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5 Minutes With… Robin Gibson from Origin Materials.

Liz Gyekye6th August 20205th August 2020

by Liz Gyekye6th August 20205th August 20200

Origin Materials, a United States and Canada-based material development company, has announced its commitment to the commercial manufacture of the bio-based chemical 5-chloromethyl furfural (CMF)....

Business Projects

Lenzing posts H1 2020 revenue decline due to Covid-19

Liz Gyekye5th August 2020

by Liz Gyekye5th August 20200

Cellulosic fibre-based specialist Lenzing Group has reported a decline in its revenues for the first half of 2020 due to increased pressure on prices and...

Business

Mitsubishi expands into carbon fibre recycling

Liz Gyekye3rd August 2020

by Liz Gyekye3rd August 20200

Japan-headquartered Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials has announced that it has acquired the assets of two German carbon fibre recycling companies – sister companies CFK Valley...

Business Regulation

EU plastic tax plans slammed by European plastics industry

Liz Gyekye31st July 2020

by Liz Gyekye31st July 20200

EuPC, a trade association representing European plastic converters, has slammed the EU’s plans for a levy on plastic waste to encourage recycling. With its latest...

Business Projects

Sustainability is a ‘top-of-mind’ issue for US consumers despite Covid-19 upheaval, new report finds

Liz Gyekye30th July 202030th July 2020

by Liz Gyekye30th July 202030th July 20200

The coronavirus pandemic has not dampened consumer appetite for sustainability in the US, according to new research conducted by California-based biotechnology company Genomatica. In its...

Business People

Profile – Ehab Sayed | Talks mushroom-based building materials, socially-motivated profit-share agreements and food waste

Liz Gyekye29th July 2020

by Liz Gyekye29th July 20200

Textiles, packaging, building materials… is there no end to what mushrooms could be used for? Apparently not. UK-based Biohm is an award-winning research and development...

Business People

5 Minutes With… Bernice Boakye Dufie from Ebony By Bernice.

Liz Gyekye28th July 202029th July 2020

by Liz Gyekye28th July 202029th July 20200

The Kente cloth you see in the below picture originates from Ghana, West Africa. Modern Kente is characterised by intricately woven and richly colourful geometric...

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Bio-based firms take share of €307m-plus ‘green deal’ fund from European Innovation Council

Liz Gyekye24th July 202024th July 2020

by Liz Gyekye24th July 202024th July 20200

The European Innovation Council has awarded more than €307 million to what it calls 64 game-changing ‘green deal’ start-ups and SMEs, including several bio-based firms, contributing to...

Business Projects

EIB to provide advisory support to three ‘first-of-a-kind’ climate action projects

Liz Gyekye22nd July 2020

by Liz Gyekye22nd July 20200

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed three agreements with leading European innovators to collaborate on the development and potential financing of new projects that...

Business Regulation

EU leaders strike a deal on post-corona package and increase climate action spending target

Liz Gyekye21st July 202021st July 2020

by Liz Gyekye21st July 202021st July 20200

“In fact, it is the first time, the first time in European history that our budget will be clearly linked to our climate objectives.” After...

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Spotlight on outdoor clothing: Patagonia and Surfdome trial removal…

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Zero Waste Europe and BIC officially unveil report…

Researchers find way to improve the production of…

Spotlight on feedstocks: Sustainable and feasible wood-based materials

Spotlight on feedstocks: Arbiom’s wood-to-food technology platform

Inside the VALUEMAG project: a revolutionary, innovative, and…

German study shows benefit of using compostable biowaste…

Nando’s to trial algae and insect feed for…

Ezonyx Bio Technologies unveils new biopolymer resins and gets…

Carbiolice links up with Barbier to launch new…

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5 Minutes With… Robin Gibson from Origin Materials.

Lenzing posts H1 2020 revenue decline due to Covid-19

Mitsubishi expands into carbon fibre recycling

EU plastic tax plans slammed by European plastics industry

Sustainability is a ‘top-of-mind’ issue for US consumers despite Covid-19 upheaval, new report finds

Profile – Ehab Sayed | Talks mushroom-based building materials, socially-motivated profit-share agreements and food waste

5 Minutes With… Bernice Boakye Dufie from Ebony By Bernice.

Bio-based firms take share of €307m-plus ‘green deal’ fund from European Innovation Council

EIB to provide advisory support to three ‘first-of-a-kind’ climate action projects

EU leaders strike a deal on post-corona package and increase climate action spending target