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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. The products will be used in the production of several high-performance bio-based materials. Watch this space!”.

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Project secures EU funding to create sugars, chemicals and plastics from household waste

Envirotec Magazine

An 11-strong European consortium has secured funding for a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of generating waste sugars derived from household waste and producing a range of high-performance bio-based materials and products. Increase sustainability in key sectors such as construction.

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Start-up providing sustainable Omega-3 secures £2.3m funding

Envirotec Magazine

Established in 2016, the firm says it has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of Omega-3 for animal and human consumption – something which is currently produced by extracting the oil from billions of wild caught fish. Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

The top 25 most sustainable fleets. But the beverage maker has a big sustainability plan and is taking a first-mover approach to decarbonizing its dedicated fleet of around 1,600 vehicles. The city of Oakland in California has a long history of setting climate and sustainability goals, and in 2003 adopted a green fleet policy.

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New funding for biotechnology scale-ups in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

A new fund has been launched by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to enable biotech companies to access specialist facilities, equipment and resources. IBioIC’s Facilities Access Fund will allow businesses to apply for grants of up to £10,000 to support critical research and development projects.

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India’s first insect farming startup Loopworm secures $3.4m seed round led by Omnivore, WaterBridge

AFN Sustainable Protein

Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 Titan Capital and leading angel investors including Godrej Agrovet chairman, Nadir Godrej, former R&D and sustainability group head at Indian conglomerate ITC , Sanjiv Rangrass and Akshay Singhal founder and CEO of Log9 Materials also participated in the round. .

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