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“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)…
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…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
“The European bioeconomy needs faster and bolder actions”
The US, India and China are diving fully into the opportunities that biomanufacturing offers for producing…
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…
‘Microbiology contributes significantly to green chemistry’
In the transition to a circular, biobased economy, the worlds of chemistry and biotechnology are increasingly…
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…
“The time is ripe for polyASPs”
Polyacrylic acid is widely used in applications that are almost never recycled at end-of-life. This is…
‘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…
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…
‘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…
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…
HAN BioCentre celebrates the power of the combination
Sixteen years after its establishment, the fifteenth anniversary of HAN BioCentre could finally be celebrated in…
Chemical recycling requires new coalitions
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and that can only be achieved by investing fully in circularity.…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
Moving forward by joining forces
A year after the launch in corona time, members of the Network Chemical Recycling of Circular…
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)…
Chemical recycling connects agrofood, waste and chemistry
Chemical recycling is currently attracting a lot of attention. Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) organised a number…