Business
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.
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 is to reuse items in order to stop the influx…
Modern Meadow’s Bioleather1 Produces 80% Fewer Emissions Than Conventional Leather
A peer-reviewed life cycle assessment of Modern Meadow’s Bioleather1 material family has been carried out. The study compared Bioleather1’s environmental impact against that of conventional leather.
US EPA Designates $2M to 11 Food Waste AD Projects
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has assigned $2 million (€1.84 million) to 11 organisations in order to divert food waste from landfills by expanding nationwide anaerobic digestion (AD) capacity.
MCC and Toyota Tsusho Plan For Plant-Derived Ethylene and Propylene
Japan-based companies Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Nagoya) have begun a joint-consideration that will manufacture and sell ethylene, propylene, as well as their byproducts using bioethanol as a raw material. The companies have plans to begin operations…
Antalis Packaging’s Launches Recyclable Honeycomb Protective Shipping Design
Antalis Packaging has developed an easy-to-recycle honeycomb cell design which can be an alternative to wooden shipping crates, offering enhanced protection for a company that requested sustainable crates for the transportation of heavy, fragile goods overseas.