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Help us help: Free electricity from plastic waste for the largest refugee camp in the world
July 12, 2019

With your help and in cooperation with the aid organization Practical Action we would like to provide a WASTX Plastic for the largest refugee camp in the world. We are thus solving two essential problems for more than 700,000 Rohingya in Kutupalong: We are creating a recycling structure for the [...]

Plastic Waste on a sunny beach
Done: Biofabrik’s WASTX Plastic processes plastic waste from the sea
June 20, 2019

We reached the next milestone! Four weeks ago we told you about the biggest success in the history of the Biofabrik: the successful endurance test of our WASTX Plastic. Now we have tried our hands at one of the most serious global environmental problems: plastic waste from the sea. Plastic [...]

WASTX Plastic Side View
WASTX Plastic: Decentralized compact pyrolysis enters series production
May 16, 2019

First lay the egg, then cackle: Why you haven’t heard from our WASTX Plastic for so long It has been more than two years since we last reported on our heart project WASTX Plastic. In the past six years, since we started developing our WASTX Plastic, one could hear about [...]

Biofabrik in China
February 19, 2019

Wuhan – a new city When we look out of the plane, one thing becomes clear: this city has nothing to do with the stereotypes we have in mind when we think of the Chinese megacities. You don’t fly through a hard transparent veil of smog. On the contrary: When [...]

How our customers fill up with climate-neutral recycling diesel and save money in the process
December 5, 2018

On October 09th we finally held her in our hands: Granting of a licence for the manufacture of energy products under suspension of excise duty, short: permission to switch on our first WASTX Oil in Hoyerswerda. For over a month now, it has been running fully automatically in 24/7 operation [...]

The WASTX Oil – and why waste oil is one of the biggest environmental problems in the world
April 4, 2018

Jeden Tag verbraucht die Welt 80 Millionen Barrel Rohöl - Tendenz steigend. Doch die Produktion von Plastik, Treibstoff oder Konsumgütern sowie der Betrieb von Verbrennungsmotoren für Verkehr, Energie und Industrie hinterlässt eine unsichtbare und kaum beachtete Spur: Altöle. In vielen Teilen der Welt stellt dies ein bislang ungelöstes Problem dar. [...]

Packaging market leader Schur acquires stake in Biofabrik subsidiary
February 7, 2017

A few months ago we reported on a comprehensive cooperation with the oldest packaging company in the world. The global market leader for flexible packaging is now acquiring a stake in one of our subsidiaries. A reason for us to say a few words about financing tech start-ups in Germany. [...]

The long way from technology start-ups
November 5, 2016

At this point, we report at regular intervals on progress in the development of our plants and concepts. But what if there wasn’t any progress? And not just that? Then it’s probably time to report something about the conspicuous silent demon of the startup – the setback. And what we [...]

We ran into oil. Anywhere in the world.
October 12, 2016

After five years of development, the prototype of our White Refinery, the world’s first automatic compact refinery, runs independently and delivers oil from plastic waste – locally anywhere in the world. It thus makes a significant contribution to solving the world’s waste and energy problems. [...]

European Union supports biorefinery of Green Refinery bio factory with more than three million euro
September 29, 2016

Since 2008, the EU has been supporting selected start-ups in the environmental sector with its Eco Innovation Programme. In a selection process lasting more than one year, more than 300 companies from 27 countries were selected for the biorefinery concept, which won the largest volume of funding ever distributed. [...]

Living & Green tests Blattwerk
September 21, 2016

Living & Green, a beautifully designed blog about gardening, living, creativity and beautiful living, is currently testing Blattwerk and has written a great article about the first experiences with our fertilizer, which you can read here. The founder Elisabeth Heydeck reports with passion and commitment about stylish furnishing, sustainable use [...]

The world’s oldest packaging company invests in White Refinery
September 15, 2016

The packaging company SchurStarSystems, founded in 1846, invests in the bio factory White Refinery. After its completion, the plant will convert the production residues of the main plant into energy and, after a successful test phase, will be used worldwide. The cooperation represents an important step in the fight against [...]