Green Chemicals Blog
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Avantium opens bio-glycols demo plant
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The bio-based glycols market is slowly coming back to life with the addition of new capacities from several companies I’ve been covering these past few years. Last week, Avantium inaugurated its plant-based MEG (monoethylene glycol) demonstration factory in Chemie Park…
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Coca-Cola launches marine plastic bottle samples
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Coca-Cola announced its first-ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics. This sample is the first-ever plastic bottle made using marine litter that has been successfully recycled and reused in food and drink packaging. About 300 sample bottles…
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Funding opportunity for US biorefineries
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is again accepting applications for loan guarantees for up to 80% of the total eligible project costs up to $250 million. Under the Section 9003 Program, the loan aims to assist in the development, construction…
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Adhesives remain a high-growth area for bio-based chemicals developments
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Research, development and commercialisation of various bio-based adhesive technologies have steadily risen driven by factors such as low VOC and carbon emission requirements; the need to lower costs of transporting and storing hazardous substances; growing consumer preference for plant-based materials…
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Salesforce’s Sustainability Cloud tool offers carbon emissions tracking
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I have to admit I’m a little bit biased in reporting this since my older brother works for Salesforce, a cloud-computing service company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that specializes in customer relationship management (CRM). According to the company, it…
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Total Corbion celebrates PLA plant start-up
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I have just been updating my share of polylactic acid (PLA) information in Nova Institute’s upcoming biopolymers study and it reminded me how the PLA industry has come a long way from being a novel, niche polymer. Of course, it…
