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💡 We’ve just wrapped up the SUSTRACK “Pathway to DESIGN the Circular Bio-based Transition” closing event! It was an amazing success, gathering experts and innovators driving the future of a circular bio-based economy. Stay tuned for more updates on this great event across our social channels! 📢 And because we want to keep the momentum going, we're excited to invite you to our next event! 🚀 🎯If you are a key expert in the #textile sector – from #research, #industry, #policy, or #CivilSociety – involved with the #DigitalProductPassport (DPP), mark your agenda for the Beyond SUSTRACK Co-creation Workshop: 🗓️October 2nd, 2024, 🕚from 11:00 to 12:00 CEST 💻online This workshop will dive deep into how the DPP can drive the transition to a #Circular Bio-based #Economy (CBBE) in the textile industry. 👗♻️ ❓ Why should you attend?❓ 🪪 Discover the key barriers identified within the Mission-oriented Innovation System (MIS) framework. 🧵 Explore how the DPP can unlock new opportunities in the textile sector. 🗣️Collaborate with fellow experts to map these opportunities to key MIS functions. 👉 Contribute with your insights and be part of a groundbreaking conversation shaping the future of a more sustainable, circular textile economy! Agenda and registration 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dPHT--m7 #CircularEconomy #Bioeconomy #Sustainability #Innovation Università degli Studi di Roma UnitelmaSapienza Wageningen University & Research KnowlEdge Srl PEDAL Consulting DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH Universiteit Gent Woodlab Gent TECNALIA Research & Innovation TECNALIA Circular Economy FVA New Media Research CERCIS CEntre For Research on Circular Economy Innovation and SMEs Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico

We’re pleased to share that Faber Futures has been selected as one of the grantees of the UK Research and Innovation £11.5 million bioinnovation boost, aiming to enhance UK sustainable biomanufacturing. In partnership with Evolutor, a biomanufacturing start-up pioneering precision fermentation for advanced biomaterials, we will test and develop renewable feedstocks for our microbial dye technology. By tapping into industrial side streams, we aspire to create a circular and resilient value chain for textile dyeing and the wider fashion industry that opens up market participation through a decentralised bio-manufacturing model. This joint investment from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and Innovate UK has awarded 21 collaborative R&D projects from across industry and academia that embrace the biological potential through scalable as well as sustainable products and processes. We are very grateful for having received such a significant opportunity to contribute to the UK’s synergetic efforts driven towards restorative innovation and the 2050 net zero strategy. We will keep you updated on the progress of this work moving forward! #UKRI #biomanufacturing #sustainabledyes #MBEU #projectcoelicolor #synbio #syntheticbiology #bioeconomy #futures #biotechnology #technologyfutures #sustainablefutures #regenerativefutures #biodesign

Catalysing adoption of sustainable chemistry in textiles…

📣Calling All Chemical Experts! Are you an expert from research, industry, policy, or civil society with deep knowledge and experience in the #chemical sector? Then, you should join the chemical workshop of the series “Pathway to DESIGN the circular bio-based transition” organized by SUSTRACK! ❓Why Attend?❓ This workshop series is designed to: 🔍 Dive deep into the policy, environmental, societal, and economic dimensions of transitioning from a linear fossil-based economy to a #circular #BioBased one in the chemical sector and selected value chains. 🤝 Co-create tailored #policy recommendations, paving the way for future policy developments at regional, national, and European levels.   Don't miss out on the opportunity to: 📌 Hear inspirational case studies from leading experts, who will share their success stories, challenges and insights: discover which case studies will be explored in the workshop by scrolling the images below! 📌 Make your voice heard in dynamic discussions on policy, environmental, societal, and economic dimensions of the circular bio-based economy transition in the chemical sector.   Let's DESIGN a #sustainable future together: Save the Date! 🗓️ 4th of July 2024 ⏰ 10:00 - 11:30 CEST 💻 Online   Agenda and registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/dkNytNrK Università degli Studi di Roma UnitelmaSapienza Wageningen University & Research KnowlEdge Srl PEDAL Consulting DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH Universiteit Gent Woodlab Gent TECNALIA Research & Innovation TECNALIA Circular Economy FVA New Media Research CERCIS CEntre For Research on Circular Economy Innovation and SMEs Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico

📣Calling All #Chemical, #Construction, #Textile and #Plastics Experts!  Are you an expert from research, industry, policy or civil society, with knowledge and experiences in one of the abovementioned sectors? Then, you shouldn’t miss the “Pathway to DESIGN the circular bio-based transition” closing event, organised by SUSTRACK! ❓Why Attend?❓ This conference is designed to present: 🔍 the main takeaways from the “Pathway to DESIGN the circular bio-based transition” series of workshops, which involved more than 175 stakeholders, presenting 20 case studies, and resulted in the mapping of the most relevant challenges, good practices and recommendations along policy, environmental, social and economic dimensions for the transition to a circular bio-based economy; 🔬 SUSTRACK methodologies and tools to monitor the transition to circular bio-based economy; 🖥️ the SUSTRACK dynamic scenario-based tool (GEM model) to inform decision making towards sustainability for industries and policy development;  🏛️SUSTRACK contributions to EU policy in Bioeconomy. Still indecisive? The conference will also collect your perspective through interactive sessions to shape and fine-tune SUSTRACK methodologies and tools, better responding to industry and policy needs: make your voice heard to DESIGN your journey towards sustainable transition. Let's DESIGN a #sustainable future together: Save the Date! 📅 25th of September 2024 ⌚ 10:00 – 12:00 CEST 💻 Online Interested? Further info and registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/dmbCqk7A Università degli Studi di Roma UnitelmaSapienza Wageningen University & Research KnowlEdge Srl PEDAL Consulting DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH Universiteit Gent Woodlab Gent TECNALIA Research & Innovation TECNALIA Circular Economy FVA New Media Research CERCIS CEntre For Research on Circular Economy Innovation and SMEs Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico

📣Calling All #Chemical, #Construction, #Textile and #Plastics Experts! Are you an expert from research, industry, policy or civil society, with knowledge and experiences in one of the abovementioned sectors? Then, you shouldn’t miss the “Pathway to DESIGN the circular bio-based transition” closing event, organised by SUSTRACK! ❓Why Attend?❓ This conference is designed to present: 🔍 the main takeaways from the “Pathway to DESIGN the circular bio-based transition” series of workshops, which involved more than 175 stakeholders, presenting 20 case studies, and resulted in the mapping of the most relevant challenges, good practices and recommendations along policy, environmental, social and economic dimensions for the transition to a circular bio-based economy; 🔬 SUSTRACK methodologies and tools to monitor the transition to circular bio-based economy; 🖥️ the SUSTRACK dynamic scenario-based tool (GEM model) to inform decision making towards sustainability for industries and policy development;   🏛️SUSTRACK contributions to EU policy in Bioeconomy.  Still indecisive? The conference will also collect your perspective through interactive sessions to shape and fine-tune SUSTRACK methodologies and tools, better responding to industry and policy needs: make your voice heard to DESIGN your journey towards sustainable transition. Let's DESIGN a #sustainable future together: Save the Date! 📅 25th of September 2024 ⌚ 10:00 – 12:00 CEST 💻 Online Interested? Save the date to join us and keep following SUSTRACK social media: registration will open in September! Further info and agenda 👉 https://lnkd.in/dmbCqk7A Università degli Studi di Roma UnitelmaSapienza Wageningen University & Research KnowlEdge Srl PEDAL Consulting DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH Universiteit Gent Woodlab Gent TECNALIA Research & Innovation TECNALIA Circular Economy FVA New Media Research CERCIS CEntre For Research on Circular Economy Innovation and SMEs Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico

Many thanks to prof. Andrea Dorigato for inviting me to talk at UniTrento DII about my research on how #greenchemistry can provide the #enablingtechnologies for #circulareconomy in materials!

Plastic is literally everywhere — from the depths of the oceans to Antarctic sea ice to the microscopic pieces within our bodies. Despite it needing 1,000 years to decompose, we rely on plastic because it is cheap to produce and indispensable to our economy, from packaging and transportation to #medicine and fashion. Regardless of how much we put in the blue recycling bin, plastic is expensive to collect and sort and mostly ends up in landfills, oceans and eventually groundwater and fish. So how do we eliminate or reduce the 1 trillion pounds of plastics that are manufactured every year worldwide? That’s the mission of the ASU Biodesign Institute Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing at Arizona State University, which brings together #research in chemistry, chemical engineering, health sciences and mechanical #engineering to address the perplexing problem. “We’re striving to develop next-generation materials that are more sustainable, more renewable and more recyclable,” says Tim Long, director of the center within the Biodesign Institute, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary throughout 2024. Long came to ASU in 2020, building on a successful 20-year career at Virginia Tech, where he rose through the ranks, ultimately creating and directing the Macromolecules Innovation Institute. #ASU #ASUBiodesign #ASUResearch

EncARNa’s partners, from the Institute of Materials Science of the Universitat de València (ICMUV), the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universidad de Almería, IFAPA, and AIMPLAS · Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico, met yesterday, February 7th, to discuss the recent progress in the project. We shared our latest results on lignin extraction from agricultural pruning waste for the encapsulation of agrochemical compounds and their integration in lignin-based mulching films. EncARNa, in the context of the Strategic Projects Oriented to the Ecological Transition and the Digital Transition, deals with the “Encapsulation of Agrochemically Relevant Compounds linked to the Valorization of Natural Waste” and is funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) and the European Union under the Program “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR. #sustainability #agrochemical #encapsulation #lignocellulose #valorization

❓ Do you want to know who is involved in #POLYMEER 's consortium?    Meet the 14 partners that participate in the POLYMEER Project, including universities, research centers, and companies from 8 countries.    They all contribute to transforming brewers' spent grain (#BSG) into high-performance, #biobased #polymers and materials that can replace traditional plastics 🌾♻️.    Università degli Studi di Perugia Sapienza Università di Roma Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics Birra Peroni LOMARTOV SL Normec OWS Bio-Mi Sustainable Solutions Next Technology Tecnotessile University of Twente Zabala Innovation Europe Gate2Growth Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Borgstena #Sustainability #Bioplastics #CircularEconomy #EUFunded #Polymeer