Category: Feedstock & Biomass
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Spanish Bioplastics from Mango Leaf and Nanocellulose
Biobased films of nanocellulose and mango leaf extract for active food packaging: Supercritical impregnation versus solvent casting
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Bioplastics Net Clips Made from Grape Pomace
This seems like a smart bioplastic application
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LCA of Alternative Plastic Feedstocks
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of alternative feedstocks for plastics production
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Americans Discuss New Feedstock Options
A group of Americans gathered one morning to study a new feedstock
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LanzaTech and Lululemon Partner on Recycled Carbon Emissions Textile
LanzaTech and lululemon partner to create the first fabric using recycled carbon emissions
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Nestle and Unilever Complicit in Palm Oil Human Rights Abuses
Nestle and Unilever always show up in palm oil problems reports and fail to act upon it. Does it make them complicit?
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How Shipworms Break Down Lignin?
The two-thousand-year-old mystery of the havoc-wreaking worm
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Japan GMO Policy Update
This report reflects updates made by the Government of Japan to its guidelines for handling food and agricultural products derived from genome editing technology
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Invest in Orange Peels Lamp
3D Printed Lamp Is Made From, Looks Like, And Smells Like Oranges
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Samyang Develops New Bioplastics
Samyang Corp. Develops World’s First Biodegradable Plastic Based on Corn Starch
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Nordic Partnership on Biocomposite Turbine Towers
Vestas strengthens collaboration with wood technology company Modvion
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Avoiding EU Biomass Misuse Report
EU Biomass is scarce and valuable. It cannot viably be used, at scale, in all the applications now envisioned
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New NGO Report on Rogue Palm Oil Producer
Following companies are named: Unilever, Kao, Procter and Gamble, PepsiCo, Mondelēz, Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive, ABN Amro, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
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Boosting Production of Low Carbon Cellulosic Ethanol
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) offers a simple procedure for a complex analytical problem, an achievement that could help biorefineries expand production of low-carbon cellulosic ethanol
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Foreign Demand Fuels US Corn and Sorghum Exports
Foreign Demand Fuels U.S. Corn and Sorghum Exports
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Indonesian Palm Oil Firm Recovery Plan
Indonesian company proposes recovery plan for past deforestation
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Major Discovery in Sugarcane Red Rot Disease
Study effects paradigm shift in the understanding of how red rot attacks sugarcane
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Re-Introducing Sugar Beets in Scotland
Re-introduction of sugar beet to Scotland takes significant step forward
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Puma Goes Bioplastics
Sugarcane And Recycled Materials: Puma Creates More Sustainable Footwear Styles
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Purple Corn Cobs Biorefining and Valorization
Biorefinery Approach Applied to the Valorization of Purple Corn Cobs
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Turning Tree Bark and Compost into Aircraft Wings and Plastic Bags
Why scientists want to turn tree bark and compost into aircraft wings and plastic bags
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Palm Oil Trade War Between Belgium and Indonesia (FREE)
Belgium decided to make an end to the palm oil biofuel calamity. This is a FREE article.
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Deforestation and Palm Oil Plantations Linked to Epidemics
Oil palm plantations a ‘threat to global health,’ says study on outbreaks
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First Textile Palm Fibers
A consortium develops first textile palm fibers and reinforcements
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Biobased Plastics, the Fall of Prometheus and Brand Owner Tips (FREE)
I was asked to write a column for the cosmetic packaging industry. Here’s the first one. Enjoy! Axel Barrett. This is a FREE article.
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Grass Replaces Plastic in Food Packaging
Grass replaces plastic in take-away food packaging
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Coffee BioComposite Made in Vietnam
AirXCoffee successfully launches the World’s First Coffee Bio-Composite that can replace single-use plastic
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Citrus Derivative Makes Transparent Wood Renewable
Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable
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New 3D Wood Printing Process
Forust Is the World’s First Manufacturer to Use Additive Manufacturing to Upcycle Wood Byproducts for the Production of Custom and Luxury Wood Products
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Global Bioenergies and l’Oreal Partner on Turning Waste into Cosmetics
From farm to face as Global Bioenergies turns waste to make-up
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Converting Feathers into Materials
European consortium will UNLOCK the potential of feathers to foster circularity in agriculture
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Aimplas Circular Approach to Avocado
New sustainable packaging will extend guacamole’s shelf life by 15% thanks to labels and additives extracted from the avocado itself
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Cargill to Build New Canola Plant (FREE)
Cargill unveils plans for new canola processing facility in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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New French Flax Shives Biocomposite
LA Linière has developed an innovative eco-material based on flax shives
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Bioplastics Survey by Technological Institute of Philippines (FREE)
Participate to the bioplastics survey organised by the Technological Institute of the Philippines. This is a FREE article.
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EU Says No to Food Crops Biofuels
EU says food crops can be used for bioplastics but not for biofuels
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Adhesives from Waste Wood, Biofuel from Straw
EU research project on the potential of agroforestry waste as environmentally friendly raw materials completed
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French Plastic Packaging Industry Statement on Rising Prices
Commodities crisis: 96% of plastic packaging companies hit by price and supply tensions
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QUT Funded for Renewable Biosilica Fillers from Rice Husks
QUT researchers will receive $628,447 in federal funding to investigate renewable feedstock
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Newfoundland Develop New Fish Bioplastics
Canadian students develop new bioplastics made from fish leftovers
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Loparex Gets ISCC Certified
Loparex Expands Sustainable Portfolio with ISCC PLUS-Certified Solutions
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Judge Stops Blood Plastic Shoes
Judge blocks Lil Nas X’s ‘Satan Shoes’ from shipping to customers
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Sustainable Palm Oil by University of Nebraska Lincoln
Husker research shows palm oil production can grow while protecting ecosystems
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Recycling Old Tires To Strengthen Concrete
Most conventional production processes for graphene are time-consuming, solvent-intensive, and energetically demanding
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Yale and Maryland Universities Develop New Bioplastic
US Universities create a new wood based bioplastics
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Finland Partnership for Soy Bioplastics
Multipurpose bioplastic from soy residues: A pilot plant to Finland
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US Startup Converts Milk into Plastic and Fibres
US Startup Converts Milk into Plastic and Fibres
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AFYREN and Südzucker Partner on Biobased Acids
AFYREN and Südzucker reach long term deal to supply factory producing biobased organic acids
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Candian Media Covers Mycelium
Mycelium is becoming the world champion overnight. Read between the lines … who wins the mushroom and fungi battle, wins the bio-economy war
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Wood Based Foam to Replace Styrofoam
Edible shock- and heat-resistant wood foam could replace plastic packaging
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Palm Oil, Soy and Wood Eco Labels Fail to Stop Deforestation
Certification is not a solution to deforestation, forest degradation and other ecosystem conversion says Greenpeace
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NL to Produce Ethanol with Sugar Beets
A new factory in Zeeland will produce bioethanol from sugar beets
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Vegetable Proteins to Replace Fossil Materials
Vegetable proteins replace petroleum-based raw materials says Fraunhofer
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Authenticating Bioplastics with Carbon and Hydrogen Isotopes (FREE)
Authenticating bioplastics using carbon and hydrogen stable isotopes – An alternative analytical approach.
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PHA Made From Low Cost Agro Industrial Residues
Integrated solid-state enzymatic hydrolysis and solid-state fermentation for producing sustainable polyhydroxyalkanoates from low-cost agro-industrial residues
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Waste to Feedstock Report by US Government
Advancing the Bioeconomy: From Waste to Conversion-Ready Feedstocks Workshop Summary Report
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Scientists Say Stop Burning Trees for Energy
There are still many unsustainable practices within the bio-economy. 500+ scientists tell EU to end tree burning for energy.
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Hollywood Substitutes for Plastic and Chemicals
8 Plastic and Chemicals Substitutes sold in Los Angeles-area zero-waste shops
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Turning Methane Into Bioplastics on NBC
Turning methane into biodegradable plastics. Video by NBC
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Soy BioComposite for 3D Printing
UofL researchers piloting process to make healthy sugar and 3-D printable materials from soy hulls
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Avocado Bioplastics Documentary (FREE)
I had the opportunity helping out Business Insider doing a documentary on avocado bioplastics. This is a FREE article
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NatureWorks Sustainable Feedstock
NatureWorks presentation on the sustainability of their feedstock
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Golden Rules of Reforestation
The wrong trees in the wrong places can do more harm than good, say experts. 10 golden rules for restoring forests — ECHO INSTRUMENTS, the best technology to Measure the Biodegradation of Bioplastics
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Yield10 Bioscience Achieves PHA Proof of Concept
Yield10 Bioscience Announces Achievement of Proof-of-Concept Milestone for Producing PHA Bioplastic in Field Grown Camelina Plants
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Malaysia Sues EU over Palm Oil Ban
Is Malaysia acting under auspice of (European) biofuel companies?
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Making Wood Transparent and Tactile
French Startup transforms transforms real wood into a transparent and tactile surface
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Scientists Make Bioplastics From Xylose
Scientists make sustainable polymer from sugars in wood, Xylose
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Turning Pineapple Waste into Drones
Malaysian team turns pineapple waste into disposable drone parts
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Deforestation Will Lead to Stranded Asset
Agriculture in the Age of Climate Transitions: Stranded Assets. Less Land. New Costs. New Opportunities.
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Another Bioplastic Company Involved in Palm Oil Scandal
After Neste’s Palm Oil debacle comes a second bioplastic company. Violating community land rights, attacking and criminalising defenders, causing serious environmental degradation, etc.
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New Bioplastics from Wine Industry Waste
Company who produces bioplastics from wine waste wins an award
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Malaysia Looking for Plan B to Palm Oil
Malaysia in search for sustainable biomass to replace palm oil
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Rapes on Palm Oil Plantations
With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of the world’s best-known cosmetic brands. He then…
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Texas University Converts Sludge into Bioplastics
Salt-tolerant bacteria with an appetite for sludge make biodegradable plastics
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India Goes Rice Bio Composites
India may have found a solution to an agricultural problem
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The Less Sustainable Bioplastics Companies (FREE)
Here’s the top 3 less sustainable bioplastics companies according to Axel Barrett. This is a free article.
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French Flax Goes Biocomposites
The first French Flax cooperative is going into composites.
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Agri Commodity Outlook 2021
Agri Commodity Outlook 2021 according to Rabobank: speculations, weather, food inflation, geopolitical tensions, fx.
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Neste Launches New Feedstock
Neste needed to move away from their unsustainable feedstock. It’s still not clear if they keep using slaughterhouses residues and palm oil.
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Packaging Material from Cucumber Peels
Researchers at the IIT Kharagpur have developed cellulose nanocrystals from cucumber peels with high cellulose content, which can be used to create food packaging materials.
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EU to Tax US Feedstock
On November 9, 2020, the European Commission imposed additional tariffs to a list of U.S. products following the WTO ruling against U.S. subsidies to aircraft maker Boeing. US palm oil and sugar cane molasses to be taxed by EU.
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The Dutch Saccharide Agenda
The Chemport Europe Saccharide Agenda offers a roadmap for the development of a green chemistry production chain in the Northern Netherlands over the next thirty years.
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Will China Impact Corn Prices?
Corn is currently the most important feedstock for PLA (Natureworks)
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Real Yield of Forest Biomass
A eureka moment for forest industry. They finally got to the core of the problem. Now, they know where the money will be.
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The Unsustainable Feedstock of Neste
Let’s have a look at the feedstock used by Neste. Is it sustainable or is it greenwashing?
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Satellites Panels Made from Flax
Natural fibres threaded into satellites for safer missions.
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Can Bacteria Degrade Cellulose?
Researchers have uncovered details of how a certain type of bacteria breaks down cellulose—a finding that could help reduce the cost and environmental impact of the use of biomass, including biofuel production.
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Brazil Sugar Briefing
Brazil’s MY 2020/21 sugarcane crush has been revised upward to 655 million metric tons (mmt), due to overall favorable weather conditions in the north-northeastern growing region.
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