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‘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…
Rubber from yeast, activated carbon from plums and insoles from mycelium
The 2022 Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) Finals were a close call. Student teams competed…
How to get the biobased transition up and running
How can we involve more people in the biobased transition and stimulate the use of biobased…
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…
The future of marine and aquatic biomass in Europe
When the Bio-based Industries Consortium was launched in 2012, marine and aquatic biomass was barely discussed.…
‘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…
“We now have a better grip on biology”
PHAs are special biopolymers. Strictly speaking, we may not call them bioplastics, because this material is…
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…
AI speeds up product development in the food industry
Clean label, less salt, fat or palm oil, more vegetable proteins, exotic flavours; the demands we…
Is there enough space for the energy transition in the Netherlands?
In discussions about the energy transition, figures are all over the place: percentages, petajoules, kilowatt-hours and…
Trends and practical research in marine and aquatic biomass
Marine and aquatic biomass can be a promising source of sustainable bio-based materials. To actually process…
“The circular mattress is no longer a dream, the circular polyester textile chain is becoming reality”
Royal Auping will be building a new automated production line for circular customised mattresses in Deventer,…
GIDARA Energy and TU Delft to build Gasification Innovation Centre
GIDARA Energy is to build a Gasification Innovation Centre in Rotterdam together with TU Delft. The…
Moving forward by joining forces
A year after the launch in corona time, members of the Network Chemical Recycling of Circular…
Algae and weeds: crops of the future
A microbial kitchen garden in every home? Want to start the day with a fresh shake…
“The most sustainable biomass comes from the sea”
The world's oceans, rivers and lakes are a promising renewable source of biomass. Fish and shellfish…
“New bio-based products are added every day”
The Dutch National Biobased Products Procurement Database, also known as the Biobased Products Database (BBPD), was…