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RENEWABLE CHEMICAL EVENTS 2025
- Apr 29-30, CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference, Cologne, Germany
- May 7-8, 15th ICIS World Surfactants Conference, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Jun 10-11, World Bio Markets, The Hague, Netherlands
- Jun 11-12, Future of Surfactants Summit 2025, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Sept 15-16, Bio Innovations Midwest, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Sept 22-24, Renewable Materials Conference, Siegburg, Germany
- Nov 16-18, AFCC Global Biobased Economy Conference & Exhibit, Washington D.C., USA
- Nov 19-20, Advanced Recycling Conference, Cologne, Germany
- Dec 2-3, European Bioplastics Conference, Berlin, Germany
Latest Post
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US Biotech and National Security
The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) has released a pivotal report highlighting the strategic importance of biotechnology to U.S. national security and expressing concern over China’s rapid advancements in this sector. The report underscores that the United States,…
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IFF and Kemira launch AlphaBio JV
IFF and specialty chemicals company Kemira launched Alpha Bio, a joint venture aimed at commercial-scale production of renewable bio-based materials with an investment value of €130 million. The Alpha Bio facility, to be located at the IFF biorefinery in Kotka,…
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Status and Outlook: Bio-based Polymers worldwide
Expert insight into capacity developments, investments, and new policy frameworks Author: Michael Carus, Founder and CEO nova-Institute (Germany) As the New Year begins, let’s take a closer look at the current state of bio-based polymers. We look at the rapidly…
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Global bioplastics update at EBC24
The Green Chemicals Blog extends warm wishes for a joyful holiday season! As we conclude 2024, we reflect on the highlights and insights of this year’s coverage of the European Bioplastics Conference held earlier this month in Berlin, Germany. The…
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Coverage of the AFCC 2024
Uncertainty emerged as a central theme at the 4th Annual Global Biobased Economy Conference, held in Washington, D.C., and hosted by the Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition (AFCC). The event brought together over 500 attendees to discuss the future of…
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Out of service
The green blogger is currently out of service, temporarily…In the meantime, I am thinking of a lot of medical waste and medical materials that could be an opportunity for the biobased industry. Stay tune!
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Guayule 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…
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Biofuel 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…
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Algae 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,…
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Bioplastic 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…
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Weekly 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…
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Introducing 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…
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Sustainable 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…
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PHA 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…
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Nike 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…
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