Lygos to Open Pioneering Sustainable Solutions Center for High Performance Products

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

IMG_0077

Lygos, Inc., a sustainable specialty chemical company, has plans to open a state-of-the-art Sustainable Solutions Center in Hayward, CA. Designed as a commercial launch facility, Lygos will scale production of bio-inspired solutions that are designed to replace persistent and carbon intensive chemicals with products that are better, cleaner, and cost effective. The end-to-end solution center will accelerate the development of new, sustainable products for Lygos and its customers, the company claims

Continue reading →

INEOS Inovyn launches next generation recycling pilot plants to strengthen Europe’s PVC recycling

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

IMG_0469

INEOS Inovyn launched two new PVC pilot plants at its Jemeppe-sur-Sambre site in Belgium, to accelerate technologies for recycling PVC which is not mechanically recyclable today. It forms part of a strategic ‘Project Circle’ initiative, which aims to commission an industrial unit with a 40KT recyclable capacity by 2030. To strengthen the technical and commercial development, INEOS Inovyn joined two value chain consortiums supported by the Walloon and Flemish authorities.

Continue reading →

Signature Aviation is now providing only Neste SAF at LA International Airport

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
IMG_0072
Source: Signature Aviation

Enabled by its partnership with Neste, Signature Aviation, who operates the world’s largest network of business aviation terminals, is now providing only blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ to all aircraft refueling at its terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). 

Continue reading →

Chemovator invests in startup Heartland rethinking plastics using natural fiber reinforcements 

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
BASF
Headquarter of Basf in Ludwigshafen

Chemovator, the business incubator and early-stage investor of BASF, has successfully finalized an investment in Heartland. The Detroit-based startup is a frontrunner in the production of natural fiber plastic additives, and the latest addition to Chemovator’s external-facing Elevate program.

Continue reading →

Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund invested in LanzaJet to support global deployment of SAF

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
82AE5A2C-FF83-4E28-A372-E1B75B659819
Babette Pettersen, VP Europe at LanzaTech at IFIB 2022’s round table on SAF

LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, received an investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, which enables LanzaJet to continue building its capability and capacity to deploy its sustainable fuels process technology globally. In addition, LanzaJet and Microsoft intend to explore how Microsoft can supply its data and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to improve LanzaJet’s corporate functions and ethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) process technology. 

Continue reading →

Singapore Airlines Group orders sustainable aviation fuel from Neste

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
IMG_0468
Source: Singapore Airlines

Neste and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed an agreement for the purchase of 1,000 tons of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™. This will make SIA and Scoot, the two airlines in the Group, the first carriers to receive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), produced at Neste’s refinery in the country, at Changi Airport.

Continue reading →

Sales of INEOS Nitriles’ new world-first bio-based acrylonitrile for Carbon Fibre begin

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
IMG_0071
INEOS Green Lake plant, in Calhoun County, Texas, started up in 1981 and today produces 545,000 tonnes of Acrylonitrile per year. Source: INEOS

INEOS Nitriles confirmed the world first sales of InvireoTM a new bio-based Acrylonitrile, an essential raw material necessary in the production of carbon fibre, which delivers significant environmental benefits in the transport and water treatment sector.

Continue reading →

The relevance of PLA bioplastics in China’s sustainable future is growing

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
Total Corbion Thailande
TotalEnergies Corbion PLA is a global technology leader in Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) and lactide monomers. PLA is a biobased and biodegradable polymer made from annually renewable resources, offering a reduced carbon footprint versus many traditional plastics. The Luminy® PLA portfolio, which includes both high heat and standard PLA grades, is an innovative material that is used in a wide range of markets from packaging to consumer goods, fibers and automotive.

TotalEnergies Corbion presented Luminy® PLA bioplastics in Shanghai at Chinaplas 2024, April 23-26, Asia’s premier plastics and rubber trade fair. This was an opportunity to highlight the work in the region, with customers such as Changsu. It also showcased how easily companies can transition to PLA bioplastics solutions and lower their products’ carbon emissions by up to 75% versus conventional plastic solutions.

Continue reading →

BASF presented an industrial compostable biopolymer for greenhouse twines

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
BASF
Headquarter of Basf in Ludwigshafen

BASF expands its offering for sustainable food production: Its certified compostable biopolymer ecovio® can now also be used to manufacture black twines used to grow annual fruit and vegetables in commercial greenhouses. The grade ecovio® T 2206 is certified industrial compostable according to EN13432. This means that after harvesting the twines can be collected together with the plant residues and transported to industrial composting facilities (depending on local regulations) where they biodegrade. With this new end-of-life option for twines, persistent microplastics in organic waste can be avoided while at the same time more green waste can be turned into valuable compost. The industrial compostable ecovio® thus supports organic recycling and helps to close the nutrient loop to achieve a circular economy.

Continue reading →

Technip Energies and Anellotech to Jointly Develop Sustainable Plastics Recycling

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
David Sudolsky - Il Bioeconomista
David Sudolsky

Technip Energies and Anellotech, Inc. signed a global joint development agreement to work cooperatively to further develop and then license Anellotech’s Plas-TCat process, a one-step thermal-catalytic recycling technology that converts mixed plastic wastes back into its constituent basic chemicals, with a specific focus to benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) that can be used to make most virgin plastics.

Continue reading →