Bioplastic
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Algae update: Solazyme et al.
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A lot of activities going on with Solazyme that includes its third quarter earnings report yesterday, the launch of its algal-based diesel to the consumer market, expansion of its production capacity in Brazil through the Bunge joint venture, and finally,…
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Bioplastic potential from bag bans
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This interactive map of various plastic bag bans (either already implemented, in the works, or did not go through…) is definitely worth sharing as I’ve mentioned via twitter, that these bag bans could lead to increase market share for compostable/biodegradable…
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PHA bioplastic update
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I have two posts that keeps accumulating virtual dusts…this one and the one about oleochemicals… Since I am in the bioplastic mode again (thanks to recent news about polybutylene succinate or PBS), let me see what we can do with…
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Neste Oil expands in bio-naptha
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A short post about Neste Oil’s renewable naphtha product before it gets buried in my draft box.. According to Finnish energy giant Neste Oil, it has launched commercial production and sales of bio-based naptha produced as a co-product of its…
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Mitsubishi expands PBS partnership
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I apologize for the long hiatus as I just finished my mid-term exam last night and I made a promise to focus all my attention on school for the exam. I have been wanting to post this news since it…
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Toyota Tsusho’s Bio-PET rolls out
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It’s 2am and I’ll make this a quickie post before my eyes pop out of my head. Illinois, US-based Clear Lam Packaging announced yesterday that it has signed a deal with Toyota Tshusho for the use of its Bio-PET (polyethylene…
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More delays for METEX’ bio-PDO
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France-based METabolic EXplorer (METEX) is joining the ranks of other public industrial biotechnology firms (such as Amyris, Codexis, Gevo…) who are not too happy with the way their stocks are falling this year. Difficulty in financing and planned capacity delays…