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We fund research & innovation projects advancing circular bio-based industries in Europe

01/06/2026

🌊 What if could become a common ingredient in the food we eat every day?

CBE JU-funded CleanAlgae2Value is working to make that possible by tackling the main barriers holding microalgae back: taste, texture and functionality. The project extracts a range of ingredients from white microalgae, including protein isolates, oils, natural pigments and starch.

By reducing production costs and assessing the environmental and societal benefits, CleanAlgae2Value shows how microalgae can play a bigger role in Europe's food system.

📸 See the project's artistic contribution to the photo and video competition.

Discover more about the project in the comments below 👇

31/05/2026

🌱How can innovation help regions invest in nature and scale up sustainable solutions?

On 5 June, the CBE JU-funded BIO-INSPIRE project will host the webinar 'Scaling up bioeconomy innovation in Southeastern Europe – Teaming & Knowledge Exchange Open Call', an official partner event of .

The webinar will present BIO-INSPIRE’s teaming and knowledge exchange open call, which offers cascade funding, study visits and collaboration opportunities to strengthen regional bioeconomy ecosystems in widening countries across Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

📘 Participants will learn more about how knowledge exchange and cross-regional cooperation can support innovation in areas such as agriculture and forestry, biowaste valorisation, products, digital tools and policy frameworks.

By helping regional stakeholders mobilise local bio-based resources and turn nature-derived solutions into practical applications, BIO-INSPIRE supports circular and regenerative bioeconomy practices that reduce environmental impact and create new opportunities for sustainable regional development.

Registration in comments.

30/05/2026

🤔 How can the circular support a more competitive, resilient and sustainable ?

On 12 June 2026, CBE JU Executive Director Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore will take part as a keynote speaker at the BioINSouth Forum in Seville, speaking under the theme 'The Bioeconomy and the Green Transition for a competitive and resilient EU'.

Taking place on 11-12 June 2026, this official partner event of will bring together public authorities, industry, research organisations and stakeholders from across Europe to discuss the role of the circular bioeconomy in the green transition.

Hosted by CTA (Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía), the forum will focus on place-based approaches to sustainable innovation, collaboration across regional and European bioeconomy ecosystems and the development of circular bio-based value chains.

Registration is mandatory. Link in comments.

29/05/2026

👏 Congratulations to Katariina Kemppainen on her appointment as the new Chair of the Board of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)!

As CBE JU’s private member, BIC plays a central role in bringing the voice of Europe’s industries into our public-private partnership and supporting the scale-up of circular bio-based solutions across Europe.

We look forward to working with Katariina in her new role to continue strengthening Europe’s bio-based industries, advancing innovation and supporting the transition towards a more competitive, resilient and circular .

CBE JU also warmly thanks Rob Beekers for his leadership and commitment as BIC Chair since 2022. During his mandate, BIC significantly expanded its membership and strengthened its contribution to innovation, scale-up, access to finance and policy engagement for Europe’s bio-based industries.

Thank you, Rob, and congratulations, Katariina.

28/05/2026

🌱 From grass fibres to food packaging, h**p fibres to automotive parts and wetland biomass to insulation boards: solutions can help turn renewable resources and side streams into products for everyday life.

CBE JU will take part in the exhibition on 3-4 June, showcasing bio-based products and materials developed by CBE JU-funded projects.

This year’s EU Green Week theme, 'Investing in a nature-positive economy', highlights how nature-positive business models can strengthen Europe’s prosperity, resilience and competitiveness while delivering environmental benefits.

At the CBE JU stand, visitors will discover solutions from the WoodCell Project, Rural BioReFarmeries, FIBSUN and Surfs-Up project projects, including:

🍔 plastic-free coated paper packaging
🌾 biodegradable food protection trays made from grass fibres
🚗 lightweight h**p-based composites for automotive applications
🏗️ insulation boards made from wetland
🧼 cleaning products containing bio-based surfactants

Do not miss the EU Green Week conference and partner events taking place throughout June across Europe, showcasing how investing in nature can drive sustainable business solutions and regional development.

https://www.cbe.europa.eu/events/eu-green-week-2026-conference

27/05/2026

🌿🧵 What if seagrass, nettles and h**p could become the building blocks of Europe's next generation of materials?

CBE JU-funded Bio-LUSH extracts high-quality fibres from underused plant resources like seagrass, nettles, h**p hurd and forestry residues and uses them to develop bio-based materials for textiles, food packaging and reinforced composites such as 3D-printable filaments for car interior parts.

By developing an eco-friendly, scalable process suited to locally collected biomass, Bio-LUSH not only creates more products, but also helps cut transport emissions, shorten time-to-market for bio-based products and revitalise rural areas across Europe.

🎥 Watch the project's video contribution to the competition to discover the project in action.

Discover more about the project in the comments below 👇

26/05/2026

🍑 How can peach production benefit from AI and digital twin technology?

CBE JU-funded BBTWINS, a project which concluded in May 2025, built a digital platform that created a virtual replica of a physical process, letting farmers test and improve it without touching the actual operation. In a peach orchard in Greece, AI-powered cameras tracked fruit growth, and predictive models forecasted harvest and shelf life. 🌿

📸 Take a look at the project's contribution to the competition to see the project in action in Greece.

BBTWINS showed how Europe's agri-food sector can become more efficient, and digital.

Photos ©DorottyaKalo

25/05/2026

🧑‍🔬 The CBE JU-funded REDYSIGN Project has carried out the first testing of its prototype solutions for fresh chicken, marking an important step towards real-scale validation.

The solutions aim to support safer and more sustainable food packaging by combining circular packaging materials with features that can help monitor freshness, support shelf life and reduce food waste.

The trials took place at Magui Central Kitchen in Vitoria, Spain, where project partners tested the full operational workflow, from packaging configuration and modified atmosphere packaging processing to labelling, traceability and refrigerated transport for laboratory analysis.

Different solutions were tested, including wet and dry-thermoformed trays, REDYSIGN pads and innovative food spoilage sensors integrated into the packaging.

🔬 The next step will focus on laboratory evaluation, including shelf life, microbiological behaviour and sensor performance.

🔗 More information in the comments below.

24/05/2026

🌳 The CBE JU-funded SingleTree project is exploring how management can move from stand-level planning to decisions for each individual tree.

A new systematic review analysed 47 studies on tree-level optimisation methods, which use individual-tree data to support decisions such as which trees to retain or harvest.

The review shows how precision forestry, remote sensing and optimisation tools can help forest managers balance timber production, and forest structure with much higher accuracy.

It also highlights the next challenges: scaling tree-level planning to larger forest areas, integrating natural disturbance risks and supporting practical use by foresters on the ground.

🔗 More information in the comments below.

23/05/2026

🌱 How can we bring damaged land back to life?

In this video, CBE JU-funded pHYBi Project takes us to one of Spain's largest brownfields: a former fertiliser plant in Asturias contaminated by arsenic and lead. Watch the team study the soil and develop strategies to bring the land back into use.

pHYBi Project's goal is to grow industrial crops on polluted soils that cannot be used for growing food across Europe, and process the into materials such as cellulose and lignin for the textile industry. 🧵

🎥 Thank you to pHYBi Project for contributing this video to the photo and video competition and showcasing how Europe's bioeconomy can give polluted land a new purpose.

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