POLYMEER celebrates one year of progress at its third consortium meeting in Rome
On 25-26 September 2025, the POLYMEER consortium gathered in Rome for its 12-month meeting, hosted at Birra Peroni and organised by Sapienza University. The event marked the project’s first anniversary, a year that brought both important achievements and significant challenges. As a complex and ambitious initiative, POLYMEER has required flexibility, strong coordination and close collaboration […]
The future of bioeconomy in Europe: opportunities and priorities
The European bioeconomy is at the core of the EU’s transition towards a sustainable, circular, and climate-neutral economy. It harnesses renewable biological resources, from forests, fields and seas, to produce food, materials, chemicals, and energy, while reducing dependence on fossil resources. With a market value of over 800€ billion and more than 17 million jobs, […]
Watch the EU Green Week 2025 webinar recording
On 19 June 2025, the POLYMEER and FURIOUS projects hosted the joint webinar “Biopolymers for a Sustainable Future” as part of the official EU Green Week 2025 partner events. Bringing together leading researchers, industry experts and innovators, the webinar explored the role of bio-based and circular polymers in enabling the EU’s green transition. With over […]
CBE JU Cluster Projects’ Workshop on Bio-based Materials
On 17 June 2025, Professor Assunta Marrocchi, POLYMEER’s project coordinator, took part in the Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Cluster Projects’ Workshop on Bio-based Materials in Brussels. The event aimed to explore and showcase the latest innovations, research and developments in the bio-based materials sector. This first edition focused on the use of […]
Join our webinar at EU GREEN WEEK 2025
We are excited to announce that POLYMEER, together with FURIOUS project, will co-host a webinar as part of the EU Green Week 2025 partner events. Titled “Biopolymers for a Sustainable Future”, the webinar will take place online on 19 June 2025 from 11:00 to 12:30 CEST. This year’s EU Green Week, organised by the […]
POLYMEER at the Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering 2025
Last week, Sanchi Luthra from the University of Twente presented a poster entitled “Polyphosphoester-Polycaprolactone Copolymers: Controlling Microstructures and Hydrolyisis Rates”, co-authored with Timo Rheinberger, Mark Hempenius, Hubert Gojzewski, and Frederik R. Wurm, at the Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (APME) 2025 Conference in Catania, Italy. The poster showed the progress made in the development of […]
EU legislation and the plastics industry: a pathway to sustainability
The European Union (EU) has long been a global leader in environmental policy, adopting legislation to drive sustainability across industries. The plastics sector needs to adapt to new policies aimed at reducing plastic waste, promoting circularity and minimising its environmental impact. This article explores how EU legislation is shaping the plastics industry, the challenges companies […]
POLYMEER 2nd Consortium Meeting in Ghent, Belgium
On April 10-11, the POLYMEER partners gathered in Ghent, Belgium, for their first in-person meeting since the project’s kick-off. The event was hosted by two of our Belgian partners, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) and Normec OWS. Day 1 – Project updates and progress The first day of the meeting took place at […]
Shaping the future of sustainable bio-based industries
On April 3, 2025, the POLYMEER project participated in the CBE JU Info Day in Brussels, a key event for gaining insights into the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) 2025 call for proposals. The event brought together industry experts, researchers and policymakers to discuss how bio-based innovation can drive Europe’s transition to a […]