studies and reports
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Spotlight: Imperial College London Bio activities
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The blog had the pleasure of speaking with Imperial College London’s Professor Richard Ian Kitney (Chairman of Institute of Systems & Synthetic Biology as well as Co-director EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation) at the recent SynBioBeta conference in San Francisco. While the blog is not that much familiar with the synthetic biology industry,…
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Global bioplastics capacities to grow despite low oil price
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The European Bioplastics‘ annual market data update, compiled in cooperation with the research institutes IfBB – Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Germany) and nova Institute (Hürth, Germany), reported continued increase in global bioplastics production capacity despite the low oil price environment. The report noted a projected increase of…
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2015 American Cleaning Institute Sustainability Report
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I have been covering the cleaning industry since 2000 because of its connection to the oleochemicals market. The cleaning industry has been one of the front runners in their approach towards sustainability given their products’ role towards health, cleanliness and of course it is constantly being used by consumers every minute, everyday. The American Cleaning…
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New ASTM standard for plastic marine biodegradability
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ASTM International will soon release its new standard, ASTM D7991, on test methods for determining aerobic biodegradation of plastics in marine environments. The tests will provide ways to simulate how plastics degrade in seawater-soaked sand. It will provide specific test methods that determine biodegradation rates in different marine habitats simulated in laboratories. Such tests will…
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Survey: Environment increasingly important in consumer purchase
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Here is a recent study from Tetra Pak Environment Research conducted every two years since 2005. The 2015 edition polled over 6000 consumers and more than 200 food industry stakeholders in a total of 12 countries, including Brazil, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, UK and USA. This year’s survey was conducted in…
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Updates on Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass
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The July Bio-materials newsletter and other deadlines that I have for Tecnon OrbiChem is done, so now I can get back to blogging. I do hope readers were able to see some of the compiled tweets that I posted from the recently-held BIO World Congress in Montreal. This Monday, I will be tweeting a bit on Jefferies’ Industrial…
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Study: EU Bioeconomy worth EUR2 trillion
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The EU might be currently facing challenges right now with the Greece debt issue but it is noticeable that this region is upping its ante when it comes to investing in bio-based chemicals with its various public-private R&D and commercialization programs. In a preview from a new study by nova-Institut, it is estimated that the…