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๐ŸŒฟ Sharing the powers of Nature-based Solutions for water reuse at univie:connect, at the Vienna City Hall.

This week, Marco Hartl, our Team Lead for Nature-Based Solutions & Water, gave a flash talk at univie:connect – Green Innovations event led by univie innovation, with participants from the City of Vienna, Vienna’s green spaces, business, and research. Drawing on lessons from our patented technologies vertECOยฎ and GRETAโ„ข, he showed how microbes (the unseen heroes!) in synergy with roots…

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๐ŸŒŠREMEDIES 5.0 officially sets sail!

Building on the legacy of the REMEDIES project, this new Horizon Europe initiative brings together 52 partners from 15 countries to further support the EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030, helping waterfront cities and ports become cleaner, more resilient, and more connected to their communities. At alchemia-nova, we are proud to lead the co-design of the project’s…

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Rural empowerment changemakers get together to facilitate practical solutions for rural resilience

๐ŸŒ From forest fires to flooded plains and parched farmland, Europeโ€™s regions face very different climate risks. Nature-based solutions can support resilience to all of them. This is what we are working on within the REHUBS EU Project, with partners all over Europe. Beginning of October, Eriona Canga, assisted by Romina Ambika Schreuer, facilitated a workshop with leaders and practitioners…

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๐ŸŒฟ ProCleanLakes project at the International Water Association World Water Congress & Exhibition 2026

We were pleased to have Susanna Findlay present the ProCleanLakes project at the International Water Association World Water Congress & Exhibition in Glasgow, 4-8th October 2026, with a poster highlighting alchemia-nova’s work on Nature-based Solutions for water pollution. ๐Ÿ“ Demonstration site: Langvatnet Lake, Norway At Langvatnet, an historical mining site has resulted in acid mine drainage with low pH and…

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Can circular bioeconomy solutions be made accessible for the Pongau region in Austria?

As part of the FUTURAL Project, our Circular Bioeconomy Team developed the scientific content for a new web-based platform that makes circular bioeconomy solutions accessible and applicable for the Pongau region (Austria). The Circular Bioeconomy Smart Solution Platform brings together three thematic areasย developed by our team: – Resource flow analysis โ€“ a combination of analytical and participatory methods (such as…

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Installation of a filter pathway and two-stage treatment wetland treating acidic, heavy metal-rich effluent from a mining site into one of the ProCleanLakes EU project demonstration sites!

We have completed the installation of a new nature-based filter system at Langvatnet Lake, Norway, treating contaminated effluent from an abandoned mine! alchemia-nova partnered with UiT Norges arktiske universitet and Statskog SF to implement a filter pathway and a two-stage treatment wetland. Together they treat the acidic, heavy metal-rich effluent that flows from the mining site into the lake. The…

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๐ŸŒฑ Our new paper is published in Environmental and Sustainability Indicators! “Resource-Oriented Sanitation in Sustainable Food Systems: Identification and Analysis of Linkages across the Sustainable Development Goals”

This study was carried out within the framework of the GEORGIA EU Project and demonstrates how resource-oriented sanitation (ROS) can enhance nutrient and water reuse within sustainable food systems, supporting circular and nature-based approaches at farm and catchment level. Using an expert-based SDG target interaction assessment, the study identifies positive interactions between ROS and SDG targets in the Austrian context…

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This season’s field trial shows crops irrigated with treated wastewater outperforming yield in those watered with just tap water ๐ŸŒฑ

In this season’s field trial, green beans irrigated with treated wastewater outyielded those watered with tap water. ๐ŸŒฑ That’s one of the results our colleague Marco Hartl brought to Crete last week. At the 19th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control (ICWS2026) in Chania, Marco presented our work from GEORGIA EU Project Pilot 4: reusing reclaimed…

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Social acceptance of bio-based fertilisers โ€“ insights from a workshop held for the ReLEAF Project EU

Would you buy vegetables grown with fertiliser made from wastewater or other waste streams? ๐ŸŒฑ That question sat at the heart of our workshop “Closing the Loop โ€“ Biofertilisers from Waste and Wastewater”, which we hosted on 7 September at the Kleine Stadtfarm in Vienna as part of ReLEAF Project EU. Researchers, compost and wastewater experts, formulation specialists, agricultural advisors…

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ReLEAF Workshop im Wiener Gemeinschaftshof der KLEINEN STADTFARM

Kreislรคufe schlieรŸen: Bio-Dรผnger aus Abfall und Abwasser Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft und Praxis โ€“ ReLeAF-Workshop auf der Kleinen Stadtfarm Wien. Europa produziert riesige Mengen organischer Abfallstrรถme โ€“ Klรคrschlamm, Bioabfall, Speisereste, Urin. Die Nรคhrstoffe darin kรถnnten mineralische Dรผnger ersetzen, deren Herstellung heute stark von fossiler Energie und endlichen Rohstoffen abhรคngt. Die Technologie dafรผr existiert lรคngst. Woran hakt es also? Genau darum geht…

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๐–๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ข๐จ-๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž? Help us find out by answering the ReLEAF Project EU survey! ๐ŸŒฑ

In the ReLEAF Project EU, we and our partners turn sewage sludge, fish processing waste, mixed food waste and agri-food residues into safe, bio-based fertilisers (BBFs) โ€” a real alternative to fossil-based mineral fertilisers. But a waste-derived product only succeeds if people actually accept it. So we’re asking a simple question: how do you really feel about bio-based fertilisers? That’s…

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๐ŸŒฟ Learn what digital solutions have in common with sustainable water practices โ€“ GEORGIA EU project at #Zukunftserwachen in Rothneusiedl in Vienna

๐ŸŒฟ The GEORGIA project was represented at the #Zukunftserwachen Hoffest at Zukunftshof Rothneusiedl by our partner alchemia-nova. Visitors learned more about GEORGIAโ€™s work on sustainable water management, digital solutions for agriculture, and environmentally responsible practices. The event created a space for discussions around circular resource use, biodiversity, and innovation for a more sustainable future. ๐Ÿ™Œ Thank you to everyone who…

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CCRI Knowledge Hub webinar “Circular Solutions ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Tuesday, 30 June 2026 in HORECA and Tourism”

Weโ€™re proud to share that Maria Wirth from alchemia-nova research represented the #VERNEproject as a speaker at the recent CCRI Knowledge Hub webinar โ€œCircular Solutions in HORECA and Tourism”. ๐Ÿ“… Circular Solutions in HORECA and Tourism ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Tuesday, 30 June 2026 In her intervention, Maria showcased how VERNE is developing a one-stop-shop of accessible circular solutions to help tourist destinations…

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How hemp fibres, biopolymers and lignin are contributing to a circular green wall in Vienna

As the construction sector looks to reduce its reliance on fossil-based materials, innovative bio-based solutions are becoming increasingly relevant. Within the EU-funded ATRIUM Project, research has focused on developing sustainable solutions – transforming bio-based resources into practical construction products. One standout innovation is the GRETATM green wall, developed by alchemia-nova with support of Wood K plus – Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH…

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๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ง๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ง ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™– & ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™– โ€“ RURBANIVE workshop in the Education Lab Vienna

On the 18th of June 2026, we had the pleasure of hosting the workshop ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ง๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ง ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™– & ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™– at the Education Lab in Vienna โ€“ and what an inspiring afternoon it was! Event programme: โ†’ Circular Economy Forum Austria: Circular economy project team โ†’ BioBASE_GmbH: Presenting the BioBASE compass โ†’ City-Region Management Vienna/ Lower Austria: Circular…

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Circular strategies can strengthen island food resilience and capture more value locally. VERNE project interim review meeting on the food and energy island Bornholm ๐Ÿ๏ธ

Circular strategies can strengthen island food resilience and capture more value locally. ๐ŸŒ€ ๐Ÿ๏ธ Last week, our colleagues Maria Wirth and Romina Ambika Schreuer had the pleasure to visit Bornholm, a small beautiful Danish island in the Baltic Sea. It is home to around 40,000 people, and welcomes roughly 600,000 visitors a year. Tourism is an economic engine, generating โ‚ฌ550…

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Tamara Vobruba representing GEORGIA EU Project at the IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery Specialist Conference 2026

I had the honor of representing the GEORGIA EU Project at the IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery Specialist Conference in Delft in May 2026. It was encouraging to see so many different contributions focusing on nutrient recovery from wastewater, all sharing a common understanding: given the energy-intensive nature and vulnerability of current fertilizer supply chains, recovering nutrients from wastewater is…

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Joint ATRIUM EU project webinar “Emerging Policy Implementation Perspectives on Circular and Bio-based Construction Materials” on June 23

What does it actually take to bring circular and bio-based materials into mainstream construction? Not just technically โ€” but in terms of regulation, procurement, and market readiness? On the 23 of June at 14:00, we’re joining partners from across ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Horizon Europe to dig into exactly that. The joint webinar “Emerging Policy Implementation Perspectives on Circular and Bio-based Construction Materials”…

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Meet Bioeconomy expert Antonia Zerobin at the Thursday Talks webinar by the Biorefine Cluster Europe

Excited to share that next week, our Bioeconomy expert Antonia Zerobin, Biotechnologist and Scientific Project Manager at alchemia-nova, will speak at the Thursday Talks webinar organised by the Biorefine Cluster Europe. In the session โ€œ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€: ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ-๐—ฏ๐˜†-๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ตโ€, she will share insights from the SYMBIO project together with Miha ล krokov from…

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AUToLoop โ€“ ANRI wird Teil der #FFGRessourcenwende2025

Mit unserem Projekt ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฃ dรผrfen wir eine FFG F&E-Dienstleistung im Auftrag des Bundesministerium fรผr Innovation, Mobilitรคt und Infrastruktur umsetzen und sind im Mai erfolgreich ins Projekt gestartet! Ziel ist es, konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen zur ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ตรถ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ด- ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป zu entwickeln. Unser Ansatz folgt dabei ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป: 1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ผ & ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€“ Analyse von Materialflรผssen…

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Annual meeting of the REHUBS EU Project in Sertรฃ, Beira Baixa

Our colleagues Eriona Canga and Susanna Findlay recently participated in the second annual meeting of the REHUBS EU Project in Sertรฃ, Beira Baixa (Portugal). REHUBS EU Project aims to empower rural and small/ medium local communities to enhance their #climateresilience. Partners met to align on mitigation of risks in these areas such as #droughts, #heatwaves, #wildfires, #floods, and #biodiversityloss. ANRI…

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Wrapping up an incredible European Geosciences Union (EGU) week on a high note! ๐ŸŒ

Our Co-Managing Director & Circular Economy Lead, Tamara Vobruba, is presenting today โ€” and it’s a big one: ๐Ÿ“ Friday, 8 May 2026 | 16:39 | PICO Spot 5 | Session BG8.7 ๐Ÿ”ฌ Resource-oriented Sanitation and the SDGs: a Target-level Interaction Assessment in the Austrian Context โ€” Tamara Vobruba et al. This PICO presentation applies a structured expert scoring approach…

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๐ŸŒ alchemia-nova presents RURBANIVE and KRAISBAU projects at The Circular Economy Summit Austria 2026

๐ŸŒ The Circular Economy Summit Austria brought together so many actors driving circular economy in Austria – inspiring from different perspective and angles! A huge congratulations to Valerie-Sophie Schรถnberg, Karin Huber-Heim and the entire organising team. As alchemia-nova, we were proud to be part of it: our Co-Managing Director Tamara Vobruba and our Circular Economy Experts Antonia Zerobin, Max Lรคuger…

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐€๐๐‘๐ˆ ๐š๐ญ ๐„๐†๐”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Continuing our series from the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026 in Vienna! Today we feature Marco Hartl, Team Lead Nature-Based Solutions & Water, IPR Manager and Board Member at alchemia-nova ๐Ÿ“ย ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ | ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ Vertical Green Walls for Urban Water Resilience: Lessons from vertECOยฎ and GRETAโ„ข Pilots in Austria and Spain byย Marco Hartlย et al….

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๐ŸŒŠ Kicking off our European Geosciences Union (EGU)26 week right here in Vienna!

Our colleague Eriona Canga, Environmental Engineer at alchemia nova, will be presenting on a topic close to our hearts: how co-creation can shape scalable business models for decentralised Nature-Based Solutions in stormwater management. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ™๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 12:05 | Room -2.62 ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ “Mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions for Stormwater Management: Business Models for Urban Sprawln” by Maria Wirth &…

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Projects ATRIUM and GEORGIA at #Zukunftserwachen Hoffest in June 2026

โ˜€๏ธThis weekend our team Sandra Nicolics, Romina Ambika Schreuer and Heinz Gattringer participated in the Hashtag#Zukunftserwachen Hoffest at Zukunftshof Rothneusiedl ๐ŸŽ‰ Our team presented two of our favourite projects ATRIUM Project and GEORGIA EU Project โ€” and couldn’t have asked for better weather (or better company! โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ) It was amazing to connect with such a diverse and curious crowd, chatting…

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๐ŸŒฑย Workshop am 18. Juni 2026: Kreislaufwirtschaft stรคrken in Wien & Niederรถsterreich โ€“Aus regionalen Reststoffen neue Chancen schaffen โ€“ gemeinsam und praxisnah.

๐Ÿ“…ย SAVE THE DATE | 18. Juni 2026, 14:30โ€“18:00 Uhr ๐ŸŒฑย Workshop: Kreislaufwirtschaft stรคrken in Wien & Niederรถsterreich ๐Ÿ“Education Lab, MaderstraรŸe 1, 1040 Wien Aus regionalen Reststoffen neue Chancen schaffen โ€“ gemeinsam und praxisnah. Im Rahmen des RURBANIVE Project EU laden wir gemeinsam mit Schlรผsselakteuren der zirkulรคren Bioรถkonomie dazu ein, regionale Kreislauflรถsungen kennenzulernen und innovative Verwertungspfade aus Marillenresten, Altbrot und Altรถl โ€“…

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KRAISBAU praticipation station at the Long Night of Research ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐ŸŒƒ

Our alchemia-nova team member and colleagues from the Circular Economy Forum Austria introduce KRAISBAU at the Long Night of Research on the 24.04.2026 held at Maria-Theresien-Platz in Vienna! ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿ”ฌ Immerse yourself in circular construction and have fun playing with building blocks ๐Ÿงฑโ™ป๏ธ. The building blocks represent different real building materials and joining methods. Visitors chose how to combine the materials…

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Mแด‡แด‡แด› แดœ๊œฑ แด€แด› แด›สœแด‡ Cษชส€แด„แดœสŸแด€ส€ Eแด„แดษดแดแดส Sแดœแดแดษชแด› Aแดœ๊œฑแด›ส€ษชแด€ 2026

On May 7 in Graz, alchemia-nova will be part of this yearโ€™sย  ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ focusing on โ€œ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€โ€ hosted by the Circular Economy Forum Austria. Weโ€™ll be presenting our RURBANIVE Project EU – exploring how circular bioeconomy can help transform and strengthen rural-urban synergies. But more than that, weโ€™re coming to listen, exchange, and get inspired. Because building…

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Lignocellulosic biomass to PHA bioplastic? SYMBIO project workshop exploring circular bioeconomy opportunities in Slovenia

In Mai 2026, SYMBIO project landed in Slovenia for its regional focus group workshop, bringing together key actors to explore a promising circular bioeconomy opportunity: transforming ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—”, an environmentally friendly bioplastic. Beautiful Slovenia sits at a natural crossroads between Austria and Croatia, with a mixed agricultural and forestry base that generates significant co-residues…

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Tamara Vobruba at the Launch Event of the ๐‚๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐”๐‹๐€๐‘ ๐ˆ๐๐’๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐€๐”๐’๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐€ 05/26ย “๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž”

We are delighted to share that our Co-Managing Director Tamara Vobruba represented alchemia-nova at the Launch Event of the ๐‚๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐”๐‹๐€๐‘ ๐ˆ๐๐’๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐€๐”๐’๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐€ ๐Ÿ“|๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” “๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž” on April 15th 2026 hosted by the Circular Economy Forum Austria. Tamara presented the article “Innovation as Lever for Circular Transformation โ€“ From Local Pilot Projects to Viable Circular Solutions”, highlighting how innovation, systemic…

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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? FUTURAL capacity building workshop in Pongau region, Austria

A capacity building stakeholder workshop held in April 2026 in Bischofshofen (Pongau region, Austria), was held as part of the FUTURAL Project and raised the question of how rural areas can turn local waste into technical innovation. Guided by Antonia Zerobin and Max Lรคuger, Project Managers at alchemia-nova, and in collaboration with Regionalverband Pongau, the workshop explored how Smart Solutions…

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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐จ-๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ’๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ? SYMBIO Workshop in Brussels

In April 2026, we had the privilege of moderating our second regional Multi-stakeholder Focus Group Workshop in Brussels as part of the EU project #SYMBIO โ€” facilitated by Antonia Zerobin (Scientific Project Manager at alchemia-nova), Piotr Swiatek, and Katie Beverley (PDR Design), and joined by an incredible group of value chain actors ready to roll up their sleeves. At the…

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๐ŸŒฟCan forestย residues become the next sustainable alternative to plastic?

This month, at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Zagreb, experts from forestry research, innovation, finance, and policy came together to co-create solutions for developing regional biobased value chains that support Croatiaโ€™s circular bioeconomy. Guided by Antonia Zerobin Scientific Project Managerย at alchemia-nova,ย Piotr Swiatek and Katieย Berveleyย (PDR Design), participants mapped theย value chainย ecosystem andย identifiedย key enablers, barriers, and leverage points to…

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ATRIUM project General Assembly in Zaragoza

In Zaragoza, our Co-Managing Director Sarah Gilani, together with Heinz Gattringer, Senior Developer Engineer, and Gaetano Bertino, Project Manager & Circular Building Specialist, participated in the General Assembly of the ATRIUM Project. ATRIUM project uses bio-based materials and composites for a sustainable building industry bringing together partners working to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions for the future of sustainable construction….

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๐ŸŒŠ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Last weekย ourย Researcher and Scientific Project Manager Panos Petridis had the opportunity to attend theย European Ocean Days 2026, including the #MissionForum2026, in Brussels, one of Europeโ€™s leading gatherings for marine research and innovation, bringing together scientists, policymakers, industry, NGOs, and coastal communities to work towards more regenerative practices and healthier seas. It was a great moment to present the work we…

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๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ Pilot bioreactor turns food scraps into plant power at Kleine Stadtfarm in Vienna

๐ŸŒฑTurning food scraps into plant power, directly where they are produced. โ™ป๏ธย  This week, we are setting up the ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ at our technical demonstration site in Vienna, the ๐Š๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐๐ญ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, as part of the ReLEAF Project EU. Together with our partner AERIS Tecnologias Ambientales SL, we are bringing an innovative approach from the lab into a real-world environment. To…

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INSPIRE Europe project โ€“ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž

Over the past months, here atย alchemia-novaย weโ€™veย been advancingย Inspire Europeโ€™s mission toย reduceย plastic waste in European rivers by bringing biobased materials and zeroย plastic alternatives into real-world use. Together with partners and communityย organisations,ย weโ€™veย built momentum,ย ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“+ ๐Œ๐จ๐”๐ฌย with municipalities, SMEs, research institutes, retailers, hotels, and art collectives. Weโ€™reย currentlyย ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐จ-๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ 123zero with stakeholders in Austria, Slovenia, and beyond, thanks also to support…

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alchemia-nova’s research for the FUTURAL project exploring alternative use concepts for sewage sludge โ™ป๏ธ

โ™ป๏ธ What happens to sewage sludge and how can we unlock its circular potential? ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ“‰ We were delighted to share insights from our work in Pongau (Salzburg) at the recent Community Lunch hosted by Climate Lab. Thank you for creating such an open space for exchange! As part of our FUTURAL Project, Tamara Vobruba (Co-Managing Director, alchemia-nova) and Max Lรคuger,…

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VERNE project webinar: ๐ŸŒ Re-shaping Tourism: Circular & Regenerative Solutions in Practice

On 24 February 2026 (14:30โ€“16:00 CET), our collegue Maria Wirth will represent alchemia-nova and the VERNE Project, contributing to the discussion with her session on: โ™ป๏ธ โ€œCircularity & Sustainable Tourism: Principles and Ongoing Practicesโ€ In her input, Maria will explore: โ€ข The core principles of circularity applied to tourism systems โ€ข How sustainability moves from strategy to practice โ€ข Ongoing…

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alchemia-nova’s contribution to the newly published Circular Economy Handbook โ™ป๏ธ

Weโ€™re proud to share that Tamara Vobruba, Co-Managing Director, and Maria Wirth, Acquisition Lead and Board Member, contributed to the newly published Circular Economy Handbook, a comprehensive and timely publication exploring how circular economy principles can be implemented in a truly holistic way. Their chapter highlights the role of European research and innovation projects, focusing on material flow analysis and…

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The AgriFood Lithuania ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š โ€“ shaping the future of agri-food systems in the Baltic region ๐ŸŒ

๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž AgriFood Lithuania ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š โ€” ๐š ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ข-๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ŸŒ Food security was at the heart of the discussions, andย we highlighted howย ๐š ๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐”โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ. Our researchers and scientific…

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alchemia-nova presents research project SYMBIO at the Circular Carbon Economy Summit

This week theย ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐„๐” ๐๐ข๐จ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒย ย was released โ€” an important signal towards accelerating sustainable, circular and resilient bio-based systems in Europe! ๐ŸŒฑ With this momentum in mind, we were glad to represent the EU SYMBIO project โ€“ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐›๐ฒ-๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ at the #CCES โ€“ Circular Carbon Economy Summit on 3rd and…

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๐ŸŒฑ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก โ€” ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž & ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ โ€”

As part of the ReLEAF Project EU, we at alchemia-nova are excited to host a hands-on workshop focused on soil health, regenerative agriculture, and circular food systems. This interactive session welcomes students, professors, practitioners, and the general public who want to learn, experience, and engage with real-world sustainable farming practices. ๐Ÿ—“ Date: 11th of December 2025 โณ 12:00-16:00 ๐Ÿ“ Venue:…

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Beyond the pitch โ€“ building climate collaboration at The Climate Innovation Festival #CIFE

Our Project Researcher and Manager Antonia Zerobin attended The Climate Innovation Festival (#CIFE ), an inspiring event bringing together people from diverse backgrounds โ€” all united in one goal: taking climate action collaboratively. During networking, Antonia shared insights from two of our EU projects: ๐Ÿ’ง INSPIRE Europe โ€“ where we explore application cases for innovative solutions that prevent plastic pollution…

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REHUBS EU Project kick off in Thessaloniki ๐ŸŒโœจ

The REHUBS EU Project has officially kicked off 2025 in Thessaloniki! ๐ŸŒโœจ alchemia-nova is proud to lead: ๐Ÿ”น T4.3 โ€“ Circular water recovery and valorisation leveraging Nature-based Solutions (NbS) ๐Ÿ”น T4.6 โ€“ Framework of NbS for rural resilience Eriona Canga (Environmental Engineer, alchemia-nova) presented our approach to applying NbS for water treatment. We are excited to be part of a…

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๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย โ€“ 6th October 2025 at Climate Lab in Vienna

On Monday 6th October we were thrilled to host theย ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย event at the Climate Lab in Vienna, in collaboration with bรผndnis mikroplastikfrei, as part of the INSPIRE Europe‘s ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, a dynamic afternoon dedicated to exploring actionable strategies for reducing plastic waste and fostering sustainable innovation! Many thanks to all the invited guests Martin Leban…

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Contribution to new book chapter on the sustainability of constructed wetlands

๐ŸŒฟ Proud moment for our team! Our Team Lead for Nature-Based Solutions & Water, Marco Hartl, and Environmental Engineer Eriona Canga contributed to a new book chapter on the ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ โ€“ an important output of the Hashtag#WATERAGRI project. Constructed wetlands (CWs) have long been used for pollution control and water management. This chapter explores not only their…

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๐ŸŒŠ Join us for the Inspire Europe Blue Economy event!

๐Ÿ“… Monday, October 6th, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ Climate Lab, Vienna We are excited to host Innovative Solutions for Plastic Pollution Prevention, an inspiring session showcasing pioneering approaches to plastic-free waste solutions. โœจ Featured solutions and speakers: Polymnia Dagtzidou-Kisser (Managing Director of alchemia-nova Greece) representing Hashtag#REMEDIESEU. Born in Thessaloniki, educated in England, and with 20 years in the pharmaceutical sector, she now…

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๐ŸŒŠ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€“ Inspire Europe ๐ŸŒŠ

As part of the Inspire Europe project, we are thrilled to host a Blue Economy event highlighting ย ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โ™ป๏ธ Weโ€™re excited to welcome Daniel Steinitz, Head of Technology & Innovation Management at bรผndnis mikroplastikfrei, to our upcoming event! He will present: โ€œ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ: ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค.โ€ Plastics are versatile, cost-effective, and durable…