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Strong growth for bioplastics in 2020
The renewable chemicals and bioplastics markets have been surprisingly strong and very active in terms of investments this year amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. At the 4-day 15th European Bioplastics (EUBP) Conference that virtually took place earlier this month, the organization reported its annual market update noting that the global bioplastics production capacity is set … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEThe Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Green Chemistry Institute has partnered with the organization Beyond Benign to establish a new initiative ‘The Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC)‘ to support green chemistry education. For more than 20 years, educators from a wide variety of institutions, from K-12 to higher education universities and colleges, have been … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEOpportunities in fiber-based food packaging
As my colleague from Fisher International, Pirita Huotari, pointed out on her recent blog post, ‘Is Fiber-Based Food Packaging a New Golden Opportunity for Specialty Papers?’, several major food corporations like McDonalds are making the commitment to transition to 100% fibre-based packaging by 2025, which presents a whole range of new opportunities for the Pulp … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECalling Startups to join the Carbon-to-Value Initiative
Urban Future Lab, New Yor City’s leading cleantech incubator has partnered with Greentown Labs and Fraunhofer USA to launch ‘Carbon to Value (C2V)’ initiative, a multi-year multi-stakeholder program aiming a building the carbon tech ecosystem. Application is now open for startups to join the first C2V accelerator cohort which will run from May-November 2021. Startups … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEnerkem and partners to build waste-based methanol plant in Canada
It has been a while since the blog has an update on how Enerkem has been doing. This month, Enerkem, with a group of strategic partners, that include major investor Shell, along with Suncor and Proman, Hydro-Québec supplying green hydrogen and oxygen, and with the support of the Québec and Canadian governments, announced a plan … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEMore R&D Activities Open Up Lignin’s Feedstock Potential
Lignin is expected to play a significant role as a new chemical feedstock particularly in the formation of supramolecular materials and aromatic chemicals. Lignin is a complex plant-derived macromolecule found in the cell walls of almost all dry plants. It makes up 20-30% of the composition of wood. According to a European Commission (EC) report … Continue reading
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