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Calling Startups to join the Carbon-to-Value Initiative
Urban Future Lab, New Yor City’s leading cleantech incubator has partnered with Greentown Labs and Fraunhofer USA to launch ‘Carbon to Value (C2V)’ initiative, a multi-year multi-stakeholder program aiming a building the carbon tech ecosystem. Application is now open for startups to join the first C2V accelerator cohort which will run from May-November 2021. Startups … Continue reading
The US Plastics Pact launched
Led by the Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the collaborative U.S. Plastics Pact was launched as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact network. The U.S. Plastics Pact is an ambitious initiative to unify diverse public-private stakeholders across the plastics value chain to rethink the way we design, use, and reuse … Continue reading
Dutch SER advises biomass use for chems production
The Dutch Social Economic Council (SER) published this month its report: “Biomass in Balance, a sustainability framework for the high value application of bio-feedstocks” (in Dutch) which advises the Dutch government about biomass sustainability and giving a recommendation that biomass should be use more as bio-feedstock (chemicals and materials production) instead of bioenergy and fuel … Continue reading
The Great Reset: A Post-Covid19 Bioeconomy Agenda
I just learned from my social media networks that today is apparently #WorldEnvironmentDay so let me share this very interesting initiative called the Great Reset launched jointly on June 3 in a virtual meeting by the World Economic Forum and HRH The Prince of Wales in response to the need for a better world in … Continue reading
USDA expands rule on biorefinery loan program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand announced that USDA has published a final rule to expand the production of renewable chemicals and biobased manufactured products. The rule, for the first time, allows applicants for Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (9003 Program) loans to submit applications to … Continue reading
NatureWorks, Nonwovens Institute Support N95 Masks Production for Healthcare Workers
A long-standing partnership between NatureWorks and the Nonwovens Institute (NWI) at North Carolina State University (NC State) has resulted in a new spunbond nonwoven technology enabling the production of at least 10 million additional N95 surgical masks. NWI has converted the use of its research and training pilot production line to produce the face mask materials, and NatureWorks … Continue reading
BIO’s Plastics for Tomorrow Infographics
Here’s an interesting infographics from the BIO organization called “Plastics for Tomorrow’ noting that more than ever we have to be vigilant on growing plastic pollution and how we must invest in environmentally friendly alternatives like bioplastics that are biodegradable or recyclable. The infographics also cited some of the US policies that could help support … Continue reading
Canada’s biofuels, cleantech industries call for a clean economic recovery
Advanced Biofuels Canada (ABFC) has joined with a broad group of clean energy and cleantech industries and non-profit leaders in climate and energy policy to call on the federal government to support secure jobs in a cleaner, innovative, and diverse economy. These clean energy sector leaders recently delivered a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau outlining … Continue reading
ACC released guidance for mass balance certification standards
The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division announced a set of principles for mass balance certification standards that will trace and help increase plastics recycling and support markets for the outputs from advanced plastics recycling. A mass balance approach measures the amount of used plastic that enters advanced recycling processes and makes certain that claims of … Continue reading
VIDEO: USE IT Act legislation hearing
I just saw this tidbit of information from BIO’s daily newsletter (thanks BIO!) and can’t help but posting it. Unfortunately, I am in a very tight deadline for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter but will soon posts more news that came in the past 2-3 weeks. The hearing: The House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Environment … Continue reading