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Rivertop’s glucarates on Safer Ingredients List
I am almost done with the Biomaterials newsletter for the month but let me post this short update from Rivertop Renewables on its glucaric acid-based products. The Montana-based novel chemicals company announced that its sodium glucarate produced by the company’s breakthrough oxidation technology has been listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Safer Chemicals Ingredients … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEMetabolix rejects Cellulac merger proposal
I can’t really write any long posts this week due to tight newsletter deadline but I just saw a confirmation from UK-based Cellulac that it has proposed a merger to Metabolix, which was then rejected. Last week, Metabolix announced that it is closing its biopolymers (PHA-based) business with a layoff of around 45 positions (50% … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEPA issues rules on methane capture from landfills
Something to think about for companies developing technologies that uses methane for feedstock in chemical/polymers production. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its new final rule on steps to further reduce emissions of methane-rich gas from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills by capturing and controlling landfill gas emissions at levels that are one-third … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEToyota Tsusho expands bio-PET investments
I am back from a brief mini-vacation and my apologies for those who left emails and messages that I have not yet responded to. I am now working on Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter and will probably be able to respond to those by first week of August. Here is one story that I will include … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProtected: Analysis: Itaconic acid landscape
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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEDOE releases initial 2016 Biomass report
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has rolled out the first volume of its 2016 Billion-Ton biomass report looking into the potential for US to sustainably produce at least one billion dry tons of non-food biomass resources annually by 2040. This is the third … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEPhosphorus from municipal sewage
AVA-CO2 recently announced that its cleanphos pilot plant in Karlsruhe, Germany, came online early this month. The cleanphos process enables efficient and cost-effective recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge compared to existing phosphorus recovery methods. The pilot unit will be tested in the coming weeks and months with two project partners, the University of Hohenhelm … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACES2G Biochemicals starts bio-glycols campaign
I had a very interesting interview with S2G BioChemicals‘ CEO, Mark Kirby, on their road to commercialization of not only bio-based glycols, MEG and MPG, but also an undisclosed high value specialty chemical that the company is currently collaborating with a Fortune 100 partner. I will report all of this for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProtected: Cellulac looking to acquire Metabolix?
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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGet to know the New Plastics Economy
While the blog is still in the bioplastics mood, I’ve been hearing more and more about circular economy when it comes to the plastics industry and I came across this interesting study as well as this new three-year initiative called the “New Plastics Economy” (NPEC) led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with a broad … Continue reading
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