with scientists and companies, the province of Zuid-Holland maps opportunities and bottlenecks of the circular…
Government needs to be a launching customer, rather than subsidy provider
The bio-based economy is just slowly getting off the ground, despite hundreds of millions of investments…
Let the bio-aromatics shine!
To show the good and relevant results that European subsidies can yield, nine members of the…
A better outlook on the opportunities and bottlenecks of the circular economy
Seizing opportunities for the circular economy is the idea behind ACCEZ, a new knowledge program of…
Plantics wins Natural Fibertastic Award 2018 for biobased thermoset plastic
Wridzer Bakker, CEO of Arnhem-based Plantics received the Natural Fibertastic Award 2018 in Bergen op Zoom,…
Natural Fibertastic 2018: focus on natural fibers in biocomposites
SMEs from the Biobased Delta make the difference in the biobased economy with innovative fiber technology.…
Biobased industries need more highly educated employees
In the coming years, the business community in Flanders and the Netherlands will require at least…
Bio-based businesses want enterprising professionals
The future success of the bio-based industry depends on the availability of highly educated professionals, in…
Zoomland viaduct: bio-based showcase across the motorway
Field voles, pine martens and foxes already know where the Zoomland viaduct is. The Brabant Landscape…
Biorizon launches Lignin Application Center
For companies that would like to introduce lignin-derived chemicals into their biobased products, Biorizon launches its…
An eye to the future
The Biobased Delta recently published its 2018–2020 long-term plan. This plan mainly looks to the future.…
Broad focus on biopolymers
‘The Biopolymer Application Centre is intended to bring biopolymers in a general sense to the attention…
Broad focus on biopolymers
‘The Biopolymer Application Centre is intended to bring biopolymers in a general sense to the attention…
The search for winning combinations
‘At the Pyrolysis testing ground in Moerdijk, we want to test value chains on the basis…
Ample opportunities and challenges
Slowly but surely, natural fibres are finding their way into widely varying markets such as construction,…
Market with prospects
Compostable disposables in food service still form a relatively small market, but certainly one with prospects…
Rein Willems: Government, invest more in activity and R&D
The future of the Dutch chemical industry lies in lowering the bottom line and making it…
Polymerisation pilot facilities can accelerate the development of biobased materials
While the polymerisation of biobased monomers is an important step in making plastics, resins and coatings…
Biobased Delta: Focus on SMEs
In the Biobased Delta, authorities from the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant and South Holland work…
Biobased Delta: Focus on SMEs
In the Biobased Delta, authorities from the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant and South Holland work…
Biodegradable still to climb out of the niche market
The market for biodegradable plastics will grow considerably in the coming years. A significant share of…
Biobased Delta looks ahead ‘Our ecosystem is growing’
‘The larger programme lines of Biobased Delta are gaining increasingly more traction. We can see that…
Biokerosene the only option for now
Just like every beginning market, biokerosene has to contend with ‘the establishment’. Higher prices, technologies under…
Jalila Essaïdi: Enough talk, now action!
Jalila Essaïdi reached the world press with a so-called bulletproof skin, a project that is being…
Demand for biobased applications must grow
The growth and innovation of the biobased economy in the Netherlands is receiving a significant contribution…
Back to basics
Biobased building started when the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens appeared. The first industrial revolution caused a…
Biobased procurement tool and app for better business
The Province of Zeeland, leader when it comes to biobased procurement, organised a meeting together with…
Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta
The visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to West Brabant felt very much like King’s Day.…
Agrofood sector extremely active
Biobased Delta was established in 2011 under the name Agro meets chemistry. Now, four years later,…
Europe’s leading bioeconomy clusters work together as 3BI
The leading bioeconomy clusters in the Netherlands, France, the UK and Germany have today joined forces…
Flax fibre as outer wall
300,000 housing units belonging to housing corporations and owner associations can be remodelled sustainably in the…
Clusters are making headway
As the Monitor Biobased Economy 2014 published in the summer shows, the biobased clusters are making…
Biobased Delta: international hotspot
The sugar fermentation study by Deloitte resulted in pleased reactions in ‘Biobased Netherlands’ at the end…
Lack of knowledge and information trump
The way in which manufacturers position and market their (partially) biobased products depends largely on how…
‘Europe not the lost continent’
Europeans sometimes tend to downplay their strengths when compared to other continents. It is no different…
Focus on materials
Around ten years ago, Rob Vasbinder decided to become self-sufficient where renewable energy was concerned. After…
‘Missing link between pilot and commercial’
‘Biobased Delta is not a study club or discussion group, but the missing link in concrete…
‘Ultimate goal is year-around refining process’
‘We will be satisfied if at the end of 2015 the entire business case for the…