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GC3 and InnoCentive announce winners for Novel Green Preservatives Challenge
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I usually don’t post straight-up press releases but a blogger’s gotta do what a blogger’s gotta do… The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) and InnoCentive have announced seven winners in the global GC3 Challenge: Developing New Preservatives for Personal Care & Household…
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EU proposes marine litter reduction measures
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The EU Commission released an EU-wide marine litter reduction proposal yesterday by targeting 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe’s beaches and seas (including abandoned fishing gear). These products reportedly constitute 70% of all marine litter items. Different…
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NCGA highlights corn-based chemicals R&Ds
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The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has recently awarded six new technologies who won the trade association’s first “Consider Corn Challenge“, an open innovation contest where more than 30 scientists and start-up companies brought forth their best ideas on the…
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Lignin Challenge 1.0 in Canada
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FYI for Canadian researchers, institutions, companies or other organizations who are seeking funding! Alberta Innovates invites proposals for funding under Lignin Challenge 1.0, a sub-program of Alberta Bio Future (ABF). The group is offering this funding in partnership with West Fraser, an…
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Biofuture Platform launched
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Ministers and high-level representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Paraguay, Philippines, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Uruguay gathered together on November 16, 2017, in Bonn, Germany, and have decided to join…
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BIO News: Renewable Chemicals Act of 2017
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Just got this news from BIO… BIO Applauds Senate Introduction of Renewable Chemicals Tax Credit Washington, D.C. (Oct. 19, 2017) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today thanked Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and co-sponsors Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins…
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GCB On Holiday until September but see you at #BIOWC17
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Dear blog readers, After 10 years of constant continued coverage of the renewable chemicals market, the blog – I might add for the first time – will be muted for the entire July and August as I try to recover…