The BioCannDo experience: let’s talk about bio-based products
Over the past three years, the BioCannDo project focused intensively on communicating bio-based products and the bioeconomy. The project team gained a lot of…
Category: Bioproducts
Tracking Sustainable Bioenergy Development: focus on Africa
Bioenergy production and use can make a valuable contribution to the sustainable development agenda. With careful management, various forms of bioenergy can help countries…
Kaumera Nereda® Gum – Extracellular polymeric substances from wastewater
Raw materials are becoming scarce, so we need to think circularly and minimise waste. That is why the Dutch water authorities are working in…
Biodegradable plastics for agriculture – LIFE Multibiosol Project
Plastic has become fundamental in agriculture. The total consumption of plastic films for agricultural purposes in Europe exceeded 500.000 metric tons in 2013. Existing…
Sustainable biobased coatings for plastic packaging – HyperBioCoat Project
Most of today’s fresh as well as convenience food is sold in plastic packages. These packages need to account for a number of functions…
Disrupting EU dependence on imported fertiliser compounds – SUSFERT Project
SUSFERTs highly sustainable bio-based fertilisers will replace conventional products, which are depending heavily on imported rock phosphate, and will valorise waste and by-products of…
From municipal biowaste to soluble bioorganic substances – LIFECAB Project
LIFECAB is a R&D project, co-funded by the EU LIFE Program (LIFE16 ENV/IT/000179), which aims to demonstrate a new process to treat municipal biowaste…
From agroforestry waste to bio-based materials: the REHAP project
The REHAP project is transforming agricultural and forestry waste into high added value products for the construction sector, reducing energy-use and CO2 emissions. Agricultural and…
New HTC plant in Italy will produce biofertilizer and biocoal from sewage sludge
Ingelia Italia S.p.a. announces the development of a commercial Hydrothermal Carbonization in Tuscany, Italy, which will process 80,000 tn/y of civil sewage sludge. The…
Lignin-based carbon fibre for lighter cars – GreenLight Project
The vision of the GreenLight project is to utilise lignin, a wood component that is a large by-product from pulp mills, as raw material…