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VIDEO: Stop Making Excuses
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 fossil fuels for consumers. This is four times the amount being called for to help … Continue reading
Economic Impact of US Biobased Products Industry
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 Biobased Product Label is intended to spur economic development, create new jobs and provide new … Continue reading
Agile BioFoundry Selects New Biotech Collaborations
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 department’s Agile BioFoundry Consortium (ABF), a consortium of national laboratories dedicated to accelerating biomanufacturing and … Continue reading
European Bioplastics talks about Chemical Recycling
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 same extent as for fossil-based plastics. Chemical Recycling of bio-based plastics contributes to a circular … Continue reading
US Plastics Pact Launched 2025 Roadmap
Hello blog readers. My apologies for not posting for quite some time as I have been immersed in new administerial duties at Tecnon OrbiChem and we just released our latest Bio-Materials market commentaries. This month’s special report is about sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). We’ve also reported updates on pine chemicals and bio-based naphtha/renewable diesel. Some … Continue reading
US DOE Releases Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap and a request for information (RFI) seeking stakeholder input on the Draft Roadmap. Announced in November 2019, the Plastics Innovation Challenge is a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies. The Plastics Innovation Challenge will also position the United … Continue reading
VIDEO: Solvents and the EU Green Deal
If you’re interested in the EU Green Deal and how it will affect the solvents market, please watch this complete webinar (it’s 1.5 hours) from the European Solvents Industry Group (ESIG). Just like the implementation of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) years ago in Europe, the EU Green Deal is expected to … Continue reading
Restriction eases for DOE Loan Guarantees
I don’t really analyze deeply some of the policies surrounding the renewable chemicals and biofuels/bioenergy markets although I do recognize that the renewable chemicals industry seems to be always trying to catch up with its bigger sibling when it comes to policies enabling tax credits, government incentives and loans for renewable chemicals projects and products. … Continue reading
Strong growth for bioplastics in 2020
The renewable chemicals and bioplastics markets have been surprisingly strong and very active in terms of investments this year amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. At the 4-day 15th European Bioplastics (EUBP) Conference that virtually took place earlier this month, the organization reported its annual market update noting that the global bioplastics production capacity is set … Continue reading
The Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Green Chemistry Institute has partnered with the organization Beyond Benign to establish a new initiative ‘The Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC)‘ to support green chemistry education. For more than 20 years, educators from a wide variety of institutions, from K-12 to higher education universities and colleges, have been … Continue reading