Green Chemicals Blog
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Protected: Novozymes acquires TJ Technologies
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Protected: Lanxess produces biobased PBT with Genomatica
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Protected: Making vanillin from wood pulp lignin
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Styrene Under Fire Again – New York City Bans Polystyrene Food Packaging From July 2015
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On 12 June 2013, the New York City Council passed an amendment to an existing law that effectively bans polystyrene food packaging from 1 July 2015. The legislation says that from this date, “…no food service establishment, mobile food commissary or store shall sell or provide single service articles that consist of expanded polystyrene.” The…
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Novel cellulose structure to lower feedstock costs
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Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) are investigating the unique properties of crystalline cellulose nanofibers to develop novel chemical pretreatments and designer enzymes for biofuel production from cellulosic—or non-food—plant derived biomass.Novel biomass pretreatments can convert cellulose to a unique crystalline structure called cellulose III that reduces…
