From Plan-B to Amazon bestseller: We celebrate the fourth birthday of Blattwerk

Our sustainable fertilizer made from pasture grass will be four years old this month. What began as a sales problem for our biorefinery, thousands of satisfied users can no longer imagine to live without. We pause for a moment and look back on a rapid development, which our team now [...]

Done: Biofabrik’s WASTX Plastic processes plastic waste from the sea

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 [...]

Biofabrik in China

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 [...]