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Biobased Circular
04:07

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…

Pierre Gielen

Rusthoeve
07:35

“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”

Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…

Pierre Gielen

Sugar beet
02:21

“Saccharide offers opportunities for chemistry and agriculture”

Saccharides (sugars) are wonderful building blocks for the chemical industry. They are versatile molecules that can…

Pierre Gielen

Tractor plowing a field
05:59

“Agriculture: a fully-fledged partner in biobased value chains”

The bio-economy starts on the fields. That is where the agricultural biomass originates. Active participation of…

Pierre Gielen

Lady bug on corn
03:56

BIC launches joint Vision for a European circular bio-society

‘In the circular bio-society, informed citizens choose more sustainable means to live and acknowledge and benefit…

Pierre Gielen

Chemistry Park Delfzijl
06:59

North Netherlands aims to close green cycles

The northern region of the Netherlands is the region where green chemistry is most clearly anchored…

Pierre Gielen


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Cows
01:45

Dutch 2030 climate target requires tough measures and a more effective government

Agriculture in the Netherlands can meet the national 2030 climate targets, but this will require a…

Editorial office / Wageningen

Biobased Circular
01:42

Green light for BioBased Circular

The Dutch National Growth Fund is giving a go-ahead to the BioBased Circular (BBC) project, to…

Editorial office / Utrecht

Lab-grown meat
02:02

‘Cultured meat up to 25 times less sustainable than traditional beef’

Lab-grown meat may have an up to 25 times larger carbon footprint than normal butchered beef,…

Editorial office / Davis

Harvesting Miscanthus
01:40

Dutch cabinet to boost biobased building

The Dutch government is going to encourage building with bio-based raw materials in the coming years.…

Editorial office / The Hague

Biogas plant
01:35

New European project to boost biogas production

At least 50 livestock farmers from six European countries have joined the European project ALFA, which…

Editorial office / Brussels

Agriculture: tractor in Flanders
01:57

Chemical industry in Flanders second largest user of biomass

For the first time, the numerous flows of renewable raw materials and processes in the Flemish…

Editorial office / Antwerp


Agenda

Inclusion of Primary Production in Biobased value chains

10:00
Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, Bruxelles

REFAB 2018

11:00
Maritim Hotel Köln, Köln