From Waste to Performance: Designing Bio-Based Polymers for Real Applications
POLYMEER recently took part in the BIOPOLY Cluster webinar “From Waste to Performance: Designing Bio-Based Polymers for Real Applications”, organised in collaboration with the BIOPYRANIA and POLYMERS-5B projects. This online event brought together leading experts from the projects to discuss the advancement of bio-based polymers derived from waste towards real industrial applications. The session included project presentations by […]
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 […]
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 […]