Environment
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Winners
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This year’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Winners awarded by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) included Solazyme and Amyris. Solazyme won the 2014 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award for its microalgal fermentation-based tailored oils. Solazyme’s engineered microalgae can produce oils tailored to customers’ needs that can mimic or enhance properties of traditional vegetable oils (or animal…
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Why Tetra Pak chooses renewables?
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Tetra Pak is making a case on why the company is now using renewable-based materials in some of its packaging and has recently released a new white paper examining the use of materials in packaging that can be regrown or replenished naturally as a solution to the planet’s growing resource scarcity and to sustain the future…
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Enerkem starts commercial waste-to-biofuels plant
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Enerkem officially commissioned last week its first commercial biorefinery in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that will produce biofuels and chemicals using municipal waste. The facility, operated by Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, will have a capacity of up to 38 million liters/year initially producing biomethanol. A module converting the biomethanol into advanced ethanol will be added by the…
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CO2 Solutions in carbon capture pilot plant
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CO2 Solutions Inc. has entered into a collaboration agreement with Husky Energy, where CO2 Solutions will install and operate a pilot unit capturing approximately 15 tonnes of CO2 per day at Husky’s Pikes Peak South, Saskatchewan heavy oil site on a once-through steam generator. Operation of the pilot unit is expected to commence in early 2015…
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Certified Palm Oil Hits Record Sales for Q1 2014
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According to the latest data from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), sales of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014, has hit a new high, with a 49% increase for physical uptake of RSPO CSPO and a 54% increase for GreenPalm Certificates, compared with Q1 2013. Sales of…
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P&G reinforces sustainable palm supply
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The Procter & Gamble Company announced a commitment to no deforestation in its palm oil supply chain. Specific commitments include: Establish traceability of palm oil and palm kernel oil to supplier mills by December 31, 2015; Ensuring no deforestation in the palm supply chain to plantations by 2020; Working with suppliers, industry peers, NGOs, academic…
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RSB, Bonsucro certification collaboration
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Bonsucro, a global multi-stakeholder non-profit organization that promotes metric standards for sustainable sugarcane, will now be able to access certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) through a simplified audit process to demonstrate compliance. RSB and Bonsucro sustainability standards reportedly have significant overlap on most of their requirements. The collaboration between RSB and Bonsucro…