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Understanding our footprint – outcomes of RSB’s Monitoring & Evaluation in 2020


In Switzerland, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials published the outcomes of RSB’s Monitorin...


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Large-scale CO2 conversion to bioplastic: Dutch Photanol factory in Delfzijl takes first step


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Future Insight Prize 2021 of € 1 Million Awarded to Ting Lu and Stephen Techtmann


Merck hat die Gewinner seines Future Insight Prize 2021 bekannt gegeben. Der mit 1 Mio. € dotierte ...


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Ting Lu und Stephen Techtmann erhalten mit 1 Mio. € dotierten Future Insight Prize 2021


Merck, ein führendes Wissenschafts- und Technologieunternehmen, hat heute die Gewinner seines Future Insight Prize 2021 bekannt gegeben. Der mit 1 Mio. € dotierte Preis in der diesjährigen Kategorie „Food Generation“ wurde im Rahmen der Future Insight Days in Darmstadt an Ting Lu, Professor für Bioengineering an der University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, sowie Stephen Techtmann,


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Blue Biofuels Finds Additional High Value Market for its Sulfur-Free Lignin


In Florida, Alliance BioEnergy Plus, DBA Blue Biofuels, Inc. announced a new market for its producti...


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Green MEP: Voluntary schemes have failed biodiversity in forests


This article is part of our special report Forestry and climate change. Voluntary schemes have not been enough to protect biodiversity in Europe’s forests and more coordinated measures are needed to protect nature in the EU, according to Green lawmaker Ville Niinistö. Ville Niinistö is a former Finnish minister of environment and is now a


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‘Fit-for-55’ package: Squaring the circle


With its 'Fit for 55' climate package, the European Union finds itself at the centre of a three-dime...


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Five ways CO2 can benefit the planet


Carbon dioxide is commonly seen as having a negative impact. After all, it is the main driver of climate change and something that needs to be reduced if we are to hit the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming within the desired range of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Makoto Susaki, is a Senior Vice President


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Cycle for sustainable plastics


On the path to climate neutrality, the development of new raw material sources is of central importance. The Carbon2Chem project is investigating, among other things, where cross-sector networking between the steel and chemical industries is possible. The German government is funding the project until 2024. Covestro is contributing its expertise to the Carbon2Polymers subproject. Carbon-containing


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Kreislauf für nachhaltige Kunststoffe


Auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität ist die Erschließung neuer Rohstoffquellen von zentraler Bedeutung...


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