9 January 20242 January 2024 Packaging and packaging waste: Council adopts its negotiating position on new rules for more sustainable packaging in the EU The aim is to tackle the increase in packaging waste generated in the EU, while harmonising the internal market for packaging and boosting the circular economy
Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle: Rat legt Verhandlungsposition zu neuen Vorschriften für nachhaltigere Verpackungen in der EU fest Dem Anstieg des Aufkommens an Verpackungsabfällen in der EU soll gegengesteuert und gleichzeitig der Binnenmarkt für Verpackungen harmonisiert und die Kreislaufwirtschaft angeschoben werden
EU Policy: Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging Two EU nations threaten to weaken reuse and waste targets ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
Environment Ministers failed to acknowledge the value of biobased and compostable plastics’ innovation for packaging solutions European Bioplastics reacts to the General Approach adopted by the Environment Council on the proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste
Walnussschalen als Inhaltsstoffe für Kosmetika Hochschulprojekt erforscht mit Kalkarer Unternehmen Alternativen zu Mikroplastik
8 January 202422 December 2023 Tailwind for the first climate-neutral cement plant Holcim in Germany’s Carbon2Business innovation project receives two awards at the UN Climate Change Conference Holcim's Carbon2Business innovation project was awarded two prizes in recognition of its outstanding, innovative efforts to decarbonize industry
Rückenwind für das erste klimaneutrale Zementwerk Innovationsprojekt Carbon2Business von Holcim Deutschland erhält zwei Auszeichnungen im Rahmen der Weltklimakonferenz
First biobased industrial coating demonstrated with partners Worlée Chemie and Baril Coatings First of a kind, high performance, waterborne alkyd coating turns out to be a renewable solution with lower emissions and improvement of the safety profile
That’s a wrap for EBC23 European Bioplastics wraps up two days of insightful sessions, policy panel and market data analysis at EBC23
Vom Problem zum Rohstoff: Again nimmt wegweisende Produktionsanlage für CO₂-basierte Chemikalien in Betrieb und sichert sich $10 Million Seed-Financing Agains neuartige Biomanufacturing-Anlage wandelt mit Hilfe natürlicher, gasverzehrender Bakterien täglich bis zu einer Tonne CO₂ in Chemikalien um
Danish Climate Tech Startup Again Launches Groundbreaking Production Site for CO₂-Based Chemicals and Announces $10 million Seed Round The company harnesses natural, gas-eating bacteria to convert waste carbon dioxide (CO₂) into a range of sustainable chemical products
The 6th World BioEconomy Forum celebrates global advances in the bioeconomy Under the theme 'Creating a Global Hub for the Bioeconomy,' the event utilised a four-pillar structure to assess the circular bioeconomy's status
Altera to be merged with DSD Consolidation as part of the company's new direction - Employees with extensive expertise have already been taken on
Altera wird auf DSD verschmolzen Konsolidierung im Rahmen der neuen Unternehmensausrichtung - Mitarbeitende mit großer Expertise wurden bereits übernommen
HyCC pushes back planning for green hydrogen project H2eron due to market conditions H2eron will produce green hydrogen from water and renewable power at the Chemical Park Delfzijl, where the hydrogen can be used for the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), for mobility and by various chemical manufacturers to reduce emissions
Three partners changing the narrative in plastic recycling at Site Zero Svensk Plaståtervinning celebrated the opening of Site Zero, a state-of-the-art plastic sorting plant in Motala, Sweden. The plant features TOMRA and Sutco equipment and aims to realize a circular economy for plastics by sorting Swedish plastic packaging waste into 12 fractions
Der nächste Schritt im Kunststoffrecycling bei Site Zero Svensk Plaståtervinning feierte die Eröffnung von Site Zero, einer hochmodernen Kunststoffsortieranlage in Motala, Schweden. Ausgestattet mit Equipment von TOMRA und Sutco verfolgt die Anlage das Ziel, eine Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe zu verwirklichen, indem schwedische Kunststoffverpackungsabfälle in 12 Fraktionen sortiert werden
5 January 202421 December 2023 Improving product sustainability: tesa and BASF join forces for certified renewable raw materials First more sustainable products with biomass balance BMB will be launched in early 2024
Gemeinsam für mehr Produktnachhaltigkeit: tesa and BASF kooperieren beim Einsatz erneuerbarer Rohstoffe Die ersten nachhaltigeren Produkte mit Biomasse-Bilanzansatz werden Anfang 2024 auf den Markt gebracht
Metsä Group invests in startup FineCell that produces pulp-based materials for beauty, healthcare, and paint products Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring consists of a group of investors, including EIT InnoEnergy and the company’s founder
LyondellBasell Advanced Recycling Project Selected For EU Innovation Fund Grant The company’s MoReTec plant is one of the 41 projects selected in the EU Innovation Fund ‘Third Call for Large Scale Projects’
Sulzer bringt SULAC™ auf den Markt – eine neue Technologie für die Lactidproduktion Die Einführung der innovativen Prozesslösung SULAC™ stärkt die führende Rolle von Sulzer im Bereich Biopolymere und Kreislaufwirtschaft
Sulzer launches SULAC™ – a new technology for lactide production Sulzer enhances its leadership in biopolymers and circularity with its new process solution – SULAC™
M2ARE: Maritime Methanol – Adaptable, Renewable and Environmentally friendly: Reducing marine fuel CO2 emissions by more than 80% In response to the high demand for maritime decarbonized fuel, M²ARE project will deliver a methanol synthesis demonstration plant by mid-2027, using the existing pilot plant located at the Air Liquide Innovation Campus Frankfurt, Germany
Britische Behörde prüft Unilever-Produkte auf Greenwashing Grüne Blätter machen noch kein umweltfreundliches Produkt: Der Konsumgüterhersteller Unilever ist wegen Nachhaltigkeitsversprechen bei Haushaltsprodukten ins Visier einer britischen Behörde geraten
SABIC Joins Tripartite Agreement for Ethylene Glycol Production Decarbonization This collaborative initiative aims to explore opportunities to decarbonize SD's ethylene glycol process to significantly reduce the carbon footprint and usher in low-carbon emissions technology
Surge in bioplastic textile market expected Bioplastic textiles, which are derived from eco-friendly materials like maize, algae, or soy, offer a viable alternative towards reducing fashion industry's carbon emissions and waste production
Steffi Lemke und Cem Özdemir gemeinsam für Natürlichen Klimaschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft auf der COP28 Das Bundesumweltministerium (BMUV) und das Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerium (BMEL) setzen sich auf der UNFCCC COP28 dafür ein, den natürlichen Klimaschutz zu stärken und Biomasse, insbesondere Holz, möglichst stofflich zu nutzen
Kreislaufwirtschaft braucht sinnvolle Massenbilanzierung Damit die hohen Investitionen ins chemische Recycling Sinn machen, braucht die chemische Industrie eine Massenbilanzierung wie das „Fuel Use Exempt“ Modell
4 January 202420 December 2023 Paving the way to a circular economy of plastics How can we turn fossil fuel-based plastic packaging waste into raw material for biodegradable bioplastics? An EU-backed project shows us the way
Einer Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe den Weg ebnen Wie können wir Abfälle der auf fossilen Brennstoffen basierten Kunststoffe in Rohstoffe für biologisch abbaubare Biokunststoffe umwandeln? Ein EU-unterstütztes Projekt weist uns den Weg
Avantium focuses on maximising the potential of its FDCA and PEF technology In order to cover its share in the financing package and to remain properly capitalised until the FDCA Flagship Plant is fully operational, the company intends to raise €50 million in equity capital
EUBP unveils the results of the 2023 Market Data Report The global production for bioplastics is driven by rising demand combined with the emergence of more sophisticated applications and products
Phabuilder Set to Launch Marine-Degradable Straws and Cutlery New alliance is goint to introduce three remarkable PHA-based product categories: straws, coatings, and injection-molded items into the consumer market
Keppel partners AM Green to explore biogenic carbon-based sustainable fuels opportunities in Asia and the Middle East The two parties will jointly identify, evaluate and co-develop projects, which can harness and aggregate at least one million tonnes of biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) per year
PUMA scale-up their textile-to-textile recycling technology, creating all future replica football kit using RE:FIBRE Technology Global sports company PUMA has today announced that it has scaled up its textile recycling innovation, RE:FIBRE, replacing recycled polyester with RE:FIBRE technology in all PUMA football Club and Federation replica jerseys from 2024 onwards
PUMA baut sein Textile-to-Textile Recycling aus und nutzt die RE:FIBRE-Technologie künftig für alle Fußball-Fantrikots Das Sportunternehmen PUMA hat seine Textilrecyclinginnovation RE:FIBRE erweitert und wird die Fantrikots aller PUMA-Fußballteams und -verbände ab 2024 nicht mehr mit recyceltem Polyester, sondern mit der RE:FIBRE-Technologie herstellen
Alfa Laval and Bisviridi partner to revolutionize biofuel production from organic waste New, groundbreaking process, developed and patented by Bisviridi, produces Bio Crude, an eco-friendly alternative to oil-based fuels
Agrivalle and Ginkgo Bioworks Enter Multiyear Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Next-Gen Ag Biological Products Ginkgo intends to work with Agrivalle to discover and optimize plant-compatible microbes that can provide crop nutrition, and to engineer organisms that can make compounds to specifically target certain pests
Wood materials make for reliable organic solar cells Kraft lignin improves the stability in organic solar cells thanks to its ability to form hydrogen bonds that acts as a sort of glue
Holzmaterialien ermöglichen zuverlässige organische Solarzellen Kraftlignin verbessert die Stabilität von organischen Solarzellen dank seiner Fähigkeit, Wasserstoffbrücken zu bilden, die wie eine Art Klebstoff wirken
3 January 202419 December 2023 ACWA Power signs deal to develop the largest green hydrogen project in Indonesia ACWA Power CEO Marco Arcelli signed the agreement with PLN’s CEO Darmawan Prasodjo and Rahmad Pribadi, CEO of Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company
ACWA Power plant den Bau der größten Anlage für grünen Wasserstoff in Indonesien ACWA Power CEO Marco Arcelli unterzeichnete die Vereinbarung mit PLN’s CEO Darmawan Prasodjo und Rahmad Pribadi, CEO der Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company
New Trinseo PMMA Depolymerization Plant Reimagines Plastics Value Chain With Sustainability In Mind Technology produces quality on par with virgin material without sacrificing performance
UP Catalyst secures €4M in funding to reduce Europe’s reliance on Chinese carbon materials The company will utilize the funds to scale up their local production of carbon materials and graphite derived from CO2 emissions, offering a sustainable alternative source of raw materials to European battery manufacturers
C-Crete Technologies Develops and Deploys the World’s First Zeolite-Based Concrete Devoid of Carbon Dioxide Emissions C-Crete's cement-free concrete is the first to employ this naturally occurring rock as a cementitious binder replacing Portland cement
Japan’s SAF feedstock program to be driven by carbon offset scheme: USDA The country's primary focus lies in boosting domestic SAF production, including alcohol-to-jet SAF
Keter Expands Implementation of UBQ Materials’ Bio-Based, Sustainable Thermoplastic to Accelerate Emissions Removal and Avoidance Keter and UBQ Materials to Realize Positive Environmental Impact of UBQ™, Rolling Out Carbon-Reduced Home and Outdoor Products
NatureWorks: Erik Ripple neuer Präsident und CEO Ripple wird die Nachfolge von Interimspräsidentin und CEO Jill Zullo antreten, die diese Funktion seit März 2023 innehatte