Category: Chemicals & Materials

L’Oréal joins Unilever, Kao, and Genomatica in biobased surfactants project

L’Oréal joins Unilever, Kao, and Genomatica in biobased surfactants project

March 20, 2023 |

In San Diego, L’Oréal has joined the Genomatica-led consortium working to develop, produce and commercialize biotechnology-based alternatives to critical ingredients found in everyday cosmetics, personal care and cleaning products. The brand powerhouse joins founding consortium members Genomatica, Unilever, and Kao Corporation. The partnership is using Genomatica’s proprietary engineered microorganisms to ferment plant sugars that produce […]

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AFRY explains its role in TreeToTextile sustainable textile fiber demo plant in Sweden

AFRY explains its role in TreeToTextile sustainable textile fiber demo plant in Sweden

March 16, 2023 |

In Sweden, local engineering, design and advisory company AFRY said that TreeToTextile, owned by H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso and LSCS Invest, has invested $37 million in constructing a textile fiber process technology demonstration plant in Sweden. TreeToTextile is offering a new technology to produce biobased textile fibers with a low environmental footprint […]

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Pan American Energy, Integrity Mining and Industrial to pilot sustainable chemistry for lithium extraction in North America

Pan American Energy, Integrity Mining and Industrial to pilot sustainable chemistry for lithium extraction in North America

March 16, 2023 |

In Canada, Pan American Energy said it has partnered with Integrity Mining and Industrial (IMI), a subsidiary of Integrity Bio-Chemicals, to collaborate on evaluating IMI’s suite of sustainable green chemistries to enhance lithium recovery from petalite bearing pegmatite, spodumene and lithium bearing clays. Pan American said it intends to share samples from its planned exploration […]

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Fiji announces plans to construct ethanol plant

Fiji announces plans to construct ethanol plant

March 16, 2023 |

In Fiji, The Fiji Times reported that Government will build an ethanol plant at Rakiraki. Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh said the new ethanol plant would generate income for Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC). This income would allow FSC to get rid of years of relying on Government loans, the ministry said. “The plant in Rakiraki […]

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NILIT says its SENSIL ByNature Nylon 6.6 earns ISCC+ certification

NILIT says its SENSIL ByNature Nylon 6.6 earns ISCC+ certification

March 16, 2023 |

In Israel, NILIT, a specialist in premium Nylon 6.6 for apparel, said it has earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus system (ISCC+) accreditation for its primary SENSIL ByNature facility in Israel. The ISCC+ system is an independent sustainability certification program that confirms the controlled use of renewable feedstocks throughout a supply chain. The […]

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Research shows global biobased lubricants market moved $2.8 billion in 2022

Research shows global biobased lubricants market moved $2.8 billion in 2022

March 16, 2023 |

In China, Acumen Research and Consulting reported that the global biobased lubricants market generate $2.8 billion in 2022. According to the research firm, this market is set to achieve a market size of $ 4.9 billion in 2032 growing at a CAGR of 5.2% during the 2023-2032 period. “The global biobased lubricants market is expected […]

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Keanu thanks “scientist people” for naming molecule after him

Keanu thanks “scientist people” for naming molecule after him

March 13, 2023 |

In Hollywood, actor Keanu Reeves has thanked researchers for the “surreal” honor of having a deadly but useful molecule named after him. Fungus-killing keanumycins were so named by the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology as an homage to John Wick, an assassin pulled out of retirement to hunt down a puppy […]

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Turn up the “Bambass” with bamboo headphones

Turn up the “Bambass” with bamboo headphones

March 13, 2023 |

In India, a young product designer has created a prototype of 70% biodegradable headphones made out of bamboo. Twenty-six-year old Aakansh Chaturvedi tells The Better India he chose to pursue headphones because it’s a widely used product globally.  “I found out that it is actually quite difficult to manufacture a headphone without plastic,” he says. […]

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Celebs encouraged to embrace green on the red carpet

Celebs encouraged to embrace green on the red carpet

March 13, 2023 |

In Los Angeles, environmental group RCGD Global sent A-listers a sustainable style guide ahead of the 95th annual Academy Awards, held Sunday to much fanfare. The guide recommends attendees wear vintage garments or clothes with natural textiles. Launched in 2010 as a design competition Red Carpet Green Dress, RCGD Global aims to create opportunities for emerging […]

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Edible drones could improve delivery of life-saving supplies

Edible drones could improve delivery of life-saving supplies

March 13, 2023 |

In Switzerland, an engineering project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne is envisioning edible drones as a means to increase the payload of life-saving emergency provisions. According to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, drone cargo is currently limited to 10–30% of overall mass—meaning drone drops of food to the stranded can be […]

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