Green Chemicals Blog
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USDA launches first price report on non-GMO corn and soybeans
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I am still in the middle of working on Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-materials newsletter, but I cannot resist posting this interesting report about the USDA AMS’s launch of its first weekly report on prices for non-GMO corn and soybeans. According to news sources, the non-GMO feed corn is reportedly selling for significantly more than the conventional engineered…
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Corbion acquires Indian lactic acid biz
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Unfortunately, I’m in the middle of writing this month’s Bio-Materials newsletter for Tecnon OrbiChem so blog posts are brief and few. Here’s a recent announcement from Corbion Purac about its planned acquisition of Malladi Specialties Limited (MSL), a leading manufacturer in India of lactic acid and lactic acid-based derivatives such as calcium lactate, sodium lactate…
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Apparel recycling updates
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This is a bit late news but well worth posting. Adidas announced in late June that it has partnered with Parley for the Oceans – an organization in which creators, thinkers and leaders come together to raise awareness about the state of the oceans and collaborate on projects that can protect and conserve them. Adidas…
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Soy-polyols expand in Europe
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I have been covering the development of soy polyols since my journalism days at Chemical Market Reporter magazine (a loooong time ago) and one of the pioneers in this sector is Arkansas-based BioBased Technologies (BBT) LLC. The company has debuted its Agrol soy-based polyols ten years ago and now it recently announced its expansion into Europe. Beginning next…
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Zeachem in microbials collaboration
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Biorefinery developer, ZeaChem Inc., announced a Product Development and Supply Memorandum of Understanding with Pure Cultures, a producer of high-quality probiotic products. The agreement will accelerate the product development of Pure Cultures’ direct fed microbials (DFM). The companies intend to cooperatively validate pilot, demonstration and production processes at ZeaChem’s facility in Boardman, Oregon and Pure…
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MBI bags biomass pretreatment patent
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I have been learning more about pre-treatment processing for biomass as I don’t really cover much about this area. My interview with MBI (Michigan Biotechnology Institute) made me aware of the problems concerning the use of cellulosic feedstock for biofuel and bio-based chemicals application as the pretreatment process is a costly undertaking for companies to…
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Europe forms bioplastics network
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The Bioplastics Organisations Network Europe (BON Europe) has been recently formed as a collaboration of national bioplastics organizations from across Europe. BON Europe was launched in summer 2015 with the mission to connect initiatives around the bioplastics industry on EU level and in the Member States. The BON Europe partner organizations represent companies that produce, convert…