Regulation
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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Raises the Stakes in Biomanufacturing
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Biomanufacturing is moving deeper into China’s industrial policy base as indicated in the country’s recently-released 15th Five-Year Plan. The national 2026-2030 plan identifies biomanufacturing and advanced materials as priority areas for technological breakthroughs and industrial upgrading. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is also expected to issue a dedicated 15th Five-Year Biomanufacturing Development…
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IFF and Kemira launch AlphaBio JV
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IFF and specialty chemicals company Kemira launched Alpha Bio, a joint venture aimed at commercial-scale production of renewable bio-based materials with an investment value of €130 million. The Alpha Bio facility, to be located at the IFF biorefinery in Kotka, Finland, will convert up to 44,000 tons of plant sugars to various products, including high-performance…
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Give bio-based products in the EU a chance
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The European Bioplastics organisation gave me a heads-up on this. interesting development about the EU’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) method, which can help companies calculate their environmental performance based on reliable, verifiable and comparable information, and for other actors (public administrations, NGOs, business partners, for example) to have access to such information. The fundamental principle…
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Biofuel, Bioplastic, Biorefinery, Clean technology, Company initiatives, Energy, Environment, Feedstock, Government, Investments, R&D, RegulationUSA launches National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative
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I just came back from a 10-day holiday off (the longest vacation time I’ve had in years), and I promised myself not to check my emails, not to blog and not to check any work-related social media. It was tough initially, but I had a great time off exploring the Canadian Maritimes. One interesting trip…
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Admin, Conference, Feedstock, Government, Investments, Opinion, Presentation, R&D, Regulation, studies and reports, Tecnon OrbiChemBIOECONOMY: Poised At A Historic Crossroads
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Unfortunately, it is getting harder for me to blog with my workload at Tecnon OrbiChem so I am happy to share this Bioeconomy post that our marketing has put up on the TOC blog site based on my presentation in April for the Pine Chemicals Association Spring Meeting. You can also download my presentation when…
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Support the COMPOST Act
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The Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) are calling for everyone to support the Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion of Sustainable Techniques (COMPOST) Act recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Ann Kuster (D-NH) and the U.S. Senate by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). The COMPOST Act…
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Protected: Not all carbon emissions are equal?
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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.