A company in Bulgaria produces ecologically clean energy biobased products for food, feed and energy markets.
This wooden nails are made from indigenous beech wood and boast a tensile strength similar to aluminium nails.
Desserto is a highly sustainable plant based vegan-leather made from cactus, that offers a great performance for a wide variety of applications and complies with the most rigorous quality and environmental standards.
Fasal is composed of wood and renewable natural raw materials. It is is the only "biological" injection moulding granulate that can compete with conventional plastics in price.
An Irish company has developed a sustainable approach to process Ireland’s seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) for domestic and export uses.
The Biorefinery Grass project is promoting farm-to-farm bioeconomy symbiosis and demonstrate new business models for farmers.
The Irish Biochar Co-Operative has successfully been awarded EIP funding to produce biochar from rushes and other materials of little agricultural use.
The BiomassTrade Platform is an online venue where biomass producers and biomass processers can meet to exchange currently not valorized organic biomass residues and organic by-products.
Germany is focusing on expanding its bioeconomy in the next few years. To this end, the Federal Cabinet adopted the new National Bioeconomy Strategy on January 15th, 2020.
An Irish company is creating a platform algal and oral vaccine delivery technology to eliminate the use of harmful antibiotics in the fish we eat.
On January 21st and 22nd, the regional two-day Bavarian cross-visit event from POWER4BIO was the occasion for a joint bioeconomy forum, workshop and field trip with ENABLING, bringing together about 80 stakeholders from different fields of the bio-based sectors and related policies.
The innovative aspect of the process is a better use of fishing residues, from previous dumping of shrimp shells into the ocean, to extracting, isolating, and utilizing a high-value component (chitosan) in high-value products (pharmaceuticals and personal care products).
Bioska is a line of 100% degradable bioplastic products that are certified according to the European EN 13432 standard.
Mario, a FruitGrower and Raf, a gardener, teamed up to create Bokashi, a biobased organic material suitable for different soil applications, including in orchards and gardens.
“A&A Fratelli Parodi S.p.a.” is specialized in the production and refining of vegetable oils, esters, waxes and butters, vegetable-based products that are used in the cosmetic and industrial sectors (lubricant, metal-working fluids, plasticizers, natural solvents). In addition, the company has activated a line dedicated to the biomass production from microalgae.
EDIZERO produces highly efficient technical materials for green building, starting from the use of a multiplicity of agricultural and zootechnical residues (wool, cork, hemp, straw, rennet, etc).
The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) has published a projects brochure detailing how The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) is supporting the growth of the Bioeconomy.
A swiss brand, Happy Genie, has developed a new business model to produce environmentally sustainable fashion bags, produced and sourced locally from apple farming residues.
Objectives of the Platform are to deepen knowledge in the respective fields of bioeconomy by means of research and education and to promote their use in practice at the level of enterprises and public administration while respecting principles of sustainable development.
GreenBone is a patented technology proposing a bone substitute solution. It is a synthetic, acellular, re-absorbable, new generation bone graft, sourced from rattan (a bamboo-like plant), which was developed to reconstruct bone defects caused by diseases, traumas or presence of non-unions.
The Ananas Anam company has created Piñatex®, a natural, non-woven textile made from pineapple leaf fibres. It is a soft, versatile, lightweight and durable material, making it suitable for use across fashion, soft interiors, automotive and other applications.
The project originates by the need of improving the safety and sustainability of agriculture and aquaculture practices as to provide a technical solution to:
Joluplant is an ornamental grower of Chrysanthemums, which developed a process to add value and re-use spent peat and perlite substrates.
There are not enough recycling solutions for plastic packaging in Norway up to now. FuturePack project was developed by Grønt Punkt Norge to contribute reaching Norway´s ambitious targets of increasing material recycling.
On October the 30th, the ENABLING project was presented at the regional meeting of the participants in the project SUWANU (Sustainable Water Treatment and Agricultural Reuse Options in Europe) in the Hotel Imperial, Plovdiv.
BGBIOM sets its presence in new COST Action - FUR4Sustain - about chemicals and plastics produced from biobased 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA).