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Between Science, Adventure and Environmental Responsibility

18. August 2025

This article shares how LUCRA scientist Gaétan Herold and his supervisor Dr. Mariane Schneider (Ghent University) navigate the paradox of working to […]

Why Succinic Acid? Industry Insights from Covestro on Advancing Circular Chemistry

18. Juli 2025

As industries across Europe work toward reducing their dependence on fossil fuels and minimizing environmental impacts, bio-based platform chemicals […]

Trash Talk: Join us behind the scenes of Chania’s waste management plant

2. Juli 2025

Out of sight, out of mind. That’s how most of us treat our trash. Once we throw it “away”, it simply disappears, right? The reality is, of course, f […]

LUCRA Workshop in Chania: Municipal biowaste as feedstock in a sustainable & circular bioeconomy

17. Juni 2025

On June 11, 2025, the LUCRA consortium hosted a hybrid workshop titled “Municipal biowaste as feedstock in a sustainable and circular bioeconomy” in […]

Finding Value in LUCRA Biorefinery Side-Streams

21. Mai 2025

Next time you walk through a park, notice the grass. Is it nicely mowed, or does it look messy? How would you like it to look? Usually, a nicely mow […]

Turning Trash into Treasure: How Sawdust and Organic Waste Could Change the Game

20. März 2025

Did you know that sawdust from wood processing and organic waste from household could become the secret ingredients for making high-value chemicals? […]

Transforming Organic Waste

10. Januar 2024

In July 2023, the first phase of the four-year Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Project LUCRA kicked-off in Ghent. LUCRA aims to […]

The project is supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and its members.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CBE JU. Neither the European Union nor the CBE JU can be held responsible for them.

This work was also co-funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee grant number 10082169.