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Support the COMPOST Act
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The Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) are calling for everyone to support the Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion of Sustainable Techniques (COMPOST) Act recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and…
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Blog posts on wood-based fibres and chemicals
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Happy Thanksgiving to our US readers! I deemed last week’s AFCC’s first conference in Washington DC as a success and I, along with my colleague from Forest2Market, had a productive workshop session focusing on forestry feedstock for biofuels and renewable…
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Plastics Recyclers formed Chemical Recycling Group
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This month’s Bio-Materials content is brimming with interesting information ranging from Coca-Cola’s 100% bio-PET, a new ethenolysis project in Europe, the global oleochemicals market going crazy (in terms of pricing anyway), Total Corbion’s new recycled PLA offering, etc. etc. I…
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VIDEO: Stop Making Excuses
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This is a fantastic video just released by the United Nations in time for the COP26 global climate conference starting on 31 October. According to the new UN Development Programme (UNDP) research, the world spends $423 billion annually to subsidise…
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Economic Impact of US Biobased Products Industry
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its 2019 Economic Impact Analysis of the US Biobased Product Industry celebrating the USDA’s 10th anniversary of the creation of its Certified Biobased Product Label. Established in 2011 underneath USDA’s BioPreferred Program, the Certified…
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Agile BioFoundry Selects New Biotech Collaborations
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I’m always on the lookout for new companies in the renewable chemicals/materials industry and one of the ways to do this is keeping tabs on grants and funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologiees Office (BETO). The…
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Association, Bioplastic, Government, Investments, Press Release, Processing, R&D, studies and reportsEuropean Bioplastics talks about Chemical Recycling
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Some might say the surging investments in chemical recycling is taking away the attention on the development and commercialization of bio-based plastics but according to the European Bioplastics Association, chemical recycling is an important option for bio-based plastics to the…