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Beyond Meat Launches Plant-Based Chicken
Last week, Beyond Meat announced that it’s new product, Beyond Chicken Tenders, is now available across the US food service stores and over 400 restaurants. The plant based pioneer declared it a breakthrough in the poultry market, after almost ten…
Energycane could be cheaper, better alternative to soybeans
Four new studies from the University of Illinois have indicated that energycane could produce higher yields of biofuel than soybeans - at a lower cost. The studies were undertaken as part of the Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane (ROGUE)…
Startup turning emissions into products receives $57m funding
California startup Twelve - formerly Opus 12 - has received $57m in a round of Series A funding for its technology, which captures and transforms carbon dioxide emissions into materials that traditionally use fossil fuels. A self-proclaimed ‘carbon transformation’ company,…
Graphene-based ink could make the electronics of our future
Graphene has long been known as something of a wonder-material, given its high durability and the fact that it is both the thinnest and the strongest material, consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms that is pliable and highly…
Nivea Unveils New Bio-Based Jars
Starting June 2021, Beiersdorf’s Nivea Naturally Good face care product line will be available in shelves in about 30 countries in new, more sustainable packaging. This comes from the company’s announcement at the end of last year, to cooperate with…
INEOS Chemicals Grangemouth Joins Acorn CCS Project, INEOS FPS and Petroineos for Carbon Capture and Storage
On July 9th 2021, INEOS Chemicals Grangemouth, INEOS FPS and Petroineos signed a commitment with the Acorn CCS Project to jointly develop Scotland’s first carbon capture and storage system. The system will link Scotland’s industrial midland of Grangemouth to the…