studies and reports
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Pathways to novel chemicals – Inform
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There are a lot of focus on the commercialization of drop-in renewable chemicals, and sometimes novel chemicals such as glucaric acid, itaconic acid, levulinic acid, etc. are not being given its proper recognition. The American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) has…
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Study on compostables in recycling
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For years, the waste management industry claims that bioplastics can cause a serious disturbance in the established recycling streams such as PE and PET. In the UK in particular, the British Plastics Federation’s Recycling Group (BPFRG) have been warning the…
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Biofuels will not impact bioplastic developments
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The green blogger will be in Boston for the rest of the week attending (and will be presenting) at the ICIS World Purchasing Summit. I will do a live blog of the event, where most of the major focus will…
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Cleaning industry releases sustainability report
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The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) released its 2013 Sustainability Report which shows overall decreases by member companies in four environmental metric data points: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and solid waste generation. Data spanned all three reporting years…
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New report on succinic, itaconic acids and FDCA
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I’m trying to cram a lot of work this week before my ‘no-internet’ vacation arrives this Saturday. By the way, I will be presenting next month September 13 at the ICIS World Chemical Purchasing Summit in Boston about the bio-based…
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Tecnon OrbiChem launches Bio-Materials service
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* TECNON ORBICHEM ANNOUNCES: THE LAUNCH OF A NEW BIO-MATERIALS SERVICE LONDON, 8 July 2013 Tecnon OrbiChem launches a special issue (Issue 0) of its new Bio-Materials & Intermediates Chemical Business Focus (CBF). The content and format of this…
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Codexis, Chemtex scale-up cellulosic fatty alcohol
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News keep coming this week, and this last one is from Codexis on its fatty alcohol project with engineering firm Chemtex, a company of Italy’s M&G Group. Codexis announced its successful scale-up in the production of their CodeXol® detergent alcohols…