Green Chemicals Blog
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Imaflex Files Patent For Recycling Paint Waste Into Plastic
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Canada-based Imaflex Inc. has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a production process converting waste latex paint into plastic film. The patent application titled “Methods of Recycling Waste Latex Paint” outlines Imaflex’s proprietary…
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LanzaTech, IOC-DBT to produce omega-3 fatty acids
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LanzaTech together with a research team from the IOC-DBT Center for Advanced Bio-Energy Research (an entity co-funded by India’s Department of Biotechnology and Indian Oil Corporation Limited) have developed a process that recycles CO2 emissions into omega-3 rich fatty acids….
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AkzoNobel, Enerkem in waste-based chems partnership
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Hello blog readers, the holidays are coming and the green blogger is becoming stressed out from deadlines so bear with me on the sparse postings. I will try to post recent news as much as possible but unfortunately most will…
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KiOR ran out of fuel
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Advanced biofuel company, KiOR, Inc. has finally waved the white flag and filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware after several months of dire warnings during earnings calls that the company has been…
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Corbion mulls 75 ktpa PLA project
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Corbion Purac continues to expand its reach in the bio-based chemicals sector and if anybody knows the situation on the PLA resin market, it is this company, which has been supplying lactides to PLA producers and co-developing PLA-based products with…
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Biofuel, Biorefinery, Company initiatives, Energy, Feedstock, Government, Investments, News Roundup, PartnershipExpanding cellulosic ethanol production worldwide
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It felt like everybody was in a group hug when I attended a biofuel panel discussion at the recently-held World Bio Markets USA with POET-DSM, GranBio and Abengoa Bioenergy in attendance. Abengoa had its grand opening celebration last month with…
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ExxonMobil establishes biofuels research program
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I think it’s a biofuels news kind of day. ExxonMobil Corporation announced last month that it has established an advanced biofuels research program at Iowa State University. The ExxonMobil Biofuels Program will initially focus on two research projects with Iowa…