Green Chemicals Blog
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VIDEO: Biodegradable shoe Super Bowl Ad
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I forgot to post this after seeing it during one of the Super Bowl commercials. According to Saucony (pronounced sock-a-knee), the company aims to have no plastics, no plastic derivatives and not even bio-plastics in its biodegradable sneakers. The company…
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Biorefinery, Company initiatives, Investments, Partnership, Press Release, Products, R&D, studies and reportsIs levulinic acid making a comeback?
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It has been a while since we last heard any activities in the levulinic acid space especially as there are not many players developing end-market applications in this field aside from GF Biochemicals, which has (or had?) a 10 ktpa…
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VIDEO: USE IT Act legislation hearing
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I just saw this tidbit of information from BIO’s daily newsletter (thanks BIO!) and can’t help but posting it. Unfortunately, I am in a very tight deadline for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter but will soon posts more news that came…
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China to ban single-use plastic products
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission recently announced the country’s five-year plan to control plastic pollution by banning production, consumption and sales of single-use plastic products; actively promote alternative plastic products; standardize plastic waste recycling; and establish management systems for…
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ADM, P2 Science collaborate in bio-based specialty chems R&D
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ADM and P2 Science, Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that intends to build on both companies’ expertise in the field of chemistry and renewable materials derived from plants. The MOU proposes the companies will work together in…
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US DOE Announces Nearly $15 Million for CO2 Utilization Projects
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $15 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002186, Novel Concepts for the Utilization of Carbon Dioxide…
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Analogy between PHA materials and Vanillin
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By Jan Ravenstijn of GoPHA (Global Organisation for PHA) The purpose of this paper is to draw a parallel between legislation on calling “fermentative production of Vanillin as a flavour” and “PHA-products as polymers” natural. Vanillin is the primary component…