Enviva To Build New Pellet Facility In Mississippi
Enviva, the world's largest producer of industrial wood pellets, will invest $250 million (€229 million) in a new wood pellet production facility in Bond, Mississippi. Enviva’s growth strategy is to…
Avantium Reaches Financial Close for its FDCA Flagship Plant
Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has reached Financial Close for the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The world’s…
Mattel To Use Sabic’s Certified Renewable Polymers
SABIC announced a collaboration with Mattel to incorporate certified renewable polymers from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ program across the toy giant’s products offering.
Braskem and Sojitz to Collaborate on Bio MEG and Bio MPG Techn
Braskem and Sojitz Corporation have announced a joint venture to produce and market bio MEG (monoethylene glycol) and bio MPG (monopropylene glycol). The agreement will include the construction of three…
How This Mexican Company Makes Sustainable Vegan Leather By Feeding Fruit Waste To Bacteria
New cell-based biotextile Celium—which leverages food waste, cellular agriculture, and circular economy manufacturing—has the potential to be the next-generation sustainable vegan leather.
Pharma industry-backed fund invests in two biotech companies to treat ‘superbugs’
A $1 billion fund backed by over 20 drugmakers made its first set of investments on Monday in two biotechnology startups, nearly two years after it was launched to help…
IPCC highlights bioenergy potential and concerns in latest report
Bioenergy and BECCS have an important role to play in climate change mitigation, but there are concerns over sustainable feedstock sourcing and large-scale deployment, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel…
EIB To Finance AD Plant in Italy
The European Investment Bank announced it will contribute to financing a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the Italian municipality of Pescara. The EIB will grant the 2021-2025 climate strategy…
Researchers Develop Nanotexture For Plastic Inspired By Insect Wings
A team of researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and Mitsubishi Chemical’s The KAITEKI Institute have created an antibacterial nanotexture for rigid plastic packaging.
B&W and Kiewit partner to develop BECCS project
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) and Kiewit Industrial have teamed up to develop Fidelis New Energy’s planned biomass plant and carbon capture project in Louisiana, US.
Transforming Poop into Bioplastic
Kasra Khatami Mashhadi, a researcher on material recycling at KTH is developing a way to transform wastewater residue into bioplastics using bacteria. Bacteria in wastewater act as natural bioplastic factories.
Circular Economy Platform ‘Re’ Secures £3 Million Funding
Circular economy platform Re has received a £3 million funding, courtesy of the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) challenge. Founded by Beauty Kitchen, Re’s goal…