Green Chemicals Blog
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Toronto to produce biogas from organic waste
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The City of Toronto, in partnership with Canada’s largest natural gas distributor, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., will begin installing new equipment at the Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility later this year. The new equipment will allow the City and Enbridge…
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Neste aims to use waste plastic feedstock for fuels and plastics
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Neste says it is exploring ways to introduce liquefied waste plastic as a future raw material for fossil refining. The aim of the development project is to proceed to industrial scale trial during 2019. The company’s target is to process…
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RSB, QRFA partner on biofuel certification
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) and the Queensland Renewable Fuels Association (QRFA) signed an MOU partnership agreement to support the certification of biofuels and endorsement of future low carbon fuel projects domestically in Queensland, Australia. The collaboration will assist…
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Godavari restarts bio-based acetic acid production
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India-based Godavari Biorefineries Ltd. (GBL) will be restarting its production of bio-based acetic acid at its Sakarwadi facility in Maharashtra from August 2018 using molasses-based ethanol for feedstock. GBL noted strong demand from customers as they expressed the need for…
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Avantium to start Zambezi pilot project in July
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Avantium announced that it will officially open a pilot biorefinery for its Zambezi technology in Delfzijl, Netherlands next month. Opening ceremonies will take place in Amsterdam on 10 July and in Delfzijl on 13 July. The Delfzijl plant will pilot Avantium’s technology to convert…
