Lactips raises €13m to ramp up milk-based bioplastics production
“With its natural, biodegradable and edible polymer, Lactips is a game changer that holds the promise to help reducing plastic pollution in landfills and oceans.”...
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European Commission unveils €750bn post-covid recovery plan with green transition initiatives
“Investing in a more circular economy has the potential to create at least 700,000 new jobs by 2030 and help the EU to reduce its...
Industrial Biotech and the post-COVID-19 world
By Simon Trancart, CEO and Founder of ALTAR, and Sancha Salgueiro, CEO at Chart Biotechnology. What are we learning about resilience of our economic models?...
Biofractionation flagship plant project – SWEETWOODS – presses ahead
Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19, the European ‘SWEETWOODS’ wood-to-bio-based products project is progressing well, according to the partners involved in the initiative. The project...
European Commission urged to support plastic recyclers in post-covid recovery plans
The European plastics recycling industry is closing production due to Covid-19 and the European Commission need to step in and help the sector, urged trade...
BIC links up with CoR to launch new bio-based investment platform
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), an industry association focusing on the European bioeconomy, has partnered with the European Committee of Regions (CoR) to develop a new...
Spotlight on bio-based textiles: Sustainable innovation – don’t be blinkered by large brands
By Tomas Vucurevic, owner and managing director of BRAIND “If you have a great new sustainable invention, don’t let yourself be talked into an exclusive...
EIB updates ‘Circular Economy Guide’
The European Investment Bank has updated its ‘Circular Economy Guide’ in order to promote a common understanding of the circular economy and drive circular solutions....
Welcome to spotlight week on bio-based textiles
A new section of the Bio Market Insights (BMI) website has been launched to continue the sustainability conversation and cover a variety of industry sectors...
Bio Market Insight’s lockdown sustainability reading
Here at Bio Market Insights, the team has come up with five book recommendations that our readers might want to read to pass the time...