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Algae: Should they stay or should they go?

Sorry about the title, but my brain is clouded with the Clash song. I must confess that I’ve been indoctrinated with classic rock music for the past 4-5 years, so they’re now sticking in my brain cells. So, algae…remember the days of Solazyme and Sapphire Energy? I remember the former Cereplast had a subsidiary called … Continue reading »

Bioplastics to enter 2023 with a strong capacity surge

I’ve written a special report about the bioplastics industry this month based on the European Bioplastics’ recent annual conference held in Berlin and the release of their industry data which was compiled by nova Institute. This report is only available for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials subscribers, but anybody can access the European Bioplastics Association’s press release … Continue reading »

Renewable ethylene update

Hello blog followers. I was unable to blog until now due to very tight schedules and deadlines after my two-week holiday in September. We published our October Bio-Materials report last Tuesday, and I just want to share some interesting news from LanzaTech that I included in the report. The company has been busy churning out … Continue reading »

Give bio-based products in the EU a chance

The European Bioplastics organisation gave me a heads-up on this. interesting development about the EU’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) method, which can help companies calculate their environmental performance based on reliable, verifiable and comparable information, and for other actors (public administrations, NGOs, business partners, for example) to have access to such information. The fundamental principle … Continue reading »

PHA Sample Shop Now Open

The member-driven, non-profit industry organization GO!PHA which focuses on the development and commercialization of polyhdyroxyalkanoate (PHA) resins and materials announced this week that it has partnered with Helian Polymers to provide PHA samples at its PHA Sample Shop for academic, research and development purposes. The sample shop initially offers samples of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxybutyrate … Continue reading »

Canada seeks bio-based projects

Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) is a nationally focused not-for-profit business accelerator who provides critical strategic investment, advice, and services to business developers of clean, green and sustainable technologies. BIC is currently seeking Letters of Intent (LOI) for research projects to be considered as part of BIC’s BioProducts AgSci Cluster under an anticipated Agriculture and Agri-Food … Continue reading »

Indonesia embarks on smart manufacturing for sustainable plastics production

The Green Chemicals Blog is currently a media partner for this year’s Chinaplas plastics tradeshow which will be held in Shanghai on 25-28 April. Our friends from Chinaplas recently shared this interesting information about Indonesia’s sustainable plastics goal and their implementation of digital technology and intelligent manufacturing processes. The article also addresses ways to solve … Continue reading »

Support the COMPOST Act

The Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) are calling for everyone to support the Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion of Sustainable Techniques (COMPOST) Act recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Ann Kuster (D-NH) and the U.S. Senate by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). The COMPOST Act … Continue reading »

Blog posts on wood-based fibres and chemicals

Happy Thanksgiving to our US readers! I deemed last week’s AFCC’s first conference in Washington DC as a success and I, along with my colleague from Forest2Market, had a productive workshop session focusing on forestry feedstock for biofuels and renewable chemicals. We also had a presentation from the Pine Chemicals Association about the importance of … Continue reading »

Plastics Recyclers formed Chemical Recycling Group

This month’s Bio-Materials content is brimming with interesting information ranging from Coca-Cola’s 100% bio-PET, a new ethenolysis project in Europe, the global oleochemicals market going crazy (in terms of pricing anyway),  Total Corbion’s new recycled PLA offering, etc. etc. I am still working on my report but speaking of recycling, I wanted to share this … Continue reading »

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