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Green chem JVs
Two interesting green chem joint ventures were announced this week. Dow Chemical and German specialty chemicals company Sud-Chemie agreed to research alternative routes in producing chemicals....
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More bioplastic news
Here are more green plastic news from last week. Incidentally, I ampreparing for a bioplastic article for ICIS Chemical Business so watchout for that in June.First stop is Coca-Cola’sannouncement of...
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SC Johnson’s sustainable insecticide
Another addition to my biopesticide saga, although this might be my last this summer. For this post, SC Johnson is making sure that one of their key natural insecticide ingredient, Pyrethrum extracted...
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Algae madness
I have no idea why there seems to be so much algae news last week but I guess that’s good news for the chemical and biofuel industry who are hoping to gain from its development as potential feedstock....
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Canada strengthens green chemistry
Canada’s Ontario government wants green chemistry in their industrial landscape, and is investing $13.6m (on top of a $9.1m award earlier this year) in the establishment of a research center to develop...
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26 new soy chemicals in 2009
The green blog continues to see the growing use of soybean and derivatives as a renewable chemical feedstock. Yesterday, the United Soybean Board (USB) released its annual list of soy-based products...
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Biorefineries get $564m funding
The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected today 19 biorefinery projects that will receive up to $564m funding under the agency’s Biorefinery Assistance Program, which promotes development of new and...
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Biofuel R&D updates
The biofuel industry might be struggling right now but advanced technology developments are definitely still alive and kicking — especially if government grants and funding from both public and private...
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Green R&D chemical partnerships
Two France-based specialty chemicals companies recently separately announced a research and development collaborations towards green materials and processing. Rhodia formed a multi-year partnership...
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New glycerine developments
Just finished my article this week about traditional chemical companies jumping into industrial biotechnology processing. That will come out on June 21 so stay tune. Meanwhile, I have a few glycerine...
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