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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…
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.…
“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…
“Combining science with a business case is a valuable experience”
A leather-like material from wastewater, packing peanuts from bread and cleaning swimming water with duckweed: participants…
Live event in Brussels brings biobased value chains together
The biobased community in Europe must grow into a lively ecosystem, where parties find each other…
BISC-E stimulates biobased entrepreneurship among students
Some invent grand theoretical concepts, such as cultivating seaweed around offshore wind parks to produce biogas.…
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Key role for biomass in defossilising chemicals and materials by 2050
A new study commissioned by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)…
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…
Accelerating investments in the European bio-economy
How can we facilitate and accelerate investments in the European Bio Economy? This was the topic…
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…
