CIrcular Valley Forum 2023
12:24

“Industries play a key role in the circular economy”

More than 1,000 visitors attended the second Circular Valley Forum held at Wuppertal's Historic Stadthalle (Germany)…

Pierre Gielen

Ltr Klaas Zijlstra, Henk Emmens, René Langevoort, Francesco Picchioni
06:42

Cescco2 to upcycle PVC with supercritical CO2

Making the PVC chain circular is coming within reach as Groningen-based start-up Cescco2 can move forward…

Pierre Gielen

Chemistry: hand holding flask and bioreactor
04:20

“We have started harvesting”

Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…

Pierre Gielen

BIC Trend Report graphic
05:35

“The European bioeconomy needs faster and bolder actions”

The US, India and China are diving fully into the opportunities that biomanufacturing offers for producing…

Pierre Gielen

Rethink Waste Challenge
04:02

The human factor: a missing puzzle piece in the transition to a circular and biobased economy

Terms like 'circular economy' and 'biobased products' have nowadays become buzz words, but how far are…

Anna Celli, WUR

Inauguration of Janneke Krooneman
03:25

‘Microbiology contributes significantly to green chemistry’

In the transition to a circular, biobased economy, the worlds of chemistry and biotechnology are increasingly…

Pierre Gielen

Fraunhofer foam products
05:11

The comeback of biomaterials: a sustainable solution to conventional plastics

Biobased materials and consumer goods have long been a part of our daily lives. From the…

Dàlia Puig

Hydrogel
04:10

“The time is ripe for polyASPs”

Polyacrylic acid is widely used in applications that are almost never recycled at end-of-life. This is…

Pierre Gielen

CIC opening
03:44

‘The TRL train in the Northern Netherlands can finally move ahead’

The Chemport Innovation Centre (CIC) was launched in Delfzijl, in the Northern Netherlands: a new facility…

Pierre Gielen

Biobased Circular
04:07

Bio-based raw materials as the basis for a new branch of industry

The chemical industry is facing a radical turnaround: from fossil fuels as the trusted basis for…

Pierre Gielen

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Mansuy Rocquin (Decathlon) during the Biorizon year event 2022
03:38

‘Bio-aromatics can make sportswear more sustainable’

Customers of outdoor sports brand Decathlon spend a lot of their time in nature. Sustainability is…

Pierre Gielen

CRS Moerdijk
04:45

‘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…

Pierre Gielen

LignoValue Pilot Plant
02:55

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…

Pierre Gielen

NRW Chemisch Recycling Event group portrait
04:06

‘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…

Pierre Gielen

Symposium 15 Years HAN BioCentre
07:24

HAN BioCentre celebrates the power of the combination

Sixteen years after its establishment, the fifteenth anniversary of HAN BioCentre could finally be celebrated in…

Pierre Gielen

Two men shake hands at chemical plant
05:18

Chemical recycling requires new coalitions

Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and that can only be achieved by investing fully in circularity.…

Pierre Gielen

Rusthoeve
07:35

“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”

Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…

Pierre Gielen

Network Meeting Chemical Recycling 6 April 2022
03:01

Moving forward by joining forces

A year after the launch in corona time, members of the Network Chemical Recycling of Circular…

Pierre Gielen

Hendrik van der Ploeg
05:13

GETEC PARK.EMMEN has a ‘hydrogen train’ station

Traditional textile yarns have not been made here for a long time, but GETEC PARK.EMMEN (GPE)…

Pierre Gielen

Webinar Chemical Recycling
04:23

Chemical recycling connects agrofood, waste and chemistry

Chemical recycling is currently attracting a lot of attention. Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) organised a number…

Pierre Gielen