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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…
CEFIC launches bio-based chemicals sector group
In response to the growing importance of bio-based renewable raw materials, manufacturers of biomass-derived chemicals created…
Pilot started: “vegan leather” from leaf waste
Converting green waste from the Netherlands into a “plant-based leather” that is completely plastic-free, animal-free, bio-based,…
Webinar: scaling up innovations in food, feed and nutrition
Sustainability is transforming the food industry, now more than ever. A growing number of stakeholders is…
BIC network is growing: 10 new members
Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC) welcomes 10 new members. Of these, 3 are industry members: DuPont, Ava…
Silicium anode boosts battery energy by 70%
LeydenJar Technologies, a Dutch spin-out of the applied research institute TNO, has developed a new anode…