Accelerating Greening with Game Changers

The "Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie" platform aims to accelerate the sustainable transition in manufacturing chemistry. A green chemistry where innovative technologies and business models, led by game changers, have the opportunity to create a new economy based on non-fossil resources. The platform seeks to improve the climate for innovation and entrepreneurship in collaboration with regional clusters. New connections are essential to realizing a circular and sustainable economy.

Flanders as a Guiding Country: OVAM Sets the Stage for Uniform European Rules for Plastic Recycling

In the future circular economy, all waste is a resource. This sounds promising, but in practice, recycled plastic in the Netherlands is still too often labeled as waste, limiting its use in the plastics industry. This hampers the transition to green chemistry. What can the Netherlands learn from Flanders? In the third and final part of this series, OVAM shares its efforts to bring all EU countries onto the same page.

Paques Biomaterials Creates Truly Biodegradable Bioplastic from Wastewater

Bacteria in wastewater naturally produce bioplastic that can fully break down in nature through the same bacteria. The Frisian company Paques Biomaterials aims to take over the market for alternatives to fossil-based plastics with this innovation.