Category: <span>News</span>

CBE JU reports on its 2024 programme

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has published a report on its latest achievements and progress. The report shows increased participation, growing community engagement and high demand for new funding. Over 1,700 stakeholders connected via the CBE JU networking platform, and the widening participation strategy produced a record …

Two IEA Bioenergy reports highlight key areas for EBNet

Two new IEA Bioenergy publications cover topics central to EBNet and its working groups on Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and Anaerobic Fermentations (AF). The newly-updated report from Task 44 Flexible Bioenergy and System Integration on Technologies for Flexible Bioenergy explores how sustainable bioenergy can provide temporal, spatial and sectoral flexibility to …

Forever chemicals –  more evidence of emerging issues

A recent BBC News item highlights growing awareness of the threat from emerging pollutants: ‘Forever chemical’ TFA found in all but one of tested UK rivers – BBC News Prof Frederic Coulon of EBNet’s PFAS WG said, “The appearance of these chemicals in drinking water sources, particularly trifluoroacetic acid or …

New interest in Respirometry

A new book from the Royal Society of Chemistry contains a chapter on Respirometry of Organic Solid Wastes:  Methods and relevance to understanding the composting process and end-product stability, authored by EBNet member Tom Aspray of Solid Sense Ltd. EBNet has done relatively little work to date on composting technologies, …

Biofilm Alliance – Survey and Workshop

The Biofilm Alliance is a Network for regulatory sciences, academic research and industrial collaboration that aims to foster innovation in biofilm management and control technologies. The Alliance warmly invites responses to it Implementation Phase Survey, which aims to gather insights on key priorities, challenges and opportunities within the biofilm management …

EFRA: Plastics Treaty – Call for Evidence

Deadline:  18 June 2025 at 23:59 The UK Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has issued a Call for Evidence on issues related to the Global Plastics Treaty. The final round of negotiations on a new Global Plastics Treaty (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee or INC-5) was planned for completion …

Latest EBNet Animations

Don’t miss the two new animations in our series on Microbiology/Engineering Interactions, which came out during #EnvBiotechAware week. Prof Tom Curtis has already shown his Microbes in Wastewater Treatment as part of a presentation to the Royal Academy of Engineering, while Aerobic Granules captures some key themes of the AG …