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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGuayule rubber in wetsuit
US-based Yulex sent me this press release this weekend regarding their project with sports/outdoors products manufacturer Patagonia on a guayule rubber-based wetsuit as an alternative for the use of neoprene materials. The blog first heard about guayule (pronounced why-YOU-lee) in 2009 when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) put out an article about their research … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBiofuel News Roundup
The blog decided to separate the biofuel news from the weekly roundup as there are too many of them and its piling up quickly. Current activities going on in the biofuel industry is the wait-and-watch mode for the much anticipated decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on whether it will change or maintain … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEAlgae update: Solazyme et al.
A lot of activities going on with Solazyme that includes its third quarter earnings report yesterday, the launch of its algal-based diesel to the consumer market, expansion of its production capacity in Brazil through the Bunge joint venture, and finally, a partnership with Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) for additional production capacity through ADM’s Clinton, Iowa, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBioplastic potential from bag bans
This interactive map of various plastic bag bans (either already implemented, in the works, or did not go through…) is definitely worth sharing as I’ve mentioned via twitter, that these bag bans could lead to increase market share for compostable/biodegradable shopping bags. One example is Metabolix’s new Mvera B5008 compostable-certified film grade resin. Application for … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWeekly News Roundup
So many news, so little time…. Dow, Mitsui secures JV approval Dow Chemical and Mitsui & Co. have completed the formation of its previously announced 50:50 JV in Brazil. The JV will operate a sugarcane plantation, build a 63m gal/year sugarcane-to-ethanol facility, which will be integrated into a biopolymers facility producing sugarcane-based polyethylene plastics for … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEIntroducing Calysta Energy
I’m working on the weekly news roundup and reading some of the recent earnings report from Amyris, Gevo, Codexis and Solazyme. In between these and studying, I’ll put this short post about a newly established company called Calysta Energy led by former Codexis CEO Alan Shaw, who stepped down from his post in Codexis early … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESustainable Palm oil: Is certification enough?
I have been loosely following environmental issues concerning the sustainability of global palm oil supply and production given my interest in the oleochemical sector where palm oil derivatives is a major feedstock. Japan-based fragrance company Shiseido was just one of the latest global consumer/food product firms that announced their initiative to make sure their palm … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEPHA bioplastic update
I have two posts that keeps accumulating virtual dusts…this one and the one about oleochemicals… Since I am in the bioplastic mode again (thanks to recent news about polybutylene succinate or PBS), let me see what we can do with this one about polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) since there had been several news that came out about … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENike uses bio-based polyurethanes
As folks in the polyurethane industry would tell you, the sports products and footwear markets are hot spots for growing bioplastic demand. I actually wrote about Nike’s announcement of its GS football boot in July when it announced that its new football boot has been worn by Brazilian football star Neymar. Back then, Nike said … Continue reading
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