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VTT’s Pilot Platform Brings New Methods to Effective Recycling of Plastics and Mixed Textiles

BioeconomyCase
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VTT Bioruukki pilot centre will investigate new recycling methods for plastics and mixed textiles. The&…

The transition of the textile and fashion industry creates sustainable growth

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Finnish companies producing bio-based and recyclable textile fibres and materials would benefit from a development&…

Sawn goods export prices boost value added in the forest sector

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Finland’s bioeconomy is strongly based on forests. Last year, the forest sector’s share…

Biorefinery Map™ displaying biorefineries in Europe

BioeconomyCase

Biorefinery Map™ was published in the summer 2022. It displays for the first time wood-based…

Become a Bioeconomy Youth Ambassador!

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Are you between 18 and 35 years old and have experience or strong interest in…

Innovative Bioeconomy – Future Strategies and Solutions

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A bioeconomy seminar by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment was arranged May 13th&…

The Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy. Sustainably towards higher value added

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The Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy. Sustainably towards higher value added Finland’s Bioeconomy Strategy 2022–2035 aims sustainably&…

Bioeconomy Strategy 2022–2035 – Sustainably towards higher value added

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Finland’s new Bioeconomy Strategy has been completed. The strategy aims to double the value…

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry provides EUR 7.3 million in funding for 19 new Catch the Carbon development projects – package of more than 100 projects promotes climate work in land use sector

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The new Catch the Carbon projects will develop and pilot regional and local climate work,&…

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry provides EUR five million in funding for research and innovation projects that promote climate change resilience in agriculture, forestry and other types of land use

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry funds five new research and innovation projects from the&…

10 policy recommendations for EU member states to build their national bioeconomy policies

BioeconomyBlog

Ten policy recommendations are used to incentivize EU member countries to build their national bioeconomy&…

Minister of Economic Affairs Lintilä to visit the United States to discuss energy and bioeconomy

BioeconomyNews

Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä will visit the United States on 15–16 November. This…

Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 3: Engineering the cell factory

ChemistryBlog

To stay competitive, industries need to increase their productivity. Typically this is done by improving&…

Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 2: Spider Silk – the supermaterial of the future

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Electrospinning of a biosynthetic spidersilk.

Spider silk is one of the strongest materials found in the natural world. Scientists have&…

New project to promote allocation of funding to sustainable development

BioeconomyNews

The Government’s objective is to direct more private funding towards sustainable investments in the…

Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 1: Using microbes to create new bioplastics

ChemistryBlog
Mikrobeja tutkitaan petrimaljassa.

Research scientist Anna Ylinen is doing her doctoral thesis at the Center for Young Synbio&…