Mario Bonaccorso

Mario Bonaccorso is a journalist and creator of the Il Bioeconomista blog.

 

IFIB 2024, Bologna centre of gravity of the global bioeconomy

IFIB 2024 lands in Bologna.  From 3 to 4 October, the city will host the new edition of the International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bio economy, organised by the Italian circular bi...

Specific codes for the biobased industries are fundamental to fully exploit the circular bioeconomy potential

“The recognition of our sector through the application of specific NACE codes is an important element as it would allow a better measurement in the statistical field and the possibility of address...

John Bell: The bioeconomy can support the European Green Deal on all its objectives

John Bell is the Healthy Planet Director in DG Research and Innovation (R&I) of the European Commission. He leads R&I transitions on climate change, bioeconomy, food systems, environment, bi...

Ten years of European bioeconomy: Chris Patermann talks about the goals and challenges

Chris Patermann is considered the father of the European bioeconomy and is still a central figure in the global bioeconomy community. In this exclusive interview, 10 years after the first Bioeconomy...

Covestro open a new area of application for CO2 in plastics production: the automotive industry

In addition to mattresses, sports floors and textile fibres, Covestro has opened up a further area of application for the use of CO2 in plastics production: now foams for the automotive industry can...

LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2

Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech partnered to transform CO2 emissions into polypropylene, a key polymer used for medical devices including syringes and IV bag...

USA: the introduction of the COMPOST Act is a major step forward for soil conservation

Without soil there is not agriculture and without agriculture there is not bioeconomy. The USA celebrates the introduction of the Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion of Sustainable Tech...

Denmark invests 11 billion euros in the world's first green ammonia plant

The Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) awards 81 million DKK (app. 11 billion €) to the green ammonia project managed by the three partners Skovgaard Invest, Ves...

Biofuels and oil refineries: Biden’s turnaround?

According to the International Press Agency Reuters, President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of Delaware, is consider...

Stora Enso and Helsinki Olympic Stadium go green by promoting renewable materials

Stora Enso and Helsinki Olympic Stadium signed a partnership agreement to develop low-carbon, eco-friendly operations at the stadium by promoting the use of renewable materials and circular economy ...

Europe Counts on Biofertilizers for a Sustainable Agriculture

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Palm Oil Bioeconomy

Malaysia has an abundance of natural resources – especially, and controversially, of palm oil – and a public sector that favours innovation and attracts investments. These are the countr...

The US Bioeconomy

Renewable and cheap raw materials galore, world-leading agricultural and forestry sectors, strong support for innovation, large companies with rich portfolios, specialised start-ups, a highly advant...

Thailand: A Very Biotech Bioeconomy

Abundant natural resources, highly skilled workforce, important petrochemical industry and a government that sustains the decarbonisation process with conviction and a plan to increase the bioeconom...

A Full Boost Bioeconomy

Australia is the world’s sixth-largest country by surface area. Rich in natural resources, and driven by a strong and dynamic economy, the country, led by Prime Minister Scott John Morrison, d...

Sustainable and Circular: This is How Brussels Envisions the Bioeconomy

Phil Hogan   Carlos Moedas   “A turning point, a milestone.” This is how Carlos Moedas and Phil Hogan – respectively Europ...

A Way Out of the Crisis

Greece’s rescue package amounts to €290 billion over the last eight years. However, for Athens it mainly boils down to blood and tears. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperat...

The Land Where Oceans and Forests are at the Heart of the Bioeconomy

The Atlantic Ocean has played an extremely important role in the history of Portugal. As a glorious nation of seafarers, to this day the Portuguese look at the ocean as a central component to the de...

Ireland is Ever Greener Thanks to the Bioeconomy

Green is the Irish colour. Historical, cultural, geographical and even religious reasons underpin this inseparable pairing. Today, green is also the banner of Ireland’s environmental aspiratio...

Despite Brussels, the Market for Bioplastics Keeps Growing

We can already find it in shopping bags, in many vehicle components, in toys and in food packaging. It’s bioplastic. Plastic that is not derived from oil but, in different percentages, from or...