The public and private partners of the CBE JU, the European Commission representing the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), marked their commitment to the partnership deploying the circular bio-based economy in Europe.
Joaquim Sousa Dória and José Tiago Fernandes Vieira were awarded the EUCYS 2022 bioeconomy prize for their research on using the banana pulp to remove microplastic pollution from water. As part of their prize, the young scientists will visit Brussels with CBE JU to introduce their project to representatives of the European institutions.
The European Commission is looking for ways to reduce both the industry’s and farmers’ dependence on imported fossil-based resources. As a solution, 15 CBE JU-funded projects have been preparing the emergence of alternative, sustainable and locally sourced bio-based fertilisers.
The European Commission is proposing stronger rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants, and the treatment of urban wastewater. Since 2014, CBE JU has significantly contributed to the objectives of this plan by funding more than 140 projects that promote circular, bio-based innovations across Europe.
The CBE JU-funded AFTERBIOCHEM project inaugurated its first-of-its-kind biorefinery in Saint-Avold, France. The new industrial plant by AFYREN NEOXY will produce sustainable bio-based chemicals and fertilisers with a fully circular and zero-waste process.
Ronja Holopainen, a young student from Finland who won the 2019 EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) prize in bioeconomy, was presenting her research project to key CBE JU partners this week.
Demand for biomass is only expected to grow in the coming years, be it for biomaterials or bioenergy, while there is only so much biomass that can be produced sustainably, says John Bell, who points to a looming 'availability gap'.
The CBE JU Programme Office has received 125 project proposals by the 22 September deadline for the 2022 call. Applicants have requested over €600 million in CBE JU funding, against the indicative call budget of €120 million.
CBE JU Governing Board has appointed Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore as the joint undertaking’s Executive Director ad interim. Today Nicoló is taking up his new responsibilities from Philippe Mengal who left CBE JU on 31 August. Under Nicoló’s leadership the CBE JU team will continue delivering on its mission by concluding the first call for project proposals and addressing the priorities of the partnership’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.
The EUCYS 2021 bioeconomy winners visit Brussels with CBE JU to meet representatives of the European institutions and projects funded by the partnership.
