A New Challenge: Circular Biomanufacturing
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Claims that biotechnology can make circular manufacturing scaleable and low cost by using microbes to feed waste streams to produce polymers and bulk materials. Plan funds about 40 million euros for up to eight companies and targets bulk commodities not just aromas, with a fast application pipeline—first reply in two to three weeks and final decisions within six weeks, contracts ready next morning. Existing tech shows low yields and high costs; demonstrators are the immediate goal, not yet proven at industrial scale.
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