Bioplastic
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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…
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Strong bioplastic growth led by bio-PET
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Another delayed post is this press release last week from the industry trade group, European Bioplastics, on their annual report on the global bioplastic capacity/production status and five-year growth projections. The report, which is published in cooperation with the Institute…
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LanzaTech in CO2-to-acetic acid
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Miss me? I miss blogging too, and for those who recently contacted me via email, my apologies for the delayed response. A lot of personal things going on but I am trying to get back into the green groove. We…
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PUMA debuts biodegradable shoes
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Sports products company PUMA is launching in February 2013 worldwide its collection of shoes, apparel and accessories that are either biodegradable or recyclable when consumers return their worn-out products to PUMA’s Bring Me Back Program. The InCycle collection are said…
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To Succinity and Beyond!
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I’m on a study mode now but let me post this news from BASF and CSM today about the formation of their 50-50 bio-succinic acid joint venture company called Succinity. I love the name by the way and for some…
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Coca-Cola picks 2nd bio-EG supplier
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Happy October! It feels like it has been awhile since I last posted. School is creating chaos on my grand blogging plans but the blogger will persist. Finally, Coca-Cola announced it’s long-awaited bio-based monoethylene glycol (bio-MEG) plans for its polyethylene…