THREE C Interreg NWE Project Launch

The launch of the THREE C project in Ireland- The THREE C Project (Creating a Circular Carbon Economy) is a three year Interreg North West Europe funded project that is looking at the further development and introduction of economically viable value chains based on charcoal raw materials from waste biomass.

Film Launch: Biowave™ – Transforming Dairy FOGs for Sustainable Renewable Energy

Ashleigh Environmental will premiere a short animated video of their latest project: Biowave™ - Transforming Dairy FOGs for Sustainable Renewable Energy. The project will demonstrate the scaled up application of microwave and renewable energy production for the Irish and global dairy industry. Find out more here. This project has been supported by the disruptive technology […]

Green Enterprise: Innovation for a Circular Economy

To mark Bioeconomy Week Ireland 2020, we’re pleased to invite you to the EPA’s Green Enterprise: Innovating for a Circular Economy* webinar where we will share the findings of the following three bioeconomy projects:   SymbioBeer Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) facilitated an Industrial Symbiosis innovation demonstration pilot between St Mel’s Brewery and Panelto Food called SymbioBeer. Waste bread was utilised […]

Scoping a Seaweed Biorefinery Concept for Ireland

As part of Bio-Economy Week Ireland 2020, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, invites you to attend a webinar on Friday 23 October to launch its bio-refinery report, ‘Scoping a seaweed bio-refinery concept for Ireland’. The event is being chaired by David Millard (BIM) and speakers include co-authors of the report Sarah Hotchkiss and […]

Sustainable Seaweed

A workshop on “Sustainable Seaweed” opened by  Máire Ní Einniú. The event opens with a brief overview of EU, NPA funded seaweed project called SW-Grow, followed by an two hour interactive workshop from Dave Garforth of RS Standards on the sustainable harvesting of seaweed and certification. Register here.

Sustainable Farming: A Range of Perspectives

Discuss the future of sustainable farming! During this two hour event we will hear from a diverse panel of speakers including farmers, researchers, industry and policy about how farming can be both sustainable and economical. Each of our speakers will give a short 3-5 talk and this will be followed by a lively discussion with […]

Origin Green – How can the bioeconomy support the Pathways to Net Zero initiative?

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Origin Green, Ireland’s national food and drink sustainability programme, has published new procedures and guidelines that put carbon emission targets on a mandatory footing for food and drink manufacturers as the sector seeks to accelerate its contribution to the Programme for Government’s aim of carbon neutrality by 2050. This marks a significant shift for the […]