On 26 September 2025, POLYMERS-5B joined the European Researchers’ Night, an event dedicated to making science accessible and fun for everyone. Representing the project was PhD Mikelis Kirpluks from the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, who delighted visitors with hands-on foam experiments. Mikelis demonstrated how biobased materials are transformed into foams, offering a playful […]
Ph.D. Miķelis Kirpļuks Showcases Bio-Based Vitrimer Innovations at Dynamic Polymer Networks Meeting 2025 in Iceland From 11–14 August 2025, the Dynamic Polymer Networks Meeting (DPN 2025) brought together chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers at the Natura Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, to exchange knowledge on vitrimers, covalent adaptable networks, and dynamic polymer systems. Ph.D. Miķelis […]
What an inspiring four days in Toulouse! The POLYMERS-5B project was represented at the 7th European Summer School on Industrial Biotechnology (ESSIB 2025), held from 7 to 10 July 2025 at the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI). The event focused on the timely and highly relevant theme “Enzymes and Polymers in the Context of the Biocircular […]
On 17 June, the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) hosted its first cluster workshop, bringing together over 30 Horizon Europe-funded projects to exchange knowledge and explore synergies in the field of bio-based materials for agriculture and packaging. The event gathered more than 60 participants, including representatives from the European Commission, the Bio-based Industries […]
POLYMERS-5B took centre stage in the session “Bio-a-dressing the future: Transforming bio waste into new textile possibilities” of the 15th ECOSYSTEX public dissemination webinar, held online on Friday, 13 June 2025. The event served as a key platform for EU-funded initiatives under the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE-JU) that are pushing the boundaries of […]
On June 9th, Jose Jorge Espí Gallart from EURECAT presented a poster on behalf of the POLYMERS-5B project, titled: Safe and Sustainable Biobased Eco-design and Circularity Methodology: The POLYMERS-5B Approach. The presentation introduced a cutting-edge methodology developed within the POLYMERS-5B project, aimed at driving innovation in the design and circular use of biobased polymers. This […]
The POLYMERS-5B project was presented at the SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting, held in Vienna (Austria) from 12 to 15 May 2025 and organized by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). The annual meeting brought together scientists, industry experts, and policy stakeholders to discuss the latest advances in environmental science, sustainability, and chemical […]
Strengthening Bio-Based Innovation Networks Brussels was the epicenter of bio-based innovation last week, as the POLYMERS-5B team actively participated in the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Info Day 2025. The event provided an invaluable platform for knowledge exchange, fostering discussions with hundreds of stakeholders from across Europe’s bioeconomy sector. Our team, represented for […]
On 5 February 2025, the POLYMERS-5B project was presented at the CARE4BIO Info Day, an event organized by CARE4BIO. CARE4BIO, the National Contact Point (NCP) network for Cluster 6 – Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment – supports researchers and stakeholders in all aspects of proposal preparation. During the session, NSBproject, Dissemination and Exploitation […]
The project POLYMERS-5B has been successfully presented by NSB team at the ECOMONDO 2024 Conference, held in Rimini (Italy) on November 5, 2024. During the conference, the team engaged in meaningful discussions with leading figures in the bioeconomy sector, including Elina Zicmane and Simone Maccaferri, Communication Officer and Project Officer for Circular Bio-based Europe Joint […]
