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More sustainable agriculture with biobased and biodegradable seed and fertiliser coatings
The Delft-based start-up Carapace Biopolymers, that is breaking ground in sustainable agriculture with its biobased and…
CBE JU presents €165M for the bioeconomy at Info Day 2025 in Brussels
The CBE JU Info Day 2025, scheduled for 3 April in Brussels, will showcase the recently…
‘Less bureaucracy, more research’
The new EU commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva, is calling for more audacity…
Itero builds plastic recycling plant in Geleen, The Netherlands
The British recycling company Itero will begin construction of an advanced pilot plant and demonstration facility…
Accelerating investments in the European bio-economy
How can we facilitate and accelerate investments in the European Bio Economy? This was the topic…
Brightsite reaffirms commitment to sustainable chemical industry
Brightsite, the Dutch knowledge centre for sustainability in the chemical industry, has entered a new chapter…
Queen Máxima opens Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl
Avantium NV, a leading company in renewable and circular polymers, celebrated the official opening ceremony of…
Go for bio-based! launched
To promote the use of bio-based products, the Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) launched…
COVID-19 has cost European biobased industries €89 billion in turnover
The COVID-19 epidemic of recent years has cost the biobased industries in Europe €89 billion in…
Industry calls for uniform assessment of carbon footprint biobased products
Fourteen industry associations in the chemicals, plastics and construction materials industries are calling on the European…
MNEXT Lunch lecture on renewable energy carriers
The Renewable Energy Carriers Research Group of MNEXT (formerly Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy) is organising…
BIC highlights AI possibilities for the bio-based industries
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has released a review of some of the current uses for…
Lego once again bets on renewable and recycled plastic
Toy manufacturer Lego plans to make half the plastic in its bricks from renewable or recycled…
Sustainable syngas production, directly from blast furnace gas
The Flemish spearhead cluster Catalisti is looking for industrial partners for the ESSSC project, which focuses…
Drax biomass power station produced four times emissions of UK coal plant
The Drax biomass power station in North Yorkshire, UK, was responsible for four times more carbon…
Biorizon 2024 Annual Event: accelerating biobased business together
On November 27 and 28 2024, Shared Research Center Biorizon will host its 11th Biorizon Annual…
BioBTX secures over €80M to launch world’s first renewable aromatics plant
BioBTX has raised more than €80 million to build its first commercial plant to produce renewable…
Better Biobased Building Blocks for the construction industry
In the B4 - Better Biobased Building Blocks - project led by TNO, 11 partners in…
Digital Twins in agri-food
The European project Bio-Based Digital Twins (BBTWINS) is organising a webinar exploring the potential of digitaltwins…
EUR 2.5M for circular products, services and processes
From May 7, the new call for projects of the Circular Economy Knowledge and Innovation Agenda…