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Replacing Petroleum with Wood in Chemical Industry to Reduce CO2 Emissions

At KU Leuven, an interdisciplinary team including economists and bio-engineers has delineated ways to use wood as an alternative to petroleum in the chemical industry.

14 Feb 2020

Stora Enso Invests to Build Facility for Bio-Based Plastic Packaging Material

Stora Enso has announced that it is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility for enabling the production of bio-based plastics as barrier in transparent packaging.

From Stora Enso 20 Dec 2019

Voith to be Carbon Neutral Worldwide from 2022 Onwards

From 2022 onwards, none of the Voith locations around the world will leave a carbon footprint going forward. In this way, the Voith Group is making a significant contribution to climate protection.

From Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA 12 Dec 2019

AIMPLAS Participates in Project to Turn Biowaste into Bioplastics and More

AIMPLAS has announced that it is participating in the WaysTUP! project, funded by Horizon 2020. The project aims to turn urban biowaste into resources such as food additives, condiments, insect protein, bioethanol, biosolvents and bioplastics.

12 Dec 2019

Sustainable Solution for Deicing Roads Using Grape Skins and Agricultural Waste

Annually, $5 billion is spent by the United States to repair damages to road infrastructure caused by winter snow and ice control operations and the use of conventional deicers.

3 Dec 2019

Danimer Scientific & Genpak Co-Develop Biodegradable Food Containers Using PHA

Danimer Scientific and Genpak have announced a partnership to create a new line of biodegradable food containers.

From Genpak, LLC 29 Nov 2019

New Method to Produce Activated Carbon, Carbon Nanotubes from Waste Grains

A researcher from Queen’s University Belfast has created a low-cost technology that can convert unused barley from alcohol breweries into carbon.

27 Nov 2019

Bird Nest Inspires Engineers to Build New Bricks from Plastic Waste

A new brick made from domestic plastic waste has been proven to provide 10 times better insulation than traditional bricks made from clay.

25 Nov 2019

Flo Launches Compostable and Biobased Capsules for Perfectly Brewed Coffee

Flo SpA has introduced three new capsule formats in the GEA family that are industrially compostable, fully biobased, and able to provide a brewing experience that is expected of the most popular capsules on the market.

From FLO S.p.a. 15 Nov 2019

Bioenergy STRONG Conference – Converting Australia’s Waste into Useable Energy

Bioenergy Australia’s annual Bioenergy STRONG conference will explore innovative approaches that Australia can adopt and expand on to convert agricultural, municipal, industrial and non-recyclable waste into valuable products such as electricity, liquid transport fuels for land, sea and air, renewable gas, renewable heat and high value products such as bio plastics and chemicals.

11 Nov 2019