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Bio-based innovation within the sustainability debate in the finance sector
Sustainable investments have seen a rise in recent years with a growing number of funds to…
Chemical industry is switching to renewable carbon
The chemical industry is using more and more renewable carbon; 20 to 25% of the carbon…
Toyochem launches new biodegradable polyurethane adhesive
Toyochem Co., Ltd., a member of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan, has developed a new…
Bloom Biorenewables secures 2.9M€ for biomass valorization pilot
Lead investment from Yokogawa Electric Corporation brings Bloom Biorenewables seed funding round to a total of…
U.S. Plastics Pact Launched
This week, the U.S. Plastics Pact was launched. It is a collaborative led by The Recycling…
Registration for Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award is open
The Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award will be presented for the third time on January 20, 2021.…
German-Dutch practical research into biobased building materials
Cattail (Typha) and wood wool comprise the walls of the new biobased modular house that the…
B2B networking for the bio-based industry
The next edition of the annual BIC industry networking event, now called BioSYNERGISE, will take place…
Taste tests with hybrid bacon from the lab
Meat lovers who have ever tasted 'vegetarian bacon' will conclude that in a sustainable plant-based society…
Three major US airlines switching to sustainable fuel
Neste will supply sustainable jet fuel (SAF) to US airlines Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue…
Bioeconomy Youth Champions
The International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy launched a call for applications for Bioeconomy Youth Champions…
XPure relocates to Planet B.io at Biotech Campus Delft
This summer, technology provider XPure relocates to the Biotech Campus Delft. XPure, which specializes in providing…
“Much more is possible in Chemical Cluster Delfzijl”
The report Biobased Opportunities for the Eemsmond region published earlier this year describes the opportunities for…
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…
Innovation drives the sustainable fashion industry forward
Sustainability is a rising challenge in the textile industry. During the pandemic and lockdowns, current supply…
Carbiolice and Barbier develop PLA-based biodegradable mulch film
Carbiolice, a French start-up developing and producing biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastic solutions has joined forces…
Global coal fleet shrinking for first time
The world’s fleet of coal-fired power stations has got smaller for the first time on record,…
European consortium looking for partner in the food industry
A European consortium of knowledge institutions and companies in the field of the packaging industry is…
‘EU should reconsider stance on genome editing’
The European Sustainable Agriculture through Genome Editing (EU-SAGE) network and its members from 132 European research…
Chemical recycling helps achieve EU circular economy goals
Just 15% of all plastic waste collected in the EU is recycled into new plastics. The…