03-12-2015
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Dutch households produce a total of almost five million tons of household waste each year. The Waste2Aromatics project explored various ways of using carbohydrates (sugars) in waste streams as feedstock for the production of biobased aromatics. As one of the partners in Biorizon, TNO was involved in this project, as were Attero, AEB, Orgaworld, and the Dutch Waste Management Association. The partners’ efforts have been crowned with success. The technologies they selected proved to be highly efficient at converting sugars in waste into useful building blocks. Also – importantly – various business cases have been worked out which, according to the calculations, are very promising. This generated sufficient material and enthusiasm for a follow-up project, which is currently being developed within Biorizon’s framework.
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03-12-2015
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Biorizon inspired many representatives from industry at its second Community Event, held on 17 November. It presented a state of affairs about the progress Biorizon is making along the ‘road to bio-aromatics’, and what challenges lie ahead.
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23-11-2015
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Nettcity, a spin-off of Green Chemistry Campus tenant Nettenergy will represent the Netherlands in the heavy weight category in the European regional finale of Get in the Ring in London.
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23-11-2015
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Green Chemistry Campus tenant Millvision is one of the six nominees for the Wood and Natural Fibre Composite Award 2015; an award for new materials and products in the field of wood-plastics and natural fiber composites.
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