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20-10-2015

Biorizon nominated as Enlightenment of the Year

Shared Research Center Biorizon has been nominated as Enlightenment of the Year 2015 by Industrielinqs. Enlightenmentz are shining examples for a sustainable future. Together they can cause a green industrial revolution. The winner will be announced at the 'Sustainably Produced Conference' on 19 November 2015.

Waste2Aromatics

Biorizon caught the jury's attention with its Waste-2-Aromatics project. Every year, Dutch households collectively produce over 5 million tons of municipal waste. Biorizon-partner TNO, together with Attero, AEB Amsterdam, Orgaworld and the Dutch Waste Management Association (DWMA) investigates how carbohydrates (sugars) in municipal waste streams can be used as a source for the production of biobased aromatics.

Aromatics are among the most important resources for the chemical industry. Currently virtually all aromatic building blocks are made from fossil oil and that causes CO2-emissions that lead to climate change. Shared Research Center Biorizon, an initiative of TNO, VITO and the Green Chemistry Campus, develops technologies to produce aromatics derived from plant-based waste streams. This diminishes the dependence on fossil fuel, it lowers CO2-emissions and it provides the chemical industry and its suppliers a profitable and sustainable perspective.

"This project, that we've called Waste2Aromatics, is a major step to ensure the continuous supply of sufficient resources", says Joop Groen, business development manager of Biorizon. "With this project we utilize municipal waste streams as a resource and we investigate how we can produce bio-aromatics derived from those waste streams. Circular economy in optima forma!"

Biorizon is powered by

TNO
Vito

This project is made possible by a contribution from the European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within the framework of OP-Zuid.

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