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Dow & BioLogiQ Collaborate to Develop Plant-Based Resins for Sustainable Plastics

Dow and BioLogiQ are collaborating to evaluate potential synergies between BioLogiQ’s novel NuPlastiQ® BioPolymer, a thermoplastic plant-based resin, and Dow’s industry-leading polyethylene resin portfolio, in an effort to explore enhanced sustainable plastic options.

From BiologiQ, Inc. 24 Apr 2019

Research Shows Carbon-Negative Power Generation can Reduce Atmospheric CO2 Levels in China

The Paris Climate Agreement has specified that global temperature increases must be limited to 2º above preindustrial levels.

22 Apr 2019

Squid Ring Teeth Protein Offers Potential to be an Eco-friendly Plastic Alternative

More than 8 million tons of plastic ends up in our oceans each year, killing marine life and damaging ecosystems. But the same seas might also hold the key to reducing plastic pollution.

19 Apr 2019

Research Finds Out How Ability of Microbes to Eat Electricity Fixes Carbon Dioxide

A new study at Washington University in St. Louis describes the cellular processes that enable a sun-loving microbe to “eat” electricity, by which electrons are transferred to fix carbon dioxide to promote its growth.

25 Mar 2019

Researchers Identify New Mechanism to Convert Cellulose Efficiently and Environmentally Friendly

Renewable sources have to be used efficiently in order to fulfill the growing demand for feedstock chemicals and energy in the future. However, this aspect is considered to be one of the biggest global challenges.

15 Mar 2019

Engineered Microbe Could Jump-Start a Renewable Plastics Industry

With a few genetic tweaks, a type of soil bacteria with an appetite for hydrocarbons shows promise as a biological factory for converting a renewable — but frustratingly untapped — bounty into a replacement for ubiquitous plastics.

14 Mar 2019

Researchers Use Potato-flour-derived TPS & PLA to Produce Disposable Cutlery

Innovative polymer composition for the production of, among others ecological disposable cutlery, subject to organic recycling, was developed at the Department of Polymer Technology of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Gdańsk University of Technology.

13 Mar 2019

KAUST Team Develops Eco-Friendly Method to Make Membranes that Process Wastewater

The environmental credentials of the chemical industry could be greatly enhanced by the selectively permeable membranes derived from renewable plant-based materials.

12 Mar 2019

Converting Cocoa Bean Waste into Bio-Fuel for West African Villages

African farming communities presently with little or no access to grid power may stand a chance to profit from a new green technology that can produce electricity from unwanted cocoa pod husks.

7 Mar 2019