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BIC Country Reports boost development of biobased industries in Europe
The demand for sustainable and circular alternatives to fossil raw materials offers opportunities for the European…
“Industries play a key role in the circular economy”
More than 1,000 visitors attended the second Circular Valley Forum held at Wuppertal's Historic Stadthalle (Germany)…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
“The European bioeconomy needs faster and bolder actions”
The US, India and China are diving fully into the opportunities that biomanufacturing offers for producing…
The human factor: a missing puzzle piece in the transition to a circular and biobased economy
Terms like 'circular economy' and 'biobased products' have nowadays become buzz words, but how far are…
Discussing our zero waste future with student innovators during the ReThink Waste Challenge
The student teams competing in the ReThink Waste Challenge have received essential advice from industry experts.…
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…
Nearly 200 students from over the world join the quest for a zero-waste future with the WUR ReThink Waste Challenge
On 18 January, students will kick off the ReThink Waste Challenge, an international student competition looking…
‘The right time for chemical recycling is now’
Will industry in the Netherlands survive? With that question, employers' organisation VNO-NCW sounded the alarm this…
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…
How to get the biobased transition up and running
How can we involve more people in the biobased transition and stimulate the use of biobased…
Biorizon partner VITO opens LignoValue pilot plant in Flanders
In Mol (Flanders, Belgium), LignoValue was officially opened on 6 October. It is the first and…
‘Value chains do not end at the border’
“This is the beginning of a long-term cooperation with our eastern neighbours.” This is how Freek…
“We now have a better grip on biology”
PHAs are special biopolymers. Strictly speaking, we may not call them bioplastics, because this material is…
HAN BioCentre celebrates the power of the combination
Sixteen years after its establishment, the fifteenth anniversary of HAN BioCentre could finally be celebrated in…
Chemical recycling requires new coalitions
Europe wants to be climate-neutral, and that can only be achieved by investing fully in circularity.…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
“The circular mattress is no longer a dream, the circular polyester textile chain is becoming reality”
Royal Auping will be building a new automated production line for circular customised mattresses in Deventer,…
“New bio-based products are added every day”
The Dutch National Biobased Products Procurement Database, also known as the Biobased Products Database (BBPD), was…
Chemical recycling connects agrofood, waste and chemistry
Chemical recycling is currently attracting a lot of attention. Circular Biobased Delta (CBBD) organised a number…