🔬 New #CBEresearch from CBE JU-funded BIORADAR presents a digital toolkit helping companies compare, interpret & benchmark LCA data for #biobased products in fertilisers, textiles & packaging, supporting clearer decisions & market-ready circular solutions: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/16/12/6047

Primary producers: apply for 40 travel vouchers of €500 to join the BIOECONOMY BOOTCAMP in Belgium. Organised by CBE JU-funded @bioeconomygiants.bsky.social  the call supports farmers, forestry producers & cooperatives. Deadline: 31 July, 17:00 CET. https://bioeconomygiants.com/open-call-1/

🚀 CBE JU-funded #COPILOT helps Europe's bioeconomy innovators scale up faster, by connecting them with pilot facilities, services and partners through one open-access platform. 📸 See the project's #CBEScaleUp photo competition entry 👇

🤔What do paper bubble wrap, food-waste cleaners, microalgae ingredients and forest-residue fish feed have in common? 🏭They are all being developed by SMEs in CBE JU-funded projects, helping turn circular bio-based innovation into market-ready solutions!

📢 Deadline extended: apply by 28 June 2026 for CBE JU’s 2026 traineeships! 2 roles in Brussels from October 2026: 💬 Communications: https://bit.ly/3QTELn3 📊 Programme management: https://bit.ly/4wq4jHJ 6 months | €1,539.16/month Gain hands-on EU experience in circular bio-based innovation.

♻️ Recycling = losing quality? Not necessarily ❌ In today’s #MythBusters card, we look at why “𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝” 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 “𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝”, and how design choices can make circularity more effective.

🌾 Potato peelings, rapeseed leftovers, forgotten land. Across rural Europe, CBE JU-funded #BRILIAN gives all three new value through circular business models that lift rural communities and farmers' incomes. ▶️ Watch the pilots in action!

🚀 New CBE JU flagship project launched! BIOWRAP brings together 14 partners from 7 countries to develop the first industrially scalable production plant for a fully paper-based alternative to plastic bubble wrap. Learn more: https://www.cbe.europa.eu/projects/biowrap

♻️ Major step for #bioplastics recycling. CBE JU-funded Prosper Bioplastics sorts bioplastics from household waste streams and shows that PLA can be sorted cost-effectively once its market share reaches 2.5%: https://prosperbioplastics.eu/the-role-of-sorting-in-the-circularity-of-bio-based-plastics/

🧼 Can cleaning & personal care products become more sustainable? CBE JU-funded Surfs-Up project develops safe-and-sustainable-by-design #biosurfactants from wood waste, lignin & food side-streams. 📸 See its #CBEScaleUp contribution. Photos ©Ajinomoto Omnichem

⏳ Last chance to apply for our 2026 traineeships! ➡️ Communications trainee: aa293.referrals.selectminds.com/edctp3/jobs/... ➡️ Programme Management trainee: aa293.referrals.selectminds.com/edctp3/jobs/... 📍 Brussels, Belgium 🗓️ Start: October 2026 ⏳ 6 months 💶 Remuneration: €1,539.16/month

🍃To mark Desertification and Drought Day 2026, CBE JU highlights how #biobased innovation can restore degraded land and strengthen rural economies. Discover how projects use #biomass to support resilient landscapes & local development: www.cbe.europa.eu/news/restori...

📣 Have your say on the future of JUs in @horizoneu.bsky.social  2028-2034. The @ec.europa.eu  call for evidence is open until 14 July: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16413-Horizon-Europe-European-Partnerships-to-be-implemented-as-joint-undertakings_en

Good proposals start with the right connections. Join the CBE JU networking platform and connect with 1,700+ professionals across Europe’s #biobased sector to find partners, exchange ideas and explore collaborations for the 2026 call: https://www.cbe.europa.eu/networking-platform

🥔🍌 Can algae, coffee grounds & forestry residues help protect crops? CBE JU-funded CROPSAFE is developing #biobased alternatives to conventional pesticides for potatoes, tomatoes & bananas, using renewable waste streams. 📸 See its #CBEScaleUp contribution. Photos ©Borregaard

🔬 New #CBEresearch from BIORADAR explores how to measure whether #biobased products are truly circular. A review maps 123 circularity metrics for fertilisers, packaging and textiles, highlighting the need for clearer, comparable tools: https://circulareconomyjournal.org/ojs/JoCE/article/view/36/169

Join the webinar “Horizon Europe Opportunities for the Textile Sector” on 16 June to explore funding opportunities for innovation, #circularity and bio-based solutions. CBE JU's Simone Maccaferri will share insights on textile innovation. 🔗Register here: https://link.europa.eu/9KgN7d

🌱 How can the #bioeconomy strengthen Europe’s #competitiveness? On 18 June, CBE JU Legal Manager Marta Campos Iturralde will join the Bioeconomy and Competitiveness Days 2026 to present CBE JU funding opportunities and project examples.

🌱 Bio-based innovation for the future of food & feed. CBE JU's annual project cluster workshop brought ~60 experts and nearly 40 EU-funded projects to Brussels to explore #bio-based solutions and share how they're building more resilient food systems. ♻️

🤔 Preparing a proposal for the CBE JU 2026 call? Check our interactive Q&A page for applicants, with practical guidance on rules, consortium building, financial aspects, project timing and topic-specific clarifications. www.cbe.europa.eu/faq-applicants

🌊🐳 This #WorldOceanDay, CBE JU-funded projects show how #circular blue value chains can reduce pressure on our oceans. From algae to fishery by-products, ALLIANCE, BIG-ALGAE, MARMADE & PROMISEANG are developing solutions for a sustainable #biobased economy.

🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we think about what's on our plate. Europe sources most protein from meat, and sustainable alternatives are underrepresented. CBE JU-funded projects prove that mycoprotein, protein produced through fermenting fungi, can be a solution to this.

🌱 What does a nature-positive economy look like in practice? Today at #EUGreenWeek, CBE JU is showcasing circular #biobased solutions, from grass fibre packaging and wetland biomass insulation to hemp-based automotive parts and bio-based surfactants. Visit our stand!

📣 Become a #trainee in our team! We are looking for a: ➡️ Communications trainee ➡️ Programme Management trainee 📍 Brussels 🗓️ Start: October 2026 ⏳ 6 months 💶 €1.539,16 🔗 Apply by 21 June: aa293.referrals.selectminds.com/edctp3 Recruitment in common with @EDCTP3 and @clean_aviation

🌱 Scaling up #biobased innovation needs stronger links between technologies, markets & investment. On 10-11 June, #BioInnovationsEurope takes place in The Hague, bringing together stakeholders to support industrial deployment & advance EU’s #bioeconomy: www.cbe.europa.eu/events/bio-i...

🌊 What if #microalgae could become a common ingredient in the food we eat? CBE JU-funded CleanAlgae2Value is working to make that possible by tackling the barriers holding microalgae back. 📸 See the project's contribution to the #CBEScaleUp photo and video competition.

👏 Congratulations to Katariina Kemppainen on becoming Chair of the @biconsortium.bsky.social Board. As CBE JU’s founding partner, BIC plays a key role in bringing industry voices into our partnership. Thank you, Rob Beekers, for your leadership & commitment: biconsortium.eu/media/bic-ap...

🌱 Grass fibres, hemp, wetland biomass & wood sidestreams can become packaging, automotive parts, insulation boards & cleaning products. Visit CBE JU at #EUGreenWeek on 3-4 June to discover #biobased solutions from our projects: cbe.europa.eu/events/eu-gr... @euenvironmentandclimate.ec.europa.eu

🍑 AI + digital twins in a peach orchard. CBE JU-funded BBTWINS built a digital platform that creates a virtual replica of a real process, letting farmers test improvements without affecting the actual operation. 📸 See the project's #CBEScaleUp contribution: www.cbe.europa.eu/projects/bbt...

The CBE JU-funded REDYSIGN project has tested its prototype #packaging solutions for fresh chicken, moving towards real-scale validation. The solutions combine circular materials & freshness-monitoring features to support, shelf life & less food waste: redysign.eu/redesigning-...

🗣️ CBE JU will contribute to BioEco Valley Summit 2026, where Executive Director Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore will join discussions on scaling bio-based solutions. Taking place in Sweden, the event will focus on forestry, lignin & circular processes: www.cbe.europa.eu/events/bioec...

📢 24 new CBE JU-funded projects have been launched! Backed by €172 million, they bring together 332 beneficiaries from 32 countries to scale up #competitive circular #biobased industries in Europe. SMEs will receive 47% of the awarded budget.

Bio-based fertilisers & soil improvers developed through CBE JU-funded projects are helping turn EU waste & residue streams into useful inputs for farmers. They support more #circular nutrient management while reducing dependence on fossil-based fertilisers.

📣Are you a farmer, forester, fisher or aquaculture producer working in EU’s #bioeconomy? The CBE JU-funded RootLinks project invites stakeholders to join the CBE JU working group on primary producers & help shape circular #biobased value chains. More: rootlinks.eu/your-voice-i...

📢 The @ec.europa.eu has launched the Call for Evidence for the upcoming Biotech Act II, aimed at strengthening industrial biotechnology & biomanufacturing in EU and supporting the market uptake of innovative #biobased solutions. 📅 Open until 10 June: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

🤔 What if olive & almond orchards could be protected without harmful insecticides? The CBE JU-funded BIOVEXO project developed #biobased pest control solutions against Xylella fastidiosa & its insect vectors, helping improve plant resilience & infection rates. www.cbe.europa.eu/achievements...

🚜 A new upstream green #biorefinery pilot plant has been installed at MTU’s Kerry Campus, supporting research on #biobased products from grass. The installation contributes to activities under the CBE JU-funded @ruralbiorefarm.bsky.social project: www.cbe.europa.eu/projects/rur...

Unlock Europe’s bioeconomy potential 🌱📈 Join the new Investment Deployment Group - a new platform designed to accelerate funding for sustainable, bio-based innovation! Public and private stakeholders can express their interest by 📅 17 May 👉 link.europa.eu/QDwb3y

📢 Applications are open for the new European Bioeconomy Investment Deployment Group. The @ec.europa.eu in collaboration with CBE JU, invites public and private stakeholders active in financing & investment promotion across the #bioeconomy to apply by 17 May: www.cbe.europa.eu/deployment-g...

👏 The CBE JU-funded PEFerence project marks a major step forward for EU’s bio-based plastics sector. The project delivered the world’s first commercial-scale FDCA flagship plant and advanced 100% bio-based polyesters such as PEF for packaging and other applications: www.cbe.europa.eu/projects/pef...

🏭 A biorefinery based on the CBE JU-funded Deep Purple project was inaugurated in Badajoz. The plant transforms wastewater into valuable bio-based products & confirms the scalability & replicability of circular bio-based solutions under real operating conditions. www.cbe.europa.eu/news/deep-pu...

What will it take to scale Europe’s bioeconomy? #CBESF2026 brought together around 400 participants from 40 countries to discuss how to move bio-based innovation from demonstration to industrial deployment. ⚙️ The challenge is no longer innovation. It is scaling. www.cbe.europa.eu/events/cbe-j...

New interactive Q&A page now available for applicants to the CBE JU 2026 call for proposals. Find answers on rules, consortia, budget, timing and topic-specific questions. Content will be updated regularly: cbe.europa.eu/faq-applicants

🔗 Join 1,600+ users on the CBE JU networking platform and connect across Europe’s bio-based sector. Discover partners, showcase your expertise and build collaborations across the value chain at any stage. 👉 cbe.europa.eu/networking-p...

🚀 A milestone for CBE JU-funded SuperBark: bio-based adhesives and coatings from softwood bark move to pilot scale. The project turns forest side-streams into solutions for wood panels and packaging, cutting fossil inputs and CO₂ emissions while advancing a circular forest industry: t.co/gNqJxbEaxH

The CBE JU-funded AFTER-BIOCHEM demonstrated fermentation technologies converting local #biomass into 7 bio-based carboxylic acids, replacing fossil inputs. Circular #biorefinery, water reuse, fertiliser by-product. Applications across sectors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoPN...

Olive and grape residues are not waste, they are a resource. 🍇 The CBE JU-funded Up4Health project demonstrates an integrated #biorefinery turning food by-products into natural, high-value ingredients. 🎥 Watch their #CBEScaleUp submission and learn more below 👇

✅ Bridging the investment gap is key to scaling Europe’s #biobased industries. At the Bioeconomy Investment Deployment Group scoping event, stakeholders highlighted the need for coordinated public-private action to de-risk investments & mobilise capital: www.cbe.europa.eu/news/europea...

🚀 €170.7M call now open! The CBE JU 2026 call supports scale-up of competitive circular #biobased industries across #Europe, from R&I to flagship #biorefineries. Aligned with EU Bioeconomy Strategy & Clean Industrial Deal. 📅 Apply by 22 Sept 2026 www.cbe.europa.eu/news/eu1707-...

🌍 Happy Earth Day! At CBE JU we are proud to work on the shift to a circular, bio-based economy, crucial for our planet and future generations. CBE JU-funded projects are helping protect our planet. 👉Discover how at cbe.europa.eu