Green Chemicals Blog
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Industry shake-out: Cobalt Technologies exit
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It has been a long time since anybody heard from Cobalt Technologies and my last post about it was in 2013. I read this interesting news from butanol experts, Sam Nejame and James Evangelow, who posted on Biofuel Digest about the demise…
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Genomatica gears for biomass feedstock
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The use of waste-based feedstock is an important milestone for the renewable chemicals industry as it will further emphasize the industry’s sustainability and hopefully will lessen the cost of production in the long run (although market economics dictate that nothing…
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VIDEO: Spot the blogger
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Hello blog readers! My apologies for the very much sparse posting as I just came back from a 1.5 weeks of working on the June Tecnon OrbiChem Bio-Materials newsletter, and then a short but sweet holiday vacation after. I’ll posting…
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Sprint to use wheat-straw paper for customer mailings
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In its latest effort to optimize paper use and reduce environmental impact, Sprint will pilot a new kind of forest friendly paper for customer mailings in the coming months. The paper, made of wheat-straw byproduct, is not noticeably different to…
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LEGO Group to invest 1 Billion DKK for sustainable materials
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The LEGO Group recently announced plans to invest DKK 1 billion ($152.2 million) dedicated to research, development and implementation of new, sustainable, raw materials to manufacture LEGO® elements as well as packaging materials. Last year, the company stepped up its effort…
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USDA reports impact of bio-based chemicals to US economy
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The US Department of Agriculture’s BioPreferred program released a study on the economic impact analysis of the US bioproducts industry (excluding biofuels or other renewable energy sources). The USDA commissioned the study under the 2014 Federal farm bill. The report…
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Avantium partners with Tereos
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For years, major agribusinesses have been partnering (although more muted now in the US) with renewable chemical companies e.g. Bunge with Solazyme; ADM with its previous partnerships with Metabolix and recent investments in Rennovia; Cargill with its NatureWorks subsidiary and investments…