Green Chemicals Blog
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Butamax and Gevo settle isobutanol patent war
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Great news are coming out just as I am in the middle of writing my newsletter! Here’s one fresh from Gevo and Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, where the two companies are entering a worldwide patent cross-license and settlement agreements, ending their patent dispute related to their bio-isobutanol production technologies. The settlement ends all of the…
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Biomass? There’s an App for that
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I am going to be very busy this week with my Bio-materials newsletter deadline but I can’t resist posting this news from Genera Energy (a bioenergy supply chain management company) about its launch of a mobile agriculture app, “Biomass”. The app was developed to serve as a practical, easy-to-use mobile crop planning and learning tool for…
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Alberta Bio program offers $3m funding
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Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions has launched a new funding program “Alberta Bio Future Product and Technology Commercialization,” which aims to increase the value derived from Alberta’s renewable biomass resource with new products or technologies for the province’s bioindustrial sector. A minimum of $250,000 and a maximum of $1,000,000 is available for projects that need pilot…
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P&G initiates use of recycled packaged bottles
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Procter & Gamble through its Fabric Care business plans to overhaul its packaging by using up to 50% ‘Post Consumer Recyclate’ (recycled plastic) for 230 million bottles of its flagship brands such as Ariel, Dash, Lenor and Unstoppables. First P&G bottles using these materials are expected to be on sale in early 2016. According to…
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Twitter Live: Jefferies Industrials Conference 2015
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The Jefferies 11th Annual Industrials Conference, which took place 10-13 August in NYC held a dedicated industrial biotech and emerging/sustainable technology companies presentations on 10 August. Here are some snippets of their presentations: LET’S CONNECT!
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Elevance launches alternative to d-limonene cleaning ingredient
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Elevance recently announced the introduction of another bio-based cleaning ingredient that reportedly addresses supply limitations of d-limonene. Its new Elevance Clean™ 1000 is a high-performing, bio-based cleaning ingredient that reportedly reduces uncertainty in price and supply for d-limonene buyers and boosts performance of d-limonene formulations, especially those used in asphalt/tar removal and degreasing applications. As…
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VIDEO: ZealaFoam – a biodegradable alternative to polystyrene
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The blog has been reporting developments in bio-based polystyrene (PS) especially at these times where expandable PS is being banned in several cities in the US including the recent one here in my hometown, New York City. New Zealand-based The Biopolymer Network (BPN) has partnered with Auckland-based plastics maker Barnes Plastics, and the partnership has…