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At the initiative of Tallinn University of Technology, three international conferences and seminars took place this summer, whose top-level content and wide range of participants confirmed once again TalTech's leading position in the bioeconomy in Estonia and beyond. Topics ranged from cell biology…

Tallinn University of Technology professor Andres Krumme. Author/source: Marek-Lars Kruusen Production of plastic in larger quantities than wood and completely recyclable may already be within reach in Estonia. Professor Andres Krumme ranks his polymer and textile technology laboratory at Tallinn University of Technology...

In the Vikerradio Uudis+ program, Jaan Kers, Urmas Varblane and Mati Mõtte discuss the possibilities of the Estonian bioeconomy.

As a result of the Green Deal and climate neutrality goals, the demand for wood in the production of energy, biofuels, construction, packaging and chemicals has increased. It has raised the price of wood as a raw material almost twice in recent years and...

Research is ongoing in the laboratories of Estonian universities, which allows us to look at wood with a wider perspective than before. The wood is not put into a furnace, it is not made into fuel or paper, but valuable chemicals and new materials. So it is…