Green Chemicals Blog
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Biofuture Platform launched
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Ministers and high-level representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Paraguay, Philippines, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Uruguay gathered together on November 16, 2017, in Bonn, Germany, and have decided to join efforts in a new government-led, multi-stakeholder Biofuture Platform designed to promote international coordination on advanced…
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Braskem, Topsoe to build a demo bio-MEG plant
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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate here in the USA! I still have more ‘catching up’ posts and this one has already been announced back in July during the BIO World Congress but I guess the press statement (delivered by our friends from Sustainability Consult) just made it official. Braskem has signed a partnership with…
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Genomatica releases 4th Renewable Chemicals Survey
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Genomatica just finished its survey of the mainstream chemical industry, in partnership with ICIS Chemical Business. One of the key themes in the survey, according to the company, is that there is still big optimism for renewables where 71% of the people surveyed believe that renewable chemicals will be in common use within five years.…
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Oxodegradable ban initiatives
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Dear readers, My apologies for a very long hiatus in blogging. Unfortunately my struggle with health issues still continues and everybody tells me health comes first. However, it is hard to stay away from blogging. Here’s a report that I received late last month regarding oxodegradable plastics. A recently released statement from members of the…
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AkzoNobel, Fibria pulp partnership
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AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has completed the expansion of a Chemical Island in Brazil to support a major project for Brazilian forestry company Fibria. The world’s leading producer of eucalyptus pulp from planted forests, Fibria has invested $2.2 billion to more than double pulp capacity at its mill in Três Lagoas to 3.25 million tons…
