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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions

Envirotec Magazine

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. Building manufacturing capabilities in Europe will reduce the carbon footprint of shipping materials from cheaper producers, such as Asia,” adds Nick.

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Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss

Green Tech Challenge

With the increasing growth in mass production, industries expanding to low cost production sites in Asia, fuelling on coal and the pollution from transport, the problem continues to grow. The team behind the CityTree, from left: Peter Sänger, Victor Splittgerber, Liang Wu and CEO Dénes Honus. Photo: Green City Solutions, red.

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First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys

Grist

This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified, or GM, mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. While there have been more than 7,300 dengue cases reported in the United States between 2010 and 2020, a majority are contracted in Asia and the Caribbean, according to the U.S.

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Who’s bringing China its bacon now that it’s running low?

AFN Sustainable Protein

Demand for meat is growing faster in Asia, especially China, than anywhere else on the planet — and satiating the continent’s demand has global implications,” the Impossible Foods spokesperson told us. There is also, of course, a wealth of potential for biotechnologies to not just treat viruses like ASF but also prevent them. .

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Six years later, he is CEO of Clara Foods, a biotech food company that uses fermentation to create egg proteins without involving chickens. Global Compact, as co-founder of sustainable fashion company Fauna and as project manager for sustainable fashion at nonprofit Redress Asia, among other roles.