Green Chemicals Blog
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Global Bioenergies in bio-propylene
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France-based Global Bioenergies (GBE) announced this week that it was able to directly convert glucose to propylene using the same artificial metabolic pathway that the company uses to produce its bio-isobutene. According to the company, artificial pathway means: “The GBE…
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FTC’s revised Green Guides
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‘Tis the season to remind manufacturers to be careful about their green marketing claims. Last month, the European Bioplastics trade group launched its Environmental Communications Guide to help marketing and communications professionals to correctly present the benefits of bioplastics based…
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PUMA debuts biodegradable shoes
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Sports products company PUMA is launching in February 2013 worldwide its collection of shoes, apparel and accessories that are either biodegradable or recyclable when consumers return their worn-out products to PUMA’s Bring Me Back Program. The InCycle collection are said…
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Biochemistry: Signs of the times
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I am fully back in gear (after another grueling exam) and ready to post. Yesterday, the twitter world was abuzz about the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry going to two American scientists Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, a professor at Duke…
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Weekly News Roundup
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I’m beginning to hate school…Good thing I still have this blog so I can vent my school frustration in a productive way. Here are this week’s news roundup: Biosuccinium in solvents Bio-succinic acid producer Reverdia has collaborated with Belgium-based fine…
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Cleantech list recognizes chems
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Congratulations to renewable chemical and biofuel companies who made it to this year’s annual Global Cleantech 100 companies! The list, according to Cleantech Group, is an annual barometer reading of the global innovation community’s shifting views on which companies, and…
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To Succinity and Beyond!
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I’m on a study mode now but let me post this news from BASF and CSM today about the formation of their 50-50 bio-succinic acid joint venture company called Succinity. I love the name by the way and for some…