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Happy Wednesday or Thursday... depending on your time zone 🌍.

This weeks feature story looks into current EU bioplastics policy and what could be done (in the future) to reduce the costs of bioplastics, increase market adoption and reduce #plastic packaging waste.

In our newsroom you can find stories on startups using #synbio to develop #biofuels, a fleece jacket made from wood and #biomass, and how Sweden is working its way to an entire value chain of #biogas.

Over and out 😎.

FEATURE STORY

EU bioplastics policy: progress and prospects

The fastest way to lower bioplastics production costs and increase adoption is bold government legislation. This must do two things at once: reduce fossil plastic use and grow the sector producing alternative materials. Bans should target high-volume uses where non-fossil based options exist. This would force companies to eliminate material where possible and to adopt lower impact alternatives for essential uses.

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NEWSROOM

Canadian startup to turn GHG into SAF using synbio

SynBioBlox’s first major project is the development of SAF produced directly from methane. The use of unrecovered emissions to create the fuel would reduce costs by 80% compared to creating traditional jet fuel.

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NEWSROOM

UPM Biochemicals works with universities to develop bio circular materials

UPM Biochemicals is developing new, climate neutral materials produced from sustainably sourced hardwood that will replace fossil-based materials in multiple applications – from footwear and fashion to furniture and automotive.

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NEWSROOM

Gasum opens new biogas station in Sweden

Gasum can now provide both renewable LBG (liquefied biogas) and LNG (liquefied natural gas) to transport companies operating across Sweden, from the northernmost parts to the southern regions.

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NEWSROOM

World’s first fleece jacket made from biomass

UPM and VAUDE will produce outerwear made with bio-based chemicals. In partnership, they are working to produce the first ever fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester.

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NEWSROOM

SLB works on carbon sequestration in Strategic Biofuels’s biorefinery

The project focuses on converting forestry wood waste from established and sustainable pine plantations into renewable fuels and electric power, then permanently storing the resulting CO2 emissions from both the refinery and the power plant in porous rock formations.

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