For two days, Aimplas organised and hosted the second edition of the International Seminar on Biotechnology Applied to the Plastics Sector in Valencia, bringing together one hundred international specialists in biotechnology and sustainability. A panel of twenty speakers presented the innovations being developed by their organisations and addressed the main challenges facing the sector, as well as its contributions to society and the economy.
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In February 2025, Weltec Biopower has successfully completed the commissioning and handover of a dairy RNG (Renewable Natural Gas / biomethane) plant in Barron County, Wisconsin. After just four months of construction, the dairy farm produces 2.36 million standard cubic meters of RNG/biometha¬ne annually (86,600 MMBTU per year).
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RAW Materials is a company focused on addressing one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time: rice paddy stubble burning.
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Buildings are responsible for about 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in Europe.
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Veolia, working in partnership with Starbucks, has launched a new trial using worms to recycle coffee grounds and turn them into fertiliser, returning valuable resources to the food chain.
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The biotech and material science company Bioweg transforms low-value waste from the food and agriculture industries, such as molasses and vegetable peelings, into high-value, bio-based ingredients
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During her hearing with Members of the European Parliament, newly appointed EU Commissioner for the Environment Jessica Roswall emphasized her “focus on nature-based solutions” and indicated potential “bio-based content requirements for certain products”.
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The new EU funded ReBioCycle project provides a portfolio of bioplastic sorting and recycling technologies within three complementary waste-processor-centric hubs.
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The latest edition of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) report reveals that the 2022 capture rate of food waste across the EU stood at only 26%.
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The new EU funded ReBioCycle project provides a portfolio of bioplastic sorting and recycling technologies within three complementary waste-processor-centric hubs.
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In 2022, around 132 kilograms (kg) of food per inhabitant were wasted in the EU.
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