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Circular Biobased Delta accelerates green transition
The green transition towards a circular biobased economy in the Delta region must be accelerated. The…
‘By collaboration we can extract more value from the circular plastics chain’
Circularity starts where plastic ends: the bins or the Plastic Heroes recycling bag. Collecting and sorting…
Emmen expands testing facility for sustainable plastics
Over the next three years, Senbis in Emmen, the Netherlands, will be investing €5.5 million through…
Circular pathways for bio-based plastics require more cooperation
The demand for plastic packaging, of which a small part is bio-based, has increased strongly in…
Bioplastics on course
There is growing enthusiasm about bioplastics. Today, demand exceeds supply and there is increasingly more clarity…
Northern Netherlands: focus on circular polymers
A world without plastics is inconceivable. Over the past 70 years, synthetic polymers have found their…
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Omrin closes the cycles in the Northern Netherlands
Waste is the raw material of the circular economy. And those who have access to raw…
Europe’s bio-waste potential largely untapped
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has teamed up with Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) to produce a…
UK scientists develop new PLA recycling method
Bioplastics, made from polylactic acid (PLA) are becoming increasingly common in consumer products. Although PLA is…
Ready meal trays from BBI JU funded FRESH project Biobased Material of the Year
With a wood fiber-based packaging for ready meals, the Finnish-British company Huhtamaki Lurgan has won the…
Plastics recyclers cease production
European Plastics recycling industry is closing production due to the current market developments caused by the…
New enzyme recycles PET in hours
A bacterial enzyme that depolymerises plastic bottles in hours has been created by scientists from the…
